dm writecache: flush origin device when writing and cache is full
authorMikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:45:55 +0000 (13:45 -0400)
committerMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:57:14 +0000 (12:57 -0400)
commitee55b92a7391bf871939330f662651b54be51b73
tree816934d46e7a67debf1b3612260750cbddb34b5d
parent293128b1ef5ae2cfa7403d54e183fe689ed5d303
dm writecache: flush origin device when writing and cache is full

Commit d53f1fafec9d086f1c5166436abefdaef30e0363 ("dm writecache: do
direct write if the cache is full") changed dm-writecache, so that it
writes directly to the origin device if the cache is full.
Unfortunately, it doesn't forward flush requests to the origin device,
so that there is a bug where flushes are being ignored.

Fix this by adding missing flush forwarding.

For PMEM mode, we fix this bug by disabling direct writes to the origin
device, because it performs better.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Fixes: d53f1fafec9d ("dm writecache: do direct write if the cache is full")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.7+
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
drivers/md/dm-writecache.c