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-rw-r--r--block/bfq-iosched.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index d94838bcc135..c0b1db3afb81 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -3580,7 +3580,12 @@ static bool bfq_better_to_idle(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
* whether bfqq is being weight-raised, because
* bfq_symmetric_scenario() does not take into account also
* weight-raised queues (see comments on
- * bfq_weights_tree_add()).
+ * bfq_weights_tree_add()). In particular, if bfqq is being
+ * weight-raised, it is important to idle only if there are
+ * other, non-weight-raised queues that may steal throughput
+ * to bfqq. Actually, we should be even more precise, and
+ * differentiate between interactive weight raising and
+ * soft real-time weight raising.
*
* As a side note, it is worth considering that the above
* device-idling countermeasures may however fail in the
@@ -3592,7 +3597,8 @@ static bool bfq_better_to_idle(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
* to let requests be served in the desired order until all
* the requests already queued in the device have been served.
*/
- asymmetric_scenario = bfqq->wr_coeff > 1 ||
+ asymmetric_scenario = (bfqq->wr_coeff > 1 &&
+ bfqd->wr_busy_queues < bfqd->busy_queues) ||
!bfq_symmetric_scenario(bfqd);
/*