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/*
  17 * The cache policy makes the important decisions about which blocks get to
  18 * live on the faster cache device.
  19 */
  20enum policy_operation {
  21        POLICY_PROMOTE,
  22        POLICY_DEMOTE,
  23        POLICY_WRITEBACK
  24};
  25
  26/*
  27 * This is the instruction passed back to the core target.
  28 */
  29struct policy_work {
  30        enum policy_operation op;
  31        dm_oblock_t oblock;
  32        dm_cblock_t cblock;
  33};
  34
  35/*
  36 * The cache policy object.  It is envisaged that this structure will be
  37 * embedded in a bigger, policy specific structure (ie. use container_of()).
  38 */
  39struct dm_cache_policy {
  40        /*
  41         * Destroys this object.
  42         */
  43        void (*destroy)(struct dm_cache_policy *p);
  44
  45        /*
  46         * Find the location of a block.
  47         *
  48         * Must not block.
  49         *
  50         * Returns 0 if in cache (cblock will be set), -ENOENT if not, < 0 for
  51         * other errors (-EWOULDBLOCK would be typical).  data_dir should be
  52         * READ or WRITE. fast_copy should be set if migrating this block would
  53         * be 'cheap' somehow (eg, discarded data). background_queued will be set
  54         * if a migration has just been queued.
  55         */
  56        int (*lookup)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock, dm_cblock_t *cblock,
  57                      int data_dir, bool fast_copy, bool *background_queued);
  58
  59        /*
  60         * Sometimes the core target can optimise a migration, eg, the
  61         * block may be discarded, or the bio may cover an entire block.
  62         * In order to optimise it needs the migration immediately though
  63         * so it knows to do something different with the bio.
  64         *
  65         * This method is optional (policy-internal will fallback to using
  66         * lookup).
  67         */
  68        int (*lookup_with_work)(struct dm_cache_policy *p,
  69                                dm_oblock_t oblock, dm_cblock_t *cblock,
  70                                int data_dir, bool fast_copy,
  71                                struct policy_work **work);
  72
  73        /*
  74         * Retrieves background work.  Returns -ENODATA when there's no
  75         * background work.
  76         */
  77        int (*get_background_work)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, bool idle,
  78                                   struct policy_work **result);
  79
  80        /*
  81         * You must pass in the same work pointer that you were given, not
  82         * a copy.
  83         */
  84        void (*complete_background_work)(struct dm_cache_policy *p,
  85                                         struct policy_work *work,
  86                                         bool success);
  87
  88        void (*set_dirty)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_cblock_t cblock);
  89        void (*clear_dirty)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_cblock_t cblock);
  90
  91        /*
  92         * Called when a cache target is first created.  Used to load a
  93         * mapping from the metadata device into the policy.
  94         */
  95        int (*load_mapping)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock,
  96                            dm_cblock_t cblock, bool dirty,
  97                            uint32_t hint, bool hint_valid);
  98
  99        /*
 100         * Drops the mapping, irrespective of whether it's clean or dirty.
 101         * Returns -ENODATA if cblock is not mapped.
 102         */
 103        int (*invalidate_mapping)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_cblock_t cblock);
 104
 105        /*
 106         * Gets the hint for a given cblock.  Called in a single threaded
 107         * context.  So no locking required.
 108         */
 109        uint32_t (*get_hint)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_cblock_t cblock);
 110
 111        /*
 112         * How full is the cache?
 113         */
 114        dm_cblock_t (*residency)(struct dm_cache_policy *p);
 115
 116        /*
 117         * Because of where we sit in the block layer, we can be asked to
 118         * map a lot of little bios that are all in the same block (no
 119         * queue merging has occurred).  To stop the policy being fooled by
 120         * these, the core target sends regular tick() calls to the policy.
 121         * The policy should only count an entry as hit once per tick.
 122         *
 123         * This method is optional.
 124         */
 125        void (*tick)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, bool can_block);
 126
 127        /*
 128         * Configuration.
 129         */
 130        int (*emit_config_values)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, char *result,
 131                                  unsigned maxlen, ssize_t *sz_ptr);
 132        int (*set_config_value)(struct dm_cache_policy *p,
 133                                const char *key, const char *value);
 134
 135        void (*allow_migrations)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, bool allow);
 136
 137        /*
 138         * Book keeping ptr for the policy register, not for general use.
 139         */
 140        void *private;
 141};
 142
 143/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 144
 145/*
 146 * We maintain a little register of the different policy types.
 147 */
 148#define CACHE_POLICY_NAME_SIZE 16
 149#define CACHE_POLICY_VERSION_SIZE 3
 150
 151struct dm_cache_policy_type {
 152        /* For use by the register code only. */
 153        struct list_head list;
 154
 155        /*
 156         * Policy writers should fill in these fields.  The name field is
 157         * what gets passed on the target line to select your policy.
 158         */
 159        char name[CACHE_POLICY_NAME_SIZE];
 160        unsigned version[CACHE_POLICY_VERSION_SIZE];
 161
 162        /*
 163         * For use by an alias dm_cache_policy_type to point to the
 164         * real dm_cache_policy_type.
 165         */
 166        struct dm_cache_policy_type *real;
 167
 168        /*
 169         * Policies may store a hint for each each cache block.
 170         * Currently the size of this hint must be 0 or 4 bytes but we
 171         * expect to relax this in future.
 172         */
 173        size_t hint_size;
 174
 175        struct module *owner;
 176        struct dm_cache_policy *(*create)(dm_cblock_t cache_size,
 177                                          sector_t origin_size,
 178                                          sector_t block_size);
 179};
 180
 181int dm_cache_policy_register(struct dm_cache_policy_type *type);
 182void dm_cache_policy_unregister(struct dm_cache_policy_type *type);
 183
 184/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 185
 186#endif  /* DM_CACHE_POLICY_H */
 187