This patchset updates request-based DM (used exclussively by DM multipath) to support blk-mq I/O path or the old ->request_fn I/O path -- the default is still the old ->request_fn I/O path. Like was done for SCSI, I've exposed a dm-mod.ko 'use_blk_mq' module parameter and a CONFIG_DM_MQ_DEFAULT. I've queued these patches in linux-next via linux-dm.git's 'for-next' branch -- my goal is for these changes to land upstream in 4.1. I've tested all 4 supported permutations of rq-based queue stacking: 1) blk-mq mpath stacked on blk-mq device(s) 2) blk-mq mpath stacked on ->request_fn device(s) 3) old ->request_fn mpath stacked on blk-mq device(s) 4) old ->request_fn mpath stacked on old ->request_fn device(s) There is definitely much more room for optimizing the blk-mq mpath queue (via dm_mq_ops setup) to have more awareness about the characteristics of the underlying blk-mq device(s) -- Jens offered some suggestions that are worth pursuing. Goal being to leverage the ability to have multiple software submission queues that map to the underlying paths' HW queue. I expect Keith to be the most likely person to pursue these follow-on optimizations given his immediate access to NVMe devices, etc. blk-mq allows for the removal of 2 of the 3 mempools and associated allocations that were traditionally performed using old ->request_fn I/O path. The md->bs bioset still remains for cloning a request's bios. I'll be pursuing the possibility of removing the bio cloning that happens when cloning a request (it was put in place for partial completion of a request's bios but the prospect of avoiding those bio clones warrants further review of how useful those partial completions are, see: http://www.redhat.com/archives/dm-devel/2014-June/msg00030.html) Jens and Keith, special thanks for your help answering more blk-mq questions than I'd have hoped would be needed while at LSF/MM. Keith Busch (1): blk-mq: don't wait in blk_mq_queue_enter() if __GFP_WAIT isn't set Mike Snitzer (6): blk-mq: fix use of incorrect goto label in blk_mq_init_queue error path blk-mq: add blk_mq_init_allocated_queue and export blk_mq_register_disk blk-mq: export blk_mq_run_hw_queues dm: add full blk-mq support to request-based DM dm: optimize dm_mq_queue_rq to _not_ use kthread if using pure blk-mq dm: add 'use_blk_mq' module param and expose in per-device ro sysfs attr block/blk-mq-sysfs.c | 1 + block/blk-mq.c | 47 ++++-- drivers/md/Kconfig | 11 ++ drivers/md/dm-mpath.c | 4 +- drivers/md/dm-sysfs.c | 9 ++ drivers/md/dm-table.c | 17 +- drivers/md/dm.c | 414 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- drivers/md/dm.h | 5 +- include/linux/blk-mq.h | 3 + 9 files changed, 401 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-) -- 1.9.5 (Apple Git-50.3) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
