Re: [PATCH v7 1/9] blk-throttle: fix that io throttle can only work for single bio

[Yu Kuai]

Hi, Tejun!

在 2022/08/18 1:50, Tejun Heo 写道:
> Hello,
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 09:13:38AM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> > > So, as a fix for the immediate problem, I guess this might do but this feels
> > > really fragile. How can we be certain that re-entering only happens because
> > > of splitting? What if future core development changes that? It seems to be
> > > solving the problem in the wrong place. Shouldn't we flag the bio indicating
> > > that it's split when we're splitting the bio so that we only limit them for
> > > iops in the first place?
> >
> > Splited bio is tracked in __bio_clone:
>
> As the word is used in commit messages and comments, the past perfect form
> of the verb "split" is "split". It looks like "splitted" is used in rare
> cases but dictionary says it's an archaic form.

Ok, thanks for pointing it out, I'll change that in next iteration.
> > if (bio_flagged(bio_src, BIO_THROTTLED))
> > 	bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_THROTTLED);
> >
> > And currenty, the iops limit and bps limit are treated differently,
> > however there are only one flag 'BIO_THROTTLED' and they can't be
> > distinguished.
> >
> > Perhaps I can use two flags, for example BIO_IOPS_THROTTLED and
> > BIO_BPS_THROTTLED, this way only iops limit can be handled and bps
> > limit can be skipped for splited bio.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> I think the code would be a lot more intuitive and less fragile if we used
> two flags but the bits in the bi_flags field are a scarce resource
> unfortunately. Even then, I think the right thing to do here is using two
> flags.

Yes, the field 'bio->bi_flags' is unsigned short, and there are only two
bits left. I'll use the new sulution which will acquire a new bit.

Thanks,
Kuai
> Thanks.