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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:41:28 +0200
From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Aaron Carroll <aaronc@gelato.unsw.edu.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] deadline-iosched: performance, style and documentation changes
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On Thu, Aug 14 2008, Aaron Carroll wrote:
> 
> Hi Jens,
> 
> Patch 1 changes deadline to dispatch in a CSCAN-like manner for improved
> throughput.  This fixes two performance issues, namely deadline avalanche
> that occurs under high load, and FCFS-like behaviour for mixed read/write
> workloads.  Benchmark results are below.
> 
> Patches 2 and 3 introduce some non-functional changes, mostly for style
> and documentation.

Looks good, thanks Aaron!

-- 
Jens Axboe