From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:60420 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759399AbcDER1u (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Apr 2016 13:27:50 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 10:27:49 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Keith Busch Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Jon Derrick , axboe@fb.com, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, stephen.bates@microsemi.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Block: Give option to force io polling Message-ID: <20160405172749.GB31055@infradead.org> References: <1459455554-2794-1-git-send-email-jonathan.derrick@intel.com> <20160405123832.GA27788@infradead.org> <20160405155453.GB12625@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20160405155453.GB12625@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-block-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-block@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 03:54:54PM +0000, Keith Busch wrote: > I think it's more about providing opt-in control to make the low-latency > benefit reachable to users with existing programs. What program benefits from unconditional polling for all I/O on a given device?