Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] xen/blkfront: convert to blk-mq APIs

2015-08-27 Thread Rafal Mielniczuk
On 25/08/15 03:14, Bob Liu wrote: > Hi Rafal, > > Please have a try adding "--iodepth_batch=32 --iodepth_batch_complete=32" to > the fio command line. > I didn't see this issue any more, neither for domU. > > Thanks, > -Bob Hello, Using 4.2-rc8 kernel, I can confirm that merges are happening aft

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] xen/blkfront: convert to blk-mq APIs

2015-08-24 Thread Bob Liu
Hi Rafal, Please have a try adding "--iodepth_batch=32 --iodepth_batch_complete=32" to the fio command line. I didn't see this issue any more, neither for domU. Thanks, -Bob On 08/21/2015 04:46 PM, Rafal Mielniczuk wrote: > On 19/08/15 12:12, Bob Liu wrote: >> Hi Jens & Christoph, >> >> Rafal r

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] xen/blkfront: convert to blk-mq APIs

2015-08-21 Thread Rafal Mielniczuk
On 19/08/15 12:12, Bob Liu wrote: > Hi Jens & Christoph, > > Rafal reported an issue about this patch, that's after this patch no more > merges happen and the performance dropped if "modprobe null_blk irqmode=2 > completion_nsec=100", > but works fine if "modprobe null_blk". > > I'm not sure

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] xen/blkfront: convert to blk-mq APIs

2015-08-19 Thread Bob Liu
Hi Jens & Christoph, Rafal reported an issue about this patch, that's after this patch no more merges happen and the performance dropped if "modprobe null_blk irqmode=2 completion_nsec=100", but works fine if "modprobe null_blk". I'm not sure whether it's as expect or not. Do you have any

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] xen/blkfront: convert to blk-mq APIs

2015-07-20 Thread David Vrabel
On 13/07/15 10:55, Bob Liu wrote: > Note: This patch is based on original work of Arianna's internship for > GNOME's Outreach Program for Women. > > Only one hardware queue is used now, so there is no performance change. > > The legacy non-mq code is deleted completely which is the same as other