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Recently, drbd_recv_header() was changed to potentially implicitly "unplug" the backend device(s), in case there is currently nothing to receive. Be more explicit about it: re-introduce the original drbd_recv_header(), and introduce a new drbd_recv_header_maybe_unplug() for use by the receiver "main loop". Using explicit plugging via blk_start_plug(); blk_finish_plug(); really helps the io-scheduler of the backend with merging requests. Wrap the receiver "main loop" with such a plug. Also catch unplug events on the Primary, and try to propagate. This is performance relevant. Without this, if the receiving side does not merge requests, number of IOPS on the peer can me significantly higher than IOPS on the Primary, and can easily become the bottleneck. Together, both changes should help to reduce the number of IOPS as seen on the backend of the receiving side, by increasing the chance of merging mergable requests, without trading latency for more throughput. Signed-off-by: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com> Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> |
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Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.