On 9/14/18 8:23 AM, Paolo Valente wrote: > Hi Jens, > the second and third patch in this series provide two important > improvements in bfq's ability to boost throughput with random I/O. The > benefits of the second patch concern I/O control, and are described in > detail in this LWN article [1] (and briefly in the commit message > itself). The benefits of the other patch should be > straightforward. Finally, the first patch fixes an I/O-control bug, > found while making the second patch. > > These patches modify somehow core operations of bfq, so, before > submitting them, I have tested them a lot, and have had them tested by > other people too. In particular, during these months, they have been > tested in systems ranging from PCs to development platforms. Applied for 4.20, thanks Paolo. -- Jens Axboe
