linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] block: introduce BIO_IN

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Message-ID: <4F0BC770.1090702@lge.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:06:56 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, namhyung@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] block: introduce BIO_IN_FLIGHT flag

Hi,

2012-01-10 1:41 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 11:57:43AM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>> I understand your concerns. However, the blktrace cannot get
>> bio->bi_flags info in its current form AFAIK. Doing it will require
>> extending struct blk_io_trace and it'll cause a compatibility issue,
>> I guess.
>
> Umm?  Why can't blk_add_trace_bio_complete() look at the flags (or
> whatever other states) to decide to fire off BLK_TA_COMPLETE or not?
> What's the difference?  No userland visible change is necessary at
> all.  Just make blktrace.c do the right thing.  Am I missing
> something?
>
> Thanks.
>

Oh I misunderstood what you said. I was thinking about filtering in pure 
userspace, but you meant in-kernel probe side.

Right, we can change the probe to filter BIO_BOUNCED case out. But IMHO 
BIO_CLONED is different, since it usually routed to another device as a 
separate IO request. I'll cook a patch for the former soon.

Thanks for the comment.
Namhyung Kim
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