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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 18:50:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 18:50:12 +0000 |
| commit | 8665bd53f2f2e27e5511d90428cb3f60e6d0ce15 (patch) | |
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| parent | Adding debian version 6.7.12-1. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.9.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/block/ioprio.rst b/Documentation/block/ioprio.rst index a25c6d5df8..4662e1ff3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/ioprio.rst +++ b/Documentation/block/ioprio.rst @@ -6,17 +6,16 @@ Block io priorities 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 |