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authorNamjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>2013-08-04 16:10:15 +0200
committerJaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@samsung.com>2013-08-06 15:00:18 +0200
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parentf2fs: add sysfs support for controlling the gc_thread (diff)
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f2fs: add sysfs entries to select the gc policy
Add sysfs entry gc_idle to control the gc policy. Where gc_idle = 1 corresponds to selecting a cost benefit approach, while gc_idle = 2 corresponds to selecting a greedy approach to garbage collection. The selection is mutually exclusive one approach will work at any point. If gc_idle = 0, then this option is disabled. Cc: Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Pankaj Kumar <pankaj.km@samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> [Jaegeuk Kim: change the select_gc_type() flow slightly] Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@samsung.com>
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@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ Contact: "Namjae Jeon" <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>
Description:
Controls the default sleep time for gc_thread. Time
is in milliseconds.
+
+What: /sys/fs/f2fs/<disk>/gc_idle
+Date: July 2013
+Contact: "Namjae Jeon" <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>
+Description:
+ Controls the victim selection policy for garbage collection.