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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>,
	linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@redhat.com, bharrosh@panasas.com,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 9/9] block: Avoid deadlocks with bio allocation by stacking drivers
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 12:01:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120904190119.GD3638@dhcp-172-17-108-109.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120904185540.GC3638@dhcp-172-17-108-109.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 11:55:40AM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Actually, if the timer approach can reduce the frequency of rescuer
> involvement, I think it could actually be better.

Ooh, it wouldn't.  It's kicking in only after alloc failure.  I don't
know.  I think conditioning it on alloc failure is cleaner and
converting all per-bio allocations to front-pad makes sense.  Using a
timer wouldn't make the mechanism any simpler, right?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-04 19:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-28 17:37 [PATCH v7 0/9] Block cleanups, deadlock fix Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 17:37 ` [PATCH v7 1/9] block: Generalized bio pool freeing Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 17:37 ` [PATCH v7 2/9] dm: Use bioset's front_pad for dm_rq_clone_bio_info Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 17:37 ` [PATCH v7 3/9] block: Add bio_reset() Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 20:31   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-28 22:17     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 22:53       ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-01  2:23       ` Tejun Heo
2012-09-05 20:13         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 17:37 ` [PATCH v7 4/9] pktcdvd: Switch to bio_kmalloc() Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 20:32   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-28 22:24     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-04  9:05     ` Jiri Kosina
2012-09-05 19:44       ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 17:37 ` [PATCH v7 5/9] block: Kill bi_destructor Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 20:36   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-28 22:07     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 17:37 ` [PATCH v7 6/9] block: Consolidate bio_alloc_bioset(), bio_kmalloc() Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 20:41   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-28 22:03     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-01  2:17       ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-28 17:37 ` [PATCH v7 7/9] block: Add bio_clone_bioset(), bio_clone_kmalloc() Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 20:44   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-28 22:05     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-01  2:19       ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-28 17:37 ` [PATCH v7 8/9] block: Reorder struct bio_set Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 17:37 ` [PATCH v7 9/9] block: Avoid deadlocks with bio allocation by stacking drivers Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 20:49   ` Tejun Heo
2012-08-28 22:28     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 23:01       ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-29  1:31         ` Vivek Goyal
2012-08-29  3:25           ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-29 12:57             ` Vivek Goyal
2012-08-29 14:39               ` [dm-devel] " Alasdair G Kergon
2012-08-29 16:26                 ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-29 21:01                   ` John Stoffel
2012-08-29 21:08                     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-28 22:06   ` Vivek Goyal
2012-08-28 22:23     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-29 16:24   ` Mikulas Patocka
2012-08-29 16:50     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-29 16:57       ` [dm-devel] " Alasdair G Kergon
2012-08-29 17:07       ` Vivek Goyal
2012-08-29 17:13         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-29 17:23           ` [dm-devel] " Alasdair G Kergon
2012-08-29 17:32             ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-30 22:07           ` Vivek Goyal
2012-08-31  1:43             ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-31  1:55               ` Kent Overstreet
2012-08-31 15:01               ` Vivek Goyal
2012-09-03  1:26                 ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-03 20:41               ` Mikulas Patocka
2012-09-04  3:41                 ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-04 18:55                   ` Tejun Heo
2012-09-04 19:01                     ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2012-09-04 19:43                       ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-04 19:42                     ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-04 21:03                       ` Tejun Heo
2012-09-04 19:26                   ` Mikulas Patocka
2012-09-04 19:39                     ` Vivek Goyal
2012-09-04 19:51                     ` [PATCH] dm: Use bioset's front_pad for dm_target_io Kent Overstreet
2012-09-04 21:20                       ` Tejun Heo
2012-09-11 19:28                       ` [PATCH 2] " Mikulas Patocka
2012-09-11 19:50                         ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-12 22:31                           ` Mikulas Patocka
2012-09-14 23:09                             ` [dm-devel] " Alasdair G Kergon
2012-09-01  2:13             ` [PATCH v7 9/9] block: Avoid deadlocks with bio allocation by stacking drivers Tejun Heo
2012-09-03  1:34               ` [PATCH v2] " Kent Overstreet
2012-09-04 15:00               ` [PATCH v7 9/9] " Vivek Goyal
2012-09-03  0:49             ` Dave Chinner
2012-09-03  1:17               ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-04 13:54               ` Vivek Goyal
2012-09-04 18:26                 ` Tejun Heo
2012-09-05  3:57                   ` Dave Chinner
2012-09-05  4:37                     ` Tejun Heo

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