From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail02.iobjects.de ([188.40.134.68]:50492 "EHLO mail02.iobjects.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751214AbcFVMhi (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:37:38 -0400 Subject: Re: What happened to the sb writeback list (aka sync efficiency) fix? To: Brian Foster References: <20160620164334.GB9474@laptop.bfoster> <20160621125446.GA9266@quack2.suse.cz> <20160621140302.GB62352@bfoster.bfoster> <57694B41.1080106@applied-asynchrony.com> <20160622114159.GA5423@bfoster.bfoster> Cc: Jan Kara , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org From: =?UTF-8?Q?Holger_Hoffst=c3=a4tte?= Message-ID: <576A8475.30707@applied-asynchrony.com> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:28:37 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160622114159.GA5423@bfoster.bfoster> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/22/16 13:42, Brian Foster wrote: > On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 04:12:17PM +0200, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: >> On 06/21/16 16:03, Brian Foster wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 02:54:46PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: >>>> On Mon 20-06-16 12:43:34, Brian Foster wrote: >>>>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 01:46:38PM +0000, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Once upon a time there was this fine patch set called >>>>>> "improve sync efficiency with sb inode wb list" [1] >>>>>> by Brian Foster, who fixed up the original version by Josef Bacik. >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been running with this since then and it seems to work flawlessly, >>>>>> yet it doesn't seem that this ever got merged..does anybody know why? >>>>>> >>>>>> Waiman Long has been working on something similar with his per-CPU >>>>>> lists, but those patches naturally collide a bit, so I'm wondering >>>>>> what's what. >>>>>> >>>>>> Fwiw the effect of the wb list on systems with many cached inodes is >>>>>> phenomal; it would be a shame if this went unmerged. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> FWIW, the latest version posted was v7: >>>>> >>>>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/104078 >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the testing feedback. Unfortunately, I've not really heard >>>>> any feedback on getting this merged. I'm not sure the previous >>>>> version(s) by Josef and Dave got much traction either. :( >>>> >>>> Actually it would be a pitty to have this dropped. Please rebase & resend >>>> the patches and send them to AKPM asking him to merge them because Al isn't >>>> replying... That should make things moving. >>>> >>> >>> Sure, it rebases clean so I can post a v8 after I get a chance to run >>> some regression tests. >>> >>> Holger, >>> >>> Care to offer a Tested-by? >> >> My pleasure: >> >> Tested-by: Holger Hoffstätte > > Should this be "holger.hoffstatte@..." (note the dropped 'e')? I got a > return to sender for the above on my recent post. Probably not worth > resending, but you could reply to the post on-list with an accurate > email and I'll fix it up locally as well... I'm confused, that's all. It should be: Tested-by: Holger Hoffstätte Trying to ditch gmail and too many different addresses. Sorry for the confusion..I made the same mistake somewhere else. :( Holger