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From: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Pierre Beck <debian-bugs-MZZvbRqs/9F0RdzJJlgK+g@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-bcache-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Loosing transactions
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:18:17 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130130201817.GA12631@moria.home.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51097D0A.6040204-MZZvbRqs/9F0RdzJJlgK+g@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 09:05:31PM +0100, Pierre Beck wrote:
> Am 30.01.2013 20:02, schrieb Kent Overstreet:
> >That delay is a parameter - /sys/fs/bcache/<cache set>/journal_delay_ms.
> >Can you set it to 0 and see what happens? It might reduce the number of
> >missing transactions, eliminate the missing transactions... or have no
> >effect at all.
> >
> 
> Test passed. Double-checked. No transactions lost.

None at all, ever?

That's actually kind of annoying, because we can't definitively
distinguish between "fixes bug completely" and "makes bug a lot harder
to actually detect". Bah :p

Can you run blktrace on the bcache device and the SSD for a second or
two while your msql test is running? Maybe if I stare at the trace I'll
get lucky and see something wrong.

> I really want to see bcache in mainline kernel soon. It's such a
> great addition for storage arrays. Let's polish it up. When you have
> a fix, I'll test a full storage stack on it. Ext4 alone is boring
> :-)

Working on it :D

      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-01-30 20:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-23 20:14 Loosing transactions Pierre Beck
     [not found] ` <51004490.704-MZZvbRqs/9F0RdzJJlgK+g@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-24 23:35   ` Kent Overstreet
     [not found]     ` <20130124233559.GO26407-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-28 14:45       ` Pierre Beck
     [not found]         ` <51068F01.9060000-MZZvbRqs/9F0RdzJJlgK+g@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-29 19:01           ` Kent Overstreet
     [not found]             ` <20130129190133.GL26407-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-29 19:09               ` Kent Overstreet
     [not found]                 ` <20130129190942.GM26407-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-29 20:16                   ` Pierre Beck
     [not found]                     ` <51082E02.7000908-MZZvbRqs/9F0RdzJJlgK+g@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-30 19:02                       ` Kent Overstreet
     [not found]                         ` <20130130190220.GS26407-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-30 20:05                           ` Pierre Beck
     [not found]                             ` <51097D0A.6040204-MZZvbRqs/9F0RdzJJlgK+g@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-30 20:18                               ` Kent Overstreet [this message]

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