linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/3] block: reimplement FLUSH/FUA to support merge

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:37:01 -0700
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	tytso@....edu, shli@...nel.org, neilb@...e.de,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jack@...e.cz, snitzer@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kmannth@...ibm.com, cmm@...ibm.com,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, rwheeler@...hat.com, hch@....de,
	josef@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] block: reimplement FLUSH/FUA to support merge

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:39:24PM +0100, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 2011-01-25 11:21, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Hello, Darrick.
> > 
> > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:31:55PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> >>> So, I think it's better to start with something simple and improve it
> >>> with actual testing.  If the current simple implementation can match
> >>> Darrick's previous numbers, let's first settle the mechanisms.  We can
> >>
> >> Yep, the fsync-happy numbers more or less match... at least for 2.6.37:
> >> http://tinyurl.com/4q2xeao
> > 
> > Good to hear.  Thanks for the detailed testing.
> > 
> >> I'll give 2.6.38-rc2 a try later, though -rc1 didn't boot for me, so these
> >> numbers are based on a backport to .37. :(
> > 
> > Well, there hasn' been any change in the area during the merge window
> > anyway, so I think testing on 2.6.37 should be fine.
> > 
> >>> I don't really think we should design the whole thing around broken
> >>> devices which incorrectly report writeback cache when it need not.
> >>> The correct place to work around that is during device identification
> >>> not in the flush logic.
> >>
> >> elm3a4_sas and elm3c71_extsas advertise writeback cache yet the
> >> flush completion times are suspiciously low.  I suppose it could be
> >> useful to disable flushes to squeeze out that last bit of
> >> performance, though I don't know how one goes about querying the
> >> disk array to learn if there's a battery behind the cache.  I guess
> >> the current mechanism (admin knob that picks a safe default) is good
> >> enough.
> > 
> > Yeap, that or a blacklist of devices which lie.
> > 
> > Jens, what do you think?  If you don't object, let's put this through
> > linux-next.
> 
> I like the approach, I'll queue it up for 2.6.39.

Is this patch set still on the merge list for 2.6.39?

--D
> 
> -- 
> Jens Axboe
> 
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