From: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 2d52c58b9c9bdae0ca3df6a1eab5745ab3f7d80b ] The function bfq_setup_merge prepares the merging between two bfq_queues, say bfqq and new_bfqq. To this goal, it assigns bfqq->new_bfqq = new_bfqq. Then, each time some I/O for bfqq arrives, the process that generated that I/O is disassociated from bfqq and associated with new_bfqq (merging is actually a redirection). In this respect, bfq_setup_merge increases new_bfqq->ref in advance, adding the number of processes that are expected to be associated with new_bfqq. Unfortunately, the stable-merging mechanism interferes with this setup. After bfqq->new_bfqq has been set by bfq_setup_merge, and before all the expected processes have been associated with bfqq->new_bfqq, bfqq may happen to be stably merged with a different queue than the current bfqq->new_bfqq. In this case, bfqq->new_bfqq gets changed. So, some of the processes that have been already accounted for in the ref counter of the previous new_bfqq will not be associated with that queue. This creates an unbalance, because those references will never be decremented. This commit fixes this issue by reestablishing the previous, natural behaviour: once bfqq->new_bfqq has been set, it will not be changed until all expected redirections have occurred. Signed-off-by: Davide Zini <davidezini2@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210802141352.74353-2-paolo.valente@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/bfq-iosched.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c index 5b3e5483c657..047eb0cce7b5 100644 --- a/block/bfq-iosched.c +++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c @@ -2137,6 +2137,15 @@ bfq_setup_merge(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, struct bfq_queue *new_bfqq) * are likely to increase the throughput. */ bfqq->new_bfqq = new_bfqq; + /* + * The above assignment schedules the following redirections: + * each time some I/O for bfqq arrives, the process that + * generated that I/O is disassociated from bfqq and + * associated with new_bfqq. Here we increases new_bfqq->ref + * in advance, adding the number of processes that are + * expected to be associated with new_bfqq as they happen to + * issue I/O. + */ new_bfqq->ref += process_refs; return new_bfqq; } @@ -2196,6 +2205,10 @@ bfq_setup_cooperator(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq, { struct bfq_queue *in_service_bfqq, *new_bfqq; + /* if a merge has already been setup, then proceed with that first */ + if (bfqq->new_bfqq) + return bfqq->new_bfqq; + /* * Prevent bfqq from being merged if it has been created too * long ago. The idea is that true cooperating processes, and @@ -2210,9 +2223,6 @@ bfq_setup_cooperator(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq, if (bfq_too_late_for_merging(bfqq)) return NULL; - if (bfqq->new_bfqq) - return bfqq->new_bfqq; - if (!io_struct || unlikely(bfqq == &bfqd->oom_bfqq)) return NULL; -- 2.30.2
