[dm-devel] [PATCH v2 6/6] dm mpath: delay the requeue of blk-mq requests while all paths down

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 09/14/2016 06:29 PM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> Return DM_MAPIO_DELAY_REQUEUE from .clone_and_map_rq.  Also, return
> false from .busy, if all paths are down, so that blk-mq requests get
> mapped via .clone_and_map_rq -- which results in DM_MAPIO_DELAY_REQUEUE
> being returned to dm-rq.
> 
> This change allows for a noticeable reduction in cpu utilization
> (reduced kworker load) while all paths are down, e.g.:
> 
> system CPU idleness (as measured by fio's --idle-prof=system):
> before: system: 86.58%
> after:  system: 98.60%
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer at redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/md/dm-mpath.c | 15 +++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse.com>

Cheers,

Hannes
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