cfq: fix IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE delays
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:46:13 +0000 (09:46 +0100)
committerJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:46:13 +0000 (09:46 +0100)
After the fresh boot:

ionice -c3 -p $$
echo cfq >> /sys/block/XXX/queue/scheduler
dd if=/dev/XXX of=/dev/null bs=512 count=1

Now dd hangs in D state and the queue is completely stalled for approximately
INITIAL_JIFFIES + CFQ_IDLE_GRACE jiffies. This is because cfq_init_queue()
forgets to initialize cfq_data->last_end_request.

(I guess this patch is not complete, overflow is still possible)

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>

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