tree 90306fe5385ad770db8be8b1242ee5a3f114ca84
parent 69df0ab030c94e851b77991c2f5e00bcf5294edc
author Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> 1368564757 -0700
committer Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> 1368564757 -0700

blk-throttle: implement dispatch looping

throtl_select_dispatch() only dispatches throtl_quantum bios on each
invocation.  blk_throtl_dispatch_work_fn() in turn depends on
throtl_schedule_next_dispatch() scheduling the next dispatch window
immediately so that undue delays aren't incurred.  This effectively
chains multiple dispatch work item executions back-to-back when there
are more than throtl_quantum bios to dispatch on a given tick.

There is no reason to finish the current work item just to repeat it
immediately.  This patch makes throtl_schedule_next_dispatch() return
%false without doing anything if the current dispatch window is still
open and updates blk_throtl_dispatch_work_fn() repeat dispatching
after cpu_relax() on %false return.

This change will help implementing hierarchy support as dispatching
will be done from pending_timer and immediate reschedule of timer
function isn't supported and doesn't make much sense.

While this patch changes how dispatch behaves when there are more than
throtl_quantum bios to dispatch on a single tick, the behavior change
is immaterial.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>