Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751015AbWJIKDm (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Oct 2006 06:03:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751038AbWJIKDm (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Oct 2006 06:03:42 -0400 Received: from mout1.freenet.de ([194.97.50.132]:5603 "EHLO mout1.freenet.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751014AbWJIKDl (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Oct 2006 06:03:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:05:05 +0200 To: "Jens Axboe" Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/11] 2.6.18-mm3 pktcdvd: bio write congestion control Reply-To: balagi@justmail.de From: "Thomas Maier" Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "petero2@telia.com" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20061003152859.GQ7778@kernel.dk> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20061003152859.GQ7778@kernel.dk> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.00 (Win32) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 963 Lines: 30 Hello, the idea was to give the user/admin the ability to control cpu load and memory consumption while the driver write to DVD / CD, at least for testing purposes. Maybe move this interface into debugfs? -Thomas Am 03.10.2006, 17:29 Uhr, schrieb Jens Axboe : > On Tue, Oct 03 2006, Thomas Maier wrote: >> Hello, >> >> this patch adds the ability to control the size of the drivers >> bio write queue. > > imho, this should not be a configuration option. The driver is perfectly > capable of sizing this queue appropriately (determined by the device) > without user interaction. Basically the option just needs to prevent the > system from falling over, just choose some low sane value. > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/