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Diffstat (limited to 'block/bfq-iosched.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/bfq-iosched.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c index 597f5a109092..b21ca9111b87 100644 --- a/block/bfq-iosched.c +++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c @@ -5647,9 +5647,13 @@ static struct bfq_queue *bfq_do_or_sched_stable_merge(struct bfq_data *bfqd, * it has been set already, but too long ago, then move it * forward to bfqq. Finally, move also if bfqq belongs to a * different group than last_bfqq_created, or if bfqq has a - * different ioprio or ioprio_class. If none of these - * conditions holds true, then try an early stable merge or - * schedule a delayed stable merge. + * different ioprio, ioprio_class or actuator_idx. If none of + * these conditions holds true, then try an early stable merge + * or schedule a delayed stable merge. As for the condition on + * actuator_idx, the reason is that, if queues associated with + * different actuators are merged, then control is lost on + * each actuator. Therefore some actuator may be + * underutilized, and throughput may decrease. * * A delayed merge is scheduled (instead of performing an * early merge), in case bfqq might soon prove to be more @@ -5667,7 +5671,8 @@ static struct bfq_queue *bfq_do_or_sched_stable_merge(struct bfq_data *bfqd, bfqq->creation_time) || bfqq->entity.parent != last_bfqq_created->entity.parent || bfqq->ioprio != last_bfqq_created->ioprio || - bfqq->ioprio_class != last_bfqq_created->ioprio_class) + bfqq->ioprio_class != last_bfqq_created->ioprio_class || + bfqq->actuator_idx != last_bfqq_created->actuator_idx) *source_bfqq = bfqq; else if (time_after_eq(last_bfqq_created->creation_time + bfqd->bfq_burst_interval, |