Re: [PATCH v3 07/14] blk-mq: make blk_mq_commit_rqs a general function for all commits

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Jan 16 2023 - 11:19:32 EST


On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 09:07:00AM +0800, Kemeng Shi wrote:
> >> Why? I think always having the trace even for the commit case seems
> >> very useful for making the traces useful.
> > I think unplug event more likely means that request going to be sent to driver
> > was plugged and in plug list. And the current code do only trace unplug event
> > when dispatching requests from plug list. If so, would it be better to add
> > a new event to trace commit?
> Hi Christoph, which way do you prefer now? Keep unplug event consistent to
> trace commit of requests from plug list only or trace all commits with
> unplug event. Please let me know and I will consider it in next version.
> Thanks.

To me always having the trace feels more useful, but let's see if Jens
has an opinion on it.