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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, ctalbott@google.com, rni@google.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@0pointer.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/17] blkcg: shoot down blkio_groups on elevator switch
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:33:35 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120123193335.GK12652@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120123184336.GI12652@google.com>

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:43:36AM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Yeah, this is much more arguable.  I don't think it would be too
> complex to keep per-policy granularity even w/ unified blkg managed by
> blkcg core (we'll just need to point to separately allocated
> per-policy data from the unified blkg and clear them selectively).
> I'm just not convinced of its necessity.  With initial config out of
> the way, elvs and blkcg policies don't get molested all that often.
> 
> I'll see how complex it actually gets.  If it isn't too much
> complexity, yeah, why not...

Hmmm... while this isn't terribly complex, it involves considerable
amount of churn as core layer doesn't currently know what policies are
bound to which queues how - we'll have to add some part of that before
shootdown change, use it there, and then later replace it with proper
per-queue thing.  The conversion is already painful enough without
adding another chunk to juggle around.  Given that clearing all on pol
change isn't too crazy, how about the following?

* For now, clear unconditionally on pol/elv change.

* But structure things such that policy specific data are allocated
  separately and on pol/elv change only those policy specific part is
  flushed.

* Later, if deemed necessary, make the clearing of pol-specific part
  selective.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2012-01-23 19:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-22  3:25 [PATCHSET] blkcg: kill policy node and blkg->dev, take#2 Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 01/17] blkcg: make CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP bool Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 15:00   ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 15:34     ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 02/17] cfq: don't register propio policy if !CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 03/17] elevator: clear auxiliary data earlier during elevator switch Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 04/17] elevator: make elevator_init_fn() return 0/-errno Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 05/17] block: implement blk_queue_bypass_start/end() Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 06/17] block: extend queue bypassing to cover blkcg policies Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 07/17] blkcg: make blkio_list_lock irq-safe Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 08/17] blkcg: shoot down blkio_groups on elevator switch Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 15:20   ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 15:36     ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 15:49       ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 15:39     ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 15:52       ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 15:57         ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 16:10           ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 16:13             ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 16:20               ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 16:28                 ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 16:32                   ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 16:16             ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 16:25               ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 17:10                 ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 18:27                   ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 18:43                     ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 19:33                       ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2012-01-23 19:57                         ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 20:33                           ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 20:43                       ` Lennart Poettering
2012-01-23 20:47                         ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-23 21:03                           ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 20:40                     ` Lennart Poettering
2012-01-23 18:32                   ` Vivek Goyal
2012-01-23 18:51                     ` Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 09/17] blkcg: move rcu_read_lock() outside of blkio_group get functions Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 10/17] blkcg: update blkg get functions take blkio_cgroup as parameter Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 11/17] blkcg: use q and plid instead of opaque void * for blkio_group association Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 12/17] blkcg: add blkio_policy[] array and allow one policy per policy ID Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 13/17] blkcg: use the usual get blkg path for root blkio_group Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 14/17] blkcg: factor out blkio_group creation Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 15/17] blkcg: don't allow or retain configuration of missing devices Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 16/17] blkcg: kill blkio_policy_node Tejun Heo
2012-01-22  3:25 ` [PATCH 17/17] blkcg: kill the mind-bending blkg->dev Tejun Heo

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