linux/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-transaction-manager.h
Joe Thornber 4646015d7e dm transaction manager: add support for prefetching blocks of metadata
Introduce the dm_tm_issue_prefetches interface.  If you're using a
non-blocking clone the tm will build up a list of requested blocks that
weren't in core.  dm_tm_issue_prefetches will request those blocks to be
prefetched.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
2014-11-10 15:25:26 -05:00

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
*
* This file is released under the GPL.
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_DM_TRANSACTION_MANAGER_H
#define _LINUX_DM_TRANSACTION_MANAGER_H
#include "dm-block-manager.h"
struct dm_transaction_manager;
struct dm_space_map;
/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
* This manages the scope of a transaction. It also enforces immutability
* of the on-disk data structures by limiting access to writeable blocks.
*
* Clients should not fiddle with the block manager directly.
*/
void dm_tm_destroy(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm);
/*
* The non-blocking version of a transaction manager is intended for use in
* fast path code that needs to do lookups e.g. a dm mapping function.
* You create the non-blocking variant from a normal tm. The interface is
* the same, except that most functions will just return -EWOULDBLOCK.
* Methods that return void yet may block should not be called on a clone
* viz. dm_tm_inc