Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Rework write error handling in pblk

From: Matias BjÃrling
Date: Mon May 07 2018 - 09:05:46 EST


On 04/24/2018 07:45 AM, Hans Holmberg wrote:
From: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch series fixes the(currently incomplete) write error handling
in pblk by:

* queuing and re-submitting failed writes in the write buffer
* evacuating valid data data in lines with write failures, so the
chunk(s) with write failures can be reset to a known state by the fw

Lines with failures in smeta are put back on the free list.
Failed chunks will be reset on the next use.

If a write failes in emeta, the lba list is cached so the line can be
garbage collected without scanning the out-of-band area.

Changes in V2:
- Added the recov_writes counter increase to the new path
- Moved lba list emeta reading during gc to a separate function
- Allocating the saved lba list with pblk_malloc instead of kmalloc
- Fixed formatting issues
- Removed dead code

Hans Holmberg (3):
lightnvm: pblk: rework write error recovery path
lightnvm: pblk: garbage collect lines with failed writes
lightnvm: pblk: fix smeta write error path

drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c | 52 +++++++-
drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c | 102 +++++++++------
drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c | 47 ++++---
drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rb.c | 39 ------
drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c | 91 -------------
drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rl.c | 29 ++++-
drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c | 15 ++-
drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c | 269 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h | 36 ++++--
9 files changed, 384 insertions(+), 296 deletions(-)


Applied for 4.18.