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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-07-27 01:03:07 +0300 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-07-27 01:03:07 +0300 |
commit | d05d7f40791ccbb6e543cc5dd6a6aa08fc71d635 (patch) | |
tree | dc0039fe490a41a70de10d58fe8e6136db46463a /Documentation | |
parent | 75a442efb1ca613f8d1cc71a32c2c9b0aefae4a5 (diff) | |
parent | 17007f3994cdb4643355c73f54f0adad006cf59e (diff) | |
download | linux-d05d7f40791ccbb6e543cc5dd6a6aa08fc71d635.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'for-4.8/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block
Pull core block updates from Jens Axboe:
- the big change is the cleanup from Mike Christie, cleaning up our
uses of command types and modified flags. This is what will throw
some merge conflicts
- regression fix for the above for btrfs, from Vincent
- following up to the above, better packing of struct request from
Christoph
- a 2038 fix for blktrace from Arnd
- a few trivial/spelling fixes from Bart Van Assche
- a front merge check fix from Damien, which could cause issues on
SMR drives
- Atari partition fix from Gabriel
- convert cfq to highres timers, since jiffies isn't granular enough
for some devices these days. From Jan and Jeff
- CFQ priority boost fix idle classes, from me
- cleanup series from Ming, improving our bio/bvec iteration
- a direct issue fix for blk-mq from Omar
- fix for plug merging not involving the IO scheduler, like we do for
other types of merges. From Tahsin
- expose DAX type internally and through sysfs. From Toshi and Yigal
* 'for-4.8/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (76 commits)
block: Fix front merge check
block: do not merge requests without consulting with io scheduler
block: Fix spelling in a source code comment
block: expose QUEUE_FLAG_DAX in sysfs
block: add QUEUE_FLAG_DAX for devices to advertise their DAX support
Btrfs: fix comparison in __btrfs_map_block()
block: atari: Return early for unsupported sector size
Doc: block: Fix a typo in queue-sysfs.txt
cfq-iosched: Charge at least 1 jiffie instead of 1 ns
cfq-iosched: Fix regression in bonnie++ rewrite performance
cfq-iosched: Convert slice_resid from u64 to s64
block: Convert fifo_time from ulong to u64
blktrace: avoid using timespec
block/blk-cgroup.c: Declare local symbols static
block/bio-integrity.c: Add #include "blk.h"
block/partition-generic.c: Remove a set-but-not-used variable
block: bio: kill BIO_MAX_SIZE
cfq-iosched: temporarily boost queue priority for idle classes
block: drbd: avoid to use BIO_MAX_SIZE
block: bio: remove BIO_MAX_SECTORS
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.txt | 28 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/device-mapper/log-writes.txt | 10 |
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt index dce25d848d92..d515d58962b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ disk. logical_block_size (RO) ----------------------- -This is the logcal block size of the device, in bytes. +This is the logical block size of the device, in bytes. max_hw_sectors_kb (RO) ---------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.txt b/Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.txt index 59e0516cbf6b..8a6bdada5f6b 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/writeback_cache_control.txt @@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ a forced cache flush, and the Force Unit Access (FUA) flag for requests. Explicit cache flushes ---------------------- -The REQ_FLUSH flag can be OR ed into the r/w flags of a bio submitted from +The REQ_PREFLUSH flag can be OR ed into the r/w flags of a bio submitted from the filesystem and will make sure the volatile cache of the storage device has been flushed before the actual I/O operation is started. This explicitly guarantees that previously completed write requests are on non-volatile -storage before the flagged bio starts. In addition the REQ_FLUSH flag can be +storage before the flagged bio starts. In addition the REQ_PREFLUSH flag can be set on an otherwise empty bio structure, which causes only an explicit cache flush without any dependent I/O. It is recommend to use the blkdev_issue_flush() helper for a pure cache flush. @@ -41,21 +41,21 @@ signaled after the data has been committed to non-volatile storage. Implementation details for filesystems -------------------------------------- -Filesystems can simply set the REQ_FLUSH and REQ_FUA bits and do not have to +Filesystems can simply set the REQ_PREFLUSH and REQ_FUA bits and