From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@google.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Trond Myklebust <trondmy@kernel.org>,
linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Anna Schumaker <anna@kernel.org>,
Shivaji Kant <shivajikant@google.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] nfs: Optimize direct I/O to use folios for requests
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 07:00:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <akfAgy52s_Gch2KG@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <akevQfFVteCOD6LM@google.com>
On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 12:46:58PM +0000, Pranjal Shrivastava wrote:
> Do we have use-cases for a kernel user for direct I/O ? (Just curious to
> know if there's something on the horizon).
Plenty. Basically any storage on file driver, or storage / file system
server: loop, zloop, nvmet, scsi target and nfsd ar the ones I know off
by head.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-03 14:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-16 13:39 [PATCH v2 0/7] nfs: Modernize Direct I/O path Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-16 13:39 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] nfs: make nfs_page pin-aware Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-16 13:39 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] nfs: Track number of pinned pages in nfs_page Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-16 13:39 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] nfs: Introduce nfs_release_request_list helper Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-16 13:39 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] nfs: migrate direct I/O to iov_iter_extract_pages Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-16 13:39 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] nfs: introduce nfs_direct_extract_pages helper Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-16 13:39 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] nfs: Optimize direct I/O to use folios for requests Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-16 15:29 ` Trond Myklebust
2026-06-16 17:23 ` Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-18 14:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-06-18 18:20 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-06-19 12:32 ` Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-26 6:56 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-03 12:46 ` Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-07-03 14:00 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-06-16 13:40 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] nfs: Cleanup the nfs_page_create_from_page helper Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-16 14:15 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] nfs: Modernize Direct I/O path Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-18 13:46 ` Chuck Lever
2026-06-19 11:50 ` Pranjal Shrivastava
2026-06-18 14:11 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-06-19 11:48 ` Pranjal Shrivastava
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