blk-mq: make plug work for mutiple disks and queues

Last patch makes plug work for multiple queue case. However it only
works for single disk case, because it assumes only one request in the
plug list. If a task is accessing multiple disks, eg MD/DM, the
assumption is wrong. Let blk_attempt_plug_merge() record request from
the same queue.

V2: use NULL parameter in !mq case. Fix a bug. Add comments in
blk_attempt_plug_merge to make it less (hopefully) confusion.

Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>

3 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 9dcfb8e..f0be754 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1522,7 +1522,8 @@ bool bio_attempt_front_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
  * Caller must ensure !blk_queue_nomerges(q) beforehand.
  */
 bool blk_attempt_plug_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
-			    unsigned int *request_count)
+			    unsigned int *request_count,
+			    struct request **same_queue_rq)
 {
 	struct blk_plug *plug;
 	struct request *rq;
@@ -1542,8 +1543,16 @@ bool blk_attempt_plug_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(rq, plug_list, queuelist) {
 		int el_ret;
 
-		if (rq->q == q)
+		if (rq->q == q) {
 			(*request_count)++;
+			/*
+			 * Only blk-mq multiple hardware queues case checks the
+			 * rq in the same queue, there should be only one such
+			 * rq in a queue
+			 **/
+			if (same_queue_rq)
+				*same_queue_rq = rq;
+		}
 
 		if (rq->q != q || !blk_rq_merge_ok(rq, bio))
 			continue;
@@ -1608,7 +1617,7 @@ void blk_queue_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	 * any locks.
 	 */
 	if (!blk_queue_nomerges(q) &&
-	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count))
+	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count, NULL))
 		return;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 902c2eb..31df4744 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1269,6 +1269,7 @@ static void blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	struct request *rq;
 	unsigned int request_count = 0;
 	struct blk_plug *plug;
+	struct request *same_queue_rq = NULL;
 
 	blk_queue_bounce(q, &bio);
 
@@ -1278,7 +1279,7 @@ static void blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	}
 
 	if (!is_flush_fua && !blk_queue_nomerges(q) &&
-	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count))
+	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count, &same_queue_rq))
 		return;
 
 	rq = blk_mq_map_request(q, bio, &data);
@@ -1309,9 +1310,12 @@ static void blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		 * issued. So the plug list will have one request at most
 		 */
 		if (plug) {
-			if (!list_empty(&plug->mq_list)) {
-				old_rq = list_first_entry(&plug->mq_list,
-					struct request, queuelist);
+			/*
+			 * The plug list might get flushed before this. If that
+			 * happens, same_queue_rq is invalid and plug list is empty
+			 **/
+			if (same_queue_rq && !list_empty(&plug->mq_list)) {
+				old_rq = same_queue_rq;
 				list_del_init(&old_rq->queuelist);
 			}
 			list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &plug->mq_list);
@@ -1360,7 +1364,7 @@ static void blk_sq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	}
 
 	if (!is_flush_fua && !blk_queue_nomerges(q) &&
-	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count))
+	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count, NULL))
 		return;
 
 	rq = blk_mq_map_request(q, bio, &data);
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 4b48d55..026d959 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ bool bio_attempt_front_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 bool bio_attempt_back_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 			    struct bio *bio);
 bool blk_attempt_plug_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
-			    unsigned int *request_count);
+			    unsigned int *request_count,
+			    struct request **same_queue_rq);
 
 void blk_account_io_start(struct request *req, bool new_io);
 void blk_account_io_completion(struct request *req, unsigned int bytes);