From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Galbraith Subject: Re: IO scheduler based IO controller V10 Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:03:29 +0200 Message-ID: <1254499409.20436.3.camel__3232.78799555755$1254499560$gmane$org@marge.simson.net> References: <200910021255.27689.czoccolo@gmail.com> <20091002124921.GA4494@redhat.com> <4e5e476b0910020827s23e827b1n847c64e355999d4a@mail.gmail.com> <1254497520.10392.11.camel@marge.simson.net> <20091002154020.GC4494@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20091002154020.GC4494-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: Vivek Goyal Cc: dhaval-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org, Corrado Zoccolo , dm-devel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, Jens Axboe , agk-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, balbir-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org, paolo.valente-rcYM44yAMweonA0d6jMUrA@public.gmane.org, jmarchan-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, fernando-gVGce1chcLdL9jVzuh4AOg@public.gmane.org, Ulrich Lukas , jmoyer-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, Ingo Molnar , riel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, fchecconi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, containers-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, righi.andrea-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org List-Id: containers.vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 11:40 -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote: > On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 05:32:00PM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 17:27 +0200, Corrado Zoccolo wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 12:55:25PM +0200, Corrado Zoccolo wrote: > > > > > > > > Actually I am not touching this code. Looking at the V10, I have not > > > > changed anything here in idling code. > > > > > > I based my analisys on the original patch: > > > http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0907.1/01793.html > > > > > > Mike, can you confirm which version of the fairness patch did you use > > > in your tests? > > > > That would be this one-liner. > > > > Ok. Thanks. Sorry, I got confused and thought that you are using "io > controller patches" with fairness=1. > > In that case, Corrado's suggestion of refining it further and disabling idling > for seeky process only on non-rotational media (SSD and hardware RAID), makes > sense to me. One thing that might help with that is to have new tasks start out life meeting the seeky criteria. If there's anything going on, they will be. -Mike