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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 4/9] blk-throttle: fix io hung due to configuration updates
Hello,

On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 09:16:28AM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> 在 2022/08/18 1:52, Tejun Heo 写道:
> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 09:30:30AM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> > > > Would it be easier if the fields were signed? It's fragile and odd to
> > > > explain "these are unsigned but if they underflow they behave just like
> > > > signed when added" when they can just be signed. Also, I have a hard time
> > > > understand what "preempt" means above.
> > >
> > > I think preempt shound never happen based on current FIFO
> > > implementation, perhaps
> >
> > Can you elaborate what "preempt" is?
>
> Here preempt means that the bio that is throttled later somehow get
> dispatched earlier, Michal thinks it's better to comment that the code
> still works fine in this particular scenario.

You'd have to spell it out. It's not clear "preempt" means the above.

> > How about carryover_{ios|bytes}?
>
> Yes, that sounds good.
>
> By the way, should I use 'ios' here instead of 'io'? I was confused
> because there are many places that is using 'io' currently.

Yeah, blk-throttle.c is kinda inconsistent about that. It uses bytes/ios in
some places and bytes/io in others. I'd prefer ios here.

Thanks.

--
tejun

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