Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:05:05 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 8/11] 2.6.18-mm3 pktcdvd: bio write congestion control | From | "Thomas Maier" <> |
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Hello,
the idea was to give the user/admin the ability to control cpu load and memory consumption while the driver write to DVD / CD, at least for testing purposes. Maybe move this interface into debugfs?
-Thomas
Am 03.10.2006, 17:29 Uhr, schrieb Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>:
> On Tue, Oct 03 2006, Thomas Maier wrote: >> Hello, >> >> this patch adds the ability to control the size of the drivers >> bio write queue. > > imho, this should not be a configuration option. The driver is perfectly > capable of sizing this queue appropriately (determined by the device) > without user interaction. Basically the option just needs to prevent the > system from falling over, just choose some low sane value. >
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