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Whenever an I/O elevator is changed, the system attempts to load a module for the new elevator. This occurs regardless of whether the elevator is already loaded or built directly into the kernel. This behavior introduces unnecessary overhead and potential issues. This makes the operation slower, and more error-prone. For instance, making the problem fixed by [1] visible for users that doesn't even rely on modules being available through modules. Do not try to load the ioscheduler if it is already visible. This change brings two main benefits: it improves the performance of elevator changes, and it reduces the likelihood of errors occurring during this process. [1] Commite3accac1a9("block: Fix elv_iosched_local_module handling of "none" scheduler") Fixes:734e1a8603("block: Prevent deadlocks when switching elevators") Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241011170122.3880087-1-leitao@debian.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.