Currently, tasks marked as "swapper" tasks get put to the front of
non-priority rpc_queues, and are sorted earlier than non-swapper tasks on
the transport's ->xmit_queue.
This is pointless as currently *all* tasks for a mount that has swap
enabled on *any* file are marked as "swapper" tasks. So the net result
is that the non-priority rpc_queues are reverse-ordered (LIFO).
This scheduling boost is not necessary to avoid deadlocks, and hurts
fairness, so remove it. If there were a need to expedite some requests,
the tk_priority mechanism is a more appropriate tool.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
---
net/sunrpc/sched.c | 7 -------
net/sunrpc/xprt.c | 11 -----------
2 files changed, 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index d5b6e897f5a5..256302bf6557 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -186,11 +186,6 @@ static void __rpc_add_wait_queue_priority(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue,
/*
* Add new request to wait queue.
- *
- * Swapper tasks always get inserted at the head of the queue.
- * This should avoid many nasty memory deadlocks and hopefully
- * improve overall performance.
- * Everyone else gets appended to the queue to ensure proper FIFO behavior.
*/
static void __rpc_add_wait_queue(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue,
struct rpc_task *task,
@@ -199,8 +194,6 @@ static void __rpc_add_wait_queue(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue,
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&task->u.tk_wait.timer_list);
if (RPC_IS_PRIORITY(queue))
__rpc_add_wait_queue_priority(queue, task, queue_priority);
- else if (RPC_IS_SWAPPER(task))
- list_add(&task->u.tk_wait.list, &queue->tasks[0]);
else
list_add_tail(&task->u.tk_wait.list, &queue->tasks[0]);
task->tk_waitqueue = queue;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 47d207e416ab..a0a2583fe941 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1354,17 +1354,6 @@ xprt_request_enqueue_transmit(struct rpc_task *task)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->rq_xmit2);
goto out;
}
- } else if (RPC_IS_SWAPPER(task)) {
- list_for_each_entry(pos, &xprt->xmit_queue, rq_xmit) {
- if (pos->rq_cong || pos->rq_bytes_sent)
- continue;
- if (RPC_IS_SWAPPER(pos->rq_task))
- continue;
- /* Note: req is added _before_ pos */
- list_add_tail(&req->rq_xmit, &pos->rq_xmit);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->rq_xmit2);
- goto out;
- }
} else if (!req->rq_seqno) {
list_for_each_entry(pos, &xprt->xmit_queue, rq_xmit) {
if (pos->rq_task->tk_owner != task->tk_owner)
