linux-kernel - New TRIM/UNMAP tree published (2009-05-02)

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Date:	Sun, 3 May 2009 01:16:19 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...hat.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Subject: New TRIM/UNMAP tree published (2009-05-02)

On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 11:11:50PM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > blkdev_issue_discard() and blk_ioctl_discard() has half a page
> > of common (and changing) code, could be done to use a common
> > helper that sets policy about bio allocation sizes and such.
> > 
> > Just my $0.017
> 
> Yes, that works nicely.  Thanks for the suggestion.

I've pushed out a new git tree:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/willy/ssd.git;a=shortlog;h=trim-20090502

Changes since the last version:

 - Based on 2.6.30-rc4.
 - Dropped the three patches which were already merged.
 - Shuffled 'Make DISCARD_BARRIER and DISCARD_NOBARRIER writes instead of
   reads' to the front of the queue since it's not controversial and could
   be merged earlier.
 - Inserted 'Unify blk_ioctl_discard and blkdev_issue_discard' as patch two.
 - Updated 'ide: Add support for TRIM' to compile with new IDE code.

Still to do:
 - Understand all the changes Bart made to the IDE code; I didn't make all
   the changes that he did.  I just made it compile for now.
 - Dave had some objections to the description of 'Make DISCARD_BARRIER and
   DISCARD_NOBARRIER writes instead of reads', but didn't propose replacement
   text.
 - Figure out what to do about memory allocation.
 - Handle error returns from discard_prep.
 - Test the new code still works.
 - Delve into the latest SCSI spec and see if anything changed in UNMAP

Given the extensive length of the todo list, I shan't send out the mailbomb.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
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