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From: 'Christoph Hellwig' <hch@infradead.org>
To: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: 'Christoph Hellwig' <hch@infradead.org>,
	kanchan <joshi.k@samsung.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, prakash.v@samsung.com,
	anshul@samsung.com,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] Extend write-hint framework, and add write-hint for Ext4 journal
Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 01:28:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190521082846.GA11024@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190521082528.GA17709@quack2.suse.cz>

On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 10:25:28AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> performance benefits for some drives. After all you can just think about it
> like RWH_WRITE_LIFE_JOURNAL type of hint available for the kernel...

Except that it actuallys adds a parallel insfrastructure.  A
RWH_WRITE_LIFE_JOURNAL would be much more palatable, but someone needs
to explain how that is:

 a) different from RWH_WRITE_LIFE_SHORT
 b) would not apply to a log/journal maintained in userspace that works
    exactly the same

  reply	other threads:[~2019-05-21  8:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CGME20190425112347epcas2p1f7be48b8f0d2203252b8c9dd510c1b61@epcas2p1.samsung.com>
2019-04-25 11:19 ` [PATCH v5 0/7] Extend write-hint framework, and add write-hint for Ext4 journal Kanchan Joshi
     [not found]   ` <CGME20190425112351epcas2p209fdb12872bdcdcb11afd7b6e196b85e@epcas2p2.samsung.com>
2019-04-25 11:19     ` [PATCH v5 1/7] fs: introduce write-hint start point for in-kernel hints Kanchan Joshi
     [not found]   ` <CGME20190425112355epcas2p11e197c8fc33698feb7150d1f4148407e@epcas2p1.samsung.com>
2019-04-25 11:19     ` [PATCH v5 2/7] block: increase stream count for in-kernel use Kanchan Joshi
     [not found]   ` <CGME20190425112358epcas1p13da4f182241366c309cb2c76df3fb048@epcas1p1.samsung.com>
2019-04-25 11:19     ` [PATCH v5 3/7] block: introduce API to register stream information with block-layer Kanchan Joshi
     [not found]   ` <CGME20190425112400epcas1p26e7634f95a185a83c31470006d291161@epcas1p2.samsung.com>
2019-04-25 11:19     ` [PATCH v5 4/7] block: introduce write-hint to stream-id conversion Kanchan Joshi
     [not found]   ` <CGME20190425112403epcas1p13006198cda351a08c8403c2b85c9f102@epcas1p1.samsung.com>
2019-04-25 11:20     ` [PATCH v5 5/7] nvme: register stream info with block layer Kanchan Joshi
     [not found]   ` <CGME20190425112406epcas1p4a54b2c5d15ae42a53ff3c206cf7a7892@epcas1p4.samsung.com>
2019-04-25 11:20     ` [PATCH v5 6/7] fs: introduce APIs to enable passing write-hint with buffer-head Kanchan Joshi
     [not found]   ` <CGME20190425112408epcas2p2ddba9fdf175645dd2647da191eac5e1c@epcas2p2.samsung.com>
2019-04-25 11:20     ` [PATCH v5 7/7] fs/ext4,jbd2: add support for sending write-hint with journal Kanchan Joshi
2019-05-10  5:31   ` [PATCH v5 0/7] Extend write-hint framework, and add write-hint for Ext4 journal kanchan
2019-05-10 17:02   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-05-17  5:31     ` kanchan
2019-05-20 14:27       ` 'Christoph Hellwig'
2019-05-21  8:25         ` Jan Kara
2019-05-21  8:28           ` 'Christoph Hellwig' [this message]
2019-05-22 10:25             ` Jan Kara
2019-06-26 12:47               ` kanchan
2019-06-28  7:25                 ` 'Christoph Hellwig'

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