Re: [PATCH 11/23] md/md-bitmap: make method bitmap_ops->daemon_work optional

From: Hannes Reinecke
Date: Tue May 27 2025 - 02:20:10 EST


On 5/24/25 08:13, Yu Kuai wrote:
From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>

daemon_work() will be called by daemon thread, on the one hand, daemon
thread doesn't have strict wake-up time; on the other hand, too much
work are put to daemon thread, like handle sync IO, handle failed
or specail normal IO, handle recovery, and so on. Hence daemon thread
may be too busy to clear dirty bits in time.

Make bitmap_ops->daemon_work() optional and following patches will use
separate async work to clear dirty bits for the new bitmap.

Why not move it to a workqueue in general?
The above argument is valid even for the current implementation, no?

Cheers,

Hannes
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