iocost.conf

IOCOST.CONF(5) iocost.conf IOCOST.CONF(5)

NAME

   iocost.conf - Configuration files for the iocost solution manager

SYNOPSIS

   /etc/systemd/iocost.conf /etc/systemd/iocost.conf.d/*.conf

DESCRIPTION

   This file configures the behavior of "iocost", a tool mostly used by systemd-udevd(8) rules to automatically apply I/O cost solutions to /sys/fs/cgroup/io.cost.*.

   The qos and model values are calculated based on benchmarks collected on the iocost-benchmark[1] project and turned into a set of solutions that go from most to least isolated.
   Isolation allows the system to remain responsive in face of high I/O load. Which solutions are available for a device can be queried from the udev metadata attached to it. By default
   the naive solution is used, which provides the most bandwidth.

CONFIGURATION DIRECTORIES AND PRECEDENCE

   The default configuration is set during compilation, so configuration is only needed when it is necessary to deviate from those defaults. The main configuration file is loaded from
   one of the listed directories in order of priority, only the first file found is used: /etc/systemd/, /run/systemd/, /usr/local/lib/systemd/ [2], /usr/lib/systemd/. The vendor version
   of the file contains commented out entries showing the defaults as a guide to the administrator. Local overrides can also be created by creating drop-ins, as described below. The main
   configuration file can also be edited for this purpose (or a copy in /etc/ if it is shipped under /usr/), however using drop-ins for local configuration is recommended over
   modifications to the main configuration file.

   In addition to the main configuration file, drop-in configuration snippets are read from /usr/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/, /usr/local/lib/systemd/*.conf.d/, and /etc/systemd/*.conf.d/.
   Those drop-ins have higher precedence and override the main configuration file. Files in the *.conf.d/ configuration subdirectories are sorted by their filename in lexicographic
   order, regardless of in which of the subdirectories they reside. When multiple files specify the same option, for options which accept just a single value, the entry in the file
   sorted last takes precedence, and for options which accept a list of values, entries are collected as they occur in the sorted files.

   When packages need to customize the configuration, they can install drop-ins under /usr/. Files in /etc/ are reserved for the local administrator, who may use this logic to override
   the configuration files installed by vendor packages. Drop-ins have to be used to override package drop-ins, since the main configuration file has lower precedence. It is recommended
   to prefix all filenames in those subdirectories with a two-digit number and a dash, to simplify the ordering. This also defines a concept of drop-in priorities to allow OS vendors to
   ship drop-ins within a specific range lower than the range used by users. This should lower the risk of package drop-ins overriding accidentally drop-ins defined by users. It is
   recommended to use the range 10-40 for drop-ins in /usr/ and the range 60-90 for drop-ins in /etc/ and /run/, to make sure that local and transient drop-ins take priority over
   drop-ins shipped by the OS vendor.

   To disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink to /dev/null in the configuration directory in /etc/, with the same filename as the
   vendor configuration file.

OPTIONS

   All options are configured in the [IOCost] section:

   TargetSolution=
       Chooses which I/O cost solution (identified by named string) should be used for the devices in this system. The known solutions can be queried from the udev metadata attached to
       the devices. If a device does not have the specified solution, the first one listed in IOCOST_SOLUTIONS is used instead.

       E.g.  "TargetSolution=isolated-bandwidth".

       Added in version 254.

SEE ALSO

   udevadm(8), The iocost-benchmarks github project[1], The resctl-bench documentation details how the values are obtained[3]

NOTES

    1. iocost-benchmark
       https://github.com/iocost-benchmark/iocost-benchmarks

    2. ๐Ÿ’ฃ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿงจ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฃ Please note that those configuration files must be available at all times. If /usr/local/ is a separate partition, it may not be available during early boot, and must
       not be used for configuration.

    3. The resctl-bench documentation details how the values are obtained
       https://github.com/facebookexperimental/resctl-demo/tree/main/resctl-bench/doc

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