From: Xen <list@xenhideout.nl>
To: Linux lvm <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: [linux-lvm] 2 questions on LVM cache
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:50:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <29e7f847e1150949aa52c58fa33cf8cd@dds.nl> (raw)
1. Does LVM cache support discards of the underlying blocks (in the
cache) when the filesystem discards the blocks?
I was reading https://lwn.net/Articles/293658/ which makes it clear that
years ago kernel developers were introducing discard behaviour into
Linux filesystems with respect to flash devices and their need to copy
for wear leveling.
I know so little about it, but I have seen the "discard" flag mentioned
so much with respect to SSDs, that I must assume these discards are
there. Are LVM cache blocks discarded when the filesystem layer discards
these blocks?
Where can I find this info?
In https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-lvm/2016-April/msg00030.html I
mentioned that such a discard feature would be necessary in order for a
filesystem to communicate to a block device layer which blocks are in
use, and for a block device layer to communicate back a set of available
blocks if these dynamically change.
I forgot the other question lol.
I'm interested in this solution to
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1189215" but I will respond
in my other email (LVM Thin: Handle out of space conditions better).
next reply other threads:[~2016-04-27 10:50 UTC|newest]
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2016-04-27 10:50 Xen [this message]
2016-04-27 11:10 ` [linux-lvm] 2 questions on LVM cache Zdenek Kabelac
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