linux-toradex.git/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy.c, branch v4.10

dm cache: add policy name to status output

2014-01-16T18:44:11+00:00

The cache's policy may have been established using the "default" alias,
which is currently the "mq" policy but the default policy may change in
the future.  It is useful to know exactly which policy is being used.

Add a 'real' member to the dm_cache_policy_type structure and have the
"default" dm_cache_policy_type point to the real "mq"
dm_cache_policy_type.  Update dm_cache_policy_get_name() to check if
real is set, if so report the name of the real policy (not the alias).

Requested-by: Jonathan Brassow 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm cache: return -EINVAL if the user specifies unknown cache policy

2013-11-09T23:20:18+00:00

Return -EINVAL when the specified cache policy is unknown rather than
returning -ENOMEM.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm cache: policy change version from string to integer set

2013-03-20T17:21:27+00:00

Separate dm cache policy version string into 3 unsigned numbers
corresponding to major, minor and patchlevel and store them at the end
of the on-disk metadata so we know which version of the policy generated
the hints in case a future version wants to use them differently.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm: add cache target

2013-03-01T22:45:51+00:00

Add a target that allows a fast device such as an SSD to be used as a
cache for a slower device such as a disk.

A plug-in architecture was chosen so that the decisions about which data
to migrate and when are delegated to interchangeable tunable policy
modules.  The first general purpose module we have developed, called
"mq" (multiqueue), follows in the next patch.  Other modules are
under development.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber 
Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon