[LSF/MM/BFP ATTEND] [LSF/MM/BFP TOPIC] Storage: Copy Offload

[Chaitanya Kulkarni]

Nikos,

>> [8] https://kernel.dk/io_uring.pdf
> 
> I would like to participate in the discussion too.
> 
> The dm-clone target would also benefit from copy offload, as it heavily
> employs dm-kcopyd. I have been exploring redesigning kcopyd in order to
> achieve increased IOPS in dm-clone and dm-snapshot for small copies over
> NVMe devices, but copy offload sounds even more promising, especially
> for larger copies happening in the background (as is the case with
> dm-clone's background hydration).
> 
> Thanks,
> Nikos

If you can document your findings here it will be great for me to
add it to the agenda.

-ck