From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Moyer Subject: Re: [Lsf10-pc] [ATTEND] I'd like to attend ;) Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:37:30 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4B8C027E.2090709@redhat.com> <4B8C0862.5020308@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Eric Sandeen , lsf10-pc@lists.linuxfoundation.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org To: Ric Wheeler Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:61667 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752362Ab0CBNhg (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Mar 2010 08:37:36 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4B8C0862.5020308@redhat.com> (Ric Wheeler's message of "Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:33:06 -0500") Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Ric Wheeler writes: > On 03/01/2010 01:07 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote: >> I still need to decide which specific topic to bring/promote, but I'd certainly >> like to attend, as I have in the past. >> >> Generally would like to talk about... >> >> Trim/discard plans in filesystem - lately I'm thinking a batch mechanism may >> be better than trim-as-you-go. >> >> Advancements in generic test infrastructures since last year. >> >> Could talk a bit about the advancements in proper alignment detection& >> setup for storage& filesystems but that's not a very big topic. >> >> Jan's suggestion of some writeback sanity sounds good to me too. >> >> Thanks, >> -Eric >> > > I think that all of the above are great topics for this time around. > > Specifically, the alignment work has been interesting in that we have > tried to get not just the kernel bits but the entire stack to work > properly. > > Both this and the discard work should still be quite topical if we can > get the various storage vendors to evaluate our current upstream bits > in time :-) As you know, I've been picking away at the discard support from the file system all the way down to the storage. I think I should have some good numbers and guidance come time for the workshop. I am also interested in discussing all things I/O scheduler. Oh, and I'd like to attend as well. ;) -Jeff