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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] f2fs: change write_hint for hot/warm nodes
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On 2020/11/3 16:38, Daejun Park wrote:
> In the fs-based mode of F2FS, the mapping of hot/warm node to
> WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET should be changed to WRITE_LIFE_SHORT.
>
> As a result of analyzing the write pattern of f2fs using real workload,
> hot/warm nodes have high update ratio close to hot data.[*]
> However, F2FS passes write hints for hot/warm nodes as WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET.
>
> Furthermore, WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET is a default value of write hint when it is
> not provided from the file system.
> In storage, write_hint is used to distinguish streams (e.g. NVMe).
> So, the hot/warm node of F2FS is not distinguished from other write_hints,
> which can make the wrong stream seperation.
>
> * Liang, Yu, et al. "An empirical study of F2FS on mobile devices." 2017
> IEEE 23rd International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing
> Systems and Applications (RTCSA).
>
> Signed-off-by: Daejun Park <daejun7.park@samsung.com>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com>

Thanks,

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