On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 18/11/2014 15:06, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>> > + /* don't submit until next completion for -EAGAIN of non plug case */
>>> > + if (unlikely(!s->io_q.plugged)) {
>>> > + return 0;
>>> > + }
>>> > +
>> Is this an optimization or a fix for something?
>
> Ah, if !io_q.plugged we must be in the -EAGAIN case, so no need to
> "submit immediately if queue depth is above 2/3". Can you rewrite the
The above comment is only for io_q.plugged case, and for
!io_q.plugged with -EAGAIN, the requests is submitted in
retry path.
> comment like this:
>
> /* This is reached in two cases: queue not plugged but io_submit
> * returned -EAGAIN, or queue plugged. In the latter case, start
> * submitting some I/O if the queue is getting too full. In the
> * former case, instead, wait until an I/O operation is completed.
> */
> if (likely(idx <= s->io_q.size * 2 / 3) || unlikely(!s->io_q.plugged) {
> return 0;
> }
Yes, the above change need the corresponding comment, but this
patch needn't since the 1st case won't reach here, :-)
Thanks,
Ming Lei
