[lvm-devel] [RFC PATCH 0/3] optimize detection of MD devices

[Dongsu Park]

Hi Alasdair,

On 16.07.2012 23:17, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:18:36PM +0200, dongsu.park at profitbricks.com wrote:
> > This patchset optimizes the detection mechanism of MD devices, as well
> 
> Optimising the detection, good.

Thank you for reviewing the patches.

> > as introduces a possibility to turn off detections of the legacy
> > metadata versions.
>  
> Maybe, but I'd discourage people from turning it off more strongly, as it's a
> small price to pay for peace of mind.
> 
> So, after review and a bit of tweaking, yes, I'm in favour.
> 
> However, the whole of this code is itself 'legacy' in that this detection is
> moving into blkid under udev's control, so you should check if that code is
> sufficiently efficient too.

Ok, that's a good point.
It would be more optimal to get MD metadata versions, rather than to turn
off v1.0/v0.9 completely.

I think it could be possible to determine the MD metadata version of a
device, simply reading the sysfs attribute,
e.g. /sys/block/md*/md/metadata_version.

I'll post a second patchset with the improvement.

Dongsu

> 
> Alasdair
>