Zhang, Yanmin wrote:
> struct task_delay_info is used by per process block I/O delay statistics
> feature which is useful in kernel. This struct is not optimized.
>
> My patch against kernel 2.6.22 shrinks it a half.
>
> 1) Delete blkio_start and blkio_end. As the collection happens in
> io_schedule and io_schedule_timeout, we use local variables to
> replace them;
> 2) Delete lock. The change to the protected data has no nested cases.
> In addition, the result is for performance data collection, so it’s
> unnecessary to add such lock.
> 3) Delete flags. It just has one value. Use the most significant bit of
> blkio_delay (64 bits) to mark it..
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanmin <[email protected]>
Hi, Yanmin,
Did you see any particular performance issues with the delay accounting
patches? Is the patch tested; could you please provide test results?
Meanwhile, I'll review these patches and I am correcting Shailabh's id
to his new email id.
--
Warm Regards,
Balbir Singh
Linux Technology Center
IBM, ISTL
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