On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:48:03 +0100 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 11:27:46AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > I've moved blk_flush_plug to the beginning of the function. > > > > > I wondered if it really make sense to call blk_flush_plug with nr_iowait > > > elevated and delayacct_blkio active. blk_flush_plug() could call schedule() > > > for non-"io" reasons and maybe that could upset stuff??? > > > > Yeah, good question that. Lemme ponder that a bit. > > Yes, I thikn your version makes most sense as, you say, even regular > schedule() call nested in my version would go towards blk delayacct -- > and I doubt that was the intent; even though the current kernel works > that way. > > I'll move the now rudimentary io_schedule() into sched.h as an inline. Thanks. Are you OK with this going to -stable for 3.19? NeilBrown
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