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-rw-r--r--block/cfq-iosched.c4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/ioprio.h14
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 7f909d2f4886..b399c62936e0 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -1303,10 +1303,10 @@ static void cfq_init_prio_data(struct cfq_queue *cfqq, struct io_context *ioc)
printk(KERN_ERR "cfq: bad prio %x\n", ioprio_class);
case IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE:
/*
- * no prio set, place us in the middle of the BE classes
+ * no prio set, inherit CPU scheduling settings
*/
cfqq->ioprio = task_nice_ioprio(tsk);
- cfqq->ioprio_class = IOPRIO_CLASS_BE;
+ cfqq->ioprio_class = task_nice_ioclass(tsk);
break;
case IOPRIO_CLASS_RT:
cfqq->ioprio = task_ioprio(ioc);
diff --git a/include/linux/ioprio.h b/include/linux/ioprio.h
index 2a3bb1bb7433..f98a656b17e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/ioprio.h
+++ b/include/linux/ioprio.h
@@ -68,6 +68,20 @@ static inline int task_nice_ioprio(struct task_struct *task)
}
/*
+ * This is for the case where the task hasn't asked for a specific IO class.
+ * Check for idle and rt task process, and return appropriate IO class.
+ */
+static inline int task_nice_ioclass(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+ if (task->policy == SCHED_IDLE)
+ return IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE;
+ else if (task->policy == SCHED_FIFO || task->policy == SCHED_RR)
+ return IOPRIO_CLASS_RT;
+ else
+ return IOPRIO_CLASS_BE;
+}
+
+/*
* For inheritance, return the highest of the two given priorities
*/
extern int ioprio_best(unsigned short aprio, unsigned short bprio);