[PATCH 6/6 v2] blk-mq: make plug work for mutiple disks and queues

[Shaohua Li]

Last patch makes plug work for multiple queue case. However it only
works for single disk case, because it assumes only one request in the
plug list. If a task is accessing multiple disks, eg MD/DM, the
assumption is wrong. Let blk_attempt_plug_merge() record request from
the same queue.

V2: use NULL parameter in !mq case. Fix a bug. Add comments in
blk_attempt_plug_merge to make it less (hopefully) confusion.

Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx>
---
 block/blk-core.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 block/blk-mq.c   | 14 +++++++++-----
 block/blk.h      |  3 ++-
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index d51ed61..503927e 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1521,7 +1521,8 @@ bool bio_attempt_front_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
  * Caller must ensure !blk_queue_nomerges(q) beforehand.
  */
 bool blk_attempt_plug_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
-			    unsigned int *request_count)
+			    unsigned int *request_count,
+			    struct request **same_queue_rq)
 {
 	struct blk_plug *plug;
 	struct request *rq;
@@ -1541,8 +1542,16 @@ bool blk_attempt_plug_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(rq, plug_list, queuelist) {
 		int el_ret;
 
-		if (rq->q == q)
+		if (rq->q == q) {
 			(*request_count)++;
+			/*
+			 * Only blk-mq multiple hardware queues case checks the
+			 * rq in the same queue, there should be only one such
+			 * rq in a queue
+			 **/
+			if (same_queue_rq)
+				*same_queue_rq = rq;
+		}
 
 		if (rq->q != q || !blk_rq_merge_ok(rq, bio))
 			continue;
@@ -1607,7 +1616,7 @@ void blk_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	 * any locks.
 	 */
 	if (!blk_queue_nomerges(q) &&
-	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count))
+	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count, NULL))
 		return;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 902c2eb..31df474 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1269,6 +1269,7 @@ static void blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	struct request *rq;
 	unsigned int request_count = 0;
 	struct blk_plug *plug;
+	struct request *same_queue_rq = NULL;
 
 	blk_queue_bounce(q, &bio);
 
@@ -1278,7 +1279,7 @@ static void blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	}
 
 	if (!is_flush_fua && !blk_queue_nomerges(q) &&
-	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count))
+	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count, &same_queue_rq))
 		return;
 
 	rq = blk_mq_map_request(q, bio, &data);
@@ -1309,9 +1310,12 @@ static void blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		 * issued. So the plug list will have one request at most
 		 */
 		if (plug) {
-			if (!list_empty(&plug->mq_list)) {
-				old_rq = list_first_entry(&plug->mq_list,
-					struct request, queuelist);
+			/*
+			 * The plug list might get flushed before this. If that
+			 * happens, same_queue_rq is invalid and plug list is empty
+			 **/
+			if (same_queue_rq && !list_empty(&plug->mq_list)) {
+				old_rq = same_queue_rq;
 				list_del_init(&old_rq->queuelist);
 			}
 			list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &plug->mq_list);
@@ -1360,7 +1364,7 @@ static void blk_sq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	}
 
 	if (!is_flush_fua && !blk_queue_nomerges(q) &&
-	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count))
+	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count, NULL))
 		return;
 
 	rq = blk_mq_map_request(q, bio, &data);
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 43b0361..aa8633c 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ bool bio_attempt_front_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 bool bio_attempt_back_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 			    struct bio *bio);
 bool blk_attempt_plug_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
-			    unsigned int *request_count);
+			    unsigned int *request_count,
+			    struct request **same_queue_rq);
 
 void blk_account_io_start(struct request *req, bool new_io);
 void blk_account_io_completion(struct request *req, unsigned int bytes);
-- 
1.8.1

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