Thread (12 messages) 12 messages, 5 authors, 2017-09-04

Re: [PATCH BUGFIX/IMPROVEMENT V2 0/3] three bfq fixes restoring service guarantees with random sync writes in bg

From: Paolo Valente <hidden>
Date: 2017-08-31 17:13:04
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Il giorno 31 ago 2017, alle ore 19:06, Mike Galbraith [off-list ref] =
ha scritto:
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On Thu, 2017-08-31 at 15:42 +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 08:46:28AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote:
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[SECOND TAKE, with just the name of one of the tester fixed]
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Hi,
while testing the read-write unfairness issues reported by Mel, I
found BFQ failing to guarantee good responsiveness against heavy
random sync writes in the background, i.e., multiple writers doing
random writes and systematic fdatasync [1]. The failure was caused =
by
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three related bugs, because of which BFQ failed to guarantee to
high-weight processes the expected fraction of the throughput.
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Queued on top of Ming's most recent series even though that's still a =
work
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in progress. I should know in a few days how things stand.
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It seems to have cured an interactivity issue I regularly meet during
kbuild final link/depmod phase of fat kernel kbuild, especially bad
with evolution mail usage during that on spinning rust.  Can't really
say for sure given this is not based on measurement.
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Great!  Actually, when I found these bugs, I thought also about the
issues you told me you experienced with updatedb running.  But then I
forgot to tell you that these fixes might help.

Thanks,
Paolo
	-Mike=20
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