From: Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>
To: Naohiro Aota <naohiro.aota@wdc.com>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>,
Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>, Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>,
Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com>,
Johannes Thumshirn <Johannes.Thumshirn@wdc.com>,
Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>,
Anand Jain <anand.jain@oracle.com>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/20] btrfs: refactor and generalize chunk/dev_extent/extent allocation
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:43:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5861600.kR87CiLkK2@merkaba> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200206104214.400857-1-naohiro.aota@wdc.com>
Hi Naohiro.
Naohiro Aota - 06.02.20, 11:41:54 CET:
> This series refactors chunk allocation, device_extent allocation and
> extent allocation functions and make them generalized to be able to
> implement other allocation policy easily.
>
> On top of this series, we can simplify some part of the "btrfs: zoned
> block device support" series as adding a new type of chunk allocator
> and extent allocator for zoned block devices. Furthermore, we will be
> able to implement and test some other allocator in the idea page of
> the wiki e.g. SSD caching, dedicated metadata drive, chunk allocation
> groups, and so on.
Regarding SSD caching, are you aware that there has been previous work
with even involved handling part of it in the Virtual Filesystem Switch
(VFS)?
VFS hot-data tracking, LWN article:
https://lwn.net/Articles/525651/
Patchset, not sure whether it is the most recent one:
[PATCH v2 00/12] VFS hot tracking
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/1368493184-5939-1-git-send-email-zwu.kernel@gmail.com/
So for SSD caching you may be able to re-use or pick up some of this
work, unless it would be unsuitable to be used with this new approach.
Thanks,
--
Martin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-06 11:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-06 10:41 [PATCH 00/20] btrfs: refactor and generalize chunk/dev_extent/extent allocation Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:41 ` [PATCH 01/20] btrfs: change type of full_search to bool Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 11:26 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2020-02-06 16:03 ` Josef Bacik
2020-02-06 10:41 ` [PATCH 02/20] btrfs: introduce chunk allocation policy Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 11:30 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2020-02-07 6:11 ` Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 16:06 ` Josef Bacik
2020-02-06 16:07 ` Josef Bacik
2020-02-06 10:41 ` [PATCH 03/20] btrfs: refactor find_free_dev_extent_start() Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 12:02 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2020-02-07 6:22 ` Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 16:34 ` Josef Bacik
2020-02-06 10:41 ` [PATCH 04/20] btrfs: introduce alloc_chunk_ctl Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 12:07 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2020-02-06 16:38 ` Josef Bacik
2020-02-07 7:08 ` Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:41 ` [PATCH 05/20] btrfs: factor out set_parameters() Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 13:51 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2020-02-06 16:40 ` Josef Bacik
2020-02-07 7:59 ` Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 06/20] btrfs: factor out gather_device_info() Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 15:43 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2020-02-07 9:54 ` Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 16:44 ` Josef Bacik
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 07/20] btrfs: factor out decide_stripe_size() Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 15:59 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2020-02-06 16:47 ` Josef Bacik
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 08/20] btrfs: factor out create_chunk() Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 16:49 ` Josef Bacik
2020-02-07 9:17 ` Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 09/20] btrfs: parameterize dev_extent_min Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 16:52 ` Josef Bacik
2020-02-07 9:00 ` Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 10/20] btrfs: introduce extent allocation policy Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 11/20] btrfs: move hint_byte into find_free_extent_ctl Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 12/20] btrfs: introduce clustered_alloc_info Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 12:44 ` Su Yue
2020-02-07 9:25 ` Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 17:01 ` Josef Bacik
2020-02-07 9:53 ` Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 13/20] btrfs: factor out do_allocation() Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 14/20] btrfs: drop unnecessary arguments from clustered allocation functions Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 15/20] btrfs: factor out release_block_group() Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 16/20] btrfs: factor out found_extent() Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 17/20] btrfs: drop unnecessary arguments from find_free_extent_update_loop() Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 18/20] btrfs: factor out chunk_allocation_failed() Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 19/20] btrfs: skip LOOP_NO_EMPTY_SIZE if not clustered allocation Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 10:42 ` [PATCH 20/20] btrfs: factor out prepare_allocation() Naohiro Aota
2020-02-06 11:43 ` Martin Steigerwald [this message]
2020-02-07 6:06 ` [PATCH 00/20] btrfs: refactor and generalize chunk/dev_extent/extent allocation Naohiro Aota
2020-02-07 8:02 ` Martin Steigerwald
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