[dm-devel] [PATCH] dm-raid: add RAID discard support

Martin K. Petersen martin.petersen at oracle.com
Tue Sep 23 23:07:35 UTC 2014


>>>>> "Heinz" == heinzm  <heinzm at redhat.com> writes:

Heinz> In case of RAID levels 4,5 and 6 we have to check for the
Heinz> capability to zero data on discards to avoid stripe data
Heinz> corruption.

I'm quite concerned about relying on discard_zeroes_data since it's a
hint and not a hard guarantee.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering




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