From: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" <prakashkc@gmx.de>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au
Subject: Re: Time sliced CFQ io scheduler
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 12:52:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41B05397.7060808@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041203112914.GM10492@suse.de>
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Jens Axboe schrieb:
> On Fri, Dec 03 2004, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
>
>>Jens Axboe schrieb:
>>
>>>On Fri, Dec 03 2004, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>But at least this patch lets you set slice_sync and slice_async
>>>>>seperately, if you want to experiement.
>>>>
>>>>An idea, which values I should try?
>>>
>>>
>>>Just see if the default ones work (or how they work :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>>BTW, I just did my little test on the ide drive and it shows the same
>>>>problem, so it is not sata / libata related.
>>>
>>>
>>>Single read/writer case works fine here for me, about half the bandwidth
>>>for each. Please show some vmstats for this case, too. Right now I'm not
>>>terribly interested in problems with raid alone, as I can poke holes in
>>>that. If the single drive case is correct, then we can focus on raid.
>>
>>I have not enough space to perform this test on the ide drive, so I did
>>it on the sata (single disk). The patch doesn't seem to be better. (But
>>on the other hand I haven't tested you first version on single disk.) At
>>least it still doesn't look good enough in my eyes.
>>
>> procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system--
>>----cpu----
>> r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us
>>sy id wa
>> 1 3 2704 5368 1528 906540 0 4 2176 24068 1245 743 0
>>7 0 93
>> 0 3 2704 5432 1532 906252 0 0 5072 28160 1277 782 1
>>8 0 91
>> 0 5 2704 5688 1532 906080 0 0 9280 4524 1309 842 1
>>10 0 89
>> 1 3 2704 5232 1544 906208 0 0 6404 76388 1285 716 1
>>14 0 85
>> 0 3 2704 5496 1544 906524 0 0 8328 26624 1301 856 1
>>8 0 91
>> 0 3 2704 5512 1528 906636 0 0 9484 22016 1302 883 1
>>8 0 91
>> 0 3 2704 5816 1500 906296 0 0 5508 10288 1270 749 1
>>9 0 90
>> 0 4 2704 5620 1488 906608 0 0 3076 19920 1267 818 0
>>13 0 87
>> 1 4 2704 5684 1456 906432 0 0 3204 18432 1252 704 1
>>8 0 91
>> 1 3 2704 5504 1408 906168 0 0 5252 28672 1279 777 1
>>14 0 85
>> 0 4 2704 5120 1404 906296 0 0 8968 16384 1351 876 1
>>9 0 90
>> 0 4 2704 5364 1404 905620 0 0 5252 26112 1339 835 1
>>14 0 85
>> 0 4 2704 5600 1432 905036 0 0 1468 15876 1312 741 2
>>8 0 90
>> 1 4 2704 5556 1424 904704 0 0 1664 26112 1243 714 1
>>10 0 89
>> 0 4 2704 5492 1428 904100 0 0 1412 31232 1253 760 1
>>15 0 84
>> 0 4 2704 5568 1432 903456 0 0 1668 29696 1253 703 1
>>14 0 85
>> 1 4 2704 5620 1408 902980 0 0 1280 28672 1248 732 0
>>14 0 86
>> 0 4 2704 5236 1404 902888 0 0 2180 28704 1252 705 1
>>11 0 88
>> 0 4 2704 5632 1388 902180 0 0 1536 28160 1251 731 1
>>11 0 88
>> 0 3 2704 5120 1356 905968 0 0 384 57896 1257 751 1
>>14 0 85
>
>
> Try increasing slice_sync and idle, just for fun.
