linux/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy.h
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   1/*
   2 * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat. All rights reserved.
   3 *
   4 * This file is released under the GPL.
   5 */
   6
   7#ifndef DM_CACHE_POLICY_H
   8#define DM_CACHE_POLICY_H
   9
  10#include "dm-cache-block-types.h"
  11
  12#include <linux/device-mapper.h>
  13
  14/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
  15
  16/* FIXME: make it clear which methods are optional.  Get debug policy to
  17 * double check this at start.
  18 */
  19
  20/*
  21 * The cache policy makes the important decisions about which blocks get to
  22 * live on the faster cache device.
  23 *
  24 * When the core target has to remap a bio it calls the 'map' method of the
  25 * policy.  This returns an instruction telling the core target what to do.
  26 *
  27 * POLICY_HIT:
  28 *   That block is in the cache.  Remap to the cache and carry on.
  29 *
  30 * POLICY_MISS:
  31 *   This block is on the origin device.  Remap and carry on.
  32 *
  33 * POLICY_NEW:
  34 *   This block is currently on the origin device, but the policy wants to
  35 *   move it.  The core should:
  36 *
  37 *   - hold any further io to this origin block
  38 *   - copy the origin to the given cache block
  39 *   - release all the held blocks
  40 *   - remap the original block to the cache
  41 *
  42 * POLICY_REPLACE:
  43 *   This block is currently on the origin device.  The policy wants to
  44 *   move it to the cache, with the added complication that the destination
  45 *   cache block needs a writeback first.  The core should:
  46 *
  47 *   - hold any further io to this origin block
  48 *   - hold any further io to the origin block that's being written back
  49 *   - writeback
  50 *   - copy new block to cache
  51 *   - release held blocks
  52 *   - remap bio to cache and reissue.
  53 *
  54 * Should the core run into trouble while processing a POLICY_NEW or
  55 * POLICY_REPLACE instruction it will roll back the policies mapping using
  56 * remove_mapping() or force_mapping().  These methods must not fail.  This
  57 * approach avoids having transactional semantics in the policy (ie, the
  58 * core informing the policy when a migration is complete), and hence makes
  59 * it easier to write new policies.
  60 *
  61 * In general policy methods should never block, except in the case of the
  62 * map function when can_migrate is set.  So be careful to implement using
  63 * bounded, preallocated memory.
  64 */
  65enum policy_operation {
  66        POLICY_HIT,
  67        POLICY_MISS,
  68        POLICY_NEW,
  69        POLICY_REPLACE
  70};
  71
  72/*
  73 * This is the instruction passed back to the core target.
  74 */
  75struct policy_result {
  76        enum policy_operation op;
  77        dm_oblock_t old_oblock; /* POLICY_REPLACE */
  78        dm_cblock_t cblock;     /* POLICY_HIT, POLICY_NEW, POLICY_REPLACE */
  79};
  80
  81typedef int (*policy_walk_fn)(void *context, dm_cblock_t cblock,
  82                              dm_oblock_t oblock, uint32_t hint);
  83
  84/*
  85 * The cache policy object.  Just a bunch of methods.  It is envisaged that
  86 * this structure will be embedded in a bigger, policy specific structure
  87 * (ie. use container_of()).
  88 */
  89struct dm_cache_policy {
  90
  91        /*
  92         * FIXME: make it clear which methods are optional, and which may
  93         * block.
  94         */
  95
  96        /*
  97         * Destroys this object.
  98         */
  99        void (*destroy)(struct dm_cache_policy *p);
 100
 101        /*
 102         * See large comment above.
 103         *
 104         * oblock      - the origin block we're interested in.
 105         *
 106         * can_block - indicates whether the current thread is allowed to
 107         *             block.  -EWOULDBLOCK returned if it can't and would.
 108         *
 109         * can_migrate - gives permission for POLICY_NEW or POLICY_REPLACE
 110         *               instructions.  If denied and the policy would have
 111         *               returned one of these instructions it should
 112         *               return -EWOULDBLOCK.
