From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E3B2C43387 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 16:44:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D562082F for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 16:44:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730449AbeLPQoy (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Dec 2018 11:44:54 -0500 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.211]:57946 "EHLO newverein.lst.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730382AbeLPQoy (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Dec 2018 11:44:54 -0500 Received: by newverein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id 469DD68DD3; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 17:44:53 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 17:44:53 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Jens Axboe Cc: Christoph Hellwig , linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-aio@kvack.org, jmoyer@redhat.com, clm@fb.com Subject: Re: [PATCHSET v8] Support for polled and buffered aio (and more) Message-ID: <20181216164453.GA14147@lst.de> References: <20181213175645.22181-1-axboe@kernel.dk> <20181216163405.GA13234@lst.de> <2c38c940-414f-519a-c938-8d94c249e477@kernel.dk> <20181216164221.GA13930@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-block-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 09:43:55AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 12/16/18 9:42 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 09:37:25AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote: > >> On 12/16/18 9:34 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >>> Any chance you could send the series that just optimize the existing > >>> aio code and don't need new interface as an initial prep series? > >>> > >>> Batching things up should make it a little easier to review, and with > >>> a little luck those "simple" patches might still make 4.21. Make > >>> sure to include Al on the series, please. > >> > >> Sure, I can do that. So basically all of the optimizations, but none of > >> the features (like polling)? Would require serious refactoring though, > >> but not impossible. > >> > >> Or do you mean everything up to polled IO for old style aio, just > >> excluding the new ring interfaces? > > > > No, just the various little optimizations and cleanups towards the > > beginning of the series. Shouldn't really require any refactoring. > > OK, that'd be trivial enough. I'll do that and send it out separately. That would be roughly patches 6-12 in the current series as far as I can tell.