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From: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
To: "Jason B. Akers" <jason.b.akers@intel.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, axboe@fb.com, kapil.karkra@intel.com,
	dan.j.williams@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] block, ioprio: include caching advice via ionice
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:02:42 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <x49bnoupulp.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141029182345.4879.98373.stgit@stg-AndroidDev-VirtualBox> (Jason B. Akers's message of "Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:23:45 -0700")

"Jason B. Akers" <jason.b.akers@intel.com> writes:

> From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>
> Steal one unused bit from the priority class and two bits from the
> priority data, to implement a 3 bit cache-advice field.  Similar to the
> page cache advice from fadvise() these hints are meant to be consumed
> by hybrid drives.  Solid State Hyrbid-Drives, as defined by the SATA-IO
> Specification, implement up to a 4-bit cache priority that can be
> specified along with a FPDMA command.

ionice is about setting an I/O scheduling class for a *process*.  So,
unless I've missed something, this does not seem like the right
interface for passing I/O hints.

You mention fadvise hints, which sounds like a good fit (and madvise
would be equally interesting), but I don't see where you've wired them
up in this patch set.  Did I miss it?

Cheers,
Jeff

  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-29 19:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-29 18:23 [RFC PATCH 0/5] Enable use of Solid State Hybrid Drives Jason B. Akers
2014-10-29 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 1/5] block, ioprio: include caching advice via ionice Jason B. Akers
2014-10-29 19:02   ` Jeff Moyer [this message]
2014-10-29 21:07     ` Dan Williams
2014-10-29 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 2/5] block: ioprio hint to low-level device drivers Jason B. Akers
2014-10-29 18:23 ` [RFC PATCH 3/5] block: untangle ioprio from BLK_CGROUP and BLK_DEV_THROTTLING Jason B. Akers
2014-10-29 18:24 ` [RFC PATCH 4/5] block, mm: Added the necessary plumbing to take ioprio hints down to block layer Jason B. Akers
2014-10-29 18:24 ` [RFC PATCH 5/5] libata: Enabling Solid State Hybrid Drives (SSHDs) based on SATA 3.2 standard Jason B. Akers
2014-10-29 20:14 ` [RFC PATCH 0/5] Enable use of Solid State Hybrid Drives Dave Chinner
2014-10-29 21:10   ` Jens Axboe
2014-10-29 22:09     ` Dave Chinner
2014-10-29 22:24       ` Dan Williams
2014-10-30  7:21         ` Dave Chinner
2014-10-30 14:15           ` Jens Axboe
2014-10-30 17:07           ` Dan Williams
2014-11-10  4:22             ` Dave Chinner
2014-11-12 16:47               ` Dan Williams
2014-10-29 22:49       ` Jens Axboe
2014-10-29 21:11   ` Dan Williams
2014-12-03 15:25   ` Pavel Machek
2014-10-30  2:05 ` Martin K. Petersen
2014-10-30  2:35   ` Jens Axboe
2014-10-30  3:28     ` Martin K. Petersen
2014-10-30  4:19       ` Dan Williams
2014-10-30 14:17         ` Jens Axboe
2014-10-30 14:53       ` Jens Axboe
2014-10-30 16:27         ` Dan Williams

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