Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756474Ab3H3OlW (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:41:22 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-f45.google.com ([209.85.220.45]:55748 "EHLO mail-pa0-f45.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755142Ab3H3OlV (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:41:21 -0400 Message-ID: <5220AF0C.4020106@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 23:41:16 +0900 From: Akira Hayakawa User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dm-devel@redhat.com CC: 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 References: <521EA567.1070801@gmail.com> <20130829020555.GA26206@kroah.com> <20130829033023.GH4872@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> <52209119.3070907@gmail.com> <20130830125014.GD12181@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20130830125014.GD12181@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1419 Lines: 46 > (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.) >> 3) writeboost or wboost >> Concentrating on the characteristic b) >> but doesn't mention cache. > > I quite like that option. OK, I would like to rename from dm-lc to dm-writeboost. Do you agree? Akira On 8/30/13 9:50 PM, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > 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 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/