Re: [PATCH] doc: blk-ioprio: Standardize a few names

[Hou Tao]

On 10/9/2023 6:03 PM, yizhou.tang@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Tang Yizhou <yizhou.tang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Our system administrator have noted that the names 'rt-to-be' and
> 'all-to-idle' in the I/O priority policies table appeared without
> explanations, leading to confusion. Let's standardize these names in
> line with the naming in the 'attribute' section.
>
> Additionally,
> 1. Correct the interface name to 'io.prio.class'.
> 2. Add a table entry of 'promote-to-rt' for consistency.
> 3. Fix a typo of 'priority'.
>
> Suggested-by: Yingfu Zhou <yingfu.zhou@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tang Yizhou <yizhou.tang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
> index 4ef890191196..10461c73c9a3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
> @@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ IO Priority
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~
>  
>  A single attribute controls the behavior of the I/O priority cgroup policy,
> -namely the blkio.prio.class attribute. The following values are accepted for
> +namely the io.prio.class attribute. The following values are accepted for
>  that attribute:
>  
>    no-change
> @@ -2052,9 +2052,11 @@ The following numerical values are associated with the I/O priority policies:
>  +----------------+---+
>  | no-change      | 0 |
>  +----------------+---+
> -| rt-to-be       | 2 |
> +| promote-to-rt  | 1 |
>  +----------------+---+
> -| all-to-idle    | 3 |
> +| restrict-to-be | 2 |
> ++----------------+---+
> +| idle           | 3 |
>  +----------------+---+
>  
>  The numerical value that corresponds to each I/O priority class is as follows:
> @@ -2074,7 +2076,7 @@ The algorithm to set the I/O priority class for a request is as follows:
>  - If I/O priority class policy is promote-to-rt, change the request I/O
>    priority class to IOPRIO_CLASS_RT and change the request I/O priority
>    level to 4.
> -- If I/O priorityt class is not promote-to-rt, translate the I/O priority
> +- If I/O priority class policy is not promote-to-rt, translate the I/O priority
>    class policy into a number, then change the request I/O priority class
>    into the maximum of the I/O priority class policy number and the numerical
>    I/O priority class.