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Commit f1de2439 authored by Tejun Heo's avatar Tejun Heo Committed by Jens Axboe
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blk-iocost: revamp donation amount determination



iocost has various safety nets to combat inuse adjustment calculation
inaccuracies. With Andy's method implemented in transfer_surpluses(), inuse
adjustment calculations are now accurate and we can make donation amount
determinations accurate too.

* Stop keeping track of past usage history and using the maximum. Act on the
  immediate usage information.

* Remove donation constraints defined by SURPLUS_* constants. Donate
  whatever isn't used.

* Determine the donation amount so that the iocg will end up with
  MARGIN_TARGET_PCT budget at the end of the coming period assuming the same
  usage as the previous period. TARGET is set at 50% of period, which is the
  previous maximum. This provides smooth convergence for most repetitive IO
  patterns.

* Apply donation logic early at 20% budget. There's no risk in doing so as
  the calculation is based on the delta between the current budget and the
  target budget at the end of the coming period.

* Remove preemptive iocg activation for zero cost IOs. As donation can reach
  near zero now, the mere activation doesn't provide any protection anymore.
  In the unlikely case that this becomes a problem, the right solution is
  assigning appropriate costs for such IOs.

This significantly improves the donation determination logic while also
simplifying it. Now all donations are immediate, exact and smooth.

Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Newell <newella@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
parent e08d02aa
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