Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Docs/admin-guide/cgroup-v2: document io.latency rotational vs non-rotational behavior

From: Michal Koutný

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 10:52:34 EST


Hi.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 02:02:24PM +0800, Tao Cui <cui.tao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> - The sampling window size in milliseconds. This is the minimum
> - duration of time between evaluation events. Windows only elapse
> - with IO activity. Idle periods extend the most recent window.
> + (Rotational devices only.) The sampling window size in
> + milliseconds. This is the minimum duration of time between
> + evaluation events. Windows only elapse with IO activity. Idle
> + periods extend the most recent window.
> +
> + missed
> + (Non-rotational devices only.) The number of IOs in the
> + current window whose latency exceeded the target.

A group is considered to be missing its target once
missed reaches certain ratio of total.

I would not bind to the exact value in the docs and put the explanation
to the "missed" stanza.

Thanks for documenting missed (pun intended) fields.

Besides that
Acked-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@xxxxxxxx>

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