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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-22 17:00:32 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-10-22 17:00:32 -0700 |
| commit | e9dd2b6837e26fe202708cce5ea4bb4ee3e3482e (patch) | |
| tree | f42fd892495bfc4cbb740d06b016d267c9c42d00 /init/Kconfig | |
| parent | 4f3a29dadaf999a273f1e7fe2476595d0283eef3 (diff) | |
| parent | b4627321e18582dcbdeb45d77df29d3177107c65 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-2.6.37/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (39 commits)
cfq-iosched: Fix a gcc 4.5 warning and put some comments
block: Turn bvec_k{un,}map_irq() into static inline functions
block: fix accounting bug on cross partition merges
block: Make the integrity mapped property a bio flag
block: Fix double free in blk_integrity_unregister
block: Ensure physical block size is unsigned int
blkio-throttle: Fix possible multiplication overflow in iops calculations
blkio-throttle: limit max iops value to UINT_MAX
blkio-throttle: There is no need to convert jiffies to milli seconds
blkio-throttle: Fix link failure failure on i386
blkio: Recalculate the throttled bio dispatch time upon throttle limit change
blkio: Add root group to td->tg_list
blkio: deletion of a cgroup was causes oops
blkio: Do not export throttle files if CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=n
block: set the bounce_pfn to the actual DMA limit rather than to max memory
block: revert bad fix for memory hotplug causing bounces
Fix compile error in blk-exec.c for !CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK
block: set the bounce_pfn to the actual DMA limit rather than to max memory
block: Prevent hang_check firing during long I/O
cfq: improve fsync performance for small files
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Fix up trivial conflicts due to __rcu sparse annotation in include/linux/genhd.h
Diffstat (limited to 'init/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index be85a0a..bd125a7 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -661,11 +661,14 @@ config BLK_CGROUP Currently, CFQ IO scheduler uses it to recognize task groups and control disk bandwidth allocation (proportional time slice allocation) - to such task groups. + to such task groups. It is also used by bio throttling logic in + block layer to implement upper limit in IO rates on a device. This option only enables generic Block IO controller infrastructure. - One needs to also enable actual IO controlling logic in CFQ for it - to take effect. (CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED=y). + One needs to also enable actual IO controlling logic/policy. For + enabling proportional weight division of disk bandwidth in CFQ seti + CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED=y and for enabling throttling policy set + CONFIG_BLK_THROTTLE=y. See Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt for more information. |