man/iocost.conf.xml

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   6 <refentry id="iocost.conf" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
   7   <refentryinfo>
   8     <title>iocost.conf</title>
   9     <productname>systemd</productname>
  10   </refentryinfo>
  11
  12   <refmeta>
  13     <refentrytitle>iocost.conf</refentrytitle>
  14     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
  15   </refmeta>
  16
  17   <refnamediv>
  18     <refname>iocost.conf</refname>
  19     <refpurpose>Configuration files for the iocost solution manager</refpurpose>
  20   </refnamediv>
  21
  22   <refsynopsisdiv>
  23     <para>
  24       <filename>/etc/systemd/iocost.conf</filename>
  25       <filename>/etc/systemd/iocost.conf.d/*.conf</filename>
  26     </para>
  27   </refsynopsisdiv>
  28
  29   <refsect1>
  30     <title>Description</title>
  31
  32     <para>This file configures the behavior of <literal>iocost</literal>, a tool mostly used by
  33     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> rules
  34     to automatically apply I/O cost solutions to <filename>/sys/fs/cgroup/io.cost.*</filename>.</para>
  35
  36     <para>The qos and model values are calculated based on benchmarks collected on the
  37     <ulink url="https://github.com/iocost-benchmark/iocost-benchmarks">iocost-benchmark</ulink>
  38     project and turned into a set of solutions that go from most to least isolated.
  39     Isolation allows the system to remain responsive in face of high I/O load.
  40     Which solutions are available for a device can be queried from the udev metadata attached to it. By
  41     default the naive solution is used, which provides the most bandwidth.</para>
  42   </refsect1>
  43
  44   <xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="main-conf" />
  45
  46   <refsect1>
  47     <title>Options</title>
  48
  49     <para>All options are configured in the [IOCost] section:</para>
  50
  51     <variablelist class='config-directives'>
  52
  53       <varlistentry>
  54         <term><varname>TargetSolution=</varname></term>
  55
  56         <listitem><para>Chooses which I/O cost solution (identified by named string) should be used
  57         for the devices in this system. The known solutions can be queried from the udev metadata
  58         attached to the devices. If a device does not have the specified solution, the first one
  59         listed in <varname>IOCOST_SOLUTIONS</varname> is used instead.</para>
  60
  61         <para>E.g. <literal>TargetSolution=isolated-bandwidth</literal>.</para>
  62
  63         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v254"/></listitem>
  64       </varlistentry>
  65     </variablelist>
  66   </refsect1>
  67
  68   <refsect1>
  69     <title>See Also</title>
  70     <para><simplelist type="inline">
  71       <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>udevadm</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
  72       <member><ulink url="https://github.com/iocost-benchmark/iocost-benchmarks">The
  73       iocost-benchmarks github project</ulink></member>
  74       <member><ulink url="https://github.com/facebookexperimental/resctl-demo/tree/main/resctl-bench/doc">The resctl-bench
  75       documentation details how the values are obtained</ulink></member>
  76     </simplelist></para>
  77   </refsect1>
  78
  79 </refentry>