From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
To: Akira Hayakawa <ruby.wktk@gmail.com>
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
mpatocka@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
agk@redhat.com, kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [RFC] dm-lc: plan to go to staging
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:50:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130830125014.GD12181@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52209119.3070907@gmail.com>
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 09:33:29PM +0900, Akira Hayakawa wrote:
> I have three candidates on my mind.
> I am thinking of removing the dm- prefix as bcache and enhanceio do.
Yes, that's fine for the general way of referring to this.
(Within the codebase, the filename and module name would still need the
prefix: we use this for auto-module loading, function name/error message
scoping etc.)
> a) It writes in-coming writes in log-structured manner.
> b) It is extremely fast in write.
> c) It is caching software.
Another candidate: 'lcache' - contrast with 'bcache
> 3) writeboost or wboost
> Concentrating on the characteristic b)
> but doesn't mention cache.
I quite like that option.
Alasdair
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-30 12:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-29 1:35 Akira Hayakawa
2013-08-29 2:05 ` Greg KH
2013-08-29 3:30 ` [dm-devel] " Alasdair G Kergon
2013-08-29 14:45 ` Mikulas Patocka
2013-08-30 12:33 ` Akira Hayakawa
2013-08-30 12:50 ` Alasdair G Kergon [this message]
2013-08-30 14:41 ` Akira Hayakawa
2013-08-30 14:47 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2013-08-31 14:25 ` [dm-devel] [RFC] dm-writeboost: " Akira Hayakawa
2013-08-31 14:32 ` Akira Hayakawa
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