linux-toradex.git/include/linux/dm-io.h, branch v4.6-rc3

block: Convert drivers to immutable biovecs

2013-11-24T06:33:51+00:00

Now that we've got a mechanism for immutable biovecs -
bi_iter.bi_bvec_done - we need to convert drivers to use primitives that
respect it instead of using the bvec array directly.

Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet 
Cc: Jens Axboe 
Cc: NeilBrown 
Cc: Alasdair Kergon 
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com

dm io: use fixed initial mempool size

2011-05-29T12:03:09+00:00

Replace the arbitrary calculation of an initial io struct mempool size
with a constant.

The code calculated the number of reserved structures based on the request
size and used a "magic" multiplication constant of 4.  This patch changes
it to reserve a fixed number - itself still chosen quite arbitrarily.
Further testing might show if there is a better number to choose.

Note that if there is no memory pressure, we can still allocate an
arbitrary number of "struct io" structures.  One structure is enough to
process the whole request.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm: eliminate some holes data structures

2010-03-06T02:32:33+00:00

Eliminate a 4-byte hole in 'struct dm_io_memory' by moving 'offset' above the
'ptr' to which it applies (size reduced from 24 to 16 bytes).  And by
association, 1-4 byte hole is eliminated in 'struct dm_io_request' (size
reduced from 56 to 48 bytes).

Eliminate all 6 4-byte holes and 1 cache-line in 'struct dm_snapshot' (size
reduced from 392 to 368 bytes).

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

dm: move include files

2008-04-25T12:26:55+00:00

Publish the dm-io, dm-log and dm-kcopyd headers in include/linux.

Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon