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2014-01-16dm cache: add policy name to status outputMike Snitzer
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 <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
2013-11-11dm cache: add remove_cblock method to policy interfaceJoe Thornber
Implement policy_remove_cblock() and add remove_cblock method to the mq policy. These methods will be used by the following cache block invalidation patch which adds the 'invalidate_cblocks' message to the cache core. Also, update some comments in dm-cache-policy.h Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
2013-05-10dm cache policy: fix description of lookup fnAlasdair G Kergon
Correct the documented requirement on the return code from dm cache policy lookup functions stated in the policy module header file. Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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: add cache targetJoe Thornber
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 <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <mauelshagen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>