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From: Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@gmail.com>
To: Zhi Yong Wu <zwu.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linuxram@linux.vnet.ibm.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,
	dave@jikos.cz, tytso@mit.edu, cmm@us.ibm.com,
	Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v3 09/13] vfs: add one wq to update map info periodically
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:25:30 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121018022530.GB24939@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEH94LjoanfL3piP89qM6MP6zdN0AybfeqJe0kR_5-DJ0mLH_w@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 02:34:15PM +0800, Zhi Yong Wu wrote:
> >> diff --git a/fs/hot_tracking.h b/fs/hot_tracking.h
> >> index d19e64a..7a79a6d 100644
> >> --- a/fs/hot_tracking.h
> >> +++ b/fs/hot_tracking.h
> >> @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
> >>   */
> >>  #define TIME_TO_KICK 400
> >>
> >> +/* set how often to update temperatures (seconds) */
> >> +#define HEAT_UPDATE_DELAY 400
> >
> > FWIW, 400 seconds is an unusual time period. It's expected that
> > periodic work might take place at intervals of 5 minutes, 10
> > minutes, etc, not 6m40s. It's much easier to predict and understand
> > behaviour if it's at a interval of whole units like minutes,
> > especially when looking at timestamped event traces. Hence 300s (5
> > minutes) makes a lot more sense as a period for updates...
> got it. thanks.

Hi Zhi Yong,

IMHO we'd better to make this value parameterized, and then the user
can adjust this value dynamically.

Regards,
Zheng

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-18  2:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-10 10:07 [RFC v3 00/13] vfs: hot data tracking zwu.kernel
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 01/13] btrfs: add one new mount option '-o hot_track' zwu.kernel
     [not found]   ` <5075632c.03cc440a.1b33.7805SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com>
2012-10-10 12:21     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-10 12:21       ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-10 13:11       ` Lukáš Czerner
2012-10-10 13:16         ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-10 16:28   ` David Sterba
2012-10-11 13:41     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-11 14:35     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-11 14:41       ` David Sterba
2012-10-11 14:46         ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 02/13] vfs: introduce private radix tree structures zwu.kernel
2012-10-10 15:34   ` David Sterba
2012-10-11 13:35     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 03/13] vfs: Initialize and free main data structures zwu.kernel
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 04/13] vfs: add function for collecting raw access info zwu.kernel
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 05/13] vfs: add two map arrays zwu.kernel
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 06/13] vfs: add hooks to enable hot data tracking zwu.kernel
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 07/13] vfs: add function for updating map arrays zwu.kernel
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 08/13] vfs: add aging function for old map info zwu.kernel
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 09/13] vfs: add one wq to update map info periodically zwu.kernel
2012-10-16  0:27   ` Dave Chinner
2012-10-17  6:34     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-18  2:25       ` Zheng Liu [this message]
2012-10-18  2:26         ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 10/13] vfs: register one memory shrinker zwu.kernel
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 11/13] vfs: add 3 new ioctl interfaces zwu.kernel
2012-10-15  7:48   ` Dave Chinner
2012-10-15  7:57     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-16  3:17   ` Dave Chinner
2012-10-16  4:18     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-19  8:21     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 12/13] vfs: add debugfs support zwu.kernel
2012-10-10 16:53   ` David Sterba
2012-10-10 21:05   ` David Sterba
2012-10-15  7:55   ` Dave Chinner
2012-10-15  8:15     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-15  8:04   ` Dave Chinner
2012-10-15  8:47     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-10 10:07 ` [RFC v3 13/13] vfs: add documentation zwu.kernel
2012-10-15  0:35   ` Zheng Liu
2012-10-15  7:04     ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-15  0:39 ` [RFC v3 00/13] vfs: hot data tracking Zheng Liu
2012-10-15  7:05   ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-15 20:42 ` Dave Chinner
2012-10-17  8:57   ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-18  4:29     ` Dave Chinner
2012-10-18  4:44       ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-18  5:17         ` Dave Chinner
2012-10-18  5:24           ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-19  8:29   ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-10-16  0:04 ` [PATCH] xfs: add hot tracking support Dave Chinner
2012-11-07  8:38   ` Zhi Yong Wu
2012-11-08  5:13     ` Dave Chinner
2012-10-16  0:11 ` [RFC v3 00/13] vfs: hot data tracking Dave Chinner

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