On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 08:25:51AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > I really like the idea, especially how using a bioset encapsulates > the ioend and binds the life cycle to the bio. It also removes a > heap of code, too. > > We really do need some form of chaining here, though. If we don't, > then we'll be doing unwritten extent of set file size transactions > for ever 1MB bio completion instead of once for however large > writepages can build an ioend. > > I think this is definitely worth pursuing - are you going to get any > time to work on this in the next couple of months, Christoph (i.e. > to target the 4.7 merge window)? Yes, I've just started working on this and would love to get it off my table ASAP. I was doing this ontop of your initial writeback changes, so let me know if I should go back to that version, or you think the last two patches will be ready in time as well? _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
