cfq-iosched: drain device queue before switching to a sync queue

To lessen the impact of async IO on sync IO, let the device drain of
any async IO in progress when switching to a sync cfqq that has idling
enabled.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index fd7080ed7935..93693bf6083e 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ struct cfq_data {
 	 */
 	unsigned int busy_rt_queues;
 
-	int rq_in_driver;
+	int rq_in_driver[2];
 	int sync_flight;
 
 	/*
@@ -239,6 +239,11 @@ static struct cfq_queue *cfq_get_queue(struct cfq_data *, int,
 static struct cfq_io_context *cfq_cic_lookup(struct cfq_data *,
 						struct io_context *);
 
+static inline int rq_in_driver(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
+{
+	return cfqd->rq_in_driver[0] + cfqd->rq_in_driver[1];
+}
+
 static inline struct cfq_queue *cic_to_cfqq(struct cfq_io_context *cic,
 					    int is_sync)
 {
@@ -760,9 +765,9 @@ static void cfq_activate_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct cfq_data *cfqd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
 
-	cfqd->rq_in_driver++;
+	cfqd->rq_in_driver[rq_is_sync(rq)]++;
 	cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, RQ_CFQQ(rq), "activate rq, drv=%d",
-						cfqd->rq_in_driver);
+						rq_in_driver(cfqd));
 
 	cfqd->last_position = blk_rq_pos(rq) + blk_rq_sectors(rq);
 }
@@ -770,11 +775,12 @@ static void cfq_activate_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 static void cfq_deactivate_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
 	struct cfq_data *cfqd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
+	const int sync = rq_is_sync(rq);
 
-	WARN_ON(!cfqd->rq_in_driver);
-	cfqd->rq_in_driver--;
+	WARN_ON(!cfqd->rq_in_driver[sync]);
+	cfqd->rq_in_driver[sync]--;
 	cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, RQ_CFQQ(rq), "deactivate rq, drv=%d",
-						cfqd->rq_in_driver);
+						rq_in_driver(cfqd));
 }
 
 static void cfq_remove_request(struct request *rq)
@@ -1080,7 +1086,7 @@ static void cfq_arm_slice_timer(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
 	/*
 	 * still requests with the driver, don't idle
 	 */
-	if (cfqd->rq_in_driver)
+	if (rq_in_driver(cfqd))
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -1312,6 +1318,12 @@ static int cfq_dispatch_requests(struct request_queue *q, int force)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
+	 * Drain async requests before we start sync IO
+	 */
+	if (cfq_cfqq_idle_window(cfqq) && cfqd->rq_in_driver[BLK_RW_ASYNC])
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
 	 * If this is an async queue and we have sync IO in flight, let it wait
 	 */
 	if (cfqd->sync_flight && !cfq_cfqq_sync(cfqq))
@@ -2130,11 +2142,11 @@ static void cfq_insert_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
  */
 static void cfq_update_hw_tag(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
 {
-	if (cfqd->rq_in_driver > cfqd->rq_in_driver_peak)
-		cfqd->rq_in_driver_peak = cfqd->rq_in_driver;
+	if (rq_in_driver(cfqd) > cfqd->rq_in_driver_peak)
+		cfqd->rq_in_driver_peak = rq_in_driver(cfqd);
 
 	if (cfqd->rq_queued <= CFQ_HW_QUEUE_MIN &&
-	    cfqd->rq_in_driver <= CFQ_HW_QUEUE_MIN)
+	    rq_in_driver(cfqd) <= CFQ_HW_QUEUE_MIN)
 		return;
 
 	if (cfqd->hw_tag_samples++ < 50)
@@ -2161,9 +2173,9 @@ static void cfq_completed_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 
 	cfq_update_hw_tag(cfqd);
 
-	WARN_ON(!cfqd->rq_in_driver);
+	WARN_ON(!cfqd->rq_in_driver[sync]);
 	WARN_ON(!cfqq->dispatched);
-	cfqd->rq_in_driver--;
+	cfqd->rq_in_driver[sync]--;
 	cfqq->dispatched--;
 
 	if (cfq_cfqq_sync(cfqq))
@@ -2197,7 +2209,7 @@ static void cfq_completed_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 			cfq_arm_slice_timer(cfqd);
 	}
 
-	if (!cfqd->rq_in_driver)
+	if (!rq_in_driver(cfqd))
 		cfq_schedule_dispatch(cfqd);
 }