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[17/17] block, bfq: remove unnecessary local variable __bfqq in bfq_setup_merge

Message ID 20230219104309.1511562-18-shikemeng@huaweicloud.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series Some bugfix and cleanup patches for bfq | expand

Commit Message

Kemeng Shi Feb. 19, 2023, 10:43 a.m. UTC
We could traversal bfqq->new_bfqq list without a local variable easily and
intuitively. So remove unnecessary local variable __bfqq.

Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
---
 block/bfq-iosched.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

Dan Carpenter Feb. 23, 2023, 5:48 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Kemeng,

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Kemeng-Shi/block-bfq-properly-mark-bfqq-remained-idle/20230219-104312
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git for-next
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230219104309.1511562-18-shikemeng%40huaweicloud.com
patch subject: [PATCH 17/17] block, bfq: remove unnecessary local variable __bfqq in bfq_setup_merge
config: openrisc-randconfig-m041-20230219 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230220/202302200841.9zinyY7i-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: or1k-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
| Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202302200841.9zinyY7i-lkp@intel.com/

New smatch warnings:
block/bfq-iosched.c:2785 bfq_setup_merge() error: we previously assumed 'new_bfqq' could be null (see line 2766)

Old smatch warnings:
block/bfq-iosched.c:6195 __bfq_insert_request() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'bfqq' (see line 6191)

vim +/new_bfqq +2785 block/bfq-iosched.c

36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2751  static struct bfq_queue *
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2752  bfq_setup_merge(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, struct bfq_queue *new_bfqq)
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2753  {
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2754  	int process_refs, new_process_refs;
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2755  
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2756  	/*
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2757  	 * If there are no process references on the new_bfqq, then it is
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2758  	 * unsafe to follow the ->new_bfqq chain as other bfqq's in the chain
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2759  	 * may have dropped their last reference (not just their last process
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2760  	 * reference).
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2761  	 */
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2762  	if (!bfqq_process_refs(new_bfqq))
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2763  		return NULL;
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2764  
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2765  	/* Avoid a circular list and skip interim queue merges. */
114533e1e26a36 Kemeng Shi       2023-02-19 @2766  	while ((new_bfqq = new_bfqq->new_bfqq)) {
114533e1e26a36 Kemeng Shi       2023-02-19  2767  		if (new_bfqq == bfqq)
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2768  			return NULL;
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2769  	}

This now loops until new_bfqq is NULL.

36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2770  
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2771  	process_refs = bfqq_process_refs(bfqq);
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2772  	new_process_refs = bfqq_process_refs(new_bfqq);

What?

