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From: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
To: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@libero.it>, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Zygo Blaxell <ce3g8jdj@umail.furryterror.org>,
	Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@inwind.it>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] btrfs: add allocation_hint option.
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:14:06 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <415a0a47-ce3d-26f0-b770-156b6e53e4a7@toxicpanda.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210201212820.64381-5-kreijack@libero.it>

On 2/1/21 4:28 PM, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> From: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@inwind.it>
> 
> Add allocation_hint mount option. This option accepts the following values:
> 
> - 0 (default):  the chunks allocator ignores the disk hints
> - 1:            the chunks allocator considers the disk hints
> 
> Signed-off-by: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@winwind.it>

We don't want an mount option here.  If a user has tagged a block device as 
METADATA/DATA_ONLY or METADATA_PREFERRED we know they want it.  If we want to 
add a way to disable the hinting then I think a sysctl option to disable is a 
reasonable compromise.  Thanks,

Josef

  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-10 16:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-01 21:28 [RFC][PATCH V6] btrfs: allocation_hint mode Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-01 21:28 ` [PATCH 1/5] btrfs: add ioctl BTRFS_IOC_DEV_PROPERTIES Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-10 16:08   ` Josef Bacik
2021-02-11 18:47     ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-01 21:28 ` [PATCH 2/5] btrfs: add flags to give an hint to the chunk allocator Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-10 16:09   ` Josef Bacik
2021-02-11 18:47     ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-01 21:28 ` [PATCH 3/5] btrfs: export dev_item.type in /sys/fs/btrfs/<uuid>/devinfo/<devid>/type Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-01 21:28 ` [PATCH 4/5] btrfs: add allocation_hint option Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-10 16:14   ` Josef Bacik [this message]
2021-02-11 18:46     ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-01 21:28 ` [PATCH 5/5] btrfs: add allocator_hint mode Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-04 23:24   ` Zygo Blaxell
2021-02-05 18:01     ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-10 16:12   ` Josef Bacik
2021-02-11 18:46     ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-19 18:51   ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-10 16:04 ` [RFC][PATCH V6] btrfs: allocation_hint mode Josef Bacik
2021-02-11 18:47   ` Goffredo Baroncelli
2021-02-11 18:58     ` Josef Bacik
2021-02-16 22:27     ` Josef Bacik

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