[PATCH V3] blk-mq: count the hctx as active before allocate tag

[Jianchao Wang]

Currently, we count the hctx as active after allocate driver tag
successfully. If a previously inactive hctx try to get tag first
time, it may fails and need to wait. However, due to the stale tag
->active_queues, the other shared-tags users are still able to
occupy all driver tags while there is someone waiting for tag.
Consequently, even if the previously inactive hctx is waked up, it
still may not be able to get a tag and could be starved.

To fix it, we count the hctx as active before try to allocate driver
tag, then when it is waiting the tag, the other shared-tag users
will reserve budget for it.

Signed-off-by: Jianchao Wang <jianchao.w.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

V3:
  add more detailed comment

V2:
  only invoke blk_mq_tag_busy w/o io scheduler in blk_mq_get_request

 block/blk-mq-tag.c | 3 +++
 block/blk-mq.c     | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-mq-tag.c b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
index 09b2ee6..a8ebcbd 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-tag.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ bool blk_mq_has_free_tags(struct blk_mq_tags *tags)
 
 /*
  * If a previously inactive queue goes active, bump the active user count.
+ * We need to do this before try to allocate driver tag, then even if fail
+ * to get tag when first time, the other shared-tag users could reserve
+ * budget for it.
  */
 bool __blk_mq_tag_busy(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 {
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index ae44e85..75ac3fbd 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static struct request *blk_mq_rq_ctx_init(struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data,
 		rq->tag = -1;
 		rq->internal_tag = tag;
 	} else {
-		if (blk_mq_tag_busy(data->hctx)) {
+		if (data->hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_SHARED) {
 			rq_flags = RQF_MQ_INFLIGHT;
 			atomic_inc(&data->hctx->nr_active);
 		}
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ static struct request *blk_mq_get_request(struct request_queue *q,
 		if (!op_is_flush(op) && e->type->ops.mq.limit_depth &&
 		    !(data->flags & BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED))
 			e->type->ops.mq.limit_depth(op, data);
+	} else {
+		blk_mq_tag_busy(data->hctx);
 	}
 
 	tag = blk_mq_get_tag(data);
@@ -972,6 +974,7 @@ bool blk_mq_get_driver_tag(struct request *rq, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx **hctx,
 		.hctx = blk_mq_map_queue(rq->q, rq->mq_ctx->cpu),
 		.flags = wait ? 0 : BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT,
 	};
+	bool shared;
 
 	might_sleep_if(wait);
 
@@ -981,9 +984,10 @@ bool blk_mq_get_driver_tag(struct request *rq, struct blk_mq_hw_ctx **hctx,
 	if (blk_mq_tag_is_reserved(data.hctx->sched_tags, rq->internal_tag))
 		data.flags |= BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED;
 
+	shared = blk_mq_tag_busy(data.hctx);
 	rq->tag = blk_mq_get_tag(&data);
 	if (rq->tag >= 0) {
-		if (blk_mq_tag_busy(data.hctx)) {
+		if (shared) {
 			rq->rq_flags |= RQF_MQ_INFLIGHT;
 			atomic_inc(&data.hctx->nr_active);
 		}
-- 
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