By default xfs_io uses a buffer size of 4096 bytes. On test 226,
the result is that the test runs much slower (at least an order
of magnitude) than it needs to.
Add a flag to the "pwrite" command sent to xfs_io so it uses
larger buffers, thereby speeding things up considerably.
Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <aelder@xxxxxxx>
---
226 | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Index: b/226
===================================================================
--- a/226
+++ b/226
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ _scratch_mount
loops=16
+# Buffer size argument supplied to xfs_io "pwrite" command
+buffer="-b $(expr 512 \* 1024)"
+
echo "--> $loops buffered 64m writes in a loop"
for I in `seq 1 $loops`; do
echo -n "$I "
- xfs_io -F -f -c 'pwrite 0 64m' $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
+ xfs_io -F -f \
+ -c "pwrite ${buffer} 0 64m" $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
rm -f $SCRATCH_MNT/test
done
@@ -63,7 +67,8 @@ _scratch_mount
echo "--> $loops direct 64m writes in a loop"
for I in `seq 1 $loops`; do
echo -n "$I "
- xfs_io -F -f -d -c 'pwrite 0 64m' $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
+ xfs_io -F -f -d \
+ -c "pwrite ${buffer} 0 64m" $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
rm -f $SCRATCH_MNT/test
done
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