IO-less dirty throttling v9
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- v1 Latest5 patches 21 repliesIn review
Changes since v8 from the cover letter
- a lot of renames and comment/changelog rework
- use 3rd order polynomial as the global control line (Peter)
- stabilize dirty_ratelimit by decreasing update step size on small errors
- limit per-CPU dirtied pages to avoid dirty pages run away on 1k+ tasks (Peter)
Patches in v1 No applies recorded yet
| # | Subject and files | Size | Replies | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/5 | writeback: account per-bdi accumulated dirtied pagesinclude/ mm/ mm/ | +4 | 0 replies | |
| 2/5 | writeback: dirty position controlfs/ include/ mm/ | +193 | 10 replies | |
| 3/5 | writeback: dirty rate controlinclude/ mm/ mm/ | +114 | 0 replies | |
| 4/5 | writeback: per task dirty rate limitinclude/ kernel/ mm/ | +61 | 2 replies | |
| 5/5 | writeback: IO-less balance_dirty_pages()include/ mm/ | +41 | 9 replies |
Reviews trailers per patch
2 of 5 patches have a Reviewed-by or Acked-by.
| Patch | Andrea Righi | Jan Kara |
|---|---|---|
| 1/5 | ||
| 2/5 | A-b | |
| 3/5 | ||
| 4/5 | R-b | |
| 5/5 |
Trailers given in replies are filled; those carried in the patches from earlier versions are outlined with dashes.
Cover letter [PATCH 0/5] IO-less dirty throttling v9
Hi,
The core bits of the IO-less balance_dirty_pages().
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/writeback.git dirty-throttling-v9
Changes since v8:
- a lot of renames and comment/changelog rework
- use 3rd order polynomial as the global control line (Peter)
- stabilize dirty_ratelimit by decreasing update step size on small errors
- limit per-CPU dirtied pages to avoid dirty pages run away on 1k+ tasks (Peter)
Thanks a lot to Peter and Andrea, Vivek for the careful reviews!
shortlog:
Wu Fengguang (5):
writeback: account per-bdi accumulated dirtied pages
writeback: dirty position control
writeback: dirty rate control
writeback: per task dirty rate limit
writeback: IO-less balance_dirty_pages()
The last 4 patches are one single logical change, but splitted here to make it easier to review the different parts of the algorithm.
diffstat:
fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 include/linux/backing-dev.h | 8 include/linux/sched.h | 7 include/linux/writeback.h | 1 include/trace/events/writeback.h | 24 - kernel/fork.c | 3 mm/backing-dev.c | 3 mm/page-writeback.c | 544 ++++++++++++++++++++--------- 8 files changed, 414 insertions(+), 178 deletions(-)
Thanks,
Fengguang