linux-kernel - [PATCH BUGFIX IMPROVEMENT 0/7] boost throughput with synced I/O, reduce latency and fix a bandwidth bug

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Message-Id: <20190624194042.38747-1-paolo.valente@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 24 Jun 2019 21:40:35 +0200
From:   Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ulf.hansson@...aro.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
        bfq-iosched@...glegroups.com, oleksandr@...alenko.name,
        bottura.nicola95@...il.com, srivatsa@...il.mit.edu,
        Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH BUGFIX IMPROVEMENT 0/7] boost throughput with synced I/O, reduce latency and fix a bandwidth bug

Hi Jens,
this series, based against for-5.3/block, contains:
1) The improvements to recover the throughput loss reported by
   Srivatsa [1] (first five patches)
2) A preemption improvement to reduce I/O latency
3) A fix of a subtle bug causing loss of control over I/O bandwidths

Thanks,
Paolo

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/5/17/755

Paolo Valente (7):
  block, bfq: reset inject limit when think-time state changes
  block, bfq: fix rq_in_driver check in bfq_update_inject_limit
  block, bfq: update base request service times when possible
  block, bfq: bring forward seek&think time update
  block, bfq: detect wakers and unconditionally inject their I/O
  block, bfq: preempt lower-weight or lower-priority queues
  block, bfq: re-schedule empty queues if they deserve I/O plugging

 block/bfq-iosched.c | 952 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 block/bfq-iosched.h |  25 +-
 2 files changed, 686 insertions(+), 291 deletions(-)

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