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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d9f14b8610ba --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/caching/netfs-api.rst @@ -0,0 +1,896 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=============================== +FS-Cache Network Filesystem API +=============================== + +There's an API by which a network filesystem can make use of the FS-Cache +facilities. This is based around a number of principles: + + (1) Caches can store a number of different object types. There are two main + object types: indices and files. The first is a special type used by + FS-Cache to make finding objects faster and to make retiring of groups of + objects easier. + + (2) Every index, file or other object is represented by a cookie. This cookie + may or may not have anything associated with it, but the netfs doesn't + need to care. + + (3) Barring the top-level index (one entry per cached netfs), the index + hierarchy for each netfs is structured according the whim of the netfs. + +This API is declared in <linux/fscache.h>. + +.. This document contains the following sections: + + (1) Network filesystem definition + (2) Index definition + (3) Object definition + (4) Network filesystem (un)registration + (5) Cache tag lookup + (6) Index registration + (7) Data file registration + (8) Miscellaneous object registration + (9) Setting the data file size + (10) Page alloc/read/write + (11) Page uncaching + (12) Index and data file consistency + (13) Cookie enablement + (14) Miscellaneous cookie operations + (15) Cookie unregistration + (16) Index invalidation + (17) Data file invalidation + (18) FS-Cache specific page flags. + + +Network Filesystem Definition +============================= + +FS-Cache needs a description of the network filesystem. This is specified +using a record of the following structure:: + + struct fscache_netfs { + uint32_t version; + const char *name; + struct fscache_cookie *primary_index; + ... + }; + +This first two fields should be filled in before registration, and the third +will be filled in by the registration function; any other fields should just be +ignored and are for internal use only. + +The fields are: + + (1) The name of the netfs (used as the key in the toplevel index). + + (2) The version of the netfs (if the name matches but the version doesn't, the + entire in-cache hierarchy for this netfs will be scrapped and begun + afresh). + + (3) The cookie representing the primary index will be allocated according to + another parameter passed into the registration function. + +For example, kAFS (linux/fs/afs/) uses the following definitions to describe +itself:: + + struct fscache_netfs afs_cache_netfs = { + .version = 0, + .name = "afs", + }; + + +Index Definition +================ + +Indices are used for two purposes: + + (1) To aid the finding of a file based on a series of keys (such as AFS's + "cell", "volume ID", "vnode ID"). + + (2) To make it easier to discard a subset of all the files cached based around + a particular key - for instance to mirror the removal of an AFS volume. + +However, since it's unlikely that any two netfs's are going to want to define +their index hierarchies in quite the same way, FS-Cache tries to impose as few +restraints as possible on how an index is structured and where it is placed in +the tree. The netfs can even mix indices and data files at the same level, but +it's not recommended. + +Each index entry consists of a key of indeterminate length plus some auxiliary +data, also of indeterminate length. + +There are some limits on indices: + + (1) Any index containing non-index objects should be restricted to a single + cache. Any such objects created within an index will be created in the + first cache only. The cache in which an index is created can be + controlled by cache tags (see below). + + (2) The entry data must be atomically journallable, so it is limited to about + 400 bytes at present. At least 400 bytes will be available. + + (3) The depth of the index tree should be judged with care as the search + function is recursive. Too many layers will run the kernel out of stack. + + +Object Definition +================= + +To define an object, a structure of the following type should be filled out:: + + struct fscache_cookie_def + { + uint8_t name[16]; + uint8_t type; + + struct fscache_cache_tag *(*select_cache)( + const void *parent_netfs_data, + const void *cookie_netfs_data); + + enum fscache_checkaux (*check_aux)(void *cookie_netfs_data, + const void *data, + uint16_t datalen, + loff_t object_size); + + void (*get_context)(void *cookie_netfs_data, void *context); + + void (*put_context)(void *cookie_netfs_data, void *context); + + void (*mark_pages_cached)(void *cookie_netfs_data, + struct address_space *mapping, + struct pagevec *cached_pvec); + }; + +This has the following fields: + + (1) The type of the object [mandatory]. + + This is one of the following values: + + FSCACHE_COOKIE_TYPE_INDEX + This defines an index, which is a special FS-Cache type. + + FSCACHE_COOKIE_TYPE_DATAFILE + This defines an ordinary data file. + + Any other value between 2 and 255 + This defines an extraordinary object such as an XATTR. + + (2) The name of the object type (NUL terminated unless all 16 chars are used) + [optional]. + + (3) A function to select the cache in which to store an index [optional]. + + This function is invoked when an index needs to be instantiated in a cache + during the instantiation of a non-index object. Only the immediate index + parent for the non-index object will be queried. Any