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-rw-r--r--block/cfq-iosched.c54
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index f41fdb5f3e0c..98b15b98b85d 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2141,8 +2141,22 @@ static struct cfq_queue *cfq_select_queue(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
/*
* The active queue has run out of time, expire it and select new.
*/
- if (cfq_slice_used(cfqq) && !cfq_cfqq_must_dispatch(cfqq))
- goto expire;
+ if (cfq_slice_used(cfqq) && !cfq_cfqq_must_dispatch(cfqq)) {
+ /*
+ * If slice had not expired at the completion of last request
+ * we might not have turned on wait_busy flag. Don't expire
+ * the queue yet. Allow the group to get backlogged.
+ *
+ * The very fact that we have used the slice, that means we
+ * have been idling all along on this queue and it should be
+ * ok to wait for this request to complete.
+ */
+ if (cfqq->cfqg->nr_cfqq == 1 && cfqq->dispatched
+ && cfq_should_idle(cfqd, cfqq))
+ goto keep_queue;
+ else
+ goto expire;
+ }
/*
* The active queue has requests and isn't expired, allow it to
@@ -3256,6 +3270,35 @@ static void cfq_update_hw_tag(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
cfqd->hw_tag = 0;
}
+static bool cfq_should_wait_busy(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
+{
+ struct cfq_io_context *cic = cfqd->active_cic;
+
+ /* If there are other queues in the group, don't wait */
+ if (cfqq->cfqg->nr_cfqq > 1)
+ return false;
+
+ if (cfq_slice_used(cfqq))
+ return true;
+
+ /* if slice left is less than think time, wait busy */
+ if (cic && sample_valid(cic->ttime_samples)
+ && (cfqq->slice_end - jiffies < cic->ttime_mean))
+ return true;
+
+ /*
+ * If think times is less than a jiffy than ttime_mean=0 and above
+ * will not be true. It might happen that slice has not expired yet
+ * but will expire soon (4-5 ns) during select_queue(). To cover the
+ * case where think time is less than a jiffy, mark the queue wait
+ * busy if only 1 jiffy is left in the slice.
+ */
+ if (cfqq->slice_end - jiffies == 1)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
static void cfq_completed_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
{
struct cfq_queue *cfqq = RQ_CFQQ(rq);
@@ -3295,11 +3338,10 @@ static void cfq_completed_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
}
/*
- * If this queue consumed its slice and this is last queue
- * in the group, wait for next request before we expire
- * the queue
+ * Should we wait for next request to come in before we expire
+ * the queue.
*/
- if (cfq_slice_used(cfqq) && cfqq->cfqg->nr_cfqq == 1) {
+ if (cfq_should_wait_busy(cfqd, cfqq)) {
cfqq->slice_end = jiffies + cfqd->cfq_slice_idle;
cfq_mark_cfqq_wait_busy(cfqq);
}