Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] block: Add test-iosched scheduler

merez
2012-08-28T06:37:06Z

Hi Jens,

Can you refer to my reply?
Currently the test-iosched is our only option for testing the eMMC4.5
features on a HS200 eMMC card.

Thanks,
Maya
On Thu, August 2, 2012 6:16 am, merez@codeaurora.org wrote:
>
> On Tue, July 31, 2012 8:46 am, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> On 07/31/2012 04:36 PM, merez@codeaurora.org wrote:
>>> Hi Jens,
>>>
>>> Do you have comments on this patch?
>>> Can we push it to kernel 3.6 version?
>>
>> I have questions - what is this good for? In other words, explain to me
>> why this is useful code. And in particular why this cannot be done from
>> userspace with bsg and block tracing?
>>
>> IOW, I'm dubious as to whether a new _io scheduler_ is the correct
>> solution to the problem you have at hand.
>>
>> --
>> Jens Axboe
>>
>>
>
> The test scheduler allows us to control the dispatched requests and their
> order without an interfering of other requests.
> You can review the patches which depends on this patch in order to better
> understand how it is used.
> For example, in the eMMC4.5 packed commands feature, the MMC layer can
> pack read or write requests (the packed requests must be of the same
> direction). MMC layer will stop fetching the requests in case the packing
> conditions are broken.
> In order to test this feature we had to have a full control on the
> requests that the MMC layer fetches and their order, so that we will be
> able to determine if the expected behavior was actually achieved.
> The test-iosched can call specific block device callbacks, for example for
> checking the test results.
> Also, in order to be able to run out tests on the main eMMC card that runs
> in HS200, we cannot "shut down" the real FS requests, otherwise our phone
> won't come up or crash.
> The test-iosched allows us to delay the real FS requests until the end of
> the test, therefore the tests can be done on the main eMMC card.
>
> We chose not to use blocktrace due to the "real" FS requests interference
> in the middle of the test.
>
> I'm not familiar with bsg so I cannot tell if it can answer all the
> requirements I specified above.
>
> Thanks,
> Maya
>
> --
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