Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] block/diskstats: more accurate io_ticks and optimization

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Wed Mar 25 2020 - 10:49:44 EST


On 3/25/20 7:07 AM, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> Simplified estimation for io_ticks introduced in patch
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20181206164122.2166-5-snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx/
> could be very inaccurate for request longer than jiffy (i.e. any HDD)
>
> There is at least one another report about this:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20200324031942.GA3060@xxxxxxxxxx/
> See detail in comment for first patch.
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/155413438394.3201.15211440151043943989.stgit@buzz/
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/158314549775.1788.6529015932237292177.stgit@buzz/
> v3: 158503038812.1955.7827988255138056389.stgit@buzz/">https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/158503038812.1955.7827988255138056389.stgit@buzz/
> * update documentation
> * rebase to current linux-next
> * fix compilation for CONFIG_SMP=n
> v4:
> * rebase to for-5.7/block
> * make part_stat_read_all static in block/genhd.c

Applied for 5.7, thanks.

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Jens Axboe