From 6fbeb0048e6b93f7b7f195864f3ddc876ac4d42e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikulas Patocka Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 15:59:25 -0500 Subject: dm bufio: implement discard Add functions dm_bufio_issue_discard and dm_bufio_discard_buffers. dm_bufio_issue_discard sends discard request to the underlying device. dm_bufio_discard_buffers frees buffers in the range and then calls dm_bufio_issue_discard. Also, factor out block_to_sector for reuse in dm_bufio_issue_discard. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer --- include/linux/dm-bufio.h | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/dm-bufio.h') diff --git a/include/linux/dm-bufio.h b/include/linux/dm-bufio.h index 3c8b7d274bd9..07e1f163e299 100644 --- a/include/linux/dm-bufio.h +++ b/include/linux/dm-bufio.h @@ -118,6 +118,18 @@ int dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers(struct dm_bufio_client *c); */ int dm_bufio_issue_flush(struct dm_bufio_client *c); +/* + * Send a discard request to the underlying device. + */ +int dm_bufio_issue_discard(struct dm_bufio_client *c, sector_t block, sector_t count); + +/* + * Free the specified range of buffers. If a buffer is held by other process, it + * is not freed. If a buffer is dirty, it is discarded without writeback. + * Finally, send the discard request to the device. + */ +int dm_bufio_discard_buffers(struct dm_bufio_client *c, sector_t block, sector_t count); + /* * Like dm_bufio_release but also move the buffer to the new * block. dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers is needed to commit the new block. -- cgit v1.2.3