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authorDivyesh Shah <dpshah@google.com>2010-04-09 02:31:19 -0400
committerJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>2010-04-09 02:31:19 -0400
commit84c124da9ff50bd71fab9c939ee5b7cd8bef2bd9 (patch)
treef94ad03b56c71ebbe6b92265054c5e24af25b869 /Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt
parent31373d09da5b7fe21fe6f781e92bd534a3495f00 (diff)
blkio: Changes to IO controller additional stats patches
that include some minor fixes and addresses all comments. Changelog: (most based on Vivek Goyal's comments) o renamed blkiocg_reset_write to blkiocg_reset_stats o more clarification in the documentation on io_service_time and io_wait_time o Initialize blkg->stats_lock o rename io_add_stat to blkio_add_stat and declare it static o use bool for direction and sync o derive direction and sync info from existing rq methods o use 12 for major:minor string length o define io_service_time better to cover the NCQ case o add a separate reset_stats interface o make the indexed stats a 2d array to simplify macro and function pointer code o blkio.time now exports in jiffies as before o Added stats description in patch description and Documentation/cgroup/blkio-controller.txt o Prefix all stats functions with blkio and make them static as applicable o replace IO_TYPE_MAX with IO_TYPE_TOTAL o Moved #define constant to top of blk-cgroup.c o Pass dev_t around instead of char * o Add note to documentation file about resetting stats o use BLK_CGROUP_MODULE in addition to BLK_CGROUP config option in #ifdef statements o Avoid struct request specific knowledge in blk-cgroup. blk-cgroup.h now has rq_direction() and rq_sync() functions which are used by CFQ and when using io-controller at a higher level, bio_* functions can be added. Signed-off-by: Divyesh Shah<dpshah@google.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt
index 630879cd9a42..ed04fe9cce1a 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ Details of cgroup files
77======================= 77=======================
78- blkio.weight 78- blkio.weight
79 - Specifies per cgroup weight. 79 - Specifies per cgroup weight.
80
81 Currently allowed range of weights is from 100 to 1000. 80 Currently allowed range of weights is from 100 to 1000.
82 81
83- blkio.time 82- blkio.time
@@ -92,6 +91,49 @@ Details of cgroup files
92 third field specifies the number of sectors transferred by the 91 third field specifies the number of sectors transferred by the
93 group to/from the device. 92 group to/from the device.
94 93
94- blkio.io_service_bytes
95 - Number of bytes transferred to/from the disk by the group. These
96 are further divided by the type of operation - read or write, sync
97 or async. First two fields specify the major and minor number of the
98 device, third field specifies the operation type and the fourth field
99 specifies the number of bytes.
100
101- blkio.io_serviced
102 - Number of IOs completed to/from the disk by the group. These
103 are further divided by the type of operation - read or write, sync
104 or async. First two fields specify the major and minor number of the
105 device, third field specifies the operation type and the fourth field
106 specifies the number of IOs.
107
108- blkio.io_service_time
109 - Total amount of time between request dispatch and request completion
110 for the IOs done by this cgroup. This is in nanoseconds to make it
111 meaningful for flash devices too. For devices with queue depth of 1,
112 this time represents the actual service time. When queue_depth > 1,
113 that is no longer true as requests may be served out of order. This
114 may cause the service time for a given IO to include the service time
115 of multiple IOs when served out of order which may result in total
116 io_service_time > actual time elapsed. This time is further divided by
117 the type of operation - read or write, sync or async. First two fields
118 specify the major and minor number of the device, third field
119 specifies the operation type and the fourth field specifies the
120 io_service_time in ns.
121
122- blkio.io_wait_time
123 - Total amount of time the IOs for this cgroup spent waiting in the
124 scheduler queues for service. This can be greater than the total time
125 elapsed since it is cumulative io_wait_time for all IOs. It is not a
126 measure of total time the cgroup spent waiting but rather a measure of
127 the wait_time for its individual IOs. For devices with queue_depth > 1
128 this metric does not include the time spent waiting for service once
129 the IO is dispatched to the device but till it actually gets serviced
130 (there might be a time lag here due to re-ordering of requests by the
131 device). This is in nanoseconds to make it meaningful for flash
132 devices too. This time is further divided by the type of operation -
133 read or write, sync or async. First two fields specify the major and
134 minor number of the device, third field specifies the operation type
135 and the fourth field specifies the io_wait_time in ns.
136
95- blkio.dequeue 137- blkio.dequeue
96 - Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_DEBUG_CFQ_IOSCHED=y. This 138 - Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_DEBUG_CFQ_IOSCHED=y. This
97 gives the statistics about how many a times a group was dequeued 139 gives the statistics about how many a times a group was dequeued
@@ -99,6 +141,10 @@ Details of cgroup files
99 and minor number of the device and third field specifies the number 141 and minor number of the device and third field specifies the number
100 of times a group was dequeued from a particular device. 142 of times a group was dequeued from a particular device.
101 143
144- blkio.reset_stats
145 - Writing an int to this file will result in resetting all the stats
146 for that cgroup.
147
102CFQ sysfs tunable 148CFQ sysfs tunable
103================= 149=================
104/sys/block/<disk>/queue/iosched/group_isolation 150/sys/block/<disk>/queue/iosched/group_isolation