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-rw-r--r-- | block/cfq-iosched.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c index e59f2108272..579f3182246 100644 --- a/block/cfq-iosched.c +++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c @@ -1905,10 +1905,13 @@ cfq_rq_enqueued(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq, * of tiny requests, because we disrupt the normal plugging * and merging. If the request is already larger than a single * page, let it rip immediately. For that case we assume that - * merging is already done. + * merging is already done. Ditto for a busy system that + * has other work pending, don't risk delaying until the + * idle timer unplug to continue working. */ if (cfq_cfqq_wait_request(cfqq)) { - if (blk_rq_bytes(rq) > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) { + if (blk_rq_bytes(rq) > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE || + cfqd->busy_queues > 1) { del_timer(&cfqd->idle_slice_timer); blk_start_queueing(cfqd->queue); } |