Re: [PATCH] block: Make rq_affinity = 1 work as expected.

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Fri Aug 05 2011 - 03:33:17 EST


On 2011-08-05 06:39, Tao Ma wrote:
> From: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Commit 5757a6d76c introduced a new rq_affinity = 2 so as to make
> the request completed in the __make_request cpu. But it makes the
> old rq_affinity = 1 not work any more. The root cause is that
> if the 'cpu' and 'req->cpu' is in the same group and cpu != req->cpu,
> ccpu will be the same as group_cpu, so the completion will be
> excuted in the 'cpu' not 'group_cpu'.
>
> This patch fix problem by simpling removing group_cpu and the codes
> are more explicit now. If ccpu == cpu, we complete in cpu, otherwise
> we raise_blk_irq to ccpu.

Thanks Tao Ma, much more readable too.

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Jens Axboe

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