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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To: Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>
Cc: kernel-team@fb.com, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, axboe@kernel.dk, clm@meta.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 00/14] mm/block: add bdi sysfs knobs
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:20:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y0Wz28QzRtH+72Pu@casper.infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221011010044.851537-1-shr@devkernel.io>

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 06:00:30PM -0700, Stefan Roesch wrote:
> 2) Part of 10000 internal calculation
>   The max_ratio is based on percentage. With the current machine sizes percentage
>   values can be very high (1% of a 256GB main memory is already 2.5GB). This change
>   uses part of 10000 instead of percentages for the internal calculations.

Why 10,000?  If you need better accuracy than 1/1000, the next step
should normally be parts per million.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-10-11 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-11  1:00 [RFC PATCH v1 00/14] mm/block: add bdi sysfs knobs Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 01/14] mm: add bdi_set_strict_limit() function Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 02/14] mm: Add new knob /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/strict_limit Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 03/14] mm: document new /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/strict_limit knob Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 04/14] mm: Use part per 10000 for bdi ratios Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 05/14] mm: add bdi_get_max_bytes() function Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 06/14] mm: split off __bdi_set_max_ratio() function Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 07/14] mm: add bdi_set_max_bytes() function Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 08/14] mm: Add new knob /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/max_bytes Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 09/14] mm: document new /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/max_bytes knob Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 10/14] mm: add bdi_get_min_bytes() function Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 11/14] mm: split off __bdi_set_min_ratio() function Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 12/14] mm: add bdi_set_min_bytes() function Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 13/14] mm: add new /sys/class/bdi/<bdi>/min_bytes knob Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11  1:00 ` [RFC PATCH v1 14/14] mm: document " Stefan Roesch
2022-10-11 18:20 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2022-10-13 20:11   ` [RFC PATCH v1 00/14] mm/block: add bdi sysfs knobs Stefan Roesch
2022-10-17  7:45 ` Christoph Hellwig

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