linux-toradex.git/block/blk-merge.c, branch v3.0.23

block: attempt to merge with existing requests on plug flush

2011-03-21T09:14:27+00:00

One of the disadvantages of on-stack plugging is that we potentially
lose out on merging since all pending IO isn't always visible to
everybody. When we flush the on-stack plugs, right now we don't do
any checks to see if potential merge candidates could be utilized.

Correct this by adding a new insert variant, ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT_MERGE.
It works just ELEVATOR_INSERT_SORT, but first checks whether we can
merge with an existing request before doing the insertion (if we fail
merging).

This fixes a regression with multiple processes issuing IO that
can be merged.

Thanks to Shaohua Li  for testing and fixing
an accounting bug.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

2011-01-13T18:45:01+00:00

* 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (43 commits)
  block: ensure that completion error gets properly traced
  blktrace: add missing probe argument to block_bio_complete
  block cfq: don't use atomic_t for cfq_group
  block cfq: don't use atomic_t for cfq_queue
  block: trace event block fix unassigned field
  block: add internal hd part table references
  block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges
  kref: add kref_test_and_get
  bio-integrity: mark kintegrityd_wq highpri and CPU intensive
  block: make kblockd_workqueue smarter
  Revert "sd: implement sd_check_events()"
  block: Clean up exit_io_context() source code.
  Fix compile warnings due to missing removal of a 'ret' variable
  fs/block: type signature of major_to_index(int) to major_to_index(unsigned)
  block: convert !IS_ERR(p) && p to !IS_ERR_NOR_NULL(p)
  cfq-iosched: don't check cfqg in choose_service_tree()
  fs/splice: Pull buf->ops->confirm() from splice_from_pipe actors
  cdrom: export cdrom_check_events()
  sd: implement sd_check_events()
  sr: implement sr_check_events()
  ...

block: add internal hd part table references

2011-01-07T07:43:37+00:00

We can't use krefs since it's apparently restricted to very basic
reference counting.

This reverts commit e4a683c8.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges

2011-01-05T15:57:38+00:00

/proc/diskstats would display a strange output as follows.

$ cat /proc/diskstats |grep sda
   8       0 sda 90524 7579 102154 20464 0 0 0 0 0 14096 20089
   8       1 sda1 19085 1352 21841 4209 0 0 0 0 4294967064 15689 4293424691
                                                ~~~~~~~~~~
   8       2 sda2 71252 3624 74891 15950 0 0 0 0 232 23995 1562390
   8       3 sda3 54 487 2188 92 0 0 0 0 0 88 92
   8       4 sda4 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   8       5 sda5 81 2027 2130 138 0 0 0 0 0 87 137

Its reason is the wrong way of accounting hd_struct->in_flight. When a bio is
merged into a request belongs to different partition by ELEVATOR_FRONT_MERGE.

The detailed root cause is as follows.

Assuming that there are two partition, sda1 and sda2.

1. A request for sda2 is in request_queue. Hence sda1's hd_struct->in_flight
   is 0 and sda2's one is 1.

        | hd_struct->in_flight
   ---------------------------
   sda1 |          0
   sda2 |          1
   ---------------------------

2. A bio belongs to sda1 is issued and is merged into the request mentioned on
   step1 by ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE. The first sector of the request is changed
   from sda2 region to sda1 region. However the two partition's
   hd_struct->in_flight are not changed.

        | hd_struct->in_flight
   ---------------------------
   sda1 |          0
   sda2 |          1
   ---------------------------

3. The request is finished and blk_account_io_done() is called. In this case,
   sda2's hd_struct->in_flight, not a sda1's one, is decremented.

        | hd_struct->in_flight
   ---------------------------
   sda1 |         -1
   sda2 |          1
   ---------------------------

The patch fixes the problem by caching the partition lookup
inside the request structure, hence making sure that the increment
and decrement will always happen on the same partition struct. This
also speeds up IO with accounting enabled, since it cuts down on
the number of lookups we have to do.

Also add a refcount to struct hd_struct to keep the partition in
memory as long as users exist. We use kref_test_and_get() to ensure
we don't add a reference to a partition which is going away.

Signed-off-by: Jerome Marchand 
Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu 
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: Deprecate QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER and use queue_limits instead

2010-12-17T07:35:53+00:00

When stacking devices, a request_queue is not always available. This
forced us to have a no_cluster flag in the queue_limits that could be
used as a carrier until the request_queue had been set up for a
metadevice.

There were several problems with that approach. First of all it was up
to the stacking device to remember to set queue flag after stacking had
completed. Also, the queue flag and the queue limits had to be kept in
sync at all times. We got that wrong, which could lead to us issuing
commands that went beyond the max scatterlist limit set by the driver.

The proper fix is to avoid having two flags for tracking the same thing.
We deprecate QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER and use the queue limit directly in the
block layer merging functions. The queue_limit 'no_cluster' is turned
into 'cluster' to avoid double negatives and to ease stacking.
Clustering defaults to being enabled as before. The queue flag logic is
removed from the stacking function, and explicitly setting the cluster
flag is no longer necessary in DM and MD.

