Ming Lei <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Jeff,
Hi, Ming. Thanks for reviewing! >> Unpatched kernel: >> Read B/W: 283,638 KB/s >> Read Merges: 0 >> >> Patched kernel: >> Read B/W: 873,224 KB/s >> Read Merges: 2,046K > > The data is amazing, but maybe better to provide some latency > data. Yes, good point. I'll include the full fio output in the next posting. >> Much of the patch involves modifying call sites to blk_start_plug, >> since its signature is changed. The meat of the patch is actually > > I am wondering if the type of blk_start_plug has to be changed > since the active plug is always the top plug with your patch, and > blk_finish_plug() can find the active plug from current->plug. That is a much simpler idea, thank you. I think blk_finish_plug shouldn't take the plug argument, though, since it won't actually use it. Cheers, Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
