Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] AIO add per-command iopriority

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu May 17 2018 - 21:45:09 EST


On 5/17/18 2:38 PM, adam.manzanares@xxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Adam Manzanares <adam.manzanares@xxxxxxx>
>
> This is the per-I/O equivalent of the ioprio_set system call.
> See the following link for performance implications on a SATA HDD:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/12/6/495
>
> First patch factors ioprio_check_cap function out of ioprio_set system call to
> also be used by the aio ioprio interface.
>
> Second patch converts kiocb ki_hint field to a u16 to avoid kiocb bloat.
>
> Third patch passes ioprio hint from aio iocb to kiocb and enables block_dev
> usage of the per I/O ioprio feature.
>
> v2: merge patches
> use IOCB_FLAG_IOPRIO
> validate intended use with IOCB_IOPRIO
> add linux-api and linux-block to cc
>
> v3: add ioprio_check_cap function
> convert kiocb ki_hint to u16
> use ioprio_check_cap when adding ioprio to kiocb in aio.c
>
> v4: handle IOCB_IOPRIO in aio_prep_rw
> note patch 3 depends on patch 1 in commit msg
>
> Adam Manzanares (3):
> block: add ioprio_check_cap function
> fs: Convert kiocb rw_hint from enum to u16
> fs: Add aio iopriority support for block_dev
>
> block/ioprio.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
> fs/aio.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> fs/block_dev.c | 2 ++
> include/linux/fs.h | 17 +++++++++++++++--
> include/linux/ioprio.h | 2 ++
> include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h | 1 +
> 6 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

This looks fine to me now. I can pick up #1 for 4.18 - and 2+3 as well,
unless someone else wants to take them.

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Jens Axboe