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-rw-r--r--block/bfq-iosched.c16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index e234eb408ed0..975fd30a07c9 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -2782,6 +2782,15 @@ bfq_setup_merge(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, struct bfq_queue *new_bfqq)
* are likely to increase the throughput.
*/
bfqq->new_bfqq = new_bfqq;
+ /*
+ * The above assignment schedules the following redirections:
+ * each time some I/O for bfqq arrives, the process that
+ * generated that I/O is disassociated from bfqq and
+ * associated with new_bfqq. Here we increases new_bfqq->ref
+ * in advance, adding the number of processes that are
+ * expected to be associated with new_bfqq as they happen to
+ * issue I/O.
+ */
new_bfqq->ref += process_refs;
return new_bfqq;
}
@@ -2844,6 +2853,10 @@ bfq_setup_cooperator(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
{
struct bfq_queue *in_service_bfqq, *new_bfqq;
+ /* if a merge has already been setup, then proceed with that first */
+ if (bfqq->new_bfqq)
+ return bfqq->new_bfqq;
+
/*
* Check delayed stable merge for rotational or non-queueing
* devs. For this branch to be executed, bfqq must not be
@@ -2945,9 +2958,6 @@ bfq_setup_cooperator(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
if (bfq_too_late_for_merging(bfqq))
return NULL;
- if (bfqq->new_bfqq)
- return bfqq->new_bfqq;
-
if (!io_struct || unlikely(bfqq == &bfqd->oom_bfqq))
return NULL;