[dm-devel] Random high CPU utilization in blk-mq with the none scheduler

[Dexuan Cui]

> From: Ming Lei <ming.lei at redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 4:53 PM
>  ...
> The single hw queue may be the root cause of your issue, and there
> is only single run_work, which can be touched by all CPUs(~200) almost, so
> cache
> ping-pong could be very serious.
> 
> Jens patch may improve it more or less, please test it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ming

I replied to Jens's email with the test result before your email. :-)

Jen's patch does help in the absence of dc5fc361d891 
("block: attempt direct issue of plug list").

BTW, the throughput in the case of dm_mod.dm_mq_queue_depth=256
is slightly better than the case of dm_mod.dm_mq_queue_depth=2048 with
Jen's patch or dc5fc361d891.