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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-03-24 13:16:26 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-03-24 13:16:26 -0400 |
commit | 6c5103890057b1bb781b26b7aae38d33e4c517d8 (patch) | |
tree | e6e57961dcddcb5841acb34956e70b9dc696a880 /Documentation/cgroups | |
parent | 3dab04e6978e358ad2307bca563fabd6c5d2c58b (diff) | |
parent | 9d2e157d970a73b3f270b631828e03eb452d525e (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-2.6.39/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-2.6.39/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (65 commits)
Documentation/iostats.txt: bit-size reference etc.
cfq-iosched: removing unnecessary think time checking
cfq-iosched: Don't clear queue stats when preempt.
blk-throttle: Reset group slice when limits are changed
blk-cgroup: Only give unaccounted_time under debug
cfq-iosched: Don't set active queue in preempt
block: fix non-atomic access to genhd inflight structures
block: attempt to merge with existing requests on plug flush
block: NULL dereference on error path in __blkdev_get()
cfq-iosched: Don't update group weights when on service tree
fs: assign sb->s_bdi to default_backing_dev_info if the bdi is going away
block: Require subsystems to explicitly allocate bio_set integrity mempool
jbd2: finish conversion from WRITE_SYNC_PLUG to WRITE_SYNC and explicit plugging
jbd: finish conversion from WRITE_SYNC_PLUG to WRITE_SYNC and explicit plugging
fs: make fsync_buffers_list() plug
mm: make generic_writepages() use plugging
blk-cgroup: Add unaccounted time to timeslice_used.
block: fixup plugging stubs for !CONFIG_BLOCK
block: remove obsolete comments for blkdev_issue_zeroout.
blktrace: Use rq->cmd_flags directly in blk_add_trace_rq.
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Fix up conflicts in fs/{aio.c,super.c}
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/cgroups')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt | 30 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt index 4ed7b5ceeed2..465351d4cf85 100644 --- a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt +++ b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt | |||
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Proportional weight policy files | |||
140 | - Specifies per cgroup weight. This is default weight of the group | 140 | - Specifies per cgroup weight. This is default weight of the group |
141 | on all the devices until and unless overridden by per device rule. | 141 | on all the devices until and unless overridden by per device rule. |
142 | (See blkio.weight_device). | 142 | (See blkio.weight_device). |
143 | Currently allowed range of weights is from 100 to 1000. | 143 | Currently allowed range of weights is from 10 to 1000. |
144 | 144 | ||
145 | - blkio.weight_device | 145 | - blkio.weight_device |
146 | - One can specify per cgroup per device rules using this interface. | 146 | - One can specify per cgroup per device rules using this interface. |
@@ -343,34 +343,6 @@ Common files among various policies | |||
343 | 343 | ||
344 | CFQ sysfs tunable | 344 | CFQ sysfs tunable |
345 | ================= | 345 | ================= |
346 | /sys/block/<disk>/queue/iosched/group_isolation | ||
347 | ----------------------------------------------- | ||
348 | |||
349 | If group_isolation=1, it provides stronger isolation between groups at the | ||
350 | expense of throughput. By default group_isolation is 0. In general that | ||
351 | means that if group_isolation=0, expect fairness for sequential workload | ||
352 | only. Set group_isolation=1 to see fairness for random IO workload also. | ||
353 | |||
354 | Generally CFQ will put random seeky workload in sync-noidle category. CFQ | ||
355 | will disable idling on these queues and it does a collective idling on group | ||
356 | of such queues. Generally these are slow moving queues and if there is a | ||
357 | sync-noidle service tree in each group, that group gets exclusive access to | ||
358 | disk for certain period. That means it will bring the throughput down if | ||
359 | group does not have enough IO to drive deeper queue depths and utilize disk | ||
360 | capacity to the fullest in the slice allocated to it. But the flip side is | ||
361 | that even a random reader should get better latencies and overall throughput | ||
362 | if there are lots of sequential readers/sync-idle workload running in the | ||
363 | system. | ||
364 | |||
365 | If group_isolation=0, then CFQ automatically moves all the random seeky queues | ||
366 | in the root group. That means there will be no service differentiation for | ||
367 | that kind of workload. This leads to better throughput as we do collective | ||
368 | idling on root sync-noidle tree. | ||
369 | |||
370 | By default one should run with group_isolation=0. If that is not sufficient | ||
371 | and one wants stronger isolation between groups, then set group_isolation=1 | ||
372 | but this will come at cost of reduced throughput. | ||
373 | |||
374 | /sys/block/<disk>/queue/iosched/slice_idle | 346 | /sys/block/<disk>/queue/iosched/slice_idle |
375 | ------------------------------------------ | 347 | ------------------------------------------ |
376 | On a faster hardware CFQ can be slow, especially with sequential workload. | 348 | On a faster hardware CFQ can be slow, especially with sequential workload. |