indices above that + in the hierarchy may be stored in multiple caches. This function does not + need to be supplied for any non-index object or any index that will only + have index children. + + If this function is not supplied or if it returns NULL then the first + cache in the parent's list will be chosen, or failing that, the first + cache in the master list. + + (4) A function to check the auxiliary data [optional]. + + This function will be called to check that a match found in the cache for + this object is valid. For instance with AFS it could check the auxiliary + data against the data version number returned by the server to determine + whether the index entry in a cache is still valid. + + If this function is absent, it will be assumed that matching objects in a + cache are always valid. + + The function is also passed the cache's idea of the object size and may + use this to manage coherency also. + + If present, the function should return one of the following values: + + FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OKAY + - the entry is okay as is + + FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_NEEDS_UPDATE + - the entry requires update + + FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OBSOLETE + - the entry should be deleted + + This function can also be used to extract data from the auxiliary data in + the cache and copy it into the netfs's structures. + + (5) A pair of functions to manage contexts for the completion callback + [optional]. + + The cache read/write functions are passed a context which is then passed + to the I/O completion callback function. To ensure this context remains + valid until after the I/O completion is called, two functions may be + provided: one to get an extra reference on the context, and one to drop a + reference to it. + + If the context is not used or is a type of object that won't go out of + scope, then these functions are not required. These functions are not + required for indices as indices may not contain data. These functions may + be called in interrupt context and so may not sleep. + + (6) A function to mark a page as retaining cache metadata [optional]. + + This is called by the cache to indicate that it is retaining in-memory + information for this page and that the netfs should uncache the page when + it has finished. This does not indicate whether there's data on the disk + or not. Note that several pages at once may be presented for marking. + + The PG_fscache bit is set on the pages before this function would be + called, so the function need not be provided if this is sufficient. + + This function is not required for indices as they're not permitted data. + + (7) A function to unmark all the pages retaining cache metadata [mandatory]. + + This is called by FS-Cache to indicate that a backing store is being + unbound from a cookie and that all the marks on the pages should be + cleared to prevent confusion. Note that the cache will have torn down all + its tracking information so that the pages don't need to be explicitly + uncached. + + This function is not required for indices as they're not permitted data. + + +Network Filesystem (Un)registration +=================================== + +The first step is to declare the network filesystem to the cache. This also +involves specifying the layout of the primary index (for AFS, this would be the +"cell" level). + +The registration function is:: + + int fscache_register_netfs(struct fscache_netfs *netfs); + +It just takes a pointer to the netfs definition. It returns 0 or an error as +appropriate. + +For kAFS, registration is done as follows:: + + ret = fscache_register_netfs(&afs_cache_netfs); + +The last step is, of course, unregistration:: + + void fscache_unregister_netfs(struct fscache_netfs *netfs); + + +Cache Tag Lookup +================ + +FS-Cache permits the use of more than one cache. To permit particular index +subtrees to be bound to particular caches, the second step is to look up cache +representation tags. This step is optional; it can be left entirely up to +FS-Cache as to which cache should be used. The problem with doing that is that +FS-Cache will always pick the first cache that was registered. + +To get the representation for a named tag:: + + struct fscache_cache_tag *fscache_lookup_cache_tag(const char *name); + +This takes a text string as the name and returns a representation of a tag. It +will never return an error. It may return a dummy tag, however, if it runs out +of memory; this will inhibit caching with this tag. + +Any representation so obtained must be released by passing it to this function:: + + void fscache_release_cache_tag(struct fscache_cache_tag *tag); + +The tag will be retrieved by FS-Cache when it calls the object definition +operation select_cache(). + + +Index Registration +================== + +The third step is to inform FS-Cache about part of an index hierarchy that can +be used to locate files. This is done by requesting a cookie for each index in +the path to the file:: + + struct fscache_cookie * + fscache_acquire_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *parent, + const struct fscache_object_def *def, + const void *index_key, + size_t index_key_len, + const void *aux_data, + size_t aux_data_len, + void *netfs_data, + loff_t object_size, + bool enable); + +This function creates an index entry in the index represented by parent, +filling in the index entry by calling the operations pointed to by def. + +A unique key that represents the object within the parent must be pointed to by +index_key and is of length index_key_len. + +An optional