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    SubjectRe: [RESEND] [PATCH] readahead:add blk_run_backing_dev

    Wu Fengguang, on 06/20/2009 07:55 AM wrote:
    > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 03:04:36AM +0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
    >> On Sun, 7 Jun 2009 06:45:38 +0800
    >> Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> wrote:
    >>
    >>>>> Do you have a place where the raw blktrace data can be retrieved for
    >>>>> more in-depth analysis?
    >>>> I think your comment is really adequate. In another thread, Wu Fengguang pointed
    >>>> out the same issue.
    >>>> I and Wu also wait his analysis.
    >>> And do it with a large readahead size :)
    >>>
    >>> Alan, this was my analysis:
    >>>
    >>> : Hifumi, can you help retest with some large readahead size?
    >>> :
    >>> : Your readahead size (128K) is smaller than your max_sectors_kb (256K),
    >>> : so two readahead IO requests get merged into one real IO, that means
    >>> : half of the readahead requests are delayed.
    >>>
    >>> ie. two readahead requests get merged and complete together, thus the effective
    >>> IO size is doubled but at the same time it becomes completely synchronous IO.
    >>>
    >>> :
    >>> : The IO completion size goes down from 512 to 256 sectors:
    >>> :
    >>> : before patch:
    >>> : 8,0 3 177955 50.050313976 0 C R 8724991 + 512 [0]
    >>> : 8,0 3 177966 50.053380250 0 C R 8725503 + 512 [0]
    >>> : 8,0 3 177977 50.056970395 0 C R 8726015 + 512 [0]
    >>> : 8,0 3 177988 50.060326743 0 C R 8726527 + 512 [0]
    >>> : 8,0 3 177999 50.063922341 0 C R 8727039 + 512 [0]
    >>> :
    >>> : after patch:
    >>> : 8,0 3 257297 50.000760847 0 C R 9480703 + 256 [0]
    >>> : 8,0 3 257306 50.003034240 0 C R 9480959 + 256 [0]
    >>> : 8,0 3 257307 50.003076338 0 C R 9481215 + 256 [0]
    >>> : 8,0 3 257323 50.004774693 0 C R 9481471 + 256 [0]
    >>> : 8,0 3 257332 50.006865854 0 C R 9481727 + 256 [0]
    >>>
    >> I haven't sent readahead-add-blk_run_backing_dev.patch in to Linus yet
    >> and it's looking like 2.6.32 material, if ever.
    >>
    >> If it turns out to be wonderful, we could always ask the -stable
    >> maintainers to put it in 2.6.x.y I guess.
    >
    > Agreed. The expected (and interesting) test on a properly configured
    > HW RAID has not happened yet, hence the theory remains unsupported.

    Hmm, do you see anything improper in the Ronald's setup (see
    http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=a0272b440906030714g67eabc5k8f847fb1e538cc62%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=scst-devel)?
    It is HW RAID based.

    As I already wrote, we can ask Ronald to perform any needed tests.

    > Thanks,
    > Fengguang



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