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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:09:52 -0800 From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> To: Akira Hayakawa <ruby.wktk@...il.com> Cc: snitzer@...hat.com, ejt@...hat.com, dm-devel@...hat.com, driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] staging: writeboost: Add dm-writeboost On Thu, Jan 01, 2015 at 05:44:39PM +0900, Akira Hayakawa wrote: > This patch adds dm-writeboost to staging tree. > > dm-writeboost is a log-structured SSD-caching driver. > It caches data in log-structured way on the cache device > so that the performance is maximized. > > The merit of putting this driver in staging tree is > to make it possible to get more feedback from users > and polish the codes. > > v2->v3 > - rebased onto 3.19-rc2 > - Add read-caching support (disabled by default) > Several tests are pushed to dmts. > - An critical bug fix > flush_proc shouldn't free the work_struct it's running on. > I found this bug while I am testing read-caching. > I am not sure why i didn't exhibit before but it's truly a bug. > - Fully revised the README. > Now that we have read-caching support, the old README was completely obsolete. > - Update TODO > Implementing read-caching is done. > - bump up the copyright year to 2015 > - fix up comments > > > Signed-off-by: Akira Hayakawa <ruby.wktk@...il.com> I need an ack from a dm developer before I can take this. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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