linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] Extend write-hint framework, and add write-hint for Ext4 journal

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Date:   Mon, 20 May 2019 07:27:19 -0700
From:   'Christoph Hellwig' <hch@...radead.org>
To:     kanchan <joshi.k@...sung.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, prakash.v@...sung.com,
        anshul@...sung.com,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] Extend write-hint framework, and add write-hint
 for Ext4 journal

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 11:01:55AM +0530, kanchan wrote:
> Sorry but can you please elaborate the issue? I do not get what is being
> statically allocated which was globally available earlier.
> If you are referring to nvme driver,  available streams at subsystem level
> are being reflected for all namespaces. This is same as earlier. 
> There is no attempt to explicitly allocate (using dir-receive) or reserve
> streams for any namespace.  
> Streams will continue to get allocated/released implicitly as and when
> writes (with stream id) arrive.

We have made a concious decision that we do not want to expose streams
as an awkward not fish not flesh interface, but instead life time hints.

I see no reason to change from and burden the whole streams complexity
on other in-kernel callers.