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Fix many formatting issues by stop (ab)using itemized lists for
everything (mostly replaced by definition lists).

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kir Kolyshkin <kolyshkin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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HOWTO
=====

Throttling/Upper Limit policy
-----------------------------
- Enable Block IO controller::
Enable Block IO controller::

CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP=y

- Enable throttling in block layer::
Enable throttling in block layer::

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING=y

- Mount blkio controller (see cgroups.txt, Why are cgroups needed?)::
Mount blkio controller (see cgroups.txt, Why are cgroups needed?)::

mount -t cgroup -o blkio none /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio

- Specify a bandwidth rate on particular device for root group. The format
for policy is "<major>:<minor> <bytes_per_second>"::
Specify a bandwidth rate on particular device for root group. The format
for policy is "<major>:<minor> <bytes_per_second>"::

echo "8:16 1048576" > /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio/blkio.throttle.read_bps_device

Above will put a limit of 1MB/second on reads happening for root group
on device having major/minor number 8:16.
This will put a limit of 1MB/second on reads happening for root group
on device having major/minor number 8:16.

- Run dd to read a file and see if rate is throttled to 1MB/s or not::
Run dd to read a file and see if rate is throttled to 1MB/s or not::

# dd iflag=direct if=/mnt/common/zerofile of=/dev/null bs=4K count=1024
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
4194304 bytes (4.2 MB) copied, 4.0001 s, 1.0 MB/s

Limits for writes can be put using blkio.throttle.write_bps_device file.
Limits for writes can be put using blkio.throttle.write_bps_device file.

Hierarchical Cgroups
====================
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Various user visible config options
===================================
CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
- Block IO controller.

CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG
- Debug help. Right now some additional stats file show up in cgroup
CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
Block IO controller.

CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG
Debug help. Right now some additional stats file show up in cgroup
if this option is enabled.

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
- Enable block device throttling support in block layer.
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
Enable block device throttling support in block layer.

Details of cgroup files
=======================

Proportional weight policy files
--------------------------------
- blkio.weight
- Specifies per cgroup weight. This is default weight of the group

blkio.weight
Specifies per cgroup weight. This is default weight of the group
on all the devices until and unless overridden by per device rule.
(See blkio.weight_device).
Currently allowed range of weights is from 10 to 1000.

- blkio.weight_device
- One can specify per cgroup per device rules using this interface.
blkio.weight_device
One can specify per cgroup per device rules using this interface.
These rules override the default value of group weight as specified
by blkio.weight.

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dev weight
8:16 300

- blkio.time
- disk time allocated to cgroup per device in milliseconds. First
blkio.time
Disk time allocated to cgroup per device in milliseconds. First
two fields specify the major and minor number of the device and
third field specifies the disk time allocated to group in
milliseconds.

- blkio.sectors
- number of sectors transferred to/from disk by the group. First
blkio.sectors
Number of sectors transferred to/from disk by the group. First
two fields specify the major and minor number of the device and
third field specifies the number of sectors transferred by the
group to/from the device.

- blkio.io_service_bytes
- Number of bytes transferred to/from the disk by the group. These
blkio.io_service_bytes
Number of bytes transferred to/from the disk by the group. These
are further divided by the type of operation - read or write, sync
or async. First two fields specify the major and minor number of the
device, third field specifies the operation type and the fourth field
specifies the number of bytes.

- blkio.io_serviced
- Number of IOs (bio) issued to the disk by the group. These
blkio.io_serviced
Number of IOs (bio) issued to the disk by the group. These
are further divided by the type of operation - read or write, sync
or async. First two fields specify the major and minor number of the
device, third field specifies the operation type and the fourth field
specifies the number of IOs.

- blkio.io_service_time
- Total amount of time between request dispatch and request completion
blkio.io_service_time
Total amount of time between request dispatch and request completion
for the IOs done by this cgroup. This is in nanoseconds to make it
meaningful for flash devices too. For devices with queue depth of 1,
this time represents the actual service time. When queue_depth > 1,
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specifies the operation type and the fourth field specifies the
io_service_time in ns.

- blkio.io_wait_time
- Total amount of time the IOs for this cgroup spent waiting in the
blkio.io_wait_time
Total amount of time the IOs for this cgroup spent waiting in the
scheduler queues for service. This can be greater than the total time
elapsed since it is cumulative io_wait_time for all IOs. It is not a
measure of total time the cgroup spent waiting but rather a measure of
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minor number of the device, third field specifies the operation type
and the fourth field specifies the io_wait_time in ns.

- blkio.io_merged
- Total number of bios/requests merged into requests belonging to this
blkio.io_merged
Total number of bios/requests merged into requests belonging to this
cgroup. This is further divided by the type of operation - read or
write, sync or async.