 113         *
 114         * discarded_oblock - indicates whether the whole origin block is
 115         *               in a discarded state (FIXME: better to tell the
 116         *               policy about this sooner, so it can recycle that
 117         *               cache block if it wants.)
 118         * bio         - the bio that triggered this call.
 119         * result      - gets filled in with the instruction.
 120         *
 121         * May only return 0, or -EWOULDBLOCK (if !can_migrate)
 122         */
 123        int (*map)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock,
 124                   bool can_block, bool can_migrate, bool discarded_oblock,
 125                   struct bio *bio, struct policy_result *result);
 126
 127        /*
 128         * Sometimes we want to see if a block is in the cache, without
 129         * triggering any update of stats.  (ie. it's not a real hit).
 130         *
 131         * Must not block.
 132         *
 133         * Returns 0 if in cache, -ENOENT if not, < 0 for other errors
 134         * (-EWOULDBLOCK would be typical).
 135         */
 136        int (*lookup)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock, dm_cblock_t *cblock);
 137
 138        /*
 139         * oblock must be a mapped block.  Must not block.
 140         */
 141        void (*set_dirty)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock);
 142        void (*clear_dirty)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock);
 143
 144        /*
 145         * Called when a cache target is first created.  Used to load a
 146         * mapping from the metadata device into the policy.
 147         */
 148        int (*load_mapping)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock,
 149                            dm_cblock_t cblock, uint32_t hint, bool hint_valid);
 150
 151        int (*walk_mappings)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, policy_walk_fn fn,
 152                             void *context);
 153
 154        /*
 155         * Override functions used on the error paths of the core target.
 156         * They must succeed.
 157         */
 158        void (*remove_mapping)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock);
 159        void (*force_mapping)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t current_oblock,
 160                              dm_oblock_t new_oblock);
 161
 162        int (*writeback_work)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t *oblock, dm_cblock_t *cblock);
 163
 164
 165        /*
 166         * How full is the cache?
 167         */
 168        dm_cblock_t (*residency)(struct dm_cache_policy *p);
 169
 170        /*
 171         * Because of where we sit in the block layer, we can be asked to
 172         * map a lot of little bios that are all in the same block (no
 173         * queue merging has occurred).  To stop the policy being fooled by
 174         * these the core target sends regular tick() calls to the policy.
 175         * The policy should only count an entry as hit once per tick.
 176         */
 177        void (*tick)(struct dm_cache_policy *p);
 178
 179        /*
 180         * Configuration.
 181         */
 182        int (*emit_config_values)(struct dm_cache_policy *p,
 183                                  char *result, unsigned maxlen);
 184        int (*set_config_value)(struct dm_cache_policy *p,
 185                                const char *key, const char *value);
 186
 187        /*
 188         * Book keeping ptr for the policy register, not for general use.
 189         */
 190        void *private;
 191};
 192
 193/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 194
 195/*
 196 * We maintain a little register of the different policy types.
 197 */
 198#define CACHE_POLICY_NAME_SIZE 16
 199#define CACHE_POLICY_VERSION_SIZE 3
 200
 201struct dm_cache_policy_type {
 202        /* For use by the register code only. */
 203        struct list_head list;
 204
 205        /*
 206         * Policy writers should fill in these fields.  The name field is
 207         * what gets passed on the target line to select your policy.
 208         */
 209        char name[CACHE_POLICY_NAME_SIZE];
 210        unsigned version[CACHE_POLICY_VERSION_SIZE];
 211
 212        /*
 213         * Policies may store a hint for each each cache block.
 214         * Currently the size of this hint must be 0 or 4 bytes but we
 215         * expect to relax this in future.
 216         */
 217        size_t hint_size;
 218
 219        struct module *owner;
 220        struct dm_cache_policy *(*create)(dm_cblock_t cache_size,
 221                                          sector_t origin_size,
 222                                          sector_t block_size);
 223};
 224
 225int dm_cache_policy_register(struct dm_cache_policy_type *type);
 226void dm_cache_policy_unregister(struct dm_cache_policy_type *type);
 227
 228/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 229
 230#endif  /* DM_CACHE_POLICY_H */
 231