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    SubjectRe: Work Queue for btrfs compression writes
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    On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:14 PM, Austin S Hemmelgarn
    <ahferroin7@gmail.com> wrote:
    > On 07/30/2014 12:54 AM, Nick Krause wrote:
    >> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 12:37 AM, Gareth Pye <gareth@cerberos.id.au> wrote:
    >>> You've been replied to politely, now listen and do or shut up.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Nick Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com> wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>> Hey Guys ,
    >>>> I am new to reading and writing kernel code.I got interested in
    >>>> writing code for btrfs as it seems to
    >>>> need more work then other file systems and this seems other then
    >>>> drivers, a good use of time on my part.
    >>>> I interested in helping improving the compression of btrfs by using a
    >>>> set of threads using work queues like XFS
    >>>> or reads and keeping the page cache after reading compressed blocks as
    >>>> these seem to be a great way to improve
    >>>> on compression performance mostly with large partitions of compressed
    >>>> data. I am not asking you to write the code
    >>>> for me but as I am new a little guidance and help would be greatly
    >>>> appreciated as this seems like too much work for just a newbie.
    >>>> Thanks A lot,
    >>>> Nick
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    >>>
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    >>> Gareth Pye
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    >>> "Dear God, I would like to file a bug report"
    >>
    >> Gareth
    >> I am asking for advice on not writing the code but can someone please
    >> test this for me as I don't have many hard drives lying around. In addition
    >> I am new to btrfs , so I would like to known if this is a good idea or should
    >> I just drop it?
    >> Nick
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    > I would look into using usermode linux (linux built with ARCH=um) for at
    > least the initial debugging, it is marginally more efficient than
    > virtualization, doesn't need root privileges, and allows you to run the
    > kernel under GDB without needing separate hardware with a serial console
    > or PS/2 keyboard.
    >

    That's what I am thinking the only issue is I am going to start my
    reading on work queues first.
    Regards Nick


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