Currently, IO priority set in task's IO context is not reflected in the bio->bi_ioprio for most IO (only io_uring and direct IO set it). This results in odd results where process is submitting some bios with one priority and other bios with a different (unset) priority and due to differing priorities bios cannot be merged. Make sure bio->bi_ioprio is always set on bio submission. Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- block/blk-mq.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index e17d822e6051..7548f8aebea8 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -2793,6 +2793,9 @@ static inline struct request *blk_mq_get_cached_request(struct request_queue *q, static void bio_set_ioprio(struct bio *bio) { + /* Nobody set ioprio so far? Initialize it based on task's nice value */ + if (IOPRIO_PRIO_CLASS(bio->bi_ioprio) == IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE) + bio->bi_ioprio = get_current_ioprio(); blkcg_set_ioprio(bio); } -- 2.35.3