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* [PATCH RFC v1 00/01] dm-lightnvm introduction
@ 2014-03-21  6:32 ` Matias Bjørling
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 24+ messages in thread
From: Matias Bjørling @ 2014-03-21  6:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: snitzer, agk, dm-devel, neilb, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel
  Cc: Matias Bjørling

Hi,

Users that have custom firmware SSDs, may choose to expose their flash directly.
This allows the host to control logical to physical address mappings, garbage
collection strategy, wear-leveling, and so on.

This is beneficial when you either want to strip the cost of a costly controller
or want detailed control over an SSD. Such as implementing key-value stores,
object-stored, atomic I/Os, etc.

LightNVM implements the host-side core. It supports two modes. Users that
doesn't have hardware available and want to emulate an SSD, and users with a
physical SSD, that has a LightNVM compatible firmware.

The behavior of the core can be exposed through the various components that make
up an FTL. Thus, it is not single implementation, but instead possible to
mix the best algorithms for the user-space application workloads.

Currently, LightNVM implements a page-based FTL, cost-based GC and simple
wear-leveling. Additionally, it allows simulation of flash timings when hardware
isn't available. There's work on getting it to the OpenSSD platform with a
custom firmware and getting it stable for broad use.

There is still much work to do. I'm looking for feedback on the approach, dm
integration, and more. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

A presentation was given at the recent Non-Volatile Memory Workshop (NVMW)
workshop. Slides are available at: http://bjorling.me/NVMW2014-LightNVM.pdf

Major todo's:
 * Patch has TODO and FIXME in places that needs to be cleaned.
 * LightNVM compatible firmware for the OpenSSD platform and integration.
 * Performance regressions during GC.
 * Durability during power failure.

Thanks,

Matias

Matias Bjørling (1):
  dm-lightnvm: An open FTL for open firmware SSDs

 drivers/md/Kconfig             |   1 +
 drivers/md/Makefile            |   1 +
 drivers/md/lightnvm/Kconfig    |  14 +
 drivers/md/lightnvm/Makefile   |   1 +
 drivers/md/lightnvm/core.c     | 705 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/md/lightnvm/gc.c       | 208 ++++++++++++
 drivers/md/lightnvm/lightnvm.c | 589 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/md/lightnvm/lightnvm.h | 592 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/md/lightnvm/reg.c      |  41 +++
 9 files changed, 2152 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 drivers/md/lightnvm/Kconfig
 create mode 100644 drivers/md/lightnvm/Makefile
 create mode 100644 drivers/md/lightnvm/core.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/md/lightnvm/gc.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/md/lightnvm/lightnvm.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/md/lightnvm/lightnvm.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/md/lightnvm/reg.c

-- 
1.8.3.2


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2014-03-21  6:32 [PATCH RFC v1 00/01] dm-lightnvm introduction Matias Bjørling
2014-03-21  6:32 ` Matias Bjørling
2014-03-21  6:32 ` [PATCH RFC v1 01/01] dm-lightnvm: An open FTL for open firmware SSDs Matias Bjørling
2014-03-21 15:09   ` Mike Snitzer
2014-03-21 15:09     ` Mike Snitzer
2014-03-21 15:26     ` Matias Bjorling
2014-03-21 15:26       ` Matias Bjorling
2014-03-21 15:37   ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-03-21 16:24     ` Matias Bjorling
2014-03-25  2:22       ` [dm-devel] " Akira Hayakawa
2014-03-25  3:45         ` Matias Bjorling
2014-03-24  6:13     ` Bart Van Assche
2014-03-25  3:30       ` Matias Bjorling
2014-03-25 11:38         ` Takashi HOSHINO
2014-03-25 11:38           ` Takashi HOSHINO
2014-03-21  9:06 ` [dm-devel] [PATCH RFC v1 00/01] dm-lightnvm introduction Joe Thornber
2014-03-21 15:22   ` Matias Bjorling
2014-03-25  3:08     ` David Lang
2014-03-25  3:56       ` Matias Bjorling
2014-03-25  3:56         ` Matias Bjorling
2014-03-25 17:23         ` Richard Weinberger
2014-03-21 15:32 ` Richard Weinberger
2014-03-21 15:32   ` Richard Weinberger
2014-03-21 16:42   ` Matias Bjorling

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