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Coly Li ea8c5356d3 bcache: set max writeback rate when I/O request is idle 
Commit b1092c9af9 ("bcache: allow quick writeback when backing idle")
allows the writeback rate to be faster if there is no I/O request on a
bcache device. It works well if there is only one bcache device attached
to the cache set. If there are many bcache devices attached to a cache
set, it may introduce performance regression because multiple faster
writeback threads of the idle bcache devices will compete the btree level
locks with the bcache device who have I/O requests coming.

This patch fixes the above issue by only permitting fast writebac when
all bcache devices attached on the cache set are idle. And if one of the
bcache devices has new I/O request coming, minimized all writeback
throughput immediately and let PI controller __update_writeback_rate()
to decide the upcoming writeback rate for each bcache device.

Also when all bcache devices are idle, limited wrieback rate to a small
number is wast of thoughput, especially when backing devices are slower
non-rotation devices (e.g. SATA SSD). This patch sets a max writeback
rate for each backing device if the whole cache set is idle. A faster
writeback rate in idle time means new I/Os may have more available space
for dirty data, and people may observe a better write performance then.

Please note bcache may change its cache mode in run time, and this patch
still works if the cache mode is switched from writeback mode and there
is still dirty data on cache.

Fixes: Commit b1092c9af9 ("bcache: allow quick writeback when backing idle")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org #4.16+
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>
Tested-by: Kai Krakow <kai@kaishome.de>
Tested-by: Stefan Priebe <s.priebe@profihost.ag>
Cc: Michael Lyle <mlyle@lyle.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-08-09 08:21:15 -06:00
arch alpha: fix osf_wait4() breakage 2018-07-22 11:51:30 -07:00
block cfq: Suppress compiler warnings about comparisons 2018-08-07 17:57:13 -06:00
certs certs/blacklist: fix const confusion 2018-06-26 09:43:03 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-07-19 07:32:44 -07:00
Documentation Linux 4.18-rc6 2018-08-05 19:32:09 -06:00
drivers bcache: set max writeback rate when I/O request is idle 2018-08-09 08:21:15 -06:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs Linux 4.18-rc6 2018-08-05 19:32:09 -06:00
include Merge branch 'nvme-4.19' of git://git.infradead.org/nvme into for-4.19/block2 2018-08-05 19:34:09 -06:00
init Kbuild fixes for v4.18 2018-06-30 13:05:30 -07:00
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kernel Linux 4.18-rc6 2018-08-05 19:32:09 -06:00
lib Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-07-21 16:52:08 -07:00
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usr kbuild: rename built-in.o to built-in.a 2018-03-26 02:01:19 +09:00
virt Miscellaneous bugfixes, plus a small patchlet related to Spectre v2. 2018-07-18 11:08:44 -07:00
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Kconfig kconfig: add basic helper macros to scripts/Kconfig.include 2018-05-29 03:31:19 +09:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: Peter has moved 2018-07-21 12:50:46 -07:00
Makefile Linux 4.18-rc6 2018-07-22 14:12:20 -07:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.