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dm: add cache target
authorJoe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Fri, 1 Mar 2013 22:45:51 +0000 (22:45 +0000)
committerAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Fri, 1 Mar 2013 22:45:51 +0000 (22:45 +0000)
commit583abdd06fb81b95b26c40c9d59f3defc97c4aef
tree1fb20e6ca157ebfbf2c97ae022fc6ba3e0550dd6
parent9decf97532194af3b9cd685830fd003fec517d75
dm: add cache target

Add a target that allows a fast device such as an SSD to be used as a
cache for a slower device such as a disk.

A plug-in architecture was chosen so that the decisions about which data
to migrate and when are delegated to interchangeable tunable policy
modules.  The first general purpose module we have developed, called
"mq" (multiqueue), follows in the next patch.  Other modules are
under development.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <mauelshagen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
13 files changed:
Documentation/device-mapper/cache.txt [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/md/Kconfig
drivers/md/Makefile
drivers/md/dm-bio-prison.c
drivers/md/dm-bio-prison.h
drivers/md/dm-cache-block-types.h [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.h [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-internal.h [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/md/dm-cache-policy.c [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/md/dm-cache-policy.h [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.c