blob of auxiliary data that is to be stored within the cache can be +pointed to with aux_data and should be of length aux_data_len. This would +typically be used for storing coherency data. + +The netfs may pass an arbitrary value in netfs_data and this will be presented +to it in the event of any calling back. This may also be used in tracing or +logging of messages. + +The cache tracks the size of the data attached to an object and this set to be +object_size. For indices, this should be 0. This value will be passed to the +->check_aux() callback. + +Note that this function never returns an error - all errors are handled +internally. It may, however, return NULL to indicate no cookie. It is quite +acceptable to pass this token back to this function as the parent to another +acquisition (or even to the relinquish cookie, read page and write page +functions - see below). + +Note also that no indices are actually created in a cache until a non-index +object needs to be created somewhere down the hierarchy. Furthermore, an index +may be created in several different caches independently at different times. +This is all handled transparently, and the netfs doesn't see any of it. + +A cookie will be created in the disabled state if enabled is false. A cookie +must be enabled to do anything with it. A disabled cookie can be enabled by +calling fscache_enable_cookie() (see below). + +For example, with AFS, a cell would be added to the primary index. This index +entry would have a dependent inode containing volume mappings within this cell:: + + cell->cache = + fscache_acquire_cookie(afs_cache_netfs.primary_index, + &afs_cell_cache_index_def, + cell->name, strlen(cell->name), + NULL, 0, + cell, 0, true); + +And then a particular volume could be added to that index by ID, creating +another index for vnodes (AFS inode equivalents):: + + volume->cache = + fscache_acquire_cookie(volume->cell->cache, + &afs_volume_cache_index_def, + &volume->vid, sizeof(volume->vid), + NULL, 0, + volume, 0, true); + + +Data File Registration +====================== + +The fourth step is to request a data file be created in the cache. This is +identical to index cookie acquisition. The only difference is that the type in +the object definition should be something other than index type:: + + vnode->cache = + fscache_acquire_cookie(volume->cache, + &afs_vnode_cache_object_def, + &key, sizeof(key), + &aux, sizeof(aux), + vnode, vnode->status.size, true); + + +Miscellaneous Object Registration +================================= + +An optional step is to request an object of miscellaneous type be created in +the cache. This is almost identical to index cookie acquisition. The only +difference is that the type in the object definition should be something other +than index type. While the parent object could be an index, it's more likely +it would be some other type of object such as a data file:: + + xattr->cache = + fscache_acquire_cookie(vnode->cache, + &afs_xattr_cache_object_def, + &xattr->name, strlen(xattr->name), + NULL, 0, + xattr, strlen(xattr->val), true); + +Miscellaneous objects might be used to store extended attributes or directory +entries for example. + + +Setting the Data File Size +========================== + +The fifth step is to set the physical attributes of the file, such as its size. +This doesn't automatically reserve any space in the cache, but permits the +cache to adjust its metadata for data tracking appropriately:: + + int fscache_attr_changed(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); + +The cache will return -ENOBUFS if there is no backing cache or if there is no +space to allocate any extra metadata required in the cache. + +Note that attempts to read or write data pages in the cache over this size may +be rebuffed with -ENOBUFS. + +This operation schedules an attribute adjustment to happen asynchronously at +some point in the future, and as such, it may happen after the function returns +to the caller. The attribute adjustment excludes read and write operations. + + +Page alloc/read/write +===================== + +And the sixth step is to store and retrieve pages in the cache. There are +three functions that are used to do this. + +Note: + + (1) A page should not be re-read or re-allocated without uncaching it first. + + (2) A read or allocated page must be uncached when the netfs page is released + from the pagecache. + + (3) A page should only be written to the cache if previous read or allocated. + +This permits the cache to maintain its page tracking in proper order. + + +PAGE READ +--------- + +Firstly, the netfs should ask FS-Cache to examine the caches and read the +contents cached for a particular page of a particular file if present, or else +allocate space to store the contents if not:: + + typedef + void (*fscache_rw_complete_t)(struct page *page, + void *context, + int error); + + int fscache_read_or_alloc_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + struct page *page, + fscache_rw_complete_t end_io_func, + void *context, + gfp_t gfp); + +The cookie argument must specify a cookie for an object that isn't an index, +the page specified will have the data loaded into it (and is also used to +specify the page number), and the gfp argument is used to control how any +memory allocations made are satisfied. + +If the cookie indicates the inode is not cached: + + (1) The function will return -ENOBUFS. + +Else if there's a copy of the page resident in the cache: + + (1) The mark_pages_cached() cookie operation will be called on that page. + + (2) The function will submit a request to read the data from the