linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: BFQ default for single queue devices

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Date:   Wed, 03 Oct 2018 10:05:25 +0300
From:   Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:     Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        linux-block <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Andreas Herrmann <aherrmann@...e.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.com>,
        Chunyan Zhang <zhang.chunyan@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        'Paolo Valente' via bfq-iosched 
        <bfq-iosched@...glegroups.com>,
        Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@...alenko.name>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: BFQ default for single queue devices

On Wed, 2018-10-03 at 08:29 +0200, Paolo Valente wrote:
> So, I do understand your need for conservativeness, but, after so much
> evidence on single-queue devices, and so many years! :), what's the
> point in keeping Linux worse for virtually everybody, by default?

Sounds like what we just need a mechanism for the device (ubi block in
this case) to select the I/O scheduler. I doubt enhancing the default
scheduler selection logic in 'elevator.c' is the right answer. Just
give the driver authority to override the defaults.