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From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
To: Kanchan Joshi <joshi.k@samsung.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, axboe@fb.com, prakash.v@samsung.com,
	anshul@samsung.com, joshiiitr@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] fs/ext4,jbd2: add support for passing write-hint with journal
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:57:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq14l7fokx0.fsf@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1553846032-4451-8-git-send-email-joshi.k@samsung.com> (Kanchan Joshi's message of "Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:23:52 +0530")


Kanchan,

> For NAND based SSDs, mixing of data with different life-time reduces
> efficiency of internal garbage-collection. During FS operations,
> series of journal updates will follow/precede series of data/meta
> updates, causing intermixing inside SSD. By passing a write-hint with
> journal, its write can be isolated from other data/meta writes,
> leading to endurance/performance benefit on SSD.

Why not just introduce REQ_JOURNAL and let the device driver decide how
to turn that into something appropriate for the device?

That's what I'll need for SCSI. Existing SCSI streams are not a good
fit.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-04-03  4:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CGME20190329075737epcas1p4f32cad26279c1146982a6c91b3378eab@epcas1p4.samsung.com>
2019-03-29  7:53 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] Extend write-hint for in-kernel use Kanchan Joshi
2019-03-29  7:53   ` [PATCH v3 1/7] block: extend stream count " Kanchan Joshi
2019-03-30 17:48     ` Andreas Dilger
2019-04-01  5:02     ` Dave Chinner
2019-03-29  7:53   ` [PATCH v3 2/7] block: introduce API to register stream information with block layer Kanchan Joshi
2019-03-29  7:53   ` [PATCH v3 3/7] block: add write-hint to stream-id conversion Kanchan Joshi
2019-04-01  5:08     ` Dave Chinner
2019-04-02  9:20       ` Jan Kara
2019-04-02 20:35         ` Dave Chinner
2019-04-03  9:36           ` Jan Kara
2019-04-03 14:47             ` kanchan
2019-03-29  7:53   ` [PATCH v3 4/7] nvme: register stream info with block layer Kanchan Joshi
2019-03-29 16:58     ` Heitke, Kenneth
2019-03-29  7:53   ` [PATCH v3 5/7] fs: introduce APIs to enable sending write-hint with buffer-head Kanchan Joshi
2019-03-29  7:53   ` [PATCH v3 6/7] fs: introduce write-hint start point for in-kernel hints Kanchan Joshi
2019-04-01  5:12     ` Dave Chinner
2019-04-03 14:30       ` kanchan
2019-03-29  7:53   ` [PATCH v3 7/7] fs/ext4,jbd2: add support for passing write-hint with journal Kanchan Joshi
2019-03-30 17:49     ` Andreas Dilger
2019-04-02  9:07       ` Jan Kara
2019-04-03  2:57     ` Martin K. Petersen [this message]
2019-04-03 13:42       ` kanchan

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