Re: [RFC] IO scheduler based IO controller V6

From: Gui Jianfeng
Date: Tue Jul 28 2009 - 07:38:05 EST


Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:10:34AM +0800, Gui Jianfeng wrote:
>> Hiï
>>
>> Here are some fio test results for IO Controller V6 built and not built.
>> Iozone test results are also attached.
>>
>
> Hi Gui,
>
> Thanks a lot for some performance numbers. It seems to be a mixed chart.
> Performance gains at some places and loss at others. I am curious about
> that -7.0% for normal writes. Not sure what can contribute to that.
>
> What was the value of "fairness" parameter when you ran those tests? Can you
> please set fairness = 0 and re-run the tests (if you have already not done so).
>
> By default fairness is set to 1 in V6. With fairness = 0, we should be very
> close to existing CFQ behavior. If not, then we need to dive deeper and
> see why variations are happening.

Hi Vivek,

I tested with default fairness value, i'll re-test it when fairness is set to 0.

>
> Is it also possible to run the same tests with V7.

Sure.

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Regards
Gui Jianfeng

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