linux-toradex.git/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c, branch v3.11

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

Merge tag 'dm-3.8-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm

2012-12-22T01:08:06+00:00

Pull dm update from Alasdair G Kergon:
 "Miscellaneous device-mapper fixes, cleanups and performance
  improvements.

  Of particular note:
   - Disable broken WRITE SAME support in all targets except linear and
     striped.  Use it when kcopyd is zeroing blocks.
   - Remove several mempools from targets by moving the data into the
     bio's new front_pad area(which dm calls 'per_bio_data').
   - Fix a race in thin provisioning if discards are misused.
   - Prevent userspace from interfering with the ioctl parameters and
     use kmalloc for the data buffer if it's small instead of vmalloc.
   - Throttle some annoying error messages when I/O fails."

* tag 'dm-3.8-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm: (36 commits)
  dm stripe: add WRITE SAME support
  dm: remove map_info
  dm snapshot: do not use map_context
  dm thin: dont use map_context
  dm raid1: dont use map_context
  dm flakey: dont use map_context
  dm raid1: rename read_record to bio_record
  dm: move target request nr to dm_target_io
  dm snapshot: use per_bio_data
  dm verity: use per_bio_data
  dm raid1: use per_bio_data
  dm: introduce per_bio_data
  dm kcopyd: add WRITE SAME support to dm_kcopyd_zero
  dm linear: add WRITE SAME support
  dm: add WRITE SAME support
  dm: prepare to support WRITE SAME
  dm ioctl: use kmalloc if possible
  dm ioctl: remove PF_MEMALLOC
  dm persistent data: improve improve space map block alloc failure message
  dm thin: use DMERR_LIMIT for errors
  ...

dm persistent data: use DMERR_LIMIT for errors

2012-12-21T20:23:34+00:00

Nearly all of persistent-data is in the IO path so throttle error
messages with DMERR_LIMIT to limit the amount logged when
something has gone wrong.

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

dm block manager: reinstate message when validator fails

2012-12-21T20:23:34+00:00

Reinstate a useful error message when the block manager buffer validator fails.
This was mistakenly eliminated when the block manager was converted to use
dm-bufio.

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

md: Fix typo in drivers/md

2012-10-29T21:57:50+00:00

Correct spelling typo in drivers/md.

Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida 
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

dm persistent data: introduce dm_bm_set_read_only

2012-07-27T14:08:15+00:00

Introduce dm_bm_set_read_only to switch the block manager into a
read-only mode.  To be used when dm-thin degrades due to io errors on
the metadata device.

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

dm persistent data: stop using dm_bm_unlock_move when shadowing blocks in tm

2012-07-27T14:08:09+00:00

Stop using dm_bm_unlock_move when shadowing blocks in the transaction
manager as an optimisation and remove the function as it is then no
longer used.

Some code, such as the space maps, keeps using on-disk data structures
from the previous transaction.  It can do this because blocks won't
be reallocated until the subsequent transaction.  Using
dm_bm_unlock_move to copy blocks sounds like a win, but it forces a
synchronous read should the old block be accessed.

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

dm persistent data: tidy transaction manager creation fns

2012-07-27T14:08:09+00:00

Tidy the transaction manager creation functions.

They no longer lock the superblock.  Superblock locking is pulled out to
the caller.

Also export dm_bm_write_lock_zero.

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

dm persistent data: create new dm_block_manager struct

2012-07-27T14:08:08+00:00

This patch introduces a separate struct for the block_manager.
It also uses IS_ERR to check the return value of dm_bufio_client_create
instead of testing incorrectly for NULL.

Prior to this patch a struct dm_block_manager was really an alias for
a struct dm_bufio_client.  We want to add some functionality to the
block manager that will require extra fields, so this one to one
mapping is no longer valid.

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

dm persistent data: always unlock superblock in dm_bm_flush_and_unlock

2012-07-27T14:08:06+00:00

Unlock the superblock even if initial dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers fails.

Also, remove redundant flush calls.  dm_bm_flush_and_unlock's calls to
dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers already result in dm_bufio_issue_flush
being called.

This avoids warnings about unflushed dirty buffers from bufio.

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