bcache: A block layer cache

Does writethrough and writeback caching, handles unclean shutdown, and
has a bunch of other nifty features motivated by real world usage.

See the wiki at http://bcache.evilpiepirate.org for more.

Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>

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+config BCACHE
+	tristate "Block device as cache"
+	select CLOSURES
+	---help---
+	Allows a block device to be used as cache for other devices; uses
+	a btree for indexing and the layout is optimized for SSDs.
+
+	See Documentation/bcache.txt for details.
+
+config BCACHE_DEBUG
+	bool "Bcache debugging"
+	depends on BCACHE
+	---help---
+	Don't select this option unless you're a developer
+
+	Enables extra debugging tools (primarily a fuzz tester)
+
+config BCACHE_EDEBUG
+	bool "Extended runtime checks"
+	depends on BCACHE
+	---help---
+	Don't select this option unless you're a developer
+
+	Enables extra runtime checks which significantly affect performance
+
+config BCACHE_CLOSURES_DEBUG
+	bool "Debug closures"
+	depends on BCACHE
+	select DEBUG_FS
+	---help---
+	Keeps all active closures in a linked list and provides a debugfs
+	interface to list them, which makes it possible to see asynchronous
+	operations that get stuck.
+
+# cgroup code needs to be updated:
+#
+#config CGROUP_BCACHE
+#	bool "Cgroup controls for bcache"
+#	depends on BCACHE && BLK_CGROUP
+#	---help---
+#	TODO