cache's + backing device directly into the page specified. + + (3) The function will return 0. + + (4) When the read is complete, end_io_func() will be invoked with: + + * The netfs data supplied when the cookie was created. + + * The page descriptor. + + * The context argument passed to the above function. This will be + maintained with the get_context/put_context functions mentioned above. + + * An argument that's 0 on success or negative for an error code. + + If an error occurs, it should be assumed that the page contains no usable + data. fscache_readpages_cancel() may need to be called. + + end_io_func() will be called in process context if the read is results in + an error, but it might be called in interrupt context if the read is + successful. + +Otherwise, if there's not a copy available in cache, but the cache may be able +to store the page: + + (1) The mark_pages_cached() cookie operation will be called on that page. + + (2) A block may be reserved in the cache and attached to the object at the + appropriate place. + + (3) The function will return -ENODATA. + +This function may also return -ENOMEM or -EINTR, in which case it won't have +read any data from the cache. + + +Page Allocate +------------- + +Alternatively, if there's not expected to be any data in the cache for a page +because the file has been extended, a block can simply be allocated instead:: + + int fscache_alloc_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + struct page *page, + gfp_t gfp); + +This is similar to the fscache_read_or_alloc_page() function, except that it +never reads from the cache. It will return 0 if a block has been allocated, +rather than -ENODATA as the other would. One or the other must be performed +before writing to the cache. + +The mark_pages_cached() cookie operation will be called on the page if +successful. + + +Page Write +---------- + +Secondly, if the netfs changes the contents of the page (either due to an +initial download or if a user performs a write), then the page should be +written back to the cache:: + + int fscache_write_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + struct page *page, + loff_t object_size, + gfp_t gfp); + +The cookie argument must specify a data file cookie, the page specified should +contain the data to be written (and is also used to specify the page number), +object_size is the revised size of the object and the gfp argument is used to +control how any memory allocations made are satisfied. + +The page must have first been read or allocated successfully and must not have +been uncached before writing is performed. + +If the cookie indicates the inode is not cached then: + + (1) The function will return -ENOBUFS. + +Else if space can be allocated in the cache to hold this page: + + (1) PG_fscache_write will be set on the page. + + (2) The function will submit a request to write the data to cache's backing + device directly from the page specified. + + (3) The function will return 0. + + (4) When the write is complete PG_fscache_write is cleared on the page and + anyone waiting for that bit will be woken up. + +Else if there's no space available in the cache, -ENOBUFS will be returned. It +is also possible for the PG_fscache_write bit to be cleared when no write took +place if unforeseen circumstances arose (such as a disk error). + +Writing takes place asynchronously. + + +Multiple Page Read +------------------ + +A facility is provided to read several pages at once, as requested by the +readpages() address space operation:: + + int fscache_read_or_alloc_pages(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + struct address_space *mapping, + struct list_head *pages, + int *nr_pages, + fscache_rw_complete_t end_io_func, + void *context, + gfp_t gfp); + +This works in a similar way to fscache_read_or_alloc_page(), except: + + (1) Any page it can retrieve data for is removed from pages and nr_pages and + dispatched for reading to the disk. Reads of adjacent pages on disk may + be merged for greater efficiency. + + (2) The mark_pages_cached() cookie operation will be called on several pages + at once if they're being read or allocated. + + (3) If there was an general error, then that error will be returned. + + Else if some pages couldn't be allocated or read, then -ENOBUFS will be + returned. + + Else if some pages couldn't be read but were allocated, then -ENODATA will + be returned. + + Otherwise, if all pages had reads dispatched, then 0 will be returned, the + list will be empty and ``*nr_pages`` will be 0. + + (4) end_io_func will be called once for each page being read as the reads + complete. It will be called in process context if error != 0, but it may + be called in interrupt context if there is no error. + +Note that a return of -ENODATA, -ENOBUFS or any other error does not preclude +some of the pages being read and some being allocated. Those pages will have +been marked appropriately and will need uncaching. + + +Cancellation of Unread Pages +---------------------------- + +If one or more pages are passed to fscache_read_or_alloc_pages() but not then +read from the cache and also not read from the underlying filesystem then +those pages will need to have any marks and reservations removed. This can be +done by calling:: + + void fscache_readpages_cancel(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + struct list_head *pages); + +prior to returning to the caller. The cookie argument should be as passed to +fscache_read_or_alloc_pages(). Every page in the pages list will be examined +and any that have PG_fscache set will be uncached. + + +Page Uncaching +============== + +To