From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([65.50.211.133]:49808 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751151AbdDDHKg (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Apr 2017 03:10:36 -0400 Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 00:10:33 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: NeilBrown Cc: Jens Axboe , linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] loop: Add PF_LESS_THROTTLE to block/loop device thread. Message-ID: <20170404071033.GA25855@infradead.org> References: <871staffus.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <871staffus.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> Sender: linux-block-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-block@vger.kernel.org Looks fine, Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig But if you actually care about performance in any way I'd suggest to use the loop device in direct I/O mode..