Hello, On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:32:59PM -0800, Shaohua Li wrote: > throtl_slice is important for blk-throttling. It's called slice > internally but it really is a time window blk-throttling samples data. > blk-throttling will make decision based on the samplings. An example is > bandwidth measurement. A cgroup's bandwidth is measured in the time > interval of throtl_slice. > > A small throtl_slice meanse cgroups have smoother throughput but burn > more CPUs. It has 100ms default value, which is not appropriate for all > disks. A fast SSD can dispatch a lot of IOs in 100ms. This patch makes > it tunable. > > Since throtl_slice isn't a time slice, the sysfs name > 'throttle_sample_time' reflects its character better.
Generally looks good. I think some documentation would be great. Also, do we wannt set it to a lower number if blk_queue_nonrot()? Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-block" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
