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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block index 282de3680367..c57e5b7cb532 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block @@ -336,18 +336,11 @@ What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/io_poll_delay Date: November 2016 Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org Description: - [RW] If polling is enabled, this controls what kind of polling - will be performed. It defaults to -1, which is classic polling. + [RW] This was used to control what kind of polling will be + performed. It is now fixed to -1, which is classic polling. In this mode, the CPU will repeatedly ask for completions - without giving up any time. If set to 0, a hybrid polling mode - is used, where the kernel will attempt to make an educated guess - at when the IO will complete. Based on this guess, the kernel - will put the process issuing IO to sleep for an amount of time, - before entering a classic poll loop. This mode might be a little - slower than pure classic polling, but it will be more efficient. - If set to a value larger than 0, the kernel will put the process - issuing IO to sleep for this amount of microseconds before - entering classic polling. + without giving up any time. + <deprecated> What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/io_timeout |