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* dm cache: replace memcpy with struct assignmentJoe Thornber2013-05-101-2/+2
| | | | | | | Use struct assignment rather than memcpy in dm cache. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
* dm cache: policy ignore hints if generated by different versionMike Snitzer2013-03-201-10/+37
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When reading the dm cache metadata from disk, ignore the policy hints unless they were generated by the same major version number of the same policy module. The hints are considered to be private data belonging to the specific module that generated them and there is no requirement for them to make sense to different versions of the policy that generated them. Policy modules are all required to work fine if no previous hints are supplied (or if existing hints are lost). Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
* dm cache: policy change version from string to integer setMike Snitzer2013-03-201-2/+13
| | | | | | | | | | Separate dm cache policy version string into 3 unsigned numbers corresponding to major, minor and patchlevel and store them at the end of the on-disk metadata so we know which version of the policy generated the hints in case a future version wants to use them differently. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
* dm cache: metadata clear dirty bits on clean shutdownJoe Thornber2013-03-201-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | When writing the dirty bitset to the metadata device on a clean shutdown, clear the dirty bits. Previously they were left indicating the cache was dirty. This led to confusion about whether there really was dirty data in the cache or not. (This was a harmless bug.) Reported-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
* dm: add cache targetJoe Thornber2013-03-011-0/+1146
Add a target that allows a fast device such as an SSD to be used as a cache for a slower device such as a disk. A plug-in architecture was chosen so that the decisions about which data to migrate and when are delegated to interchangeable tunable policy modules. The first general purpose module we have developed, called "mq" (multiqueue), follows in the next patch. Other modules are under development. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <mauelshagen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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