From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Ric Wheeler <ricwheeler@gmail.com>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, gilad@codefidence.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Discard requests, v2
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:42:28 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080812114227.GX8618@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080812091446.GF20055@kernel.dk>
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:14:47AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> But we don't already have this problem, that is the point. For page
> cache writes, the page cache nicely solves this issue for us - a write
> that comes in later gets to wait on the page lock before proceeding. So
> at least it's ordered. For O_DIRECT, the issuer is on his own.
>
> I think this is a serious problem and that we must ensure that an
> overlapping write doesn't pass a previously issued discard request. So
> in that sense, discards must be considered soft barriers.
Would it make sense for discards to lock the page as if it were a write?
--
Intel are signing my paycheques ... these opinions are still mine
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-12 11:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-09 16:26 [PATCH 0/7] Discard requests, v2 David Woodhouse
2008-08-09 16:29 ` [PATCH 1/7] [BLOCK] Fix typo causing compile error in blk_queue_bounce() David Woodhouse
2008-08-09 16:30 ` [PATCH 2/7] [BLOCK] Fix up comments about matching flags between bio and rq David Woodhouse
2008-08-09 16:30 ` [PATCH 3/7] [BLOCK] Add 'discard' request handling David Woodhouse
2008-08-09 20:39 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2008-08-09 21:37 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-10 6:32 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-09 16:31 ` [PATCH 4/7] [FAT] Let the block device know when sectors can be discarded David Woodhouse
2008-08-09 16:32 ` [PATCH 5/7] [MTD] Support 'discard sectors' operation in translation layer support core David Woodhouse
2008-08-09 16:33 ` [PATCH 6/7] [MTD] [FTL] Support 'discard sectors' operation David Woodhouse
2008-08-09 16:33 ` [PATCH 7/7] [BLOCK] Allow elevators to sort/merge discard requests David Woodhouse
2008-10-03 20:29 ` Andrew Morton
2008-10-07 12:07 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-09 22:48 ` [PATCH 0/7] Discard requests, v2 OGAWA Hirofumi
2008-08-10 10:25 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-10 16:37 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-10 17:55 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2008-08-10 20:07 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-10 21:40 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2008-08-11 9:40 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-11 10:25 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2008-08-11 13:17 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-11 14:21 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2008-08-10 10:29 ` [PATCH 8/7] blktrace: support discard requests David Woodhouse
2008-08-10 10:35 ` [USERSPACE PATCH] " David Woodhouse
2008-08-15 8:43 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-15 9:01 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-15 9:08 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-10 10:41 ` [PATCH 8/7] " David Woodhouse
2008-08-13 11:17 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-10 11:48 ` [PATCH 9/7] blktrace: simplify flags handling in __blk_add_trace David Woodhouse
2008-08-10 11:50 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-11 15:11 ` [PATCH 10/7] [BLOCK] Add BLKDISCARD ioctl to allow userspace to discard sectors David Woodhouse
2008-08-11 18:27 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-08-11 20:52 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-12 9:14 ` [PATCH 0/7] Discard requests, v2 Jens Axboe
2008-08-12 10:00 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-12 10:54 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-12 11:16 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-12 12:19 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-12 12:53 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-12 13:04 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-12 15:47 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-12 18:04 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-13 10:22 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-13 12:19 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-13 12:26 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-13 11:15 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-13 11:23 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-13 11:32 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-13 11:34 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-13 12:07 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-14 7:49 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-14 7:52 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-14 7:25 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-14 7:33 ` Stephen Rothwell
2008-08-14 7:37 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-14 7:42 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-14 7:46 ` Stephen Rothwell
2008-08-12 18:10 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-13 10:20 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-12 11:42 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2008-08-12 11:46 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-12 19:53 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2008-08-12 20:11 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2008-08-13 11:39 ` [PATCH 11/7] Kill REQ_TYPE_FLUSH David Woodhouse
2008-08-13 11:58 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-08-13 12:43 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-13 15:40 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-13 15:46 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-16 17:08 ` [PATCH 0/2] MMC discard support (was [PATCH 0/7] Discard requests, v2) Pierre Ossman
2008-08-16 17:11 ` [PATCH 1/2] mmc_block: factor out the mmc request handling Pierre Ossman
2008-08-16 17:12 ` [PATCH 2/2] mmc_block: erase discarded blocks Pierre Ossman
2008-08-16 17:38 ` [PATCH 0/2] MMC discard support (was [PATCH 0/7] Discard requests, v2) David Woodhouse
2008-08-16 17:51 ` Pierre Ossman
2008-08-22 9:24 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-22 9:45 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-22 10:50 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-22 10:58 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-22 11:11 ` Pierre Ossman
2008-08-22 11:19 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-22 11:13 ` Pierre Ossman
2008-08-22 11:20 ` Jens Axboe
2008-08-22 14:49 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2008-08-22 23:02 ` Pierre Ossman
2008-08-22 23:59 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2008-08-24 11:23 ` Pierre Ossman
2008-08-24 13:39 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
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