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2015-08-03dm cache: fix race when issuing a POLICY_REPLACE operationJoe Thornber
commit fb4100ae7f312c3d614b37621c2b17b3b7cf65f8 upstream. There is a race between a policy deciding to replace a cache entry, the core target writing back any dirty data from this block, and other IO threads doing IO to the same block. This sort of problem is avoided most of the time by the core target grabbing a bio prison cell before making the request to the policy. But for a demotion the core target doesn't know which block will be demoted, so can't do this in advance. Fix this demotion race by introducing a callback to the policy interface that allows the policy to grab the cell on behalf of the core target. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-03-20dm cache: policy change version from string to integer setMike Snitzer
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 <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2013-03-01dm cache: add cleaner policyHeinz Mauelshagen
A simple cache policy that writes back all data to the origin. This is used to decommission a dm cache by emptying it. Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <mauelshagen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>