Re: [PATCH -mm] [1/2] Remove Deadline I/O scheduler

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Thu Aug 03 2006 - 19:44:36 EST


On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 03:57:32PM -0700, Nate Diller wrote:

> This patch removes the Deadline I/O scheduler. Performance-wise, it
> should be superceeded by the Elevator I/O scheduler in the following
> patch. I would be very ineterested in hearing about any workloads or
> benchmarks where Deadline is a substantial improvement over Elevator,
> in throughput, fairness, latency, anything.
>...

You are starting with the last step.

First, get your Elevator I/O scheduler reviewed [1] and show some data
that backs your "it should be superceeded by the Elevator I/O scheduler"
claim.

Then get your Elevator I/O scheduler included in Linus' tree.

Then you might perhaps schedule the Deadline I/O scheduler for removal.

cu
Adrian

[1] that's essentially what is done by your second patch

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