[PATCHSET/RFC v2] Make legacy IO schedulers work with blk-mq

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Mon Dec 05 2016 - 13:30:19 EST


Version 2 of the hack/patchset, that enables blk-mq to use the legacy
IO schedulers with single queue devices. Original posting is here:

https://marc.info/?l=linux-block&m=148073493203664&w=2

You can also found this version in the following git branch:

git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block blk-mq-legacy-sched.2

and new developments/fixes will happen in the 'blk-mq-legacy-sched'
branch.

Changes since v1:

- Remove the default 'deadline' hard wiring, and provide Kconfig
entries to set the blk-mq scheduler. This now works like for legacy
devices.

- Rename blk_use_mq_path() to blk_use_sched_path() to make it more
clear. Suggested by Johannes Thumshirn.

- Fixup a spot where we did not use the accessor function to determine
what path to use.

- Flush mq software queues, even if IO scheduler managed. This should
make paths work that are MQ aware, and using only MQ interfaces.

- Cleanup free path of MQ request.

- Account when IO was queued to a hardware context, similarly to the
regular MQ path.

- Add BLK_MQ_F_NO_SCHED flag, so that drivers can explicitly ask for
no scheduling on a queue. Add this for NVMe admin queues.

- Kill BLK_MQ_F_SCHED, since we now have Kconfig entries for setting
the desired IO scheduler.

- Fix issues with live scheduler switching through sysfs. Should now
be solid, even with lots of IO running on the device.

- Drop null_blk and SCSI changes, not needed anymore.


block/Kconfig.iosched | 29 ++++
block/blk-core.c | 77 ++++++-----
block/blk-exec.c | 12 +
block/blk-flush.c | 40 +++--
block/blk-merge.c | 5
block/blk-mq.c | 332 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
block/blk-mq.h | 1
block/blk-sysfs.c | 2
block/blk.h | 16 ++
block/cfq-iosched.c | 22 ++-
block/elevator.c | 125 ++++++++++++------
drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 1
include/linux/blk-mq.h | 1
include/linux/blkdev.h | 2
14 files changed, 555 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)