linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] cfq-iosched: fixing RQ

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Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:00:16 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:	Corrado Zoccolo <czoccolo@...il.com>, axboe@...nel.dk,
	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] cfq-iosched: fixing RQ_NOIDLE handling.

Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com> writes:

> This, of course, raises the question of why the blk_yield patches didn't
> run into the same problem.  Looking back at some saved traces, I don't
> see WBS (write barrier sync) requests, so I wonder if barriers weren't
> supported by my last storage system.

So, I tested Corrado's approach with -o nobarrier, and here are the
results:

fs_mark: 363.291 files/sec
fio: 38.5 MB/s

I don't have time to analyze the data right now, and it's 600MB worth of
binary output.  If you want, I can upload a representative sample
somewhere, let me know.

Anyway, I'll post an analysis tomorrow.

Cheers,
Jeff
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