[dm-devel] change tracking with block-level granularity using md
Hannes Reinecke
hare at suse.de
Wed Dec 18 08:35:45 UTC 2013
On 12/18/2013 09:04 AM, Thomas Knauth wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I am the author of the following paper
>
> https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/technical-sessions/papers/knauth
>
> just presented at LISA 2013. Folks at the conference expressed
> interested in seeing this merged into the official Linux kernel. I
> would like to gauge your opinion of whether this has a chance to
> actually be accepted.
>
Well, you just implemented an asynchronous mirror with discrete
tools. Congratulations.
Using bitmaps for tracking modified blocks has been a standard
technique in RAID1 for ages.
(look for mdadm --write-behind and drivers/md/bitmap.c. It's not
actually _new_ ...)
Sorry for being sarcastic.
But nevertheless, your tool might actually be useful; tracking block
changes could have some benefit on other areas.
What you should be doing:
- Rename the thing (dm-linear is taken; maybe dm-bitmap ?)
- Use debugfs instead of /proc
- Proper formatting
And then send the code for review.
Or go for the full monty and break up dm-mirror to include your
bitmap code. But then you would need to come up with a way of
storing your bitmap on disk.
Which is where the _real_ fun starts.
Cheers,
Hannes
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