[PATCH v2 3/3] blk-mq: fix start_time_ns and alloc_time_ns for pre-allocated rq

From: chengming . zhou
Date: Mon Jun 26 2023 - 01:06:34 EST


From: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The iocost rely on rq start_time_ns and alloc_time_ns to tell saturation
state of the block device. Most of the time request is allocated after
rq_qos_throttle() and its alloc_time_ns or start_time_ns won't be affected.

But for plug batched allocation introduced by the commit 47c122e35d7e
("block: pre-allocate requests if plug is started and is a batch"), we can
rq_qos_throttle() after the allocation of the request. This is what the
blk_mq_get_cached_request() does.

In this case, the cached request alloc_time_ns or start_time_ns is much
ahead if blocked in any qos ->throttle().

This patch fix it by setting alloc_time_ns and start_time_ns to now
when the pre-allocated rq is actually used.

Note we don't skip setting alloc_time_ns and start_time_ns for all
pre-allocated rq, since the first returned rq still need to be set.

Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-mq.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 8b981d0a868e..6a3f1b8aaad8 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -337,6 +337,24 @@ void blk_rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_init);

+/* Set rq alloc and start time when pre-allocated rq is actually used */
+static inline void blk_mq_rq_time_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
+{
+ if (blk_mq_need_time_stamp(rq->rq_flags)) {
+ u64 now = ktime_get_ns();
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_RQ_ALLOC_TIME
+ /*
+ * alloc time is only used by iocost for now,
+ * only possible when blk_mq_need_time_stamp().
+ */
+ if (blk_queue_rq_alloc_time(q))
+ rq->alloc_time_ns = now;
+#endif
+ rq->start_time_ns = now;
+ }
+}
+
static struct request *blk_mq_rq_ctx_init(struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data,
struct blk_mq_tags *tags, unsigned int tag,
u64 alloc_time_ns, u64 start_time_ns)
@@ -575,6 +593,7 @@ static struct request *blk_mq_alloc_cached_request(struct request_queue *q,
return NULL;

plug->cached_rq = rq_list_next(rq);
+ blk_mq_rq_time_init(q, rq);
}

rq->cmd_flags = opf;
@@ -2896,6 +2915,7 @@ static inline struct request *blk_mq_get_cached_request(struct request_queue *q,
plug->cached_rq = rq_list_next(rq);
rq_qos_throttle(q, *bio);

+ blk_mq_rq_time_init(q, rq);
rq->cmd_flags = (*bio)->bi_opf;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->queuelist);
return rq;
--
2.39.2