Re: [PATCHSET v2] cgroup, writeback, btrfs: make sure btrfs issues metadata IOs from the root cgroup

[Chris Mason]

On 11/30/2017 12:23 PM, David Sterba wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 01:38:26PM -0500, Chris Mason wrote:
> > On 11/29/2017 12:05 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 09:03:30AM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 05:56:08PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > > > What has happened with this patch set?
> > > >
> > > > No idea.  cc'ing Chris directly.  Chris, if the patchset looks good,
> > > > can you please route them through the btrfs tree?
> > >
> > > lol looking at the patchset again, I'm not sure that's obviously the
> > > right tree.  It can either be cgroup, block or btrfs.  If no one
> > > objects, I'll just route them through cgroup.
> >
> > We'll have to coordinate a bit during the next merge window but I don't
> > have a problem with these going in through cgroup.  Dave does this sound
> > good to you?
>
> There are only minor changes to btrfs code so cgroup tree would be
> better.
>
> > I'd like to include my patch to do all crcs inline (instead of handing
> > off to helper threads) when io controls are in place.  By the merge
> > window we should have some good data on how much it's all helping.
>
> Are there any problems in sight if the inline crc and cgroup chnanges go
> separately? I assume there's a runtime dependency, not a code
> dependency, so it could be sorted by the right merge order.

The feature is just more useful with the inline crcs.  Without them we 
end up with kworkers doing both high and low prio submissions and it all 
boils down to the speed of the lowest priority.

-chris