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 <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

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
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
 #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.
  */
 struct dm_dev_internal {
@@ -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