Performance Tip: Completing Requests During HwStartIo
By completing outstanding I/O requests that are ready for completion in its HwStorStartIo routine, a miniport can spend less time at device IRQL (DIRQL), which improves system responsiveness, and also take advantage of new Storport optimizations that further improve system responsiveness and I/O throughput. The point is to try to spend as little time as possible in an interrupt handler. To take advantage of the new Storport optimizations, a miniport:
Must enable DPC redirection via StorPortInitializePerfOpts
Must use StorPortNotification (NotificationType = RequestComplete) while in its HwStorStartIo routine to notify Storport of completed I/O requests
Should indicate its intention to do completion-during-StartIo by setting the STOR_PERF_OPTIMIZE_FOR_COMPLETION_DURING_STARTIO flag in its call to the StorPortInitializePerfOpts routine
Must determine the characteristics of the workload (for example, request size and throughput) that should be present before the optimization is applied.
While in its HwStorStartIo routine, a miniport should check for completed requests after starting the requested I/O operation.
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