Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Discard support (was Re: [PATCH] swap: send callback when swap slot is freed) | From | James Bottomley <> | Date | Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:24:02 +0000 |
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On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 15:12 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 08:10:38AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 08:56:12AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > > > The testing was initially done to see if the initial maximal discard > > > proposal from LSF09 was a viable approach (which it wasn't given the > > > time taken to UNMAP). > > > > It would be nice if that feedback could be made public instead of it > > leaking out in dribs and drabs like this. > > Yeah, I don't remember hearing about anything like this either.
Well you were both in #storage when it got discussed on 4 May. However, I'm hopeful that the array vendors will make a more direct statement of the capabilities shortly.
James
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