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authorMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>2014-01-16 06:06:55 +0400
committerMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>2014-01-16 22:44:11 +0400
commit2e68c4e6caad9fdadc1cef8b6cb9569192e8a42b (patch)
treefdc0a4f6b3eaba7979b613b9423ec4ef23a64ca5 /Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt
parent74aa45c33c5afefa0107c15f2465ff4195c33f96 (diff)
downloadlinux-2e68c4e6caad9fdadc1cef8b6cb9569192e8a42b.tar.xz
dm cache: add policy name to status output
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>
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diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt
index 63fd7cfa4cf1..e6b72d355151 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Status
<cache block size> <#used cache blocks>/<#total cache blocks>
<#read hits> <#read misses> <#write hits> <#write misses>
<#demotions> <#promotions> <#dirty> <#features> <features>*
-<#core args> <core args>* <#policy args> <policy args>*
+<#core args> <core args>* <policy name> <#policy args> <policy args>*
metadata block size : Fixed block size for each metadata block in
sectors
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ feature args : 'writethrough' (optional)
#core args : Number of core arguments (must be even)
core args : Key/value pairs for tuning the core
e.g. migration_threshold
+policy name : Name of the policy
#policy args : Number of policy arguments to follow (must be even)
policy args : Key/value pairs
e.g. sequential_threshold