uncache a page, this function should be called:: + + void fscache_uncache_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + struct page *page); + +This function permits the cache to release any in-memory representation it +might be holding for this netfs page. This function must be called once for +each page on which the read or write page functions above have been called to +make sure the cache's in-memory tracking information gets torn down. + +Note that pages can't be explicitly deleted from the a data file. The whole +data file must be retired (see the relinquish cookie function below). + +Furthermore, note that this does not cancel the asynchronous read or write +operation started by the read/alloc and write functions, so the page +invalidation functions must use:: + + bool fscache_check_page_write(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + struct page *page); + +to see if a page is being written to the cache, and:: + + void fscache_wait_on_page_write(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + struct page *page); + +to wait for it to finish if it is. + + +When releasepage() is being implemented, a special FS-Cache function exists to +manage the heuristics of coping with vmscan trying to eject pages, which may +conflict with the cache trying to write pages to the cache (which may itself +need to allocate memory):: + + bool fscache_maybe_release_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + struct page *page, + gfp_t gfp); + +This takes the netfs cookie, and the page and gfp arguments as supplied to +releasepage(). It will return false if the page cannot be released yet for +some reason and if it returns true, the page has been uncached and can now be +released. + +To make a page available for release, this function may wait for an outstanding +storage request to complete, or it may attempt to cancel the storage request - +in which case the page will not be stored in the cache this time. + + +Bulk Image Page Uncache +----------------------- + +A convenience routine is provided to perform an uncache on all the pages +attached to an inode. This assumes that the pages on the inode correspond on a +1:1 basis with the pages in the cache:: + + void fscache_uncache_all_inode_pages(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + struct inode *inode); + +This takes the netfs cookie that the pages were cached with and the inode that +the pages are attached to. This function will wait for pages to finish being +written to the cache and for the cache to finish with the page generally. No +error is returned. + + +Index and Data File consistency +=============================== + +To find out whether auxiliary data for an object is up to data within the +cache, the following function can be called:: + + int fscache_check_consistency(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + const void *aux_data); + +This will call back to the netfs to check whether the auxiliary data associated +with a cookie is correct; if aux_data is non-NULL, it will update the auxiliary +data buffer first. It returns 0 if it is and -ESTALE if it isn't; it may also +return -ENOMEM and -ERESTARTSYS. + +To request an update of the index data for an index or other object, the +following function should be called:: + + void fscache_update_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + const void *aux_data); + +This function will update the cookie's auxiliary data buffer from aux_data if +that is non-NULL and then schedule this to be stored on disk. The update +method in the parent index definition will be called to transfer the data. + +Note that partial updates may happen automatically at other times, such as when +data blocks are added to a data file object. + + +Cookie Enablement +================= + +Cookies exist in one of two states: enabled and disabled. If a cookie is +disabled, it ignores all attempts to acquire child cookies; check, update or +invalidate its state; allocate, read or write backing pages - though it is +still possible to uncache pages and relinquish the cookie. + +The initial enablement state is set by fscache_acquire_cookie(), but the cookie +can be enabled or disabled later. To disable a cookie, call:: + + void fscache_disable_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + const void *aux_data, + bool invalidate); + +If the cookie is not already disabled, this locks the cookie against other +enable and disable ops, marks the cookie as being disabled, discards or +invalidates any backing objects and waits for cessation of activity on any +associated object before unlocking the cookie. + +All possible failures are handled internally. The caller should consider +calling fscache_uncache_all_inode_pages() afterwards to make sure all page +markings are cleared up. + +Cookies can be enabled or reenabled with:: + + void fscache_enable_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + const void *aux_data, + loff_t object_size, + bool (*can_enable)(void *data), + void *data) + +If the cookie is not already enabled, this locks the cookie against other +enable and disable ops, invokes can_enable() and, if the cookie is not an index +cookie, will begin the procedure of acquiring backing objects. + +The optional can_enable() function is passed the data argument and returns a +ruling as to whether or not enablement should actually be permitted to begin. + +All possible failures are handled internally. The cookie will only be marked +as enabled if provisional backing objects are allocated. + +The object's data size is updated from object_size and is passed to the +->check_aux() function. + +In