linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block-dev: enable writeback cgroup support

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Date:	Fri, 5 Feb 2016 09:44:30 -0800
From:	Shaohua Li <shli@...com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	<Kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block-dev: enable writeback cgroup support

On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 12:21:39PM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 05:50:33PM -0800, Shaohua Li wrote:
> > block_dev's .writepages/.writepage already handles
> > wbc_init_bio/wbc_account_io. We only set the SB_I_CGROUPWB bit to
> > suppport writeback cgroup support.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@...com>
> 
> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> 
> Can you please describe a bit how you tested it tho?

I'm doing a simple buffered write to a disk, assign it to a cgroup and
blk-throttle sets wbps for the disk/cgroup. then I'm watching iostat
with/without the bit set.

Thanks,
Shaohua