Re: [PATCH] cfq: Optimization for close cooperating queue searching

[Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>]

On Tue, Dec 08 2009, Gui Jianfeng wrote:
> It doesn't make any sense to try to find out a close cooperating 
> queue if current cfqq is the only one in the group.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  block/cfq-iosched.c |    6 ++++++
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
> index cfb0b2f..89b5dd9 100644
> --- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
> +++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
> @@ -1750,6 +1750,12 @@ static struct cfq_queue *cfq_close_cooperator(struct cfq_data *cfqd,
>  		return NULL;
>  
>  	/*
> +	 * Don't search priority tree if it's the only queue in the group.
> +	 */
> +	if (cur_cfqq->cfqg->nr_cfqq == 1)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	/*
>  	 * We should notice if some of the queues are cooperating, eg
>  	 * working closely on the same area of the disk. In that case,
>  	 * we can group them together and don't waste time idling.
> -- 
> 1.5.4.rc3

Good point, thanks applied.

-- 
Jens Axboe