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dm io: remove BIO_RW_SYNCIO flag from kcopyd
Remove the REQ_SYNC flag to improve write throughput when writing to the origin with a snapshot on the same device (using the CFQ I/O scheduler). Sequential write throughput (chunksize of 4k, 32k, 512k) unpatched: 8.5, 8.6, 9.3 MB/s patched: 15.2, 18.5, 17.5 MB/s Snapshot exception reallocations are triggered by writes that are usually async, so mark the associated dm_io_request as async as well. This helps when using the CFQ I/O scheduler because it has separate queues for sync and async I/O. Async is optimized for throughput; sync for latency. With this change we're consciously favoring throughput over latency. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <[email protected]>
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