Patch default fifo_batch to 1 for better SSD responsiveness diff -Nru a/drivers/block/deadline-iosched.c b/drivers/block/deadline-iosched.c --- a/block/deadline-iosched.c Sun Mar 29 12:55:01 2009 +++ b/block/deadline-iosched.c Sun Mar 29 12:55:01 2009 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ * front fifo request expires. */ -static int fifo_batch = 16; +static int fifo_batch = 1;