From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FA2A7D04D for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2019 21:56:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729218AbfAHV4W (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2019 16:56:22 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:34730 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728642AbfAHV4W (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2019 16:56:22 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9937F33BE4; Tue, 8 Jan 2019 21:56:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain.com (ovpn-120-14.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.120.14]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D3AB15C5FC; Tue, 8 Jan 2019 21:56:21 +0000 (UTC) From: John Pittman To: paolo.valente@linaro.org Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, corbet@lwn.net, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, John Pittman Subject: [PATCH] block: doc: add slice_idle_us to bfq documentation Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 16:56:13 -0500 Message-Id: <20190108215613.15277-1-jpittman@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.38]); Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:56:22 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Of the tunables available for the bfq I/O scheduler, the only one missing from the documentation in 'Documentation/block/bfq-iosched.txt' is slice_idle_us. Add this tunable to the documentation and a short explanation of its purpose. Signed-off-by: John Pittman --- Documentation/block/bfq-iosched.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/block/bfq-iosched.txt b/Documentation/block/bfq-iosched.txt index 8d8d8f06cab2..98a8dd5ee385 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/bfq-iosched.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/bfq-iosched.txt @@ -357,6 +357,13 @@ video playing/streaming, a very low drop rate may be more important than maximum throughput. In these cases, consider setting the strict_guarantees parameter. +slice_idle_us +------------- + +Controls the same tuning parameter as slice_idle, but in microseconds. +Either tunable can be used to set idling behavior. Afterwards, the +other tunable will reflect the newly set value in sysfs. + strict_guarantees ----------------- -- 2.17.2