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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-22 17:00:32 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-22 17:00:32 -0700
commite9dd2b6837e26fe202708cce5ea4bb4ee3e3482e (patch)
treef42fd892495bfc4cbb740d06b016d267c9c42d00 /init/Kconfig
parent4f3a29dadaf999a273f1e7fe2476595d0283eef3 (diff)
parentb4627321e18582dcbdeb45d77df29d3177107c65 (diff)
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 ... Fix up trivial conflicts due to __rcu sparse annotation in include/linux/genhd.h
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diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
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@@ -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.