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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The following instances are possible:
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- Bio-based. IO requests are submitted directly to the device driver.
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- Directly accepts bio data structure and returns them.
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-All of them has a completion queue for each core in the system.
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+All of them have a completion queue for each core in the system.
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II. Module parameters applicable for all instances:
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ queue_mode=[0-2]: Default: 2-Multi-queue
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2: Multi-queue.
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home_node=[0--nr_nodes]: Default: NUMA_NO_NODE
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- Selects what socket the data structures is allocated from.
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+ Selects what CPU node the data structures are allocated from.
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gb=[Size in GB]: Default: 250GB
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The size of the device reported to the system.
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@@ -38,34 +38,34 @@ gb=[Size in GB]: Default: 250GB
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bs=[Block size (in bytes)]: Default: 512 bytes
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The block size reported to the system.
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-nr_devices=[Num. devices]: Default: 2
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+nr_devices=[Number of devices]: Default: 2
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Number of block devices instantiated. They are instantiated as /dev/nullb0,
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etc.
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-irq_mode=[0-2]: Default: Soft-irq
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+irq_mode=[0-2]: Default: 1-Soft-irq
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The completion mode used for completing IOs to the block-layer.
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0: None.
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- 1: Soft-irq. Uses ipi to complete IOs across sockets. Simulates the overhead
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- when IOs are issued from another socket than the home the device is
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+ 1: Soft-irq. Uses IPI to complete IOs across CPU nodes. Simulates the overhead
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+ when IOs are issued from another CPU node than the home the device is
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connected to.
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2: Timer: Waits a specific period (completion_nsec) for each IO before
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completion.
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-completion_nsec=[Num. ns]: Default: 10.000ns
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+completion_nsec=[ns]: Default: 10.000ns
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Combined with irq_mode=2 (timer). The time each completion event must wait.
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submit_queues=[0..nr_cpus]:
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The number of submission queues attached to the device driver. If unset, it
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defaults to 1 on single-queue and bio-based instances. For multi-queue,
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- its ignored when use_per_node_hctx module parameter is 1.
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+ it is ignored when use_per_node_hctx module parameter is 1.
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-hw_queue_depth=[0..qdepth]: Defaults: 64
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+hw_queue_depth=[0..qdepth]: Default: 64
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The hardware queue depth of the device.
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III: Multi-queue specific parameters
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-use_per_node_hctx=[0/1]: Defaults: 1
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+use_per_node_hctx=[0/1]: Default: 1
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If 1, the multi-queue block layer is instantiated with a hardware dispatch
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queue for each CPU node in the system. If 0, it is instantiated with the
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number of queues defined in the submit_queues parameter.
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