From: "Thomas Maier" <balagi@justmail.de>
To: "Jens Axboe" <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"petero2@telia.com" <petero2@telia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/11] 2.6.18-mm3 pktcdvd: bio write congestion control
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:05:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.tg5a1kuoiudtyh@master> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061003152859.GQ7778@kernel.dk>
Hello,
the idea was to give the user/admin the ability to control
cpu load and memory consumption while the driver write to
DVD / CD, at least for testing purposes.
Maybe move this interface into debugfs?
-Thomas
Am 03.10.2006, 17:29 Uhr, schrieb Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>:
> On Tue, Oct 03 2006, Thomas Maier wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> this patch adds the ability to control the size of the drivers
>> bio write queue.
>
> imho, this should not be a configuration option. The driver is perfectly
> capable of sizing this queue appropriately (determined by the device)
> without user interaction. Basically the option just needs to prevent the
> system from falling over, just choose some low sane value.
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-09 10:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-03 15:26 [PATCH 8/11] 2.6.18-mm3 pktcdvd: bio write congestion control Thomas Maier
2006-10-03 15:29 ` Jens Axboe
2006-10-09 10:05 ` Thomas Maier [this message]
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