linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs-writeback: drop wb->list_lock during blk_finish

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Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2015 08:07:04 +1000
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Chris Mason <clm@...com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs-writeback: drop wb->list_lock during blk_finish_plug()

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 04:00:12PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 09:58:06PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > On Wed 16-09-15 11:16:21, Chris Mason wrote:
> > > Short version, Linus' patch still gives bigger IOs and similar perf to
> > > Dave's original.  I should have done the blktrace runs for 60 seconds
> > > instead of 30, I suspect that would even out the average sizes between
> > > the three patches.
> > 
> > Thanks for the data Chris. So I guess we are fine with what's currently in,
> > right?
> 
> Looks like it works well to me.

Graph looks good, though I'll confirm it on my test rig once I get
out from under the pile of email and other stuff that is queued up
after being away for a week...

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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