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Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2022 01:27:10 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To:     Khazhy Kumykov <khazhy@chromium.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
        Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: allow specifying default iosched in config
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On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 10:22:59AM -0700, Khazhy Kumykov wrote:
> > > The kernel already picks and hardcodes a default scheduler, my
> > > thinking is: why not let folks choose? This was allowed in the old
> > > block layer since 2005.
> >
> > You can choose it using CONFIG_CMDLINE.  We can't add a config option
> > for every bloody default as that simply does not scale.
> 
> Are you referring to elevator=? It looks like that needs to be
> re-wired for blk-mq, but seems like a reasonable solution. I'll send a
> new patch out.

Yes, thanks!