2008-07-28 23:44:16

by tirumalareddy marri

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Subject: Re: 64k Page size + ext3 errors

Dan,
? Sure? I will post my driver with some cleanup done.
Thanks,
Marri

----- Original Message ----
From: Dan Williams <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: tirumalareddy marri <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 1:04:39 AM
Subject: Re: 64k Page size + ext3 errors

On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 6:52 PM,? <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I am using HW accelerated XOR engine for RAID-5 . I am seeing EXT3-fs
>> errors when I use 64K page size. When I use 4K page size I don't see any
>> issue. As many of you know, we will get better performance when we store
>> bigger files like videos.
>
> Do you think it is specific to the filesystem on raid-5?? Have you tested
> w/o md?? I'd be a little surprised if the problem is at the raid layer (so
> cc'ing the ext3/4 list), but maybe you tested that already.
>
> Which arch is it, and which kernel?? How big is the filesystem?? With full
> geometry information it might be easier for someone to reproduce & debug.
>

Marri, can you post your XOR driver the problem may be there.

Thanks,
Dan