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[PATCH] md: add write-behind support for md/raid1

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If a device is flagged 'WriteMostly' and the array has a bitmap, and the
bitmap superblock indicates that write_behind is allowed, then write_behind is
enabled for WriteMostly devices.

Write requests will be acknowledges as complete to the caller (via b_end_io)
when all non-WriteMostly devices have completed the write, but will not be
cleared from the bitmap until all devices complete.

This requires memory allocation to make a local copy of the data being
written.  If there is insufficient memory, then we fall-back on normal write
semantics.

Signed-Off-By: Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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NeilBrown
2005-09-09 16:23:47 -07:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 8ddf9efe67
commit 4b6d287f62
5 changed files with 165 additions and 16 deletions
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include/linux/raid/raid1.h
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@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ struct r1bio_s {
atomic_t remaining; /* 'have we finished' count,
* used from IRQ handlers
*/
atomic_t behind_remaining; /* number of write-behind ios remaining
* in this BehindIO request
*/
sector_t sector;
int sectors;
unsigned long state;
@ -107,4 +110,14 @@ struct r1bio_s {
#define R1BIO_Uptodate 0
#define R1BIO_IsSync 1
#define R1BIO_Degraded 2
#define R1BIO_BehindIO 3
/* For write-behind requests, we call bi_end_io when
* the last non-write-behind device completes, providing
* any write was successful. Otherwise we call when
* any write-behind write succeeds, otherwise we call
* with failure when last write completes (and all failed).
* Record that bi_end_io was called with this flag...
*/
#define R1BIO_Returned 4
#endif