Re: [PATCH -next] block: fix io hung of setting throttle limit frequently

[Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>]

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 09:44:29AM +0800, Zhang Wensheng wrote:
> diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
> index 469c483719be..8acb205dfa85 100644
> --- a/block/blk-throttle.c
> +++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
> @@ -1321,12 +1321,14 @@ static void tg_conf_updated(struct throtl_grp *tg, bool global)
>  	 * that a group's limit are dropped suddenly and we don't want to
>  	 * account recently dispatched IO with new low rate.
>  	 */
> -	throtl_start_new_slice(tg, READ);
> -	throtl_start_new_slice(tg, WRITE);
> +	if (!timer_pending(&sq->parent_sq->pending_timer)) {
> +		throtl_start_new_slice(tg, READ);
> +		throtl_start_new_slice(tg, WRITE);
>  
> -	if (tg->flags & THROTL_TG_PENDING) {
> -		tg_update_disptime(tg);
> -		throtl_schedule_next_dispatch(sq->parent_sq, true);
> +		if (tg->flags & THROTL_TG_PENDING) {
> +			tg_update_disptime(tg);
> +			throtl_schedule_next_dispatch(sq->parent_sq, true);
> +		}

Yeah, but this ends up breaking the reason why it's starting the new slices
in the first place explained in the commit above, right? I'm not sure what
the right solution is but this likely isn't it.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun