linux-toradex.git/drivers/md/dm-core.h, branch v4.16-rc4

dm: various cleanups to md->queue initialization code

2018-01-29T18:44:55+00:00

Also, add dm_sysfs_init() error handling to dm_create().

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm: remove now unused bio-based io_pool and _io_cache

2017-12-17T01:43:14+00:00

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm: improve performance by moving dm_io structure to per-bio-data

2017-12-17T01:43:13+00:00

Eliminates need for a separate mempool to allocate 'struct dm_io'
objects from.  As such, it saves an extra mempool allocation for each
original bio that DM core is issued.

This complicates the per-bio-data accessor functions by needing to
conditonally add extra padding to get to a target's per-bio-data.  But
in the end this provides a decent performance improvement for all
bio-based DM devices.

On an NVMe-loop based testbed to a ramdisk (~3100 MB/s): bio-based
DM linear performance improved by 2% (went from 2665 to 2777 MB/s).

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm: allocate struct mapped_device with kvzalloc

2017-11-10T20:44:55+00:00

The structure srcu_struct can be very big, its size is proportional to the
value CONFIG_NR_CPUS. The Fedora kernel has CONFIG_NR_CPUS 8192, the field
io_barrier in the struct mapped_device has 84kB in the debugging kernel
and 50kB in the non-debugging kernel. The large size may result in failure
of the function kzalloc_node.

In order to avoid the allocation failure, we use the function
kvzalloc_node, this function falls back to vmalloc if a large contiguous
chunk of memory is not available. This patch also moves the field
io_barrier to the last position of struct mapped_device - the reason is
that on many processor architectures, short memory offsets result in
smaller code than long memory offsets - on x86-64 it reduces code size by
320 bytes.

Note to stable kernel maintainers - the kernels 4.11 and older don't have
the function kvzalloc_node, you can use the function vzalloc_node instead.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm ioctl: fix alignment of event number in the device list

2017-09-25T15:18:29+00:00

The size of struct dm_name_list is different on 32-bit and 64-bit
kernels (so "(nl + 1)" differs between 32-bit and 64-bit kernels).

This mismatch caused some harmless difference in padding when using 32-bit
or 64-bit kernel. Commit 23d70c5e52dd ("dm ioctl: report event number in
DM_LIST_DEVICES") added reporting event number in the output of
DM_LIST_DEVICES_CMD. This difference in padding makes it impossible for
userspace to determine the location of the event number (the location
would be different when running on 32-bit and 64-bit kernels).

Fix the padding by using offsetof(struct dm_name_list, name) instead of
sizeof(struct dm_name_list) to determine the location of entries.

Also, the ioctl version number is incremented to 37 so that userspace
can use the version number to determine that the event number is present
and correctly located.

In addition, a global event is now raised when a DM device is created,
removed, renamed or when table is swapped, so that the user can monitor
for device changes.

Reported-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov 
Fixes: 23d70c5e52dd ("dm ioctl: report event number in DM_LIST_DEVICES")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.13
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm: add basic support for using the select or poll function

2017-06-19T15:03:49+00:00

Add the ability to poll on the /dev/mapper/control device.  The select
or poll function waits until any event happens on any dm device since
opening the /dev/mapper/control device.  When select or poll returns the
device as readable, we must close and reopen the device to wait for new
dm events.

Usage:
1. open the /dev/mapper/control device
2. scan the event numbers of all devices we are interested in and process
   them
3. call select, poll or epoll on the handle (it waits until some new event
   happens since opening the device)
4. close the /dev/mapper/control handle
5. go to step 1

The next commit allows to re-arm the polling without closing and
reopening the device.

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

Merge tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm

2017-05-06T01:49:20+00:00

Pull libnvdimm updates from Dan Williams:
 "The bulk of this has been in multiple -next releases. There were a few
  late breaking fixes and small features that got added in the last
  couple days, but the whole set has received a build success
  notification from the kbuild robot.

  Change summary:

   - Region media error reporting: A libnvdimm region device is the
     parent to one or more namespaces. To date, media errors have been
     reported via the "badblocks" attribute attached to pmem block
     devices for namespaces in "raw" or "memory" mode. Given that
     namespaces can be in "device-dax" or "btt-sector" mode this new
     interface reports media errors generically, i.e. independent of
     namespace modes or state.

     This subsequently allows userspace tooling to craft "ACPI 6.1
     Section 9.20.7.6 Function Index 4 - Clear Uncorrectable Error"
     requests and submit them via the ioctl path for NVDIMM root bus
     devices.

   - Introduce 'struct dax_device' and 'struct dax_operations': Prompted
     by a request from Linus and feedback from Christoph this allows for
     dax capable drivers to publish their own custom dax operations.
     This fixes the broken assumption that all dax operations are
     related to a persistent memory device, and makes it easier for
     other architectures and platforms to add customized persistent
     memory support.

   - 'libnvdimm' core updates: A new "deep_flush" sysfs attribute is
     available for storage appliance applications to manually trigger
     memory controllers to drain write-pending buffers that would
     otherwise be flushed automatically by the platform ADR
     (asynchronous-DRAM-refresh) mechanism at a power loss event.
     Support for "locked" DIMMs is included to prevent namespaces from
     surfacing when the namespace label data area is locked. Finally,
     fixes for various reported deadlocks and crashes, also tagged for
     -stable.

   - ACPI / nfit driver updates: General updates of the nfit driver to
     add DSM command overrides, ACPI 6.1 health state flags support, DSM
     payload debug available by default, and various fixes.

