2 * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat. All rights reserved.
4 * This file is released under the GPL.
7 #ifndef DM_CACHE_POLICY_H
8 #define DM_CACHE_POLICY_H
10 #include "dm-cache-block-types.h"
12 #include <linux/device-mapper.h>
14 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
17 * The cache policy makes the important decisions about which blocks get to
18 * live on the faster cache device.
20 enum policy_operation {
27 * This is the instruction passed back to the core target.
30 enum policy_operation op;
36 * The cache policy object. It is envisaged that this structure will be
37 * embedded in a bigger, policy specific structure (ie. use container_of()).
39 struct dm_cache_policy {
41 * Destroys this object.
43 void (*destroy)(struct dm_cache_policy *p);
46 * Find the location of a block.
50 * Returns 0 if in cache (cblock will be set), -ENOENT if not, < 0 for
51 * other errors (-EWOULDBLOCK would be typical). data_dir should be
52 * READ or WRITE. fast_copy should be set if migrating this block would
53 * be 'cheap' somehow (eg, discarded data). background_queued will be set
54 * if a migration has just been queued.
56 int (*lookup)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock, dm_cblock_t *cblock,
57 int data_dir, bool fast_copy, bool *background_queued);
60 * Sometimes the core target can optimise a migration, eg, the
61 * block may be discarded, or the bio may cover an entire block.
62 * In order to optimise it needs the migration immediately though
63 * so it knows to do something different with the bio.
65 * This method is optional (policy-internal will fallback to using
68 int (*lookup_with_work)(struct dm_cache_policy *p,
69 dm_oblock_t oblock, dm_cblock_t *cblock,
70 int data_dir, bool fast_copy,
71 struct policy_work **work);
74 * Retrieves background work. Returns -ENODATA when there's no
77 int (*get_background_work)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, bool idle,
78 struct policy_work **result);
81 * You must pass in the same work pointer that you were given, not
84 void (*complete_background_work)(struct dm_cache_policy *p,
85 struct policy_work *work,
88 void (*set_dirty)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_cblock_t cblock);
89 void (*clear_dirty)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_cblock_t cblock);
92 * Called when a cache target is first created. Used to load a
93 * mapping from the metadata device into the policy.
95 int (*load_mapping)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t oblock,
96 dm_cblock_t cblock, bool dirty,
97 uint32_t hint, bool hint_valid);
100 * Drops the mapping, irrespective of whether it's clean or dirty.
101 * Returns -ENODATA if cblock is not mapped.
103 int (*invalidate_mapping)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_cblock_t cblock);
106 * Gets the hint for a given cblock. Called in a single threaded
107 * context. So no locking required.
109 uint32_t (*get_hint)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_cblock_t cblock);
112 * How full is the cache?
114 dm_cblock_t (*residency)(struct dm_cache_policy *p);
117 * Because of where we sit in the block layer, we can be asked to
118 * map a lot of little bios that are all in the same block (no
119 * queue merging has occurred). To stop the policy being fooled by
120 * these, the core target sends regular tick() calls to the policy.
121 * The policy should only count an entry as hit once per tick.
123 * This method is optional.
125 void (*tick)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, bool can_block);
130 int (*emit_config_values)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, char *result,
131 unsigned maxlen, ssize_t *sz_ptr);
132 int (*set_config_value)(struct dm_cache_policy *p,
133 const char *key, const char *value);
135 void (*allow_migrations)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, bool allow);
138 * Book keeping ptr for the policy register, not for general use.
143 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
146 * We maintain a little register of the different policy types.
148 #define CACHE_POLICY_NAME_SIZE 16
149 #define CACHE_POLICY_VERSION_SIZE 3
151 struct dm_cache_policy_type {
152 /* For use by the register code only. */
153 struct list_head list;
156 * Policy writers should fill in these fields. The name field is
157 * what gets passed on the target line to select your policy.
159 char name[CACHE_POLICY_NAME_SIZE];
160 unsigned version[CACHE_POLICY_VERSION_SIZE];
163 * For use by an alias dm_cache_policy_type to point to the
164 * real dm_cache_policy_type.
166 struct dm_cache_policy_type *real;
169 * Policies may store a hint for each cache block.
170 * Currently the size of this hint must be 0 or 4 bytes but we
171 * expect to relax this in future.
175 struct module *owner;
176 struct dm_cache_policy *(*create)(dm_cblock_t cache_size,
177 sector_t origin_size,
178 sector_t block_size);
181 int dm_cache_policy_register(struct dm_cache_policy_type *type);
182 void dm_cache_policy_unregister(struct dm_cache_policy_type *type);
184 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
186 #endif /* DM_CACHE_POLICY_H */