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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Cc: martin.petersen@oracle.com, jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
	hare@suse.de, kashyap.desai@broadcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fio: add hipri option to sg engine
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:07:17 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <fde36155-55e6-d502-d3e5-ea23886a9d19@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210125202651.346783-1-dgilbert@interlog.com>

On 1/25/21 1:26 PM, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> Adds hipri option to the Linux sg driver engine. This turns on the
> SGV4_FLAG_HIPRI flag in recent sg drivers (January 2021) on READ
> and WRITE commands (and not on UNMAP (trim), VERIFY, etc). Uses
> blk_poll() and the mq_poll() callback in SCSI LLDs. The mechanism
> is also called "iopoll".
> 
> The Linux sg engine in fio uses the struct sg_io_hdr based interface
> known as the sg driver "v3" interface.
> Linux sg drivers in the kernel prior to January 2021 (sg version
> 4.0.12) will just ignore the SGV4_FLAG_HIPRI flag and do normal
> completions where LLDs indicate command completion with a (software)
> interrupt or similar mechanism.
> 
> Update fio.1 (manpage) with new hipri sg engine option.

Applied - but you forgot the HOWTO that I mentioned, I added that
one.

-- 
Jens Axboe


      reply	other threads:[~2021-01-25 21:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-25 20:26 [PATCH v2] fio: add hipri option to sg engine Douglas Gilbert
2021-01-25 21:07 ` Jens Axboe [this message]

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