From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: IO scheduler based IO controller V10 Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:24:09 +0200 Message-ID: <20091002092409.GA19529__39861.116911243$1254475568$gmane$org@elte.hu> References: <1253976676.7005.40.camel@marge.simson.net> <1254034500.7933.6.camel@marge.simson.net> <20090927164235.GA23126@kernel.dk> <1254340730.7695.32.camel@marge.simson.net> <1254341139.7695.36.camel@marge.simson.net> <20090930202447.GA28236@redhat.com> <1254382405.7595.9.camel@marge.simson.net> <20091001185816.GU14918@kernel.dk> <1254464628.7158.101.camel@marge.simson.net> <20091002080417.GG14918@kernel.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091002080417.GG14918-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@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: Jens Axboe Cc: dhaval-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org, dm-devel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, 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, riel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, fchecconi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, containers-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, Mike Galbraith , 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 * Jens Axboe wrote: > It's not hard to make the latency good, the hard bit is making sure we > also perform well for all other scenarios. Looking at the numbers from Mike: | dd competing against perf stat -- konsole -e exec timings, 5 back to | back runs | Avg | before 9.15 14.51 9.39 15.06 9.90 11.6 | after [+patch] 1.76 1.54 1.93 1.88 1.56 1.7 _PLEASE_ make read latencies this good - the numbers are _vastly_ better. We'll worry about the 'other' things _after_ we've reached good latencies. I thought this principle was a well established basic rule of Linux IO scheduling. Why do we have to have a 'latency vs. bandwidth' discussion again and again? I thought latency won hands down. Ingo