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author | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2012-09-20 21:08:52 (GMT) |
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committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2012-09-21 13:32:57 (GMT) |
commit | 749fefe6778e98dfefe3b8bb72a93875196ec554 (patch) | |
tree | 7e3b2f2fb6e7bec5579a58e9f0c33fb614e69d80 /fs/xfs | |
parent | 66ba32dc167202c3cf8c86806581a9393ec7f488 (diff) | |
download | linux-749fefe6778e98dfefe3b8bb72a93875196ec554.tar.xz |
block: lift the initial queue bypass mode on blk_register_queue() instead of blk_init_allocated_queue()
b82d4b197c ("blkcg: make request_queue bypassing on allocation") made
request_queues bypassed on allocation to avoid switching on and off
bypass mode on a queue being initialized. Some drivers allocate and
then destroy a lot of queues without fully initializing them and
incurring bypass latency overhead on each of them could add upto
significant overhead.
Unfortunately, blk_init_allocated_queue() is never used by queues of
bio-based drivers, which means that all bio-based driver queues are in
bypass mode even after initialization and registration complete
successfully.
Due to the limited way request_queues are used by bio drivers, this
problem is hidden pretty well but it shows up when blk-throttle is
used in combination with a bio-based driver. Trying to configure
(echoing to cgroupfs file) blk-throttle for a bio-based driver hangs
indefinitely in blkg_conf_prep() waiting for bypass mode to end.
This patch moves the initial blk_queue_bypass_end() call from
blk_init_allocated_queue() to blk_register_queue() which is called for
any userland-visible queues regardless of its type.
I believe this is correct because I don't think there is any block
driver which needs or wants working elevator and blk-cgroup on a queue
which isn't visible to userland. If there are such users, we need a
different solution.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Joseph Glanville <joseph.glanville@orionvm.com.au>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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