Re: [PATCH -next 10/11] block, bfq: decrease 'num_groups_with_pending_reqs' earlier

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On Tue 19-04-22 19:37:11, yukuai (C) wrote:
> 在 2022/04/19 17:49, Jan Kara 写道:
> > On Fri 15-04-22 09:10:06, yukuai (C) wrote:
> > > 在 2022/04/13 19:40, yukuai (C) 写道:
> > > > 在 2022/04/13 19:28, Jan Kara 写道:
> > > > > On Sat 05-03-22 17:12:04, Yu Kuai wrote:
> > > > > > Currently 'num_groups_with_pending_reqs' won't be decreased when
> > > > > > the group doesn't have any pending requests, while some child group
> > > > > > still have pending requests. The decrement is delayed to when all the
> > > > > > child groups doesn't have any pending requests.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > For example:
> > > > > > 1) t1 issue sync io on root group, t2 and t3 issue sync io on the same
> > > > > > child group. num_groups_with_pending_reqs is 2 now.
> > > > > > 2) t1 stopped, num_groups_with_pending_reqs is still 2. io from t2 and
> > > > > > t3 still can't be handled concurrently.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Fix the problem by decreasing 'num_groups_with_pending_reqs'
> > > > > > immediately upon the weights_tree removal of last bfqq of the group.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > 
> > > > > So I'd find the logic easier to follow if you completely removed
> > > > > entity->in_groups_with_pending_reqs and did updates of
> > > > > bfqd->num_groups_with_pending_reqs like:
> > > > > 
> > > > >      if (!bfqg->num_entities_with_pending_reqs++)
> > > > >          bfqd->num_groups_with_pending_reqs++;
> > > > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > Indeed, this is an excellent idle, and much better than the way I did.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Kuai
> > > > 
> > > > > and similarly on the remove side. And there would we literally two places
> > > > > (addition & removal from weight tree) that would need to touch these
> > > > > counters. Pretty obvious and all can be done in patch 9.
> > > 
> > > I think with this change, we can count root_group while activating bfqqs
> > > that are under root_group, thus there is no need to modify
> > > for_each_entity(or fake bfq_sched_data) any more.
> > 
> > Sure, if you can make this work, it would be easier :)
> > 
> > > The special case is that weight racing bfqqs are not inserted into
> > > weights tree, and I think this can be handled by adding a fake
> > > bfq_weight_counter for such bfqqs.
> > 
> > Do you mean "weight raised bfqqs"? Yes, you are right they would need
> > special treatment - maybe bfq_weights_tree_add() is not the best function
> > to use for this and we should rather use insertion / removal from the
> > service tree for maintaining num_entities_with_pending_reqs counter?
> > I can even see we already have bfqg->active_entities so maybe we could just
> > somehow tweak that accounting and use it for our purposes?
> 
> The problem to use 'active_entities' is that bfqq can be deactivated
> while it still has pending requests.
> 
> Anyway, I posted a new version aready, which still use weights_tree
> insertion / removal to count pending bfqqs. I'll be great if you can
> take a look:
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-block/cover/20220416093753.3054696-1-yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx/

Thanks, I'll have a look.

> BTW, I was worried that you can't receive the emails because I got
> warnings that mails can't deliver to you:
> 
> Your message could not be delivered for more than 6 hour(s).
> It will be retried until it is 1 day(s) old.

Yes, I didn't get those emails because our mail system ran out of disk
space and it took a few days to resolve so emails got bounced...

								Honza

-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR



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