elevator_get_default() uses the following algorithm to select an I/O
scheduler from inside add_disk():
- In case of a single hardware queue or sharing hardware queues across
multiple request queues (BLK_MQ_F_TAG_HCTX_SHARED), use mq-deadline.
- Otherwise, use 'none'.
This is a good choice for most but not for all block drivers. Make it
possible to override the selection of mq-deadline with a new flag,
namely BLK_MQ_F_NO_SCHED_BY_DEFAULT.
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Martijn Coenen <maco@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
---
block/elevator.c | 3 +++
include/linux/blk-mq.h | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 52ada14cfe45..ae23da291297 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -630,6 +630,9 @@ static inline bool elv_support_iosched(struct request_queue *q)
*/
static struct elevator_type *elevator_get_default(struct request_queue *q)
{
+ if (q->tag_set->flags & BLK_MQ_F_NO_SCHED_BY_DEFAULT)
+ return NULL;
+
if (q->nr_hw_queues != 1 &&
!blk_mq_is_sbitmap_shared(q->tag_set->flags))
return NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 1d18447ebebc..22215db36122 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -404,7 +404,13 @@ enum {
BLK_MQ_F_STACKING = 1 << 2,
BLK_MQ_F_TAG_HCTX_SHARED = 1 << 3,
BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING = 1 << 5,
+ /* Do not allow an I/O scheduler to be configured. */
BLK_MQ_F_NO_SCHED = 1 << 6,
+ /*
+ * Select 'none' during queue registration in case of a single hwq
+ * or shared hwqs instead of 'mq-deadline'.
+ */
+ BLK_MQ_F_NO_SCHED_BY_DEFAULT = 1 << 7,
BLK_MQ_F_ALLOC_POLICY_START_BIT = 8,
BLK_MQ_F_ALLOC_POLICY_BITS = 1,
