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Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 11:57:51 -0700 From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>, containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org, Cgroups <cgroups@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCHSET] blk-throttle: implement proper hierarchy support On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 01:56:52PM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > Yeah, I think that's what *should* be happening but not what I'm > > seeing. I'm seeing ~15% penalty. > > What test are you running. I am running a simple dd with directIO and > I am not seeing any penalty. Combination of dd and a test program that I've been using for some while which can generate concurrent direct random IOs. Attaching the source code for the latter. > # set limit to 1000000 bytes/second both in parent and child cgroup > # dd if=/dev/vdb of=/dev/null iflag=direct > > I will capture blktrace and analyze it though to understand better > what's happening. Try using larger block size. It looks like dispatch windows being reset depending on timing is hurting the overall bandwidth. It becomes pronounced with larger IOs. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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