Reported-by: Ed Lin 
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen 
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer 
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Revert "block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges"

2010-10-24T20:06:02+00:00

This reverts commit 7681bfeeccff5efa9eb29bf09249a3c400b15327.

Conflicts:

	include/linux/genhd.h

It has numerous issues with the cleanup path and non-elevator
devices. Revert it for now so we can come up with a clean
version without rushing things.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

2010-10-23T00:00:32+00:00

* 'for-2.6.37/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (39 commits)
  cfq-iosched: Fix a gcc 4.5 warning and put some comments
  block: Turn bvec_k{un,}map_irq() into static inline functions
  block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges
  block: Make the integrity mapped property a bio flag
  block: Fix double free in blk_integrity_unregister
  block: Ensure physical block size is unsigned int
  blkio-throttle: Fix possible multiplication overflow in iops calculations
  blkio-throttle: limit max iops value to UINT_MAX
  blkio-throttle: There is no need to convert jiffies to milli seconds
  blkio-throttle: Fix link failure failure on i386
  blkio: Recalculate the throttled bio dispatch time upon throttle limit change
  blkio: Add root group to td->tg_list
  blkio: deletion of a cgroup was causes oops
  blkio: Do not export throttle files if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=n
  block: set the bounce_pfn to the actual DMA limit rather than to max memory
  block: revert bad fix for memory hotplug causing bounces
  Fix compile error in blk-exec.c for !CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK
  block: set the bounce_pfn to the actual DMA limit rather than to max memory
  block: Prevent hang_check firing during long I/O
  cfq: improve fsync performance for small files
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts due to __rcu sparse annotation in include/linux/genhd.h

block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges

2010-10-19T07:07:02+00:00

/proc/diskstats would display a strange output as follows.

$ cat /proc/diskstats |grep sda
   8       0 sda 90524 7579 102154 20464 0 0 0 0 0 14096 20089
   8       1 sda1 19085 1352 21841 4209 0 0 0 0 4294967064 15689 4293424691
                                                ~~~~~~~~~~
   8       2 sda2 71252 3624 74891 15950 0 0 0 0 232 23995 1562390
   8       3 sda3 54 487 2188 92 0 0 0 0 0 88 92
   8       4 sda4 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   8       5 sda5 81 2027 2130 138 0 0 0 0 0 87 137

Its reason is the wrong way of accounting hd_struct->in_flight. When a bio is
merged into a request belongs to different partition by ELEVATOR_FRONT_MERGE.

The detailed root cause is as follows.

Assuming that there are two partition, sda1 and sda2.

1. A request for sda2 is in request_queue. Hence sda1's hd_struct->in_flight
   is 0 and sda2's one is 1.

        | hd_struct->in_flight
   ---------------------------
   sda1 |          0
   sda2 |          1
   ---------------------------

2. A bio belongs to sda1 is issued and is merged into the request mentioned on
   step1 by ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE. The first sector of the request is changed
   from sda2 region to sda1 region. However the two partition's
   hd_struct->in_flight are not changed.

        | hd_struct->in_flight
   ---------------------------
   sda1 |          0
   sda2 |          1
   ---------------------------

3. The request is finished and blk_account_io_done() is called. In this case,
   sda2's hd_struct->in_flight, not a sda1's one, is decremented.

        | hd_struct->in_flight
   ---------------------------
   sda1 |         -1
   sda2 |          1
   ---------------------------

The patch fixes the problem by caching the partition lookup
inside the request structure, hence making sure that the increment
and decrement will always happen on the same partition struct. This
also speeds up IO with accounting enabled, since it cuts down on
the number of lookups we have to do.

When reloading partition tables, quiesce IO to ensure that no
request references to the partition struct exists. When it is safe
to free the partition table, the IO for that device is restarted
again.

Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu 
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: prevent merges of discard and write requests

2010-09-25T10:42:55+00:00

Add logic to prevent two I/O requests being merged if
only one of them is a discard.  Ditto secure discard.

Without this fix, it is possible for write requests
to transform into discard requests.  For example:

  Submit bio 1 to discard 8 sectors from sector n
  Submit bio 2 to write 8 sectors from sector n + 16
  Submit bio 3 to write 8 sectors from sector n + 8

Bio 1 becomes request 1.  Bio 2 becomes request 2.
Bio 3 is merged with request 2, and then subsequently
request 2 is merged with request 1 resulting in just
one I/O request which discards all 24 sectors.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter 

(Moved the checks above the position checks /Jens)

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block/scsi: Provide a limit on the number of integrity segments

2010-09-10T18:50:10+00:00

Some controllers have a hardware limit on the number of protection
information scatter-gather list segments they can handle.

Introduce a max_integrity_segments limit in the block layer and provide
a new scsi_host_template setting that allows HBA drivers to provide a
value suitable for the hardware.

Add support for honoring the integrity segment limit when merging both
bios and requests.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe