BLK-IOCOST Merged For Linux 5.4 To Better Account For Cost Of I/O Workloads

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Phoronix: BLK-IOCOST Merged For Linux 5.4 To Better Account For Cost Of I/O Workloads

The Linux 5.4 block subsystem changes brings the new blk-iocost model...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...5.4-BLK-IOCOST

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So this is for blk-mq I/O schedulers like BFQ to leverage? What are the current alternatives(assuming there are) to this? Or is this something new(or replacing existing equivalent)?