Re: [PATCH] ext4: rralloc - (former rotalloc) improved round-robin allocation policy

From: Theodore Tso

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 21:48:59 EST


On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 04:49:30PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
>
> Mario, can you please include a summary of the performance test
> results into the commit message so that the effectiveness of the
> patch can be evaluated. This should include test(s) run and
> their arguments, along with table of before/after numbers.

The tests should also include an explanation of the hardware that you
ran the test on. Some example of cover letters that include
perforance improvement results:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251025032221.2905818-1-libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260105014522.1937690-1-yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Cheers,

- Ted