- blkio.io_queued
- Total number of requests queued up at any given instant for this
blkio.io_queued
Total number of requests queued up at any given instant for this
cgroup. This is further divided by the type of operation - read or
write, sync or async.

- blkio.avg_queue_size
- Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG=y.
blkio.avg_queue_size
Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG=y.
The average queue size for this cgroup over the entire time of this
cgroup's existence. Queue size samples are taken each time one of the
queues of this cgroup gets a timeslice.

- blkio.group_wait_time
- Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG=y.
blkio.group_wait_time
Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG=y.
This is the amount of time the cgroup had to wait since it became busy
(i.e., went from 0 to 1 request queued) to get a timeslice for one of
its queues. This is different from the io_wait_time which is the
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will only report the group_wait_time accumulated till the last time it
got a timeslice and will not include the current delta.

- blkio.empty_time
- Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG=y.
blkio.empty_time
Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG=y.
This is the amount of time a cgroup spends without any pending
requests when not being served, i.e., it does not include any time
spent idling for one of the queues of the cgroup. This is in
nanoseconds. If this is read when the cgroup is in an empty state,
the stat will only report the empty_time accumulated till the last
time it had a pending request and will not include the current delta.

- blkio.idle_time
- Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG=y.
blkio.idle_time
Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG=y.
This is the amount of time spent by the IO scheduler idling for a
given cgroup in anticipation of a better request than the existing ones
from other queues/cgroups. This is in nanoseconds. If this is read
when the cgroup is in an idling state, the stat will only report the
idle_time accumulated till the last idle period and will not include
the current delta.

- blkio.dequeue
- Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG=y. This
blkio.dequeue
Debugging aid only enabled if CONFIG_BFQ_CGROUP_DEBUG=y. This
gives the statistics about how many a times a group was dequeued
from service tree of the device. First two fields specify the major
and minor number of the device and third field specifies the number
of times a group was dequeued from a particular device.

- blkio.*_recursive
- Recursive version of various stats. These files show the
blkio.*_recursive
Recursive version of various stats. These files show the
same information as their non-recursive counterparts but
include stats from all the descendant cgroups.

Throttling/Upper limit policy files
-----------------------------------
- blkio.throttle.read_bps_device
- Specifies upper limit on READ rate from the device. IO rate is
blkio.throttle.read_bps_device
Specifies upper limit on READ rate from the device. IO rate is
specified in bytes per second. Rules are per device. Following is
the format::

echo "<major>:<minor> <rate_bytes_per_second>" > /cgrp/blkio.throttle.read_bps_device

- blkio.throttle.write_bps_device
- Specifies upper limit on WRITE rate to the device. IO rate is
blkio.throttle.write_bps_device
Specifies upper limit on WRITE rate to the device. IO rate is
specified in bytes per second. Rules are per device. Following is
the format::

echo "<major>:<minor> <rate_bytes_per_second>" > /cgrp/blkio.throttle.write_bps_device

- blkio.throttle.read_iops_device
- Specifies upper limit on READ rate from the device. IO rate is
blkio.throttle.read_iops_device
Specifies upper limit on READ rate from the device. IO rate is
specified in IO per second. Rules are per device. Following is
the format::

echo "<major>:<minor> <rate_io_per_second>" > /cgrp/blkio.throttle.read_iops_device

- blkio.throttle.write_iops_device
- Specifies upper limit on WRITE rate to the device. IO rate is
blkio.throttle.write_iops_device
Specifies upper limit on WRITE rate to the device. IO rate is
specified in io per second. Rules are per device. Following is
the format::

echo "<major>:<minor> <rate_io_per_second>" > /cgrp/blkio.throttle.write_iops_device

Note: If both BW and IOPS rules are specified for a device, then IO is
subjected to both the constraints.
Note: If both BW and IOPS rules are specified for a device, then IO is
subjected to both the constraints.

- blkio.throttle.io_serviced
- Number of IOs (bio) issued to the disk by the group. These
blkio.throttle.io_serviced
Number of IOs (bio) issued to the disk by the group. These
are further divided by the type of operation - read or write, sync
or async. First two fields specify the major and minor number of the
device, third field specifies the operation type and the fourth field
specifies the number of IOs.

- blkio.throttle.io_service_bytes
- Number of bytes transferred to/from the disk by the group. These
blkio.throttle.io_service_bytes
Number of bytes transferred to/from the disk by the group. These
are further divided by the type of operation - read or write, sync
or async. First two fields specify the major and minor number of the
device, third field specifies the operation type and the fourth field
specifies the number of bytes.

Common files among various policies
-----------------------------------
- blkio.reset_stats
- Writing an int to this file will result in resetting all the stats
blkio.reset_stats
Writing an int to this file will result in resetting all the stats
for that cgroup.

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