Re: [PATCH v3] blk: optimization for classic polling

2018-02-13 Thread Jens Axboe
On 2/13/18 8:48 AM, Nitesh Shetty wrote: > This removes the dependency on interrupts to wake up task. Set task > state as TASK_RUNNING, if need_resched() returns true, > while polling for IO completion. > Earlier, polling task used to sleep, relying on interrupt to wake it up. > This made some IO t

[PATCH v3] blk: optimization for classic polling

2018-02-13 Thread Nitesh Shetty
This removes the dependency on interrupts to wake up task. Set task state as TASK_RUNNING, if need_resched() returns true, while polling for IO completion. Earlier, polling task used to sleep, relying on interrupt to wake it up. This made some IO take very long when interrupt-coalescing is enabled