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From: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/15] libnvdimm: infrastructure for btt devices
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:32:53 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <x49k2uvvbje.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150622164837.GB9393@lst.de> (Christoph Hellwig's message of "Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:48:37 +0200")

Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> writes:

> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 09:48:03AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> Only if you abandon BTT on partitions, which at this point it seems
>> you're boldly committed to doing.  It's unacceptable to drop BTT on
>> the floor so I'll take a look at making BTT per-disk only for 4.2.
>
> If by partitions you mean block layer partitions: yes.  If by partitions
> you mean subdivision of nvdimms: no.

How will this subdivision be recorded?  Not all NVDIMMs support the
label specification.

Sysadmins are already familiar with partitions;  I'm not sure why we'd
deviate from that here.  What am I missing?

-Jeff
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From: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"linux-nvdimm\@lists.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/15] libnvdimm: infrastructure for btt devices
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:32:53 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <x49k2uvvbje.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150622164837.GB9393@lst.de> (Christoph Hellwig's message of "Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:48:37 +0200")

Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> writes:

> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 09:48:03AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> Only if you abandon BTT on partitions, which at this point it seems
>> you're boldly committed to doing.  It's unacceptable to drop BTT on
>> the floor so I'll take a look at making BTT per-disk only for 4.2.
>
> If by partitions you mean block layer partitions: yes.  If by partitions
> you mean subdivision of nvdimms: no.

How will this subdivision be recorded?  Not all NVDIMMs support the
label specification.

Sysadmins are already familiar with partitions;  I'm not sure why we'd
deviate from that here.  What am I missing?

-Jeff
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From: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"linux-nvdimm\@lists.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org>,
	Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/15] libnvdimm: infrastructure for btt devices
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:32:53 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <x49k2uvvbje.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150622164837.GB9393@lst.de> (Christoph Hellwig's message of "Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:48:37 +0200")

Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> writes:

> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 09:48:03AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> Only if you abandon BTT on partitions, which at this point it seems
>> you're boldly committed to doing.  It's unacceptable to drop BTT on
>> the floor so I'll take a look at making BTT per-disk only for 4.2.
>
> If by partitions you mean block layer partitions: yes.  If by partitions
> you mean subdivision of nvdimms: no.

How will this subdivision be recorded?  Not all NVDIMMs support the
label specification.

Sysadmins are already familiar with partitions;  I'm not sure why we'd
deviate from that here.  What am I missing?

-Jeff
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  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-22 18:32 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 [this message]
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
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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