lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2015]   [May]   [9]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 1/7] bio: Introduce LightNVM payload
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 04:26:50PM +0200, Matias Bj??rling wrote:
> LightNVM integrates on both sides of the block layer. The lower layer
> implements mapping of logical to physical addressing, while the layer
> above can string together multiple LightNVM devices and expose them as a
> single block device.
>
> Having multiple devices underneath requires a way to resolve where the
> IO came from when submitted through the block layer. Extending bio with
> a LightNVM payload solves this problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matias Bj??rling <m@bjorling.me>
> ---
> include/linux/bio.h | 9 +++++++++
> include/linux/blk_types.h | 4 +++-
> 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
> index da3a127..4e31a1c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bio.h
> @@ -354,6 +354,15 @@ static inline void bip_set_seed(struct bio_integrity_payload *bip,
>
> #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY */
>
> +#if defined(CONFIG_NVM)
> +
> +/* bio open-channel ssd payload */
> +struct bio_nvm_payload {
> + void *private;
> +};

Can you explain why this needs to be done on a per-bio instead of a
per-request level? I don't really think a low-level driver should add
fields to struct bio as that can be easily remapped.

On the other hand in th request you can already (ab)use the ->cmd and
related fields for your own purposes.



\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2015-05-09 18:41    [W:0.127 / U:0.108 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site