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| author | Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> | 2013-11-02 02:27:41 +0400 |
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| committer | Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> | 2013-11-10 03:20:22 +0400 |
| commit | 2c140a246dc0bc085b98eddde978060fcec1080c (patch) | |
| tree | 73d747f4422fe202868495d08ea5d189bc16bd79 /include/uapi | |
| parent | 7833b08e18241a1c35c09ef38be840cbf6c58acf (diff) | |
| download | linux-2c140a246dc0bc085b98eddde978060fcec1080c.tar.xz | |
dm: allow remove to be deferred
This patch allows the removal of an open device to be deferred until
it is closed. (Previously such a removal attempt would fail.)
The deferred remove functionality is enabled by setting the flag
DM_DEFERRED_REMOVE in the ioctl structure on DM_DEV_REMOVE or
DM_REMOVE_ALL ioctl.
On return from DM_DEV_REMOVE, the flag DM_DEFERRED_REMOVE indicates if
the device was removed immediately or flagged to be removed on close -
if the flag is clear, the device was removed.
On return from DM_DEV_STATUS and other ioctls, the flag
DM_DEFERRED_REMOVE is set if the device is scheduled to be removed on
closure.
A device that is scheduled to be deleted can be revived using the
message "@cancel_deferred_remove". This message clears the
DMF_DEFERRED_REMOVE flag so that the device won't be deleted on close.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h index f1e12bd40b3b..c8a4302093a3 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h @@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ enum { #define DM_DEV_SET_GEOMETRY _IOWR(DM_IOCTL, DM_DEV_SET_GEOMETRY_CMD, struct dm_ioctl) #define DM_VERSION_MAJOR 4 -#define DM_VERSION_MINOR 26 +#define DM_VERSION_MINOR 27 #define DM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL 0 -#define DM_VERSION_EXTRA "-ioctl (2013-08-15)" +#define DM_VERSION_EXTRA "-ioctl (2013-10-30)" /* Status bits */ #define DM_READONLY_FLAG (1 << 0) /* In/Out */ @@ -341,4 +341,15 @@ enum { */ #define DM_DATA_OUT_FLAG (1 << 16) /* Out */ +/* + * If set with DM_DEV_REMOVE or DM_REMOVE_ALL this indicates that if + * the device cannot be removed immediately because it is still in use + * it should instead be scheduled for removal when it gets closed. + * + * On return from DM_DEV_REMOVE, DM_DEV_STATUS or other ioctls, this + * flag indicates that the device is scheduled to be removed when it + * gets closed. + */ +#define DM_DEFERRED_REMOVE (1 << 17) /* In/Out */ + #endif /* _LINUX_DM_IOCTL_H */ |