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The current tag reservation code is based on a misunderstanding of the meaning of data->shallow_depth. Fix the tag reservation code as follows: * By default, do not reserve any tags for synchronous requests because for certain use cases reserving tags reduces performance. See also Harshit Mogalapalli, [bug-report] Performance regression with fio sequential-write on a multipath setup, 2024-03-07 (https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/5ce2ae5d-61e2-4ede-ad55-551112602401@oracle.com/) * Reduce min_shallow_depth to one because min_shallow_depth must be less than or equal any shallow_depth value. * Scale dd->async_depth from the range [1, nr_requests] to [1, bits_per_sbitmap_word]. Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org> Cc: Zhiguo Niu <zhiguo.niu@unisoc.com> Fixes: 07757588e507 ("block/mq-deadline: Reserve 25% of scheduler tags for synchronous requests") Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240509170149.7639-3-bvanassche@acm.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.