Re: [PATCH for-6.12 0/4] block, bfq: fix corner cases related to bfqq merging

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On 9/3/24 8:45 PM, Yu Kuai wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> ? 2024/09/04 10:28, Bart Van Assche ??:
>> On 9/3/24 6:32 PM, Yu Kuai wrote:
>>> We do have customers are using bfq in downstream kernels, and we are
>>> still running lots of test for bfq.
>>
>> It may take less time to add any missing functionality to another I/O
>> scheduler rather than to keep maintaining BFQ.
>>
>> If Android device vendors would stop using BFQ, my job would become
>> easier.
> 
> I'm confused now, I think keep maintaining BFQ won't stop you from
> adding new functionality to another scheduler, right? Is this something
> that all scheduler have to support?

With fear of putting words into Bart's mouth, perhaps he's saying that
the BFQ is a bit of a mess and it'd be nice if we had a cleaner version
of some of the features it brings. But having someone actually maintain
it and perhaps clean it up a bit and reduce the complexity would be a
good thing. Really it's the authors choice on where to best spend his or
her time.

-- 
Jens Axboe