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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org>,
	Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>,
	"Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hp.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/15] libnvdimm: support read-only btt backing devices
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:28:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150622072844.GA31263@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPcyv4hmYiU5Gzmz8prPCESOYGn099-TffFTZH0E2OAx+JzkTQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:17:29AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> To be fair the namespace was initially envisioned to be btt enabled or
> not, and hide the raw media device.

What's the fascination with hiding one access mode just because
another one is available?

> There's no guarantee that these drivers are only ever paired with
> XFSv5.

There's not guarantee for anything.   Note that anything not following
my criteria earlier would need some form of atomic sector updates,
which is a lot more.  But then again for most of those setups you
wouldn't take advantage of pmem anyway.

Sounds like we simply shouldn't merge btt at all for now and wait for
a real use case, which would simplify the whole issue a lot.
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org>,
	Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>,
	"Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hp.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/15] libnvdimm: support read-only btt backing devices
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:28:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150622072844.GA31263@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPcyv4hmYiU5Gzmz8prPCESOYGn099-TffFTZH0E2OAx+JzkTQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:17:29AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> To be fair the namespace was initially envisioned to be btt enabled or
> not, and hide the raw media device.

What's the fascination with hiding one access mode just because
another one is available?

> There's no guarantee that these drivers are only ever paired with
> XFSv5.

There's not guarantee for anything.   Note that anything not following
my criteria earlier would need some form of atomic sector updates,
which is a lot more.  But then again for most of those setups you
wouldn't take advantage of pmem anyway.

Sounds like we simply shouldn't merge btt at all for now and wait for
a real use case, which would simplify the whole issue a lot.
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org>,
	Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>,
	"Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hp.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/15] libnvdimm: support read-only btt backing devices
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:28:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150622072844.GA31263@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPcyv4hmYiU5Gzmz8prPCESOYGn099-TffFTZH0E2OAx+JzkTQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:17:29AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> To be fair the namespace was initially envisioned to be btt enabled or
> not, and hide the raw media device.

What's the fascination with hiding one access mode just because
another one is available?

> There's no guarantee that these drivers are only ever paired with
> XFSv5.

There's not guarantee for anything.   Note that anything not following
my criteria earlier would need some form of atomic sector updates,
which is a lot more.  But then again for most of those setups you
wouldn't take advantage of pmem anyway.

Sounds like we simply shouldn't merge btt at all for now and wait for
a real use case, which would simplify the whole issue a lot.
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  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-22  7:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 164+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-17 23:54 [PATCH 00/15] libnvdimm: ->rw_bytes(), BLK-mode, unit tests, and misc features Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:54 ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:54 ` [PATCH 01/15] block: introduce an ->rw_bytes() block device operation Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:54   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-18 19:25   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-18 19:25     ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:54 ` [PATCH 02/15] libnvdimm: infrastructure for btt devices Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:54   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 16:34   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:34     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:48     ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 16:48       ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 16:48       ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:48         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:48         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 18:32         ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 18:32           ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 18:32           ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 19:02           ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 19:02             ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 19:02             ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 19:09             ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 19:09               ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 19:09               ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-23 10:20               ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-23 10:19             ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-23 15:19               ` Dan Williams
2015-06-23 20:33                 ` Dan Williams
2015-06-24 12:10                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-23 10:10           ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-17 23:55 ` [PATCH 03/15] nd_btt: atomic sector updates Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 10:03   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 10:03     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 10:03     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 16:31     ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 16:31       ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55 ` [PATCH 04/15] libnvdimm, nfit, nd_blk: driver for BLK-mode access persistent memory Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 10:05   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 10:05     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 10:05     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 13:31     ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 13:31       ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 13:56       ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 13:56         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 13:56         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 14:39         ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 14:39           ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 14:39           ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55 ` [PATCH 05/15] tools/testing/nvdimm: libnvdimm unit test infrastructure Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55 ` [PATCH 06/15] libnvdimm: Non-Volatile Devices Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55 ` [PATCH 07/15] fs/block_dev.c: skip rw_page if bdev has integrity Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55 ` [PATCH 08/15] libnvdimm, btt: add support for blk integrity Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55 ` [PATCH 09/15] libnvdimm, blk: " Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55 ` [PATCH 10/15] libnvdimm: fix up max_hw_sectors Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 10:08   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 10:08     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 10:08     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 13:28     ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 13:28       ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55 ` [PATCH 11/15] libnvdimm: pmem, blk, and btt make_request cleanups Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 10:10   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 10:10     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 13:26     ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 13:26       ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 13:26       ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55 ` [PATCH 12/15] libnvdimm: enable iostat Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-19  8:34   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-19  8:34     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-19  9:02     ` Dan Williams
2015-06-19  9:02       ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 10:11       ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 10:11         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 13:22         ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 13:22           ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 13:22           ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55 ` [PATCH 13/15] libnvdimm: flag libnvdimm block devices as non-rotational Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:55   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:56 ` [PATCH 14/15] libnvdimm: support read-only btt backing devices Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:56   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-18 22:55   ` Vishal Verma
2015-06-18 22:55     ` Vishal Verma
2015-06-21 10:13   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 10:13     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 13:21     ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 13:21       ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 13:21       ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 13:54       ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 13:54         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 13:54         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-21 15:11         ` Dan Williams
2015-06-21 15:11           ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22  6:30           ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22  6:30             ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22  6:30             ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22  7:17             ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22  7:17               ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22  7:17               ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22  7:28               ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2015-06-22  7:28                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22  7:28                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22  7:39                 ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22  7:39                   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22  7:39                   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 15:02                   ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 15:02                     ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 15:02                     ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 15:41                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 15:41                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 15:41                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:00                       ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 16:00                         ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 16:00                         ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 16:32                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:32                           ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:32                           ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:42                           ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 16:42                             ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 16:42                             ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 16:48                             ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:48                               ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:48                               ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 18:48                               ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 18:48                                 ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 18:48                                 ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 19:04                                 ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 19:04                                   ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 19:11                                   ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 19:11                                     ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-22 19:11                                     ` Jeff Moyer
2015-06-23 10:10                                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-23 10:10                                   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 15:40                   ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 15:40                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 15:40                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:36                     ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 16:36                       ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 16:36                       ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 16:45                       ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:45                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:45                         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:54                         ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 16:54                           ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 16:54                           ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 16:57                           ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:57                             ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-22 16:59                             ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 16:59                               ` Dan Williams
2015-06-22 16:59                               ` Dan Williams
2015-06-23 19:30             ` Matthew Wilcox
2015-06-23 19:30               ` Matthew Wilcox
2015-06-24 12:11               ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-24 12:11                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-06-17 23:56 ` [PATCH 15/15] libnvdimm, nfit: handle acpi_nfit_memory_map flags Dan Williams
2015-06-17 23:56   ` Dan Williams

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