linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8][RFC] IO latency/throughput fixes

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Date:	Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:57:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
cc:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8][RFC] IO latency/throughput fixes



On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Theodore Tso wrote:
> 
> Cool!  Maybe we can make things even better, but given where we are
> at, this brings up an question: given Jens block latency patches
> (thanks, Jens!), and the patches which add the flush on
> replace-via-rename/replace-via-truncate for ext3 data=writeback,
> should we make ext3 data=writeback the default for 2.6.30?

Yes. I want to go back and see how much this all helps for the 
data=ordered case (if at all), but I think we should at least consider 
trying 'data=writeback' as a default.

Does the 'synchronize on rename / close-after-ftrucate' patches leave any 
other intersting cases open?

			Linus
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