  Acknowledgements that came after the branch was pushed:

   - commmit 565851c972b5 "device-dax: fix sysfs attribute deadlock":
     Tested-by: Yi Zhang 

   - commit 23f498448362 "libnvdimm: rework region badblocks clearing"
     Tested-by: Toshi Kani "

* tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm: (52 commits)
  libnvdimm, pfn: fix 'npfns' vs section alignment
  libnvdimm: handle locked label storage areas
  libnvdimm: convert NDD_ flags to use bitops, introduce NDD_LOCKED
  brd: fix uninitialized use of brd->dax_dev
  block, dax: use correct format string in bdev_dax_supported
  device-dax: fix sysfs attribute deadlock
  libnvdimm: restore "libnvdimm: band aid btt vs clear poison locking"
  libnvdimm: fix nvdimm_bus_lock() vs device_lock() ordering
  libnvdimm: rework region badblocks clearing
  acpi, nfit: kill ACPI_NFIT_DEBUG
  libnvdimm: fix clear length of nvdimm_forget_poison()
  libnvdimm, pmem: fix a NULL pointer BUG in nd_pmem_notify
  libnvdimm, region: sysfs trigger for nvdimm_flush()
  libnvdimm: fix phys_addr for nvdimm_clear_poison
  x86, dax, pmem: remove indirection around memcpy_from_pmem()
  block: remove block_device_operations ->direct_access()
  block, dax: convert bdev_dax_supported() to dax_direct_access()
  filesystem-dax: convert to dax_direct_access()
  Revert "block: use DAX for partition table reads"
  ext2, ext4, xfs: retrieve dax_device for iomap operations
  ...

Merge tag 'for-4.12/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm

2017-05-03T17:31:20+00:00

Pull device mapper updates from Mike Snitzer:

 - A major update for DM cache that reduces the latency for deciding
   whether blocks should migrate to/from the cache. The bio-prison-v2
   interface supports this improvement by enabling direct dispatch of
   work to workqueues rather than having to delay the actual work
   dispatch to the DM cache core. So the dm-cache policies are much more
   nimble by being able to drive IO as they see fit. One immediate
   benefit from the improved latency is a cache that should be much more
   adaptive to changing workloads.

 - Add a new DM integrity target that emulates a block device that has
   additional per-sector tags that can be used for storing integrity
   information.

 - Add a new authenticated encryption feature to the DM crypt target
   that builds on the capabilities provided by the DM integrity target.

 - Add MD interface for switching the raid4/5/6 journal mode and update
   the DM raid target to use it to enable aid4/5/6 journal write-back
   support.

 - Switch the DM verity target over to using the asynchronous hash
   crypto API (this helps work better with architectures that have
   access to off-CPU algorithm providers, which should reduce CPU
   utilization).

 - Various request-based DM and DM multipath fixes and improvements from
   Bart and Christoph.

 - A DM thinp target fix for a bio structure leak that occurs for each
   discard IFF discard passdown is enabled.

 - A fix for a possible deadlock in DM bufio and a fix to re-check the
   new buffer allocation watermark in the face of competing admin
   changes to the 'max_cache_size_bytes' tunable.

 - A couple DM core cleanups.

* tag 'for-4.12/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm: (50 commits)
  dm bufio: check new buffer allocation watermark every 30 seconds
  dm bufio: avoid a possible ABBA deadlock
  dm mpath: make it easier to detect unintended I/O request flushes
  dm mpath: cleanup QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH bit manipulation by introducing assign_bit()
  dm mpath: micro-optimize the hot path relative to MPATHF_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH
  dm: introduce enum dm_queue_mode to cleanup related code
  dm mpath: verify __pg_init_all_paths locking assumptions at runtime
  dm: verify suspend_locking assumptions at runtime
  dm block manager: remove an unused argument from dm_block_manager_create()
  dm rq: check blk_mq_register_dev() return value in dm_mq_init_request_queue()
  dm mpath: delay requeuing while path initialization is in progress
  dm mpath: avoid that path removal can trigger an infinite loop
  dm mpath: split and rename activate_path() to prepare for its expanded use
  dm ioctl: prevent stack leak in dm ioctl call
  dm integrity: use previously calculated log2 of sectors_per_block
  dm integrity: use hex2bin instead of open-coded variant
  dm crypt: replace custom implementation of hex2bin()
  dm crypt: remove obsolete references to per-CPU state
  dm verity: switch to using asynchronous hash crypto API
  dm crypt: use WQ_HIGHPRI for the IO and crypt workqueues
  ...

dm: introduce enum dm_queue_mode to cleanup related code

2017-04-27T21:08:44+00:00

Introduce an enumeration type for the queue mode.  This patch does
not change any functionality but makes the DM code easier to read.

Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm: add dax_device and dax_operations support

2017-04-20T18:57:52+00:00

Allocate a dax_device to represent the capacity of a device-mapper
instance. Provide a ->direct_access() method via the new dax_operations
indirection that mirrors the functionality of the current direct_access
support via block_device_operations.  Once fs/dax.c has been converted
to use dax_operations the old dm_blk_direct_access() will be removed.

A new helper dm_dax_get_live_target() is introduced to separate some of
the dm-specifics from the direct_access implementation.

This enabling is only for the top-level dm representation to upper
layers. Converting target direct_access implementations is deferred to a
separate patch.

Cc: Toshi Kani 
Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer 
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams