Hi Dhaval, Dhaval Giani <dhaval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 08:32:51PM +0900, Ryo Tsuruta wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > As I have notified before, The 1st Linux IO controller Mini-Summit > > will be held in Tokyo Japan on Oct 17 -- day before the 9th Linux > > kernel summit. So I would like to propose the following topics for > > the mini-summit and discuss about them. > > > > - Multiple IO controller development projects > > - There are two activities for the development of IO controller, > > Vivek's io-controller and dm-ioband. Do we have to pick one of > > them to put into the mainline? How to advance the development? > > > > - Extensions of struct bio > > - Make a bio point to the io_context of a process which creates the > > I/O request. This allows to pass the IO scheduling class and > > priority information to IO controller even if the IO is submitted > > by another process which does not create the request, such as a > > worker thread. > > - Add a new flag to struct bio to identify the bio as urgent. This > > gives IO controller a chance to handle the bio as high priority. > > This flag should be set if the bio is created for the page-out > > operation. > > > > - I/O tracking and charging policy > > - Which process, a page-requesting process or a page-returning > > process, should be charged for the I/O caused by page reclaim? > > We should consider two cases where the IO flushes anonymous pages > > and file mapped pages. > > > > I think this is a good opportunity to meet face-to-face to discuss > > about IO controller development. I would like to many developers to > > join this mini-summit. Please visit the following URL for more > > information about the mini-summit. > > http://apps.sourceforge.net/trac/ioband/wiki/iosummit > > If you would like to join the mini-summit, please e-mail to me or post > > on the wiki page, > > (You need an account on SourceForge.net to edit the wiki page.) > > > > All comments, questions, suggestions and anything else are appreciated. > > > > Hi Ryo, > > Would you be having a remote dial-in for folks who cannot attend in > person? Yes. I will provide a conference call and let you know the dial number if you would join the summit. Thanks, Ryo Tsuruta -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
