Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:13:49 +0300 | From | "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] virtio-blk: Add bio-based IO path for virtio-blk |
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 04:03:23PM +0800, Asias He wrote: > On 06/18/2012 03:46 PM, Rusty Russell wrote: > >On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:53:10 +0800, Asias He <asias@redhat.com> wrote: > >>This patch introduces bio-based IO path for virtio-blk. > > > >Why make it optional? > > request-based IO path is useful for users who do not want to bypass > the IO scheduler in guest kernel, e.g. users using spinning disk. > For users using fast disk device, e.g. SSD device, they can use > bio-based IO path.
OK I guess but then it should be per-device. There could be a mix of slow and fast disks :)
> -- > Asias >
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