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blk-mq: apply normal plugging for HDD
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Some HDD drive may expose multiple hardware queues, such as MegraRaid.
Let's apply the normal plugging for such devices because sequential IO
may benefit a lot from plug merging.

Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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Ming Lei authored and Jens Axboe committed Sep 27, 2019
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Expand Up @@ -1992,10 +1992,14 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
/* bypass scheduler for flush rq */
blk_insert_flush(rq);
blk_mq_run_hw_queue(data.hctx, true);
} else if (plug && (q->nr_hw_queues == 1 || q->mq_ops->commit_rqs)) {
} else if (plug && (q->nr_hw_queues == 1 || q->mq_ops->commit_rqs ||
!blk_queue_nonrot(q))) {
/*
* Use plugging if we have a ->commit_rqs() hook as well, as
* we know the driver uses bd->last in a smart fashion.
*
* Use normal plugging if this disk is slow HDD, as sequential
* IO may benefit a lot from plug merging.
*/
unsigned int request_count = plug->rq_count;
struct request *last = NULL;
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