Re: [PATCH 0/11] Add support for write life time hints

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On Jun 13, 2017, at 11:15 AM, Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> A new iteration of this patchset, previously known as write streams.
> Instead of exposing numeric values for streams, I've previously
> advocated for just doing a set of hints that makes sense instead. See
> the coverage from the LSFMM summit this year:
> 
> https://lwn.net/Articles/717755/
> 
> This patchset attempts to do that. We define 4 flags for the pwritev2
> system call:
> 
> RWF_WRITE_LIFE_SHORT	Data written with this flag is expected to have
> 			a high overwrite rate, or life time.
> 
> RWF_WRITE_LIFE_MEDIUM	Longer life time than SHORT
> 
> RWF_WRITE_LIFE_LONG	Longer life time than MEDIUM
> 
> RWF_WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME	Longer life time than LONG
> 
> The idea is that these are relative values, so an application can
> use them as they see fit. The underlying device can then place
> data appropriately, or be free to ignore the hint. It's just a hint.
> 
> Comments appreciated.

I thought that one of the major attractions of numeric stream IDs was
that they had no semantic meanings, just "N is similar to N" and "M is
similar to M", and it is up to userspace to define what these mean?

That allows userspace to use the IDs for lifetimes (as above), but
also/instead use them for allocation sizes, different applications,
different users, etc.

> A branch based on current master can be pulled from here:
> 
> git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block write-stream.1
> 
> --
> Jens Axboe
> 


Cheers, Andreas





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