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authorHeinz Mauelshagen <mauelshagen@redhat.com>2013-03-02 02:45:52 +0400
committerAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>2013-03-02 02:45:52 +0400
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dm cache: add cleaner policy
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>
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@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ since spindles tend to have good bandwidth. The io_tracker counts
contiguous I/Os to try to spot when the io is in one of these sequential
modes.
+cleaner
+-------
+
+The cleaner writes back all dirty blocks in a cache to decommission it.
+
Examples
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