From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC9297D082 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 22:18:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726737AbeJXGnq (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2018 02:43:46 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:49816 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726493AbeJXGnq (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2018 02:43:46 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3CF4E81DEC; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 22:18:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from agk-dp.fab.redhat.com (agk-dp.fab.redhat.com [10.33.15.10]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B79495D763; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 22:18:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from agk by agk-dp.fab.redhat.com with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1gF50F-0005OD-AJ; Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:18:19 +0100 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:18:19 +0100 From: Alasdair G Kergon To: Paul Lawrence Cc: Alasdair Kergon , Mike Snitzer , dm-devel@redhat.com, Jonathan Corbet , Shaohua Li , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] dm-bow working prototype Message-ID: <20181023221819.GB17552@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Lawrence , Alasdair Kergon , Mike Snitzer , dm-devel@redhat.com, Jonathan Corbet , Shaohua Li , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org References: <20181023212358.60292-1-paullawrence@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181023212358.60292-1-paullawrence@google.com> Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered in England and Wales, number 03798903. Registered Office: Peninsular House, 30-36 Monument Street, 4th Floor, London, England, EC3R 8NB. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.25]); Tue, 23 Oct 2018 22:18:26 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 02:23:28PM -0700, Paul Lawrence wrote: > It is planned to use this driver to enable restoration of a failed > update attempt on Android devices using ext4. Could you say a bit more about the reason for this new dm target so we can understand better what parameters you are trying to optimise and within what new constraints? What are the failure modes that you need to handle better by using this? (We can guess some answers, but it would better if you can lay them out so we don't need to make assumptions.) Alasdair