Changed to 150 resp. 6:
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system--
----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us
sy id wa
1 5 2704 5720 960 900020 0 0 68 26624 1251 741 1
16 0 83
1 3 2704 5708 1004 900312 0 0 312 4044 1294 686 1
11 0 88
0 1 2704 5484 1024 899800 0 0 396 40008 1236 608 1
5 0 94
0 3 2704 5284 1036 900696 0 0 516 49196 1246 682 1
5 0 94
1 3 2704 5640 1040 900956 0 0 1416 21504 1252 722 1
4 0 95
0 3 2704 5120 1040 902108 0 0 2688 12288 1230 672 1
2 0 97
1 3 2704 5416 1036 902276 0 0 3076 0 1248 632 0
2 0 98
0 4 2704 5448 1092 902748 0 0 11700 16 1306 857 1
16 0 83
0 3 2704 5712 1132 900704 0 0 1064 63488 1259 755 1
15 0 84
0 3 2704 5476 1156 901336 0 0 5656 8296 1272 725 1
7 0 92
0 3 2704 5320 1208 900996 0 0 2988 3972 1256 696 1
18 0 81
1 4 2704 5288 1240 899660 0 0 1956 60964 1278 757 1
12 0 87
0 3 2704 5596 1292 899032 0 0 1688 24732 1284 813 1
8 0 91
0 3 2704 6124 1308 899776 0 0 1424 42496 1253 678 1
7 0 92
1 3 2704 5744 1324 900124 0 0 16 23552 1250 707 1
9 0 90
0 3 2704 5108 1332 900768 0 0 1800 19968 1242 703 1
4 0 95
0 3 2704 5640 1332 900132 0 0 3204 16896 1240 689 1
1 0 98
0 3 2704 5512 1344 900696 0 0 2564 3036 1255 652 1
2 0 97
2 3 2704 5264 1364 901384 0 0 2704 42572 1253 726 1
10 0 89
1 3 2704 5096 1368 898108 0 0 1808 51724 1240 1984 1
53 0 46
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system--
----cpu----
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us
sy id wa
1 4 2704 5572 1348 896164 0 0 2816 18944 1239 1304 1
30 0 69
0 4 2704 5436 1332 896152 0 0 3204 17408 1239 716 0
6 0 94
0 4 2704 5452 1324 895884 0 0 3076 20480 1248 711 2
8 0 90
0 4 2704 5444 1328 895668 0 0 3020 16384 1360 830 1
7 0 92
0 4 2704 5708 1328 895248 0 0 1976 21952 1509 1213 4
8 0 88
0 4 2704 5708 1328 895020 0 0 1536 25200 1258 803 2
10 0 88
0 4 2704 5836 1332 894880 0 0 3204 16264 1281 908 3
8 0 89
0 4 2704 5668 1320 895084 0 0 896 18172 1433 941 1
7 0 92
0 4 2704 5324 1324 895644 0 0 4612 15924 1450 968 1
7 0 92
0 3 2704 5464 1324 897836 0 0 7176 42820 1421 1074 1
29 0 70
1 3 2704 5304 1324 898092 0 0 896 11516 1266 727 1
2 0 97
0 4 2704 5336 1312 898080 0 0 2436 16684 1270 971 1
10 0 89
0 3 2704 5608 1328 897816 0 0 17040 14124 1463 1162 3
7 0 90
0 3 2704 5272 1348 897960 0 0 18196 11264 1435 1281 2
13 0 85
0 3 2704 5592 1348 897488 0 0 6792 24284 1348 1102 6
8 0 86
0 3 2704 5528 1364 897448 0 0 872 19516 1239 760 1
6 0 93
0 3 2704 5592 1364 897348 0 0 1976 22408 1253 761 1
5 0 94
0 3 2704 5528 1364 897252 0 0 2048 30820 1267 858 1
8 0 91
0 3 2704 5528 1372 897132 0 0 5640 18812 1382 907 1
6 0 93
0 3 2704 5208 1368 897388 0 0 2820 17356 1352 863 1
5 0 94
Prakash
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Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-02 13:04 Time sliced CFQ io scheduler Jens Axboe
2004-12-02 13:48 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-02 19:48 ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-02 19:52 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-02 20:19 ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-02 20:19 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-02 20:34 ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-02 20:37 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-07 23:11 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-02 22:18 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-12-03 7:01 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-03 9:12 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-12-03 9:18 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-03 9:35 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-12-03 9:43 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-03 9:26 ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-03 9:34 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-12-03 9:39 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-03 9:54 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
[not found] ` <41B03722.5090001@gmx.de>
2004-12-03 10:31 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-03 10:38 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-03 10:45 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-12-03 10:48 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-03 11:27 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2004-12-03 11:29 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-03 11:52 ` Prakash K. Cheemplavam [this message]
2004-12-08 0:37 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-12-08 0:54 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-08 1:37 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-12-08 1:47 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-08 2:09 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-12-08 2:11 ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-08 2:22 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-12-08 6:52 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 2:00 ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-08 2:08 ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-08 6:55 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 2:20 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-12-08 2:25 ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-08 2:33 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-12-08 2:33 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-08 2:51 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-12-08 3:02 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-08 6:58 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 7:14 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-08 7:20 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 7:29 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-08 7:32 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 7:30 ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-08 7:36 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 13:48 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 6:55 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 7:08 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-08 7:11 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 7:19 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-08 7:26 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 9:35 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 10:08 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 12:47 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 10:52 ` Helge Hafting
2004-12-08 10:49 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-08 6:49 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-02 14:28 ` Giuliano Pochini
2004-12-02 14:41 ` Jens Axboe
2004-12-04 13:05 ` Giuliano Pochini
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