[dm-devel] [PATCH 13/14] dm_thin: commit just before processing a pool target info request
Joe Thornber
thornber at redhat.com
Tue Mar 20 10:12:42 UTC 2012
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 02:00:12PM +0000, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 03:22:36PM +0000, Joe Thornber wrote:
> > This makes the free block counts more accurate.
>
> I'm not keen on this one: deferring it.
>
> > --- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
> > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
> > @@ -2305,6 +2305,15 @@ static int pool_status(struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type,
>
> (Used by dmsetup status and wait.)
>
> > + /*
> > + * If we're in the middle of a transaction the free block
> > + * counts can be quite out of date, so we do a quick
> > + * commit.
> > + */
> > + r = dm_pool_commit_metadata(pool->pmd);
> > + if (r)
> > + return r;
> > +
>
> 1) If commit fails (repeatedly?) we still need to get the status.
>
> 2) Could the commit ever be too slow? (Or re-use NOFLUSH flag to skip it?)
Agreed. The correct solution is to switch to a read-only mode if the
commit fails, and thus never commit again. Commit does some io
obviously; not sure what constitutes 'too slow'.
- Joe
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