linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] linux-4.7-ck5

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Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2016 10:39:08 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
To:     Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] linux-4.7-ck5

On 09/22/2016 06:36 PM, Con Kolivas wrote:
> Announcing the latest release of the -ck patchset for improved responsiveness
> and interactivity.
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ck.kolivas.org_patches_4.0_4.7_4.7-2Dck5_&d=DQIFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=cK1a7KivzZRh1fKQMjSm2A&m=FlH-tLwfZZ6sK9Hq14hr-ExZgohifRKBWXfQEwaTtbk&s=lIFWJv0ad75ZZOkITHUl5hXONioMUsQuLndzAQ3bxO8&e=
>
> This is normally just a branded version of BFS with some different default
> kernel options, however this version incorporates Jens Axboe's writeback
> throttling patch version 7 which in my testing made a dramatic improvement to
> behaviour under heavy write loads (no benchmarks.)
>
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-block&m=147325975312628

Thanks for testing it, and I'm glad you found it effective and useful.
I'll make a renewed push to get it upstream soon, need to run a set of
performance benchmarks to ensure that it doesn't regress anything I'm
aware of.

-- 
Jens Axboe