do not have to worry if the underlying devices need any explicit cache flushing and how -the Forced Unit Access is implemented. The REQ_FLUSH and REQ_FUA flags +the Forced Unit Access is implemented. The REQ_PREFLUSH and REQ_FUA flags may both be set on a single bio. Implementation details for make_request_fn based block drivers -------------------------------------------------------------- -These drivers will always see the REQ_FLUSH and REQ_FUA bits as they sit +These drivers will always see the REQ_PREFLUSH and REQ_FUA bits as they sit directly below the submit_bio interface. For remapping drivers the REQ_FUA bits need to be propagated to underlying devices, and a global flush needs -to be implemented for bios with the REQ_FLUSH bit set. For real device -drivers that do not have a volatile cache the REQ_FLUSH and REQ_FUA bits -on non-empty bios can simply be ignored, and REQ_FLUSH requests without +to be implemented for bios with the REQ_PREFLUSH bit set. For real device +drivers that do not have a volatile cache the REQ_PREFLUSH and REQ_FUA bits +on non-empty bios can simply be ignored, and REQ_PREFLUSH requests without data can be completed successfully without doing any work. Drivers for devices with volatile caches need to implement the support for these flags themselves without any help from the block layer. @@ -65,17 +65,17 @@ Implementation details for request_fn based block drivers -------------------------------------------------------------- For devices that do not support volatile write caches there is no driver -support required, the block layer completes empty REQ_FLUSH requests before -entering the driver and strips off the REQ_FLUSH and REQ_FUA bits from +support required, the block layer completes empty REQ_PREFLUSH requests before +entering the driver and strips off the REQ_PREFLUSH and REQ_FUA bits from requests that have a payload. For devices with volatile write caches the driver needs to tell the block layer that it supports flushing caches by doing: blk_queue_write_cache(sdkp->disk->queue, true, false); -and handle empty REQ_FLUSH requests in its prep_fn/request_fn. Note that -REQ_FLUSH requests with a payload are automatically turned into a sequence -of an empty REQ_FLUSH request followed by the actual write by the block +and handle empty REQ_OP_FLUSH requests in its prep_fn/request_fn. Note that +REQ_PREFLUSH requests with a payload are automatically turned into a sequence +of an empty REQ_OP_FLUSH request followed by the actual write by the block layer. For devices that also support the FUA bit the block layer needs to be told to pass through the REQ_FUA bit using: @@ -83,4 +83,4 @@ to be told to pass through the REQ_FUA bit using: and the driver must handle write requests that have the REQ_FUA bit set in prep_fn/request_fn. If the FUA bit is not natively supported the block -layer turns it into an empty REQ_FLUSH request after the actual write. +layer turns it into an empty REQ_OP_FLUSH request after the actual write. diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/log-writes.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/log-writes.txt index c10f30c9b534..f4ebcbaf50f3 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/log-writes.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/log-writes.txt @@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ Log Ordering We log things in order of completion once we are sure the write is no longer in cache. This means that normal WRITE requests are not actually logged until the -next REQ_FLUSH request. This is to make it easier for userspace to replay the -log in a way that correlates to what is on disk and not what is in cache, to -make it easier to detect improper waiting/flushing. +next REQ_PREFLUSH request. This is to make it easier for userspace to replay +the log in a way that correlates to what is on disk and not what is in cache, +to make it easier to detect improper waiting/flushing. This works by attaching all WRITE requests to a list once the write completes. -Once we see a REQ_FLUSH request we splice this list onto the request and once +Once we see a REQ_PREFLUSH request we splice this list onto the request and once the FLUSH request completes we log all of the WRITEs and then the FLUSH. Only -completed WRITEs, at the time the REQ_FLUSH is issued, are added in order to +completed WRITEs, at the time the REQ_PREFLUSH is issued, are added in order to simulate the worst case scenario with regard to power failures. Consider the following example (W means write, C means complete): |