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authorJoe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>2014-03-03 19:23:15 +0400
committerMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>2014-03-28 00:56:23 +0400
commiteec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5 (patch)
treea294d43a2029ab02ceeab33396e7c948e374a571 /drivers/md/Kconfig
parentb098d6726bbfb94c06d6e1097466187afddae61f (diff)
downloadlinux-eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5.tar.xz
dm: add era target
dm-era is a target that behaves similar to the linear target. In addition it keeps track of which blocks were written within a user defined period of time called an 'era'. Each era target instance maintains the current era as a monotonically increasing 32-bit counter. Use cases include tracking changed blocks for backup software, and partially invalidating the contents of a cache to restore cache coherency after rolling back a vendor snapshot. dm-era is primarily expected to be paired with the dm-cache target. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
index 95ad936e6048..5bdedf6df153 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
@@ -285,6 +285,17 @@ config DM_CACHE_CLEANER
A simple cache policy that writes back all data to the
origin. Used when decommissioning a dm-cache.
+config DM_ERA
+ tristate "Era target (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on BLK_DEV_DM
+ default n
+ select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA
+ select DM_BIO_PRISON
+ ---help---
+ dm-era tracks which parts of a block device are written to
+ over time. Useful for maintaining cache coherency when using
+ vendor snapshots.
+
config DM_MIRROR
tristate "Mirror target"
depends on BLK_DEV_DM