lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2004]   [Mar]   [10]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] backing dev unplugging
Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote:
>
> Here's a first cut at killing global plugging of block devices to reduce
> the nasty contention blk_plug_lock caused. This introduceds per-queue
> plugging, controlled by the backing_dev_info.

This is such an improvement over what we have now it isn't funny.

Ken, the next -mm is starting to look like linux-3.1.0 so I think it
would be best if you could benchmark Jens's patch against 2.6.4-rc2-mm1.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 14:01    [W:0.108 / U:0.076 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site