Re: [RFC PATCH V4 2/2] scsi: core: don't limit per-LUN queue depth for SSD

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On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:00:07AM +0530, Kashyap Desai wrote:
> > On 10/9/19 2:32 AM, Ming Lei wrote:
> > > @@ -354,7 +354,8 @@ void scsi_device_unbusy(struct scsi_device *sdev,
> > struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
> > >   	if (starget->can_queue > 0)
> > >   		atomic_dec(&starget->target_busy);
> > >
> > > -	atomic_dec(&sdev->device_busy);
> > > +	if (!blk_queue_nonrot(sdev->request_queue))
> > > +		atomic_dec(&sdev->device_busy);
> > >   }
> > >
> >
> > Hi Ming,
> >
> > Does this patch impact the meaning of the queue_depth sysfs attribute (see
> > also sdev_store_queue_depth()) and also the queue depth ramp up/down
> > mechanism (see also scsi_handle_queue_ramp_up())? Have you considered to
> > enable/disable busy tracking per LUN depending on whether or not sdev-
> > >queue_depth < shost->can_queue?
> >
> > The megaraid and mpt3sas drivers read sdev->device_busy directly. Is the
> > current version of this patch compatible with these drivers?
> 
> We need to know per scsi device outstanding in mpt3sas and megaraid_sas
> driver.

Is the READ done in fast path or slow path? If it is on slow path, it
should be easy to do via blk_mq_in_flight_rw().

> Can we get supporting API from block layer (through SML)  ? something
> similar to "atomic_read(&hctx->nr_active)" which can be derived from
> sdev->request_queue->hctx ?
> At least for those driver which is nr_hw_queue = 1, it will be useful and we
> can avoid sdev->device_busy dependency.

If you mean to add new atomic counter, we just move the .device_busy into
blk-mq, that can become new bottleneck.


thanks,
Ming





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