1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
3 * Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat. All rights reserved.
5 * This file is released under the GPL.
8 #ifndef DM_CACHE_BACKGROUND_WORK_H
9 #define DM_CACHE_BACKGROUND_WORK_H
11 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
12 #include "dm-cache-policy.h"
14 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
17 * The cache policy decides what background work should be performed,
18 * such as promotions, demotions and writebacks. The core cache target
19 * is in charge of performing the work, and does so when it sees fit.
21 * The background_tracker acts as a go between. Keeping track of future
22 * work that the policy has decided upon, and handing (issuing) it to
23 * the core target when requested.
25 * There is no locking in this, so calls will probably need to be
26 * protected with a spinlock.
29 struct background_work;
30 struct background_tracker;
33 * Create a new tracker, it will not be able to queue more than
36 struct background_tracker *btracker_create(unsigned int max_work);
39 * Destroy the tracker. No issued, but not complete, work should
40 * exist when this is called. It is fine to have queued but unissued
43 void btracker_destroy(struct background_tracker *b);
45 unsigned int btracker_nr_writebacks_queued(struct background_tracker *b);
46 unsigned int btracker_nr_demotions_queued(struct background_tracker *b);
49 * Queue some work within the tracker. 'work' should point to the work
50 * to queue, this will be copied (ownership doesn't pass). If pwork
51 * is not NULL then it will be set to point to the tracker's internal
54 * returns -EINVAL iff the work is already queued. -ENOMEM if the work
55 * couldn't be queued for another reason.
57 int btracker_queue(struct background_tracker *b,
58 struct policy_work *work,
59 struct policy_work **pwork);
62 * Hands out the next piece of work to be performed.
63 * Returns -ENODATA if there's no work.
65 int btracker_issue(struct background_tracker *b, struct policy_work **work);
68 * Informs the tracker that the work has been completed and it may forget
71 void btracker_complete(struct background_tracker *b, struct policy_work *op);
74 * Predicate to see if an origin block is already scheduled for promotion.
76 bool btracker_promotion_already_present(struct background_tracker *b,
79 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/