Use sk_set_memalloc() on the nbd socket.
Limit each request to 1 page, so that the request throttling also limits the number of in-flight pages and force the IO scheduler to NOOP as anything else doesn't make sense anyway. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Daniel Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- block/elevator.c | 5 +++++ block/ll_rw_blk.c | 12 ++++++++++-- drivers/block/nbd.c | 12 +++++++++++- include/linux/blkdev.h | 9 +++++++++ 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/block/ll_rw_blk.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/block/ll_rw_blk.c 2006-08-12 15:38:01.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/block/ll_rw_blk.c 2006-08-12 15:38:11.000000000 +0200 @@ -1899,6 +1899,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_init_queue); request_queue_t * blk_init_queue_node(request_fn_proc *rfn, spinlock_t *lock, int node_id) { + return blk_init_queue_node_elv(rfn, lock, node_id, NULL); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_init_queue_node); + +request_queue_t * +blk_init_queue_node_elv(request_fn_proc *rfn, spinlock_t *lock, int node_id, + char *elv_name) +{ request_queue_t *q = blk_alloc_queue_node(GFP_KERNEL, node_id); if (!q) @@ -1939,7 +1947,7 @@ blk_init_queue_node(request_fn_proc *rfn /* * all done */ - if (!elevator_init(q, NULL)) { + if (!elevator_init(q, elv_name)) { blk_queue_congestion_threshold(q); return q; } @@ -1947,7 +1955,7 @@ blk_init_queue_node(request_fn_proc *rfn blk_put_queue(q); return NULL; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_init_queue_node); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_init_queue_node_elv); int blk_get_queue(request_queue_t *q) { Index: linux-2.6/drivers/block/nbd.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/block/nbd.c 2006-08-12 15:38:01.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/drivers/block/nbd.c 2006-08-12 15:50:33.000000000 +0200 @@ -361,8 +361,13 @@ static void nbd_do_it(struct nbd_device BUG_ON(lo->magic != LO_MAGIC); + if (sk_set_memalloc(lo->sock->sk)) + printk(KERN_WARNING + "failed to set SO_MEMALLOC on NBD socket\n"); + while ((req = nbd_read_stat(lo)) != NULL) nbd_end_request(req); + return; } @@ -628,11 +633,16 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void) * every gendisk to have its very own request_queue struct. * These structs are big so we dynamically allocate them. */ - disk->queue = blk_init_queue(do_nbd_request, &nbd_lock); + disk->queue = blk_init_queue_node_elv(do_nbd_request, + &nbd_lock, -1, "noop"); if (!disk->queue) { put_disk(disk); goto out; } + blk_queue_pin_elevator(disk->queue); + blk_queue_max_segment_size(disk->queue, PAGE_SIZE); + blk_queue_max_hw_segments(disk->queue, 1); + blk_queue_max_phys_segments(disk->queue, 1); } if (register_blkdev(NBD_MAJOR, "nbd")) { Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/blkdev.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/blkdev.h 2006-08-12 15:38:01.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/blkdev.h 2006-08-12 15:38:11.000000000 +0200 @@ -444,6 +444,12 @@ struct request_queue #define QUEUE_FLAG_REENTER 6 /* Re-entrancy avoidance */ #define QUEUE_FLAG_PLUGGED 7 /* queue is plugged */ #define QUEUE_FLAG_ELVSWITCH 8 /* don't use elevator, just do FIFO */ +#define QUEUE_FLAG_ELVPINNED 9 /* pin the current elevator */ + +static inline void blk_queue_pin_elevator(struct request_queue *q) +{ + set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_ELVPINNED, &q->queue_flags); +} enum { /* @@ -696,6 +702,9 @@ static inline void elv_dispatch_add_tail /* * Access functions for manipulating queue properties */ +extern request_queue_t *blk_init_queue_node_elv(request_fn_proc *rfn, + spinlock_t *lock, int node_id, + char *elv_name); extern request_queue_t *blk_init_queue_node(request_fn_proc *rfn, spinlock_t *lock, int node_id); extern request_queue_t *blk_init_queue(request_fn_proc *, spinlock_t *); Index: linux-2.6/block/elevator.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/block/elevator.c 2006-08-12 15:38:01.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/block/elevator.c 2006-08-12 15:38:11.000000000 +0200 @@ -861,6 +861,11 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_store(request_queue_ size_t len; struct elevator_type *e; + if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_ELVPINNED, &q->queue_flags)) { + printk(KERN_ERR "elevator: cannot switch elevator, pinned\n"); + return count; + } + elevator_name[sizeof(elevator_name) - 1] = '\0'; strncpy(elevator_name, name, sizeof(elevator_name) - 1); len = strlen(elevator_name); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html