From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> To: Asias He <asias@redhat.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] virtio-blk: Add bio-based IO path for virtio-blk Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:13:49 +0300 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20120618101349.GC23134@redhat.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <4FDEE0CB.1030505@redhat.com> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 04:03:23PM +0800, Asias He wrote: > On 06/18/2012 03:46 PM, Rusty Russell wrote: > >On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:53:10 +0800, Asias He <asias@redhat.com> wrote: > >>This patch introduces bio-based IO path for virtio-blk. > > > >Why make it optional? > > request-based IO path is useful for users who do not want to bypass > the IO scheduler in guest kernel, e.g. users using spinning disk. > For users using fast disk device, e.g. SSD device, they can use > bio-based IO path. OK I guess but then it should be per-device. There could be a mix of slow and fast disks :) > -- > Asias >
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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> To: Asias He <asias@redhat.com> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] virtio-blk: Add bio-based IO path for virtio-blk Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:13:49 +0300 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20120618101349.GC23134@redhat.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <4FDEE0CB.1030505@redhat.com> On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 04:03:23PM +0800, Asias He wrote: > On 06/18/2012 03:46 PM, Rusty Russell wrote: > >On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:53:10 +0800, Asias He <asias@redhat.com> wrote: > >>This patch introduces bio-based IO path for virtio-blk. > > > >Why make it optional? > > request-based IO path is useful for users who do not want to bypass > the IO scheduler in guest kernel, e.g. users using spinning disk. > For users using fast disk device, e.g. SSD device, they can use > bio-based IO path. OK I guess but then it should be per-device. There could be a mix of slow and fast disks :) > -- > Asias >
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-18 10:14 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2012-06-18 6:53 [PATCH v2 0/3] Improve virtio-blk performance Asias He 2012-06-18 6:53 ` Asias He 2012-06-18 6:53 ` [PATCH 1/3] block: Introduce __blk_segment_map_sg() helper Asias He 2012-06-18 6:53 ` Asias He 2012-06-18 21:31 ` Tejun Heo 2012-06-18 21:31 ` Tejun Heo 2012-06-19 2:02 ` Asias He 2012-06-19 2:02 ` Asias He 2012-06-19 18:00 ` Tejun Heo 2012-06-19 18:00 ` Tejun Heo 2012-06-18 6:53 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] block: Add blk_bio_map_sg() helper Asias He 2012-06-18 6:53 ` Asias He 2012-06-18 6:53 ` [PATCH 3/3] virtio-blk: Add bio-based IO path for virtio-blk Asias He 2012-06-18 6:53 ` Asias He 2012-06-18 7:46 ` Rusty Russell 2012-06-18 7:46 ` Rusty Russell 2012-06-18 8:03 ` Asias He 2012-06-18 8:03 ` Asias He 2012-06-18 10:05 ` Rusty Russell 2012-06-18 10:05 ` Rusty Russell 2012-06-18 11:14 ` Dor Laor 2012-06-18 11:14 ` Dor Laor 2012-06-18 11:39 ` Sasha Levin 2012-06-18 11:39 ` Sasha Levin 2012-06-19 2:51 ` Asias He 2012-06-19 2:51 ` Asias He 2012-06-19 6:21 ` Dor Laor 2012-06-19 6:21 ` Dor Laor 2012-06-20 4:46 ` Asias He 2012-06-20 4:46 ` Asias He 2012-06-21 9:49 ` Dor Laor 2012-06-21 9:49 ` Dor Laor 2012-07-01 23:54 ` Rusty Russell 2012-07-02 2:45 ` Asias He 2012-07-02 2:45 ` Asias He 2012-07-02 6:41 ` Rusty Russell 2012-07-02 6:41 ` Rusty Russell 2012-07-03 0:39 ` Asias He 2012-07-03 0:39 ` Asias He 2012-07-04 2:40 ` Rusty Russell 2012-07-04 2:40 ` Rusty Russell 2012-07-06 1:03 ` Asias He 2012-07-06 1:03 ` Asias He 2012-07-03 13:31 ` Paolo Bonzini 2012-07-03 13:31 ` Paolo Bonzini 2012-07-03 14:02 ` Asias He 2012-07-03 14:02 ` Asias He 2012-07-01 23:54 ` Rusty Russell 2012-07-03 14:22 ` Ronen Hod 2012-07-03 14:22 ` Ronen Hod 2012-07-03 14:28 ` Dor Laor 2012-07-03 14:28 ` Dor Laor 2012-07-04 14:10 ` Paolo Bonzini 2012-07-04 14:10 ` Paolo Bonzini 2012-06-18 21:28 ` Tejun Heo 2012-06-18 21:28 ` Tejun Heo 2012-06-19 2:39 ` Asias He 2012-06-19 2:39 ` Asias He 2012-06-18 10:13 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message] 2012-06-18 10:13 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2012-06-19 2:21 ` Asias He 2012-06-19 2:21 ` Asias He 2012-06-18 9:37 ` Stefan Hajnoczi 2012-06-18 9:37 ` Stefan Hajnoczi 2012-06-18 10:21 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2012-06-18 10:21 ` Michael S. Tsirkin 2012-06-18 10:45 ` Stefan Hajnoczi 2012-06-18 10:45 ` Stefan Hajnoczi 2012-06-19 2:30 ` Asias He 2012-06-19 2:30 ` Asias He 2012-06-18 9:14 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Improve virtio-blk performance Stefan Hajnoczi 2012-06-18 9:14 ` Stefan Hajnoczi 2012-06-18 9:39 ` Asias He 2012-06-18 9:39 ` Asias He 2012-06-18 10:58 ` Stefan Hajnoczi 2012-06-18 10:58 ` Stefan Hajnoczi 2012-06-19 4:24 ` Asias He 2012-06-19 4:24 ` Asias He 2012-06-19 10:14 ` Stefan Hajnoczi 2012-06-19 10:14 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
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