both cases, the cookie's auxiliary data buffer is updated from aux_data if +that is non-NULL inside the enablement lock before proceeding. + + +Miscellaneous Cookie operations +=============================== + +There are a number of operations that can be used to control cookies: + + * Cookie pinning:: + + int fscache_pin_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); + void fscache_unpin_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); + + These operations permit data cookies to be pinned into the cache and to + have the pinning removed. They are not permitted on index cookies. + + The pinning function will return 0 if successful, -ENOBUFS in the cookie + isn't backed by a cache, -EOPNOTSUPP if the cache doesn't support pinning, + -ENOSPC if there isn't enough space to honour the operation, -ENOMEM or + -EIO if there's any other problem. + + * Data space reservation:: + + int fscache_reserve_space(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, loff_t size); + + This permits a netfs to request cache space be reserved to store up to the + given amount of a file. It is permitted to ask for more than the current + size of the file to allow for future file expansion. + + If size is given as zero then the reservation will be cancelled. + + The function will return 0 if successful, -ENOBUFS in the cookie isn't + backed by a cache, -EOPNOTSUPP if the cache doesn't support reservations, + -ENOSPC if there isn't enough space to honour the operation, -ENOMEM or + -EIO if there's any other problem. + + Note that this doesn't pin an object in a cache; it can still be culled to + make space if it's not in use. + + +Cookie Unregistration +===================== + +To get rid of a cookie, this function should be called:: + + void fscache_relinquish_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, + const void *aux_data, + bool retire); + +If retire is non-zero, then the object will be marked for recycling, and all +copies of it will be removed from all active caches in which it is present. +Not only that but all child objects will also be retired. + +If retire is zero, then the object may be available again when next the +acquisition function is called. Retirement here will overrule the pinning on a +cookie. + +The cookie's auxiliary data will be updated from aux_data if that is non-NULL +so that the cache can lazily update it on disk. + +One very important note - relinquish must NOT be called for a cookie unless all +the cookies for "child" indices, objects and pages have been relinquished +first. + + +Index Invalidation +================== + +There is no direct way to invalidate an index subtree. To do this, the caller +should relinquish and retire the cookie they have, and then acquire a new one. + + +Data File Invalidation +====================== + +Sometimes it will be necessary to invalidate an object that contains data. +Typically this will be necessary when the server tells the netfs of a foreign +change - at which point the netfs has to throw away all the state it had for an +inode and reload from the server. + +To indicate that a cache object should be invalidated, the following function +can be called:: + + void fscache_invalidate(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); + +This can be called with spinlocks held as it defers the work to a thread pool. +All extant storage, retrieval and attribute change ops at this point are +cancelled and discarded. Some future operations will be rejected until the +cache has had a chance to insert a barrier in the operations queue. After +that, operations will be queued again behind the invalidation operation. + +The invalidation operation will perform an attribute change operation and an +auxiliary data update operation as it is very likely these will have changed. + +Using the following function, the netfs can wait for the invalidation operation +to have reached a point at which it can start submitting ordinary operations +once again:: + + void fscache_wait_on_invalidate(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); + + +FS-cache Specific Page Flag +=========================== + +FS-Cache makes use of a page flag, PG_private_2, for its own purpose. This is +given the alternative name PG_fscache. + +PG_fscache is used to indicate that the page is known by the cache, and that +the cache must be informed if the page is going to go away. It's an indication +to the netfs that the cache has an interest in this page, where an interest may +be a pointer to it, resources allocated or reserved for it, or I/O in progress +upon it. + +The netfs can use this information in methods such as releasepage() to +determine whether it needs to uncache a page or update it. + +Furthermore, if this bit is set, releasepage() and invalidatepage() operations +will be called on a page to get rid of it, even if PG_private is not set. This +allows caching to attempted on a page before read_cache_pages() to be called +after fscache_read_or_alloc_pages() as the former will try and release pages it +was given under certain circumstances. + +This bit does not overlap with such as PG_private. This means that FS-Cache +can be used with a filesystem that uses the block buffering code. + +There are a number of operations defined on this flag:: + + int PageFsCache(struct page *page); + void SetPageFsCache(struct page *page) + void ClearPageFsCache(struct page *page) + int TestSetPageFsCache(struct page *page) + int TestClearPageFsCache(struct page *page) + +These functions are bit test, bit set, bit clear, bit test and set and bit +test and clear operations on PG_fscache. |