Re: Which I/O scheduler is Fedora switching to in 4.21? mq-deadline or BFQ?

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stan <stanl-fedorauser@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:24:21 +0100
> Tomasz Torcz <tomek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 04:30:20PM -0700, stan wrote:
>
>> > Enabled deadline and cfq again, but still no bfq available.
>> > $ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
>> > noop deadline [cfq]  
>> 
>>   Those are single-queue scheduler. Multiqueue uses different
>> schedulers: bfq, kyber, mq-deadline.  MQ schedulers won't appear on
>> single-queue devices even if you modprobe such schedulers.
>>   You probably need “scsi_mod.use_blk_mq=y dm_mod.use_blk_mq=y” kernel
>> commandline options, although I think those are default in recent
>> kernels.
>
> Thanks.  I got the impression from the documentation I read that BFQ
> operated for both mq and single queue.  In fact, IIRC it actually
> degraded mq performance slightly, but enhanced single queue
> performance.  I guess I was wrong.  I'll try the above to see if it
> enables me to use bfq on single queue devices.

Yes, it is confusing.  Basically, the block layer (and scsi) support a
legacy path and multi-queue (blk-mq, scsi-mq).  However, even if you are
using blk-mq and scsi-mq, there are two types of devices: those that
support a single hardware queue, and those that support multiple
hardware queues.

So, mq schedulers (such as kyber, mq-deadline and bfq) require blk-mq,
but they can be used on hardware that supports only a single queue.
This is the distinction that was being made in the bfq documentation.

Clear as mud?

Cheers,
Jeff
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