Re: [LSF/MM TOPIC] Two blk-mq related topics
From: Mike Snitzer <hidden>
Date: 2018-01-29 20:40:31
Also in:
linux-nvme, linux-scsi
From: Mike Snitzer <hidden>
Date: 2018-01-29 20:40:31
Also in:
linux-nvme, linux-scsi
On Mon, Jan 29 2018 at 10:46am -0500, Ming Lei [off-list ref] wrote:
2. When to enable SCSI_MQ at default again? SCSI_MQ is enabled on V3.17 firstly, but disabled at default. In V4.13-rc1, it is enabled at default, but later the patch is reverted in V4.13-rc7, and becomes disabled at default too. Now both the original reported PM issue(actually SCSI quiesce) and the sequential IO performance issue have been addressed. And MQ IO schedulers are ready too for traditional disks. Are there other issues to be addressed for enabling SCSI_MQ at default? When can we do that again? Last time, the two issues were reported during V4.13 dev cycle just when it is enabled at default, that seems if SCSI_MQ isn't enabled at default, it wouldn't be exposed to run/tested completely & fully. So if we continue to disable it at default, maybe it can never be exposed to full test/production environment.
I was going to propose revisiting this as well. I'd really like to see all the old .request_fn block core code removed. But maybe we take a first step of enabling: CONFIG_SCSI_MQ_DEFAULT=Y CONFIG_DM_MQ_DEFAULT=Y Thanks, Mike