[PATCH 2/2] nvme-rdma: Add remote_invalidation module parameter

Sagi Grimberg sagi at grimberg.me
Mon Oct 30 03:33:18 PDT 2017



>>> I agree we should fix this, nevertheless I don't expect this to 
>>> create an IO rate issue for long queue depths.
>>> Indeed we will have a tradeoff here of latency vs rate.
>>
>> I suggest we hold back with this one for now, I have fixes for
>> the local invalidate flow. Once we get them in we can see if
>> this approach makes a difference, and if so, we need to expose
>> it through a generic mechanism.
> 
> I suggest that you'll post the patches to the list and we'll investigate
> the latency implications, if the implications are negligible, we have a
> win here for small IOs.
> 
> When will you be able to post your patches?

I can post them now, but I prefer to test them first ;)



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