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)
commitc6b4fcbad044e6fffcc75bba160e720eb8d67d17
tree1fb20e6ca157ebfbf2c97ae022fc6ba3e0550dd6
parent7a87edfee75151abb69d47dba2277ff2de0f6071
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