linux-kernel - Re: [patch] Revert "block: remove artifical max_hw

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Message-ID: <20150730135134.GA14734@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2015 06:51:34 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dmilburn@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [patch] Revert "block: remove artifical max_hw_sectors cap"

Hi Jeff,

thanks for the detailed numbers!

The bigger I/O size makes a drastic impact for Linux software RAID
setups, for which this was a driver.  For the RAID5/6 over SATA disks
setups that I was benchmarking this it gives between 20 and 40% better
sequential read and write numbers.

Besides those I've tested it on various SSDs where it didn't make any
difference, e.g. on the laptop with a Samsung 840 Evo I'm currently
travelling with and your fio script.

First line max_sectors_kb = 512, second line
max_sectors_kb = max_hw_sectors_kb (32767)

Run status group 0 (all jobs):
  WRITE: io=1024.0MB, aggrb=471270KB/s, minb=471270KB/s, maxb=471270KB/s, mint=2225msec, maxt=2225msec
  WRITE: io=1024.0MB, aggrb=475976KB/s, minb=475976KB/s, maxb=475976KB/s, mint=2203msec, maxt=2203msec

Run status group 1 (all jobs):
  WRITE: io=1024.0MB, aggrb=477276KB/s, minb=477276KB/s, maxb=477276KB/s, mint=2197msec, maxt=2197msec
  WRITE: io=1024.0MB, aggrb=479677KB/s, minb=479677KB/s, maxb=479677KB/s, mint=2186msec, maxt=2186msec

Run status group 2 (all jobs):
  WRITE: io=1024.0MB, aggrb=488618KB/s, minb=488618KB/s, maxb=488618KB/s, mint=2146msec, maxt=2146msec
  WRITE: io=1024.0MB, aggrb=489302KB/s, minb=489302KB/s, maxb=489302KB/s, mint=2143msec, maxt=2143msec

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