I/O Scheduler changes for NVMe devices after patching

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15

Situation

After patching and reboot, the i/o scheduler changes on NVMe devices.

For example, a server before being patched shows the scheduler set as none:

lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,ROTA,SCHED
NAME        FSTYPE ROTA SCHED
nvme0n1               0 none
└─nvme0n1p1 xfs       0 none

After patching and rebooting, the scheduler has changed to mq-deadline:

lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,ROTA,SCHED
NAME        FSTYPE ROTA SCHED
nvme0n1               0 mq-deadline
└─nvme0n1p1 xfs       0 mq-deadline

Resolution

To change back to the previous I/O scheduler immediately, but not persistently after reboot, run the following command:

echo SCHEDULER > /sys/block/DEVICE/queue/scheduler

For example, to change from mq-deadline back to none, run the following command:

echo none > /sys/block/nvme0n1/queue/scheduler

To make these changes persistent after reboot, edit the file, /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-io-scheduler.rules and remove the following lines:

# MQ: deadline scheduler for SSD
ENV{.IS_MQ}=="1", ATTR{queue/rotational}=="0", ATTR{queue/scheduler}="mq-deadline"

Cause

There was a regression in a udev patch which erroneously added the change to mq-deadline scheduler for multi-queue SSD devices.

Additional Information

A maintenance release is scheduled to automatically fix this issue.

Disclaimer

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Document ID:000019772
Creation Date: 02-Nov-2020
Modified Date:14-May-2024
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications

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