blk-mq: add a 'list' parameter to ->queue_rq()

Since we have the notion of a 'last' request in a chain, we can use
this to have the hardware optimize the issuing of requests. Add
a list_head parameter to queue_rq that the driver can use to
temporarily store hw commands for issue when 'last' is true. If we
are doing a chain of requests, pass in a NULL list for the first
request to force issue of that immediately, then batch the remainder
for deferred issue until the last request has been sent.

Instead of adding yet another argument to the hot ->queue_rq path,
encapsulate the passed arguments in a blk_mq_queue_data structure.
This is passed as a constant, and has been tested as faster than
passing 4 (or even 3) args through ->queue_rq. Update drivers for
the new ->queue_rq() prototype. There are no functional changes
in this patch for drivers - if they don't use the passed in list,
then they will just queue requests individually like before.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 68929ba..7e53038 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -680,6 +680,8 @@ static void __blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 	struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue;
 	struct request *rq;
 	LIST_HEAD(rq_list);
+	LIST_HEAD(driver_list);
+	struct list_head *dptr;
 	int queued;
 
 	WARN_ON(!cpumask_test_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id(), hctx->cpumask));
@@ -706,16 +708,27 @@ static void __blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * Start off with dptr being NULL, so we start the first request
+	 * immediately, even if we have more pending.
+	 */
+	dptr = NULL;
+
+	/*
 	 * Now process all the entries, sending them to the driver.
 	 */
 	queued = 0;
 	while (!list_empty(&rq_list)) {
+		struct blk_mq_queue_data bd;
 		int ret;
 
 		rq = list_first_entry(&rq_list, struct request, queuelist);
 		list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
 
-		ret = q->mq_ops->queue_rq(hctx, rq, list_empty(&rq_list));
+		bd.rq = rq;
+		bd.list = dptr;
+		bd.last = list_empty(&rq_list);
+
+		ret = q->mq_ops->queue_rq(hctx, &bd);
 		switch (ret) {
 		case BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_OK:
 			queued++;
@@ -734,6 +747,13 @@ static void __blk_mq_run_hw_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 
 		if (ret == BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_BUSY)
 			break;
+
+		/*
+		 * We've done the first request. If we have more than 1
+		 * left in the list, set dptr to defer issue.
+		 */
+		if (!dptr && rq_list.next != rq_list.prev)
+			dptr = &driver_list;
 	}
 
 	if (!queued)
@@ -1153,6 +1173,11 @@ static void blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	}
 
 	if (is_sync) {
+		struct blk_mq_queue_data bd = {
+			.rq = rq,
+			.list = NULL,
+			.last = 1
+		};
 		int ret;
 
 		blk_mq_bio_to_request(rq, bio);
@@ -1162,7 +1187,7 @@ static void blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		 * error (busy), just add it to our list as we previously
 		 * would have done
 		 */
-		ret = q->mq_ops->queue_rq(data.hctx, rq, true);
+		ret = q->mq_ops->queue_rq(data.hctx, &bd);
 		if (ret == BLK_MQ_RQ_QUEUE_OK)
 			goto done;
 		else {