Re: [PATCH] block: don't quiesce the queue when setting the default elevator

[Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>]

On 10/1/26 8:40 AM, Qiliang Yuan wrote:
> elevator_set_default() runs from blk_register_queue() while the disk is
> still being added: the block device is not visible yet and uevents are
> suppressed, so no file system I/O can be issued. elevator_change()
> freezes the queue and cancels the dispatch work before switching, which
> is enough to drain dispatch activity from passthrough requests, as the
> comment in elevator_change() already states.
> 
> elevator_switch() still quiesces the queue unconditionally, though, so
> every disk added with a default elevator waits for an RCU grace period.
> Commit 245a489e81e1 ("block: avoid to quiesce queue in
> elevator_init_mq") had removed this wait from the default elevator
> setup, and it came back when that setup was folded into
> elevator_change().
> 
> The wait is paid in full by callers that add disks one at a time. ublk
> adds the disk of a single-queue device from START_DEV, which takes 7.7ms
> at p50 in a 16 vCPU KVM guest, most of it in blk_mq_quiesce_queue()
> called from elevator_set_default().
> 
> Skip quiescing in elevator_switch() when setting the default elevator.
> 
> ublk null target, 1000 single-queue devices created one by one:
> 
>                       before      after
>    START_DEV p50      7.74ms     0.68ms
>    START_DEV p99     14.61ms     1.32ms
>    devices/s             114        971
> 
> Fixes: 1e44bedbc921 ("block: unifying elevator change")
> Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Qiliang Yuan<odys.yuan@gmail.com>
> ---
>   block/elevator.c | 7 +++++--
>   block/elevator.h | 2 ++
>   2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
> index 2161b6eea680c..da9ba70ac9321 100644
> --- a/block/elevator.c
> +++ b/block/elevator.c
> @@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ static int elevator_switch(struct request_queue *q, struct elv_change_ctx *ctx)
>   			return -EINVAL;
>   	}
>   
> -	blk_mq_quiesce_queue(q);
> +	if (!ctx->no_quiesce)
> +		blk_mq_quiesce_queue(q);
>   
>   	if (q->elevator) {
>   		ctx->old = q->elevator;
> @@ -594,7 +595,8 @@ static int elevator_switch(struct request_queue *q, struct elv_change_ctx *ctx)
>   	blk_add_trace_msg(q, "elv switch: %s", ctx->name);
>   
>   out_unfreeze:
> -	blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(q);
> +	if (!ctx->no_quiesce)
> +		blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(q);
>   
One minor nit: Since we only unquiesce the queue at the out_unfreeze label,
could you rename it to out_unquiesce while you're at it? I realize this label
predates your change, but the new name would better reflect what happens there.

Otherwise, this change looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>