linux-kernel - Re: Wrong DIF guard tag on ext2 write

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Date:	Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:22:28 +0300
From:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
To:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
CC:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Christof Schmitt <christof.schmitt@...ibm.com>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Wrong DIF guard tag on ext2 write

On 06/07/2010 07:20 PM, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
>>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com> writes:
> 
>>> Didn't you use to wait_on_page_writeback() in page_mkwrite()?
> 
> Dave> The generic implementation of ->page_mkwrite
> Dave> (block_page_mkwrite()) which XFS uses has never had a
> Dave> wait_on_page_writeback() call in it.  There's no call in the
> Dave> generic write paths, either, hence my comment that only direct IO
> Dave> on XFS will work.
> 
> I guess that wait_on_page_writeback() was something I added when I used
> XFS for DIF testing.
> 

Do you remember some performance numbers that show degradation / sameness?

What type of work loads?

Thanks
Boaz
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