From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 761C8C31E48 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 09:53:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DB1B208C2 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2019 09:53:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2437748AbfFLJxn (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:53:43 -0400 Received: from smtp.nue.novell.com ([195.135.221.5]:43724 "EHLO smtp.nue.novell.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2437415AbfFLJxn (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:53:43 -0400 Received: from emea4-mta.ukb.novell.com ([10.120.13.87]) by smtp.nue.novell.com with ESMTP (TLS encrypted); Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:53:41 +0200 Received: from suselix (nwb-a10-snat.microfocus.com [10.120.13.202]) by emea4-mta.ukb.novell.com with ESMTP (TLS encrypted); Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:50:13 +0100 Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:50:09 +0200 From: Andreas Herrmann To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] block/switching-sched.txt: Update to blk-mq schedulers Message-ID: <20190612065009.GA11361@suselix> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Remove references to CFQ and legacy block layer which are gone. Update example with what's available under blk-mq. Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann --- Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt index 3b2612e342f1..7977f6fb8b20 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt @@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ you can do so by typing: # mount none /sys -t sysfs -As of the Linux 2.6.10 kernel, it is now possible to change the -IO scheduler for a given block device on the fly (thus making it possible, -for instance, to set the CFQ scheduler for the system default, but -set a specific device to use the deadline or noop schedulers - which -can improve that device's throughput). +It is possible to change the IO scheduler for a given block device on +the fly to select one of mq-deadline, none, bfq, or kyber schedulers - +which can improve that device's throughput. To set a specific scheduler, simply do this: @@ -30,8 +28,8 @@ The list of defined schedulers can be found by simply doing a "cat /sys/block/DEV/queue/scheduler" - the list of valid names will be displayed, with the currently selected scheduler in brackets: -# cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler -noop deadline [cfq] -# echo deadline > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler -# cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler -noop [deadline] cfq +# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler +[mq-deadline] kyber bfq none +# echo none >/sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler +# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler +[none] mq-deadline kyber bfq -- 2.13.7