36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2773  	/*
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2774  	 * If the process for the bfqq has gone away, there is no
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2775  	 * sense in merging the queues.
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2776  	 */
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2777  	if (process_refs == 0 || new_process_refs == 0)
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2778  		return NULL;
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2779  
c1cee4ab36acef Jan Kara         2022-04-01  2780  	/*
c1cee4ab36acef Jan Kara         2022-04-01  2781  	 * Make sure merged queues belong to the same parent. Parents could
c1cee4ab36acef Jan Kara         2022-04-01  2782  	 * have changed since the time we decided the two queues are suitable
c1cee4ab36acef Jan Kara         2022-04-01  2783  	 * for merging.
c1cee4ab36acef Jan Kara         2022-04-01  2784  	 */
c1cee4ab36acef Jan Kara         2022-04-01 @2785  	if (new_bfqq->entity.parent != bfqq->entity.parent)
c1cee4ab36acef Jan Kara         2022-04-01  2786  		return NULL;
c1cee4ab36acef Jan Kara         2022-04-01  2787  
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2788  	bfq_log_bfqq(bfqq->bfqd, bfqq, "scheduling merge with queue %d",
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2789  		new_bfqq->pid);
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2790  
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2791  	/*
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2792  	 * Merging is just a redirection: the requests of the process
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2793  	 * owning one of the two queues are redirected to the other queue.
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2794  	 * The latter queue, in its turn, is set as shared if this is the
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2795  	 * first time that the requests of some process are redirected to
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2796  	 * it.
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2797  	 *
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2798  	 * We redirect bfqq to new_bfqq and not the opposite, because
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2799  	 * we are in the context of the process owning bfqq, thus we
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2800  	 * have the io_cq of this process. So we can immediately
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2801  	 * configure this io_cq to redirect the requests of the
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2802  	 * process to new_bfqq. In contrast, the io_cq of new_bfqq is
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2803  	 * not available any more (new_bfqq->bic == NULL).
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2804  	 *
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2805  	 * Anyway, even in case new_bfqq coincides with the in-service
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2806  	 * queue, redirecting requests the in-service queue is the
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2807  	 * best option, as we feed the in-service queue with new
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2808  	 * requests close to the last request served and, by doing so,
6fa3e8d34204d5 Paolo Valente    2017-04-12  2809  	 * are likely to increase the throughput.
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2810  	 */
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2811  	bfqq->new_bfqq = new_bfqq;
15729ff8143f81 Paolo Valente    2021-11-25  2812  	/*
15729ff8143f81 Paolo Valente    2021-11-25  2813  	 * The above assignment schedules the following redirections:
15729ff8143f81 Paolo Valente    2021-11-25  2814  	 * each time some I/O for bfqq arrives, the process that
15729ff8143f81 Paolo Valente    2021-11-25  2815  	 * generated that I/O is disassociated from bfqq and
15729ff8143f81 Paolo Valente    2021-11-25  2816  	 * associated with new_bfqq. Here we increases new_bfqq->ref
15729ff8143f81 Paolo Valente    2021-11-25  2817  	 * in advance, adding the number of processes that are
15729ff8143f81 Paolo Valente    2021-11-25  2818  	 * expected to be associated with new_bfqq as they happen to
15729ff8143f81 Paolo Valente    2021-11-25  2819  	 * issue I/O.
15729ff8143f81 Paolo Valente    2021-11-25  2820  	 */
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2821  	new_bfqq->ref += process_refs;
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2822  	return new_bfqq;
36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2823  }
Kemeng Shi Feb. 23, 2023, 6:34 a.m. UTC | #2
on 2/23/2023 1:48 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Hi Kemeng,
> 
> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]
> 
> url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Kemeng-Shi/block-bfq-properly-mark-bfqq-remained-idle/20230219-104312
> base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-block.git for-next
> patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230219104309.1511562-18-shikemeng%40huaweicloud.com
> patch subject: [PATCH 17/17] block, bfq: remove unnecessary local variable __bfqq in bfq_setup_merge
> config: openrisc-randconfig-m041-20230219 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230220/202302200841.9zinyY7i-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: or1k-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0
> 
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> | Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
> | Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202302200841.9zinyY7i-lkp@intel.com/
> 
> New smatch warnings:
> block/bfq-iosched.c:2785 bfq_setup_merge() error: we previously assumed 'new_bfqq' could be null (see line 2766)
> 
> Old smatch warnings:
> block/bfq-iosched.c:6195 __bfq_insert_request() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'bfqq' (see line 6191)
> 
> vim +/new_bfqq +2785 block/bfq-iosched.c
> 
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2751  static struct bfq_queue *
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2752  bfq_setup_merge(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, struct bfq_queue *new_bfqq)
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2753  {
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2754  	int process_refs, new_process_refs;
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2755  
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2756  	/*
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2757  	 * If there are no process references on the new_bfqq, then it is
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2758  	 * unsafe to follow the ->new_bfqq chain as other bfqq's in the chain
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2759  	 * may have dropped their last reference (not just their last process
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2760  	 * reference).
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2761  	 */
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2762  	if (!bfqq_process_refs(new_bfqq))
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2763  		return NULL;
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2764  
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2765  	/* Avoid a circular list and skip interim queue merges. */
> 114533e1e26a36 Kemeng Shi       2023-02-19 @2766  	while ((new_bfqq = new_bfqq->new_bfqq)) {
> 114533e1e26a36 Kemeng Shi       2023-02-19  2767  		if (new_bfqq == bfqq)
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2768  			return NULL;
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2769  	}
> 
> This now loops until new_bfqq is NULL.
> 
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2770  
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2771  	process_refs = bfqq_process_refs(bfqq);
> 36eca894832351 Arianna Avanzini 2017-04-12  2772  	new_process_refs = bfqq_process_refs(new_bfqq);
> 
> What?Sorry, I didn't expect that there is a behavior change. I will drop
this one in next version. Thanks.
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Patch

diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 2705a24ab146..037f73a25567 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -2752,7 +2752,6 @@  static struct bfq_queue *
 bfq_setup_merge(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, struct bfq_queue *new_bfqq)
 {
 	int process_refs, new_process_refs;
-	struct bfq_queue *__bfqq;
 
 	/*
 	 * If there are no process references on the new_bfqq, then it is
@@ -2764,10 +2763,9 @@  bfq_setup_merge(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, struct bfq_queue *new_bfqq)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* Avoid a circular list and skip interim queue merges. */
-	while ((__bfqq = new_bfqq->new_bfqq)) {
-		if (__bfqq == bfqq)
+	while ((new_bfqq = new_bfqq->new_bfqq)) {
+		if (new_bfqq == bfqq)
 			return NULL;
-		new_bfqq = __bfqq;
 	}
 
 	process_refs = bfqq_process_refs(bfqq);