From e6ee8c0b767540f59e20da3ced282601db8aa502 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kiyoshi Ueda Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:12:36 +0100 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon --- drivers/md/dm.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/md/dm.h') 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 @@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ #define DM_SUSPEND_LOCKFS_FLAG (1 << 0) #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. */ @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3