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Message-ID: <20170904081451.swq52kn2x24guphz@techsingularity.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 09:14:51 +0100
From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ulf.hansson@...aro.org,
broonie@...nel.org, lee.tibbert@...il.com, oleksandr@...alenko.name
Subject: Re: [PATCH BUGFIX/IMPROVEMENT V2 0/3] three bfq fixes restoring
service guarantees with random sync writes in bg
On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 03:42:57PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 08:46:28AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote:
> > [SECOND TAKE, with just the name of one of the tester fixed]
> >
> > Hi,
> > while testing the read-write unfairness issues reported by Mel, I
> > found BFQ failing to guarantee good responsiveness against heavy
> > random sync writes in the background, i.e., multiple writers doing
> > random writes and systematic fdatasync [1]. The failure was caused by
> > three related bugs, because of which BFQ failed to guarantee to
> > high-weight processes the expected fraction of the throughput.
> >
>
> Queued on top of Ming's most recent series even though that's still a work
> in progress. I should know in a few days how things stand.
>
The problems with parallel heavy writers seem to have disappeared with this
series. There are still revisions taking place on Ming's to overall setting
of legacy vs mq is still a work in progress but this series looks good.
Thanks.
--
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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