> From: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> > > Just out of curiosity, can you do: > > # perf record -a -g -- sleep 3 > > when you see the excessive CPU usage, then attach the output of > > # perf report -g > > to a reply? I ran the commands against the 5.15.7 kernel and generated a 771-MB file. After I ran 'bzip2 -9', the file size is still 22 MB, which I guess is too big to be shared via the list. I'll try to put it somewhere and send you a link. > How confident are you in your bisect result? > > -- > Jens Axboe I'm pretty confident: 1) I can't reproduce the issue with v5.16-rc4 even if I run the test 10 times. Typically the issue repros every time. 2) If I revert the commit dc5fc361d891 ("block: attempt direct issue of plug list") and the related patches ff1552232b36 ("blk-mq: don't issue request directly in case that current is to be blocked") b22809092c70 ("block: replace always false argument with 'false'") from v5.16-rc4, I'm able to repro the issue immediately. Thanks, Dexuan