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    dm verity: enable WQ_HIGHPRI on verify_wq · afd41fff
    Nathan Huckleberry authored
    WQ_HIGHPRI increases throughput and decreases disk latency when using
    dm-verity. This is important in Android for camera startup speed.
    
    The following tests were run by doing 60 seconds of random reads using
    a dm-verity device backed by two ramdisks.
    
    Without WQ_HIGHPRI
    lat (usec): min=13, max=3947, avg=69.53, stdev=50.55
    READ: bw=51.1MiB/s (53.6MB/s), 51.1MiB/s-51.1MiB/s (53.6MB/s-53.6MB/s)
    
    With WQ_HIGHPRI:
    lat (usec): min=13, max=7854, avg=31.15, stdev=30.42
    READ: bw=116MiB/s (121MB/s), 116MiB/s-116MiB/s (121MB/s-121MB/s)
    
    Further testing was done by measuring how long it takes to open a
    camera on an Android device.
    
    Without WQ_HIGHPRI
    Total verity work queue wait times (ms):
    880.960, 789.517, 898.852
    
    With WQ_HIGHPRI:
    Total verity work queue wait times (ms):
    528.824, 439.191, 433.300
    
    The average time to open the camera is reduced by 350ms (or 40-50%).
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNathan Huckleberry <nhuck@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
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