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@@ -121,6 +121,32 @@ config BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER
See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt for more information.
+config BLK_WBT
+ bool "Enable support for block device writeback throttling"
+ default n
+ ---help---
+ Enabling this option enables the block layer to throttle buffered
+ background writeback from the VM, making it more smooth and having
+ less impact on foreground operations. The throttling is done
+ dynamically on an algorithm loosely based on CoDel, factoring in
+ the realtime performance of the disk.
+
+config BLK_WBT_SQ
+ bool "Single queue writeback throttling"
+ default n
+ depends on BLK_WBT
+ ---help---
+ Enable writeback throttling by default on legacy single queue devices
+
+config BLK_WBT_MQ
+ bool "Multiqueue writeback throttling"
+ default y
+ depends on BLK_WBT
+ ---help---
+ Enable writeback throttling by default on multiqueue devices.
+ Multiqueue currently doesn't have support for IO scheduling,
+ enabling this option is recommended.
+
menu "Partition Types"
source "block/partitions/Kconfig"
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