[PATCH RFC 00/22] Replace the CFQ I/O Scheduler with BFQ

2016-02-01 Thread Paolo Valente
Hi, this patchset replaces CFQ with the last version of BFQ (which is a proportional-share I/O scheduler). To make a smooth transition, this patchset first brings CFQ back to its state at the time when BFQ was forked from CFQ. Basically, this reduces CFQ to its engine, by removing every heuristic

[PATCH RFC 00/22] Replace the CFQ I/O Scheduler with BFQ

2016-02-01 Thread Paolo Valente
Hi, this patchset replaces CFQ with the last version of BFQ (which is a proportional-share I/O scheduler). To make a smooth transition, this patchset first brings CFQ back to its state at the time when BFQ was forked from CFQ. Basically, this reduces CFQ to its engine, by removing every heuristic