Re: [PATCH]cfq-iosched: make nonrot check logic consistent

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu Dec 03 2009 - 06:57:15 EST


On Thu, Dec 03 2009, Shaohua Li wrote:
> Send again, last post seems lost.
>
> cfq_arm_slice_timer() has logic to disable idle window for SSD device. The same
> thing should be done at cfq_select_queue() too, otherwise we will still see
> idle window. This makes the nonrot check logic consistent in cfq.
> Tests in a intel SSD with low_latency knob close, below patch can triple disk
> thoughput for muti-thread sequential read.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> block/cfq-iosched.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: linux/block/cfq-iosched.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/block/cfq-iosched.c 2009-11-11 13:44:00.000000000 +0800
> +++ linux/block/cfq-iosched.c 2009-11-11 13:45:33.000000000 +0800
> @@ -1215,7 +1215,8 @@ static struct cfq_queue *cfq_select_queu
> * conditions to happen (or time out) before selecting a new queue.
> */
> if (timer_pending(&cfqd->idle_slice_timer) ||
> - (cfqq->dispatched && cfq_cfqq_idle_window(cfqq))) {
> + (cfqq->dispatched && cfq_cfqq_idle_window(cfqq)
> + && !(blk_queue_nonrot(cfqd->queue) && cfqd->hw_tag))) {
> cfqq = NULL;
> goto keep_queue;
> }

Thanks, applied to 2.6.33 queue.

--
Jens Axboe

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