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author | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2013-05-14 13:52:37 -0700 |
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committer | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2013-05-14 13:52:37 -0700 |
commit | 7f52f98c2a83339b89a27d01296354e5dbb90ad0 (patch) | |
tree | 90306fe5385ad770db8be8b1242ee5a3f114ca84 /Documentation/RCU | |
parent | 69df0ab030c94e851b77991c2f5e00bcf5294edc (diff) |
blk-throttle: implement dispatch looping
throtl_select_dispatch() only dispatches throtl_quantum bios on each
invocation. blk_throtl_dispatch_work_fn() in turn depends on
throtl_schedule_next_dispatch() scheduling the next dispatch window
immediately so that undue delays aren't incurred. This effectively
chains multiple dispatch work item executions back-to-back when there
are more than throtl_quantum bios to dispatch on a given tick.
There is no reason to finish the current work item just to repeat it
immediately. This patch makes throtl_schedule_next_dispatch() return
%false without doing anything if the current dispatch window is still
open and updates blk_throtl_dispatch_work_fn() repeat dispatching
after cpu_relax() on %false return.
This change will help implementing hierarchy support as dispatching
will be done from pending_timer and immediate reschedule of timer
function isn't supported and doesn't make much sense.
While this patch changes how dispatch behaves when there are more than
throtl_quantum bios to dispatch on a single tick, the behavior change
is immaterial.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
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