[PATCH 7/8] md/raid5: raise MAX_STRIPE_BATCH from 8 to 32

From: Hiroshi Nishida

Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 12:03:19 EST


handle_active_stripes() dequeues up to MAX_STRIPE_BATCH stripes under
device_lock per pass, then processes them after dropping the lock.
Raising the batch from 8 to 32 amortizes each device_lock acquisition
over more stripes, reducing lock cycles per unit of stripe work.

The worker-spawn heuristic in raid5_wakeup_stripe_thread() also divided
by MAX_STRIPE_BATCH; split it into a separate STRIPE_BATCH_WORKERS=8 so
the spawn sensitivity is preserved unchanged while the batch size grows.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 [Claude Code]
Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Nishida <nishidafmly@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/raid5.c | 2 +-
drivers/md/raid5.h | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index c8787ab7b309..ad6230415af3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static void raid5_wakeup_stripe_thread(struct stripe_head *sh)
/* at least one worker should run to avoid race */
queue_work_on(sh->cpu, raid5_wq, &group->workers[0].work);

- thread_cnt = group->stripes_cnt / MAX_STRIPE_BATCH - 1;
+ thread_cnt = group->stripes_cnt / STRIPE_BATCH_WORKERS - 1;
/* wakeup more workers */
for (i = 1; i < conf->worker_cnt_per_group && thread_cnt > 0; i++) {
if (group->workers[i].working == false) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.h b/drivers/md/raid5.h
index 7aeba1fc7f09..1f37dabd727b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.h
@@ -496,7 +496,8 @@ struct disk_info {
#define BYPASS_THRESHOLD 1
#define NR_HASH (PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct hlist_head))
#define HASH_MASK (NR_HASH - 1)
-#define MAX_STRIPE_BATCH 8
+#define MAX_STRIPE_BATCH 32 /* stripes per handle_active_stripes pass */
+#define STRIPE_BATCH_WORKERS 8 /* stripes-per-worker threshold for spawning */
#define RAID5_SYNC_WINDOW 32 /* stripes to pre-submit per sync_request call */

/* NR_STRIPE_HASH_LOCKS must be a power of two, since
--
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