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The caller typically has a good (or even exact) idea of how many requests it needs to submit. We can make the request/tag allocation a lot more efficient if we just allocate N requests/tags upfront when we queue the first bio from the batch. Provide a new plug start helper that allows the caller to specify how many IOs are expected. This sets plug->nr_ios, and we can use that for smarter request allocation. The plug provides a holding spot for requests, and request allocation will check it before calling into the normal request allocation path. The blk_finish_plug() is called, check if there are unused requests and free them. This should not happen in normal operations. The exception is if we get merging, then we may be left with requests that need freeing when done. This raises the per-core performance on my setup from ~5.8M to ~6.1M IOPS. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
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requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.