>>>>> "Vishal" == Vishal Verma <vverma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Vishal> Returns EAGAIN in case the raid456 driver would block Vishal> waiting for situations like: Vishal> - Reshape operation, Vishal> - Discard operation. Vishal> Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma <vverma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Are there any performance implications with this patch set? I didn't see any discussion in the patch set (v6) and I was just wondering what this buys us? Your patch 1/4 talks about using fio as a test, but there's no mention of whether it's now faster or slower. John