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blk-mq: implement hybrid poll mode for sync O_DIRECT
authorJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:01:59 +0000 (13:01 -0700)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:34:51 +0000 (13:34 -0700)
commit06426adf072bca62ac31ea396ff2159a34f276c2
tree2df53bc89ed0d48866e794eed828311d969d6506
parent189ce2b9dcc3494410a576fbecbedbb6b21e51e0
blk-mq: implement hybrid poll mode for sync O_DIRECT

This patch enables a hybrid polling mode. Instead of polling after IO
submission, we can induce an artificial delay, and then poll after that.
For example, if the IO is presumed to complete in 8 usecs from now, we
can sleep for 4 usecs, wake up, and then do our polling. This still puts
a sleep/wakeup cycle in the IO path, but instead of the wakeup happening
after the IO has completed, it'll happen before. With this hybrid
scheme, we can achieve big latency reductions while still using the same
(or less) amount of CPU.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Tested-By: Stephen Bates <sbates@raithlin.com>
Reviewed-By: Stephen Bates <sbates@raithlin.com>
block/blk-mq.c
block/blk-sysfs.c
block/blk.h
include/linux/blkdev.h