linux-kernel - Re: Work Queue for btrfs compression writes

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:54:28 -0400
From:	Nick Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
To:	Gareth Pye <gareth@...beros.id.au>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Work Queue for btrfs compression writes

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:37 AM, Gareth Pye <gareth@...beros.id.au> wrote:
> You've been replied to politely, now listen and do or shut up.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Nick Krause <xerofoify@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Guys ,
>> I am new to   reading  and writing  kernel code.I got interested in
>> writing code for btrfs as it seems to
>> need more work then other file systems and this seems other then
>> drivers, a good use of time on my part.
>> I interested in helping improving the compression of btrfs by using  a
>> set of threads using work queues like XFS
>> or reads and keeping the page cache after reading compressed blocks as
>> these seem to be a great way to improve
>> on  compression performance mostly with large partitions of compressed
>> data. I am not asking you to write the code
>> for me but as I am new a little guidance and help would be greatly
>> appreciated as this seems like too much work for just a newbie.
>> Thanks A lot,
>> Nick
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Gareth
I am asking for advice on not writing the code but can someone please
test this for me as I don't have many hard drives lying around. In addition
I am new to btrfs , so I would like to known if this is a good idea or should
I just drop it?
Nick
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