Re: [PATCH][1/1] Per-priority statistics for CFQ w/iopriorities 2.6.8.1

[Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>]

On Thu, Sep 30 2004, Shailabh Nagar wrote:
> Jens Axboe wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Sep 30 2004, Shailabh Nagar wrote:
> >
> >>Jens Axboe wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>Missed this patch the first time over (thank you lwn :-) - why are you
> >>>using atomic counters? In all the paths you set them, you already have
> >>>the queue lock.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Thats right, there's no need for them. I used these instinctively....
> >>Will fix in next version, unless (hint, hint) you're taking a look at 
> >>adding priorities back to mainline's CFQ.
> >
> >
> >It will never be for the mainline cfq, that is a dead code base. -mm has
> >a first stab at a cfq v2 with persistent io contexts, the priority based
> >code will go on top of that.
> >
> 
> Great. In CKRM, we'll switch to using -mm's cfq then.

You'll note that the cic is a per-process-per-queue context, this could
hold a reference to whatever CKRM grouping structure you use.

-- 
Jens Axboe