Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 03/10] block, bfq: initialize bfqq->decrease_time_jif correctly

From: Jan Kara
Date: Mon Jan 02 2023 - 10:31:07 EST


On Fri 23-12-22 03:16:34, Kemeng Shi wrote:
> Inject limit is updated or reset when time_is_before_eq_jiffies(
> decrease_time_jif + several msecs) or think-time state changes.
> decrease_time_jif is initialized to 0 and will be set to current jiffies
> when inject limit is updated or reset. If the jiffies is slightly greater
> than LONG_MAX, time_is_after_eq_jiffies(0) will keep for a long time, so as
> time_is_after_eq_jiffies(decrease_time_jif + several msecs). If the
> think-time state never chages, then the injection will not work as expected
> for long time.
>
> To be more specific:
> Function bfq_update_inject_limit maybe triggered when jiffies pasts
> decrease_time_jif + msecs_to_jiffies(10) in bfq_add_request by setting
> bfqd->wait_dispatch to true.
> Function bfq_reset_inject_limit are called in two conditions:
> 1. jiffies pasts bfqq->decrease_time_jif + msecs_to_jiffies(1000) in
> function bfq_add_request.
> 2. jiffies pasts bfqq->decrease_time_jif + msecs_to_jiffies(100) or
> bfq think-time state change from short to long.
>
> Fix this by initializing bfqq->decrease_time_jif to current jiffies
> to trigger service injection soon when service injection conditions
> are met.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I agree that initializing jiffies timer to 0 is just a bad practice and
current time is much saner choice. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> block/bfq-iosched.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
> index 5a6d9e8c329d..9441fc98961a 100644
> --- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
> +++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
> @@ -5491,6 +5491,8 @@ static void bfq_init_bfqq(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
>
> /* first request is almost certainly seeky */
> bfqq->seek_history = 1;
> +
> + bfqq->decrease_time_jif = jiffies;
> }
>
> static struct bfq_queue **bfq_async_queue_prio(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
> --
> 2.30.0
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR