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authorKiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>2009-06-22 13:12:36 +0400
committerAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>2009-06-22 13:12:36 +0400
commite6ee8c0b767540f59e20da3ced282601db8aa502 (patch)
tree101cb830994734eb45a4a47cd5988f24da67fa4f /drivers/md/dm.h
parentcec47e3d4a861e1d942b3a580d0bbef2700d2bb2 (diff)
downloadlinux-e6ee8c0b767540f59e20da3ced282601db8aa502.tar.xz
dm: enable request based option
This patch enables request-based dm. o Request-based dm and bio-based dm coexist, since there are some target drivers which are more fitting to bio-based dm. Also, there are other bio-based devices in the kernel (e.g. md, loop). Since bio-based device can't receive struct request, there are some limitations on device stacking between bio-based and request-based. type of underlying device bio-based request-based ---------------------------------------------- bio-based OK OK request-based -- OK The device type is recognized by the queue flag in the kernel, so dm follows that. o The type of a dm device is decided at the first table binding time. Once the type of a dm device is decided, the type can't be changed. o Mempool allocations are deferred to at the table loading time, since mempools for request-based dm are different from those for bio-based dm and needed mempool type is fixed by the type of table. o Currently, request-based dm supports only tables that have a single target. To support multiple targets, we need to support request splitting or prevent bio/request from spanning multiple targets. The former needs lots of changes in the block layer, and the latter needs that all target drivers support merge() function. Both will take a time. Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/md/dm.h')
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/dm.h25
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.h b/drivers/md/dm.h
index 8dcabb1caff1..a7663eba17e2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.h
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
#define DM_SUSPEND_NOFLUSH_FLAG (1 << 1)
/*
+ * Type of table and mapped_device's mempool
+ */
+#define DM_TYPE_NONE 0
+#define DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED 1
+#define DM_TYPE_REQUEST_BASED 2
+
+/*
* List of devices that a metadevice uses and should open/close.
*/
struct dm_dev_internal {
@@ -32,6 +39,7 @@ struct dm_dev_internal {
};
struct dm_table;
+struct dm_md_mempools;
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------
* Internal table functions.
@@ -51,12 +59,23 @@ void dm_table_postsuspend_targets(struct dm_table *t);
int dm_table_resume_targets(struct dm_table *t);
int dm_table_any_congested(struct dm_table *t, int bdi_bits);
int dm_table_any_busy_target(struct dm_table *t);
+int dm_table_set_type(struct dm_table *t);
+unsigned dm_table_get_type(struct dm_table *t);
+bool dm_table_request_based(struct dm_table *t);
+int dm_table_alloc_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t);
+void dm_table_free_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t);
+struct dm_md_mempools *dm_table_get_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t);
/*
* To check the return value from dm_table_find_target().
*/
#define dm_target_is_valid(t) ((t)->table)
+/*
+ * To check whether the target type is request-based or not (bio-based).
+ */
+#define dm_target_request_based(t) ((t)->type->map_rq != NULL)
+
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------
* A registry of target types.
*---------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -102,4 +121,10 @@ void dm_kobject_uevent(struct mapped_device *md, enum kobject_action action,
int dm_kcopyd_init(void);
void dm_kcopyd_exit(void);
+/*
+ * Mempool operations
+ */
+struct dm_md_mempools *dm_alloc_md_mempools(unsigned type);
+void dm_free_md_mempools(struct dm_md_mempools *pools);
+
#endif