[dm-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/0] dm-mpath: queue-length oriented dynamic load balancer

[Kiyoshi Ueda]

Hi Alasdair,

Sorry for confusing you.

On 01/29/2009 11:03 PM +0900, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 03:59:10PM +0900, Kiyoshi Ueda wrote:
>> This patch-set can be applied on top of 2.6.29-rc2.
> 
> It's not clear: are you reordering the dependencies now?
> 
> Previously there were three sets of patches taken in this order:
>   1 change to request-based
>   2 add queue length ps
>   3 add service time ps
> i.e. 2 and 3 depend on 1
> 
> Are you now changing that so that 2 and 3 could go upstream before 1?

I had sent those three sets in the order above since 1 enhances 2 and 3.
But 2 and 3 don't functionally depend on 1 (although 1 and 3 have
a few cosmetic dependencies), so we can reorder that as we want.

2 and 3 are simpler patches than 1, and I found some problems in 1,
so I think reordering might be a good idea if you are OK.
As for 3, I still want to get feedback from others as it'll involve
discussion about the optimal interface for load balancer.

Thanks,
Kiyoshi Ueda