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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-01-18 18:22:40 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-01-18 18:22:40 -0800
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Merge tag 'for-6.8/block-2024-01-18' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux
Pull block fixes from Jens Axboe: - NVMe pull request via Keith: - tcp, fc, and rdma target fixes (Maurizio, Daniel, Hannes, Christoph) - discard fixes and improvements (Christoph) - timeout debug improvements (Keith, Max) - various cleanups (Daniel, Max, Giuxen) - trace event string fixes (Arnd) - shadow doorbell setup on reset fix (William) - a write zeroes quirk for SK Hynix (Jim) - MD pull request via Song: - Sparse warning since v6.0 (Bart) - /proc/mdstat regression since v6.7 (Yu Kuai) - Use symbolic error value (Christian) - IO Priority documentation update (Christian) - Fix for accessing queue limits without having entered the queue (Christoph, me) - Fix for loop dio support (Christoph) - Move null_blk off deprecated ida interface (Christophe) - Ensure nbd initializes full msghdr (Eric) - Fix for a regression with the folio conversion, which is now easier to hit because of an unrelated change (Matthew) - Remove redundant check in virtio-blk (Li) - Fix for a potential hang in sbitmap (Ming) - Fix for partial zone appending (Damien) - Misc changes and fixes (Bart, me, Kemeng, Dmitry) * tag 'for-6.8/block-2024-01-18' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux: (45 commits) Documentation: block: ioprio: Update schedulers loop: fix the the direct I/O support check when used on top of block devices blk-mq: Remove the hctx 'run' debugfs attribute nbd: always initialize struct msghdr completely block: Fix iterating over an empty bio with bio_for_each_folio_all block: bio-integrity: fix kcalloc() arguments order virtio_blk: remove duplicate check if queue is broken in virtblk_done sbitmap: remove stale comment in sbq_calc_wake_batch block: Correct a documentation comment in blk-cgroup.c null_blk: Remove usage of the deprecated ida_simple_xx() API block: ensure we hold a queue reference when using queue limits blk-mq: rename blk_mq_can_use_cached_rq block: print symbolic error name instead of error code blk-mq: fix IO hang from sbitmap wakeup race nvmet-rdma: avoid circular locking dependency on install_queue() nvmet-tcp: avoid circular locking dependency on install_queue() nvme-pci: set doorbell config before unquiescing block: fix partial zone append completion handling in req_bio_endio() block/iocost: silence warning on 'last_period' potentially being unused md/raid1: Use blk_opf_t for read and write operations ...
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Intro
-----
-With the introduction of cfq v3 (aka cfq-ts or time sliced cfq), basic io
-priorities are supported for reads on files. This enables users to io nice
-processes or process groups, similar to what has been possible with cpu
-scheduling for ages. This document mainly details the current possibilities
-with cfq; other io schedulers do not support io priorities thus far.
+The io priority feature enables users to io nice processes or process groups,
+similar to what has been possible with cpu scheduling for ages. Support for io
+priorities is io scheduler dependent and currently supported by bfq and
+mq-deadline.
Scheduling classes
------------------
-CFQ implements three generic scheduling classes that determine how io is
-served for a process.
+Three generic scheduling classes are implemented for io priorities that
+determine how io is served for a process.
IOPRIO_CLASS_RT: This is the realtime io class. This scheduling class is given
higher priority than any other in the system, processes from this class are