user/sven/linux.git/include/linux/device-mapper.h, branch v2.6.29.2

dm: support barriers on simple devices

2009-01-06T03:05:09Z

Implement barrier support for single device DM devices This patch implements barrier support in DM for the common case of dm linear just remapping a single underlying device. In this case we can safely pass the barrier through because there can be no reordering between devices. NB. Any DM device might cease to support barriers if it gets reconfigured so code must continue to allow for a possible -EOPNOTSUPP on every barrier bio submitted. - agk Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm request: extend target interface

2009-01-06T03:05:07Z

This patch adds the following target interfaces for request-based dm. map_rq : for mapping a request rq_end_io : for finishing a request busy : for avoiding performance regression from bio-based dm. Target can tell dm core not to map requests now, and that may help requests in the block layer queue to be bigger by I/O merging. In bio-based dm, this behavior is done by device drivers managing the block layer queue. But in request-based dm, dm core has to do that since dm core manages the block layer queue. Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm: consolidate target deregistration error handling

2009-01-06T03:04:58Z

Change dm_unregister_target to return void and use BUG() for error reporting. dm_unregister_target can only fail because of programming bug in the target driver. It can't fail because of user's behavior or disk errors. This patch changes unregister_target to return void and use BUG if someone tries to unregister non-registered target or unregister target that is in use. This patch removes code duplication (testing of error codes in all dm targets) and reports bugs in just one place, in dm_unregister_target. In some target drivers, these return codes were ignored, which could lead to a situation where bugs could be missed. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/bdev

2008-10-23T17:23:07Z

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/bdev: (66 commits) [PATCH] kill the rest of struct file propagation in block ioctls [PATCH] get rid of struct file use in blkdev_ioctl() BLKBSZSET [PATCH] get rid of blkdev_locked_ioctl() [PATCH] get rid of blkdev_driver_ioctl() [PATCH] sanitize blkdev_get() and friends [PATCH] remember mode of reiserfs journal [PATCH] propagate mode through swsusp_close() [PATCH] propagate mode through open_bdev_excl/close_bdev_excl [PATCH] pass fmode_t to blkdev_put() [PATCH] kill the unused bsize on the send side of /dev/loop [PATCH] trim file propagation in block/compat_ioctl.c [PATCH] end of methods switch: remove the old ones [PATCH] switch sr [PATCH] switch sd [PATCH] switch ide-scsi [PATCH] switch tape_block [PATCH] switch dcssblk [PATCH] switch dasd [PATCH] switch mtd_blkdevs [PATCH] switch mmc ...

dm: publish array_too_big

2008-10-21T16:44:57Z

Move array_too_big to include/linux/device-mapper.h because it is used by targets. Remove the test from dm-raid1 as the number of mirror legs is limited such that it can never fail. (Even for stripes it seems rather unlikely.) Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

[PATCH] lose unused arguments in dm ioctl callbacks

2008-10-21T11:47:18Z

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

[PATCH] introduce fmode_t, do annotations

2008-10-21T11:47:06Z

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

dm: publish dm_vcalloc

2008-10-10T12:37:12Z

Publish dm_vcalloc in include/linux/device-mapper.h because this function is used by targets. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm: publish dm_table_unplug_all

2008-10-10T12:37:11Z

Publish dm_table_unplug_all in include/linux/device-mapper.h because this function is used by targets. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm: publish dm_get_mapinfo

2008-10-10T12:37:10Z

Publish dm_get_mapinfo in include/linux/device-mapper.h because this function is used by targets. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon