Bug 626989 – block IO controller: Pull in Group idle tunable patches from upstream

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Bug 626989 - block IO controller: Pull in Group idle tunable patches from upstream

Summary:	block IO controller: Pull in Group idle tunable patches from upstream

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.1
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Vivek Goyal
QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Reported:	2010-08-24 15:45 EDT by Vivek Goyal
Modified:	2011-05-19 08:42 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	kernel-2.6.32-87.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2011-05-19 08:42:22 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2011:0542	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 kernel security, bug fix and enhancement update	2011-05-19 07:58:07 EDT

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Description Vivek Goyal 2010-08-24 15:45:40 EDT

Description of problem:

Pull in group_idle patches from upstream into rhel 6.1. This tunable "group_idle" allows for getting rid of idling on individual queues and allows idling at group level. This can help with performance improvement with blk io controller on storage arrays.

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Comment 3 RHEL Product and Program Management 2010-11-19 12:40:15 EST

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.

Comment 4 Aristeu Rozanski 2010-12-13 10:14:41 EST

Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-89.el6

Comment 6 Aristeu Rozanski 2010-12-13 10:32:41 EST

Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-89.el6

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 08:42:22 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0542.html

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