From 053f5b6525ae32da397e6c47721961f800d2c924 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eivind Sarto Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 17:06:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] raid5: speedup sync_request processing The raid5 sync_request() processing calls handle_stripe() within the context of the resync-thread. The resync-thread issues the first set of read requests and this adds execution latency and slows down the scheduling of the next sync_request(). The current rebuild/resync speed of raid5 is not much faster than what rotational HDDs can sustain. Testing the following patch on a 6-drive array, I can increase the rebuild speed from 100 MB/s to 175 MB/s. The sync_request() now just sets STRIPE_HANDLE and releases the stripe. This creates some more parallelism between the resync-thread and raid5 kernel daemon. Signed-off-by: Eivind Sarto Signed-off-by: NeilBrown --- drivers/md/raid5.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c index ce421e3a3980..28219fa66e73 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c @@ -5074,8 +5074,8 @@ static inline sector_t sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr, int bitmap_start_sync(mddev->bitmap, sector_nr, &sync_blocks, still_degraded); set_bit(STRIPE_SYNC_REQUESTED, &sh->state); + set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state); - handle_stripe(sh); release_stripe(sh); return STRIPE_SECTORS; -- 2.20.1