From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hannes Reinecke Subject: [LSF/MM TOPIC] Thin provisioning SOFT_THRESHOLD error handling Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:14:22 +0100 Message-ID: <510784DE.3000509@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org To: lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org Return-path: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Hi all, Thin-provisioned devices have the ability to set a 'soft threshold',=20 which is triggered if the real free space for this device is beyond=20 this mark. The intention behind this is to allow the system to induce some=20 garbage collection with possibly freeing up unused space. Initially it would be possible to execute garbage collection on=20 filesystems (eg for btrfs). However, as this concept applies to other areas within the kernel (like dm-thinp or even btrfs itself) it might be an idea to have a general mechanism / error handling etc in place. I would like to discuss at LSF the possible implementations and handling mechanism for this kind of failure scenarios. Cheers, Hannes --=20 Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg GF: J. Hawn, J. Guild, F. Imend=F6rffer, HRB 16746 (AG N=FCrnberg) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html