Re: [PATCH] erofs: use HIPRI by default if per-cpu kthreads are enabled

From: Sandeep Dhavale
Date: Mon May 22 2023 - 22:32:23 EST


On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 2:21 AM Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> As Sandeep shown [1], high priority RT per-cpu kthreads are
> typically helpful for Android scenarios to minimize the scheduling
> latencies.
>
> Switch EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD_HIPRI on by default if
> EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD is on since it's the typical use cases for
> EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD.
>
> Also clean up unneeded sched_set_normal().
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAB=BE-SBtO6vcoyLNA9F-9VaN5R0t3o_Zn+FW8GbO6wyUqFneQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Sandeep Dhavale <dhavale@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/erofs/Kconfig | 1 +
> fs/erofs/zdata.c | 2 --
> 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/erofs/Kconfig b/fs/erofs/Kconfig
> index 704fb59577e0..f259d92c9720 100644
> --- a/fs/erofs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/erofs/Kconfig
> @@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ config EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD
> config EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD_HIPRI
> bool "EROFS high priority per-CPU kthread workers"
> depends on EROFS_FS_ZIP && EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD
> + default y
> help
> This permits EROFS to configure per-CPU kthread workers to run
> at higher priority.
> diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
> index 92f3a01262cf..3ba505434f03 100644
> --- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
> +++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
> @@ -367,8 +367,6 @@ static struct kthread_worker *erofs_init_percpu_worker(int cpu)
> return worker;
> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EROFS_FS_PCPU_KTHREAD_HIPRI))
> sched_set_fifo_low(worker->task);
> - else
> - sched_set_normal(worker->task, 0);
> return worker;
> }
>
> --
> 2.24.4
>
Looks good!

Reviewed-by: Sandeep Dhavale <dhavale@xxxxxxxxxx>