RE: [PATCH 9/9] f2fs: update extent tree in batches

[Chao Yu]

Hi Jaegeuk,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaegeuk Kim [mailto:jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 1:48 AM
> To: Chao Yu
> Cc: linux-f2fs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] f2fs: update extent tree in batches
> 
> Hi Chao,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 07:21:48PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> > This patch introduce a new helper f2fs_update_extent_tree_range
> > which can update extent nodes in extent tree in batches.
> >
> > Now, we use the function to invalidate blocks in batches instead of
> > invalidating them one by one when truncating blocks.
> 
> IMO, it's not clear the benefit of this patch in terms of performance and code
> readability versus risky code changes.

This is only used in truncate path, IMO, in theory, we can gain benefit from
this batch mode operation when truncating frequently.

I will test the patch for numbers.

Thanks,

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