This patchset implements bio-based IO path for virito-blk to improve performance. Fio test shows it gives, 28%, 24%, 21%, 16% IOPS boost and 32%, 17%, 21%, 16% latency improvement for sequential read/write, random read/write respectively. Asias He (3): block: Introduce __blk_segment_map_sg() helper block: Add blk_bio_map_sg() helper virtio-blk: Add bio-based IO path for virtio-blk block/blk-merge.c | 117 +++++++++++++++++-------- drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 203 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 + 3 files changed, 247 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-) -- 1.7.10.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
