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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-11-12 19:52:47 +0300 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-11-12 19:52:47 +0300 |
commit | 8a9f772c14f85e2a580baadc50c194835da2d4e5 (patch) | |
tree | 4ac04e465fa8295944f997fb517dc9904bb8e4f3 /Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt | |
parent | 25a34554d600b799cbf5159bef372b02d3b4e1c6 (diff) | |
parent | cedb4a7d9f6aedb0dce94d6285b69dcb3c10fa05 (diff) | |
download | linux-8a9f772c14f85e2a580baadc50c194835da2d4e5.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (27 commits)
block: remove unused copy_io_context()
Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler info
block: remove REQ_HARDBARRIER
ioprio: rcu_read_lock/unlock protect find_task_by_vpid call (V2)
ioprio: fix RCU locking around task dereference
block: ioctl: fix information leak to userland
block: read i_size with i_size_read()
cciss: fix proc warning on attempt to remove non-existant directory
bio: take care not overflow page count when mapping/copying user data
block: limit vec count in bio_kmalloc() and bio_alloc_map_data()
block: take care not to overflow when calculating total iov length
block: check for proper length of iov entries in blk_rq_map_user_iov()
cciss: remove controllers supported by hpsa
cciss: use usleep_range not msleep for small sleeps
cciss: limit commands allocated on reset_devices
cciss: Use kernel provided PCI state save and restore functions
cciss: fix board status waiting code
drbd: Removed checks for REQ_HARDBARRIER on incomming BIOs
drbd: REQ_HARDBARRIER -> REQ_FUA transition for meta data accesses
drbd: Removed the BIO_RW_BARRIER support form the receiver/epoch code
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt index d5af3f630814..71cfbdc0f74d 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ you can do so by typing: As of the Linux 2.6.10 kernel, it is now possible to change the IO scheduler for a given block device on the fly (thus making it possible, for instance, to set the CFQ scheduler for the system default, but -set a specific device to use the anticipatory or noop schedulers - which +set a specific device to use the deadline or noop schedulers - which can improve that device's throughput). To set a specific scheduler, simply do this: @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ a "cat /sys/block/DEV/queue/scheduler" - the list of valid names will be displayed, with the currently selected scheduler in brackets: # cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler -noop anticipatory deadline [cfq] -# echo anticipatory > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler +noop deadline [cfq] +# echo deadline > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler # cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler -noop [anticipatory] deadline cfq +noop [deadline] cfq |