From f392ba889b019602976082bfe7bf486c2594f85c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kiyoshi Ueda Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:12:28 +0100 Subject: dm mpath: add service time load balancer This patch adds a service time oriented dynamic load balancer, dm-service-time, which selects the path with the shortest estimated service time for the incoming I/O. The service time is estimated by dividing the in-flight I/O size by a performance value of each path. The performance value can be given as a table argument at the table loading time. If no performance value is given, all paths are considered equal. Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon --- drivers/md/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/md/Kconfig') diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig index 3b311d273346..09f93fa68912 100644 --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig @@ -258,6 +258,16 @@ config DM_MULTIPATH_QL If unsure, say N. +config DM_MULTIPATH_ST + tristate "I/O Path Selector based on the service time" + depends on DM_MULTIPATH + ---help--- + This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects + the path expected to complete the incoming I/O in the shortest + time. + + If unsure, say N. + config DM_DELAY tristate "I/O delaying target (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on BLK_DEV_DM && EXPERIMENTAL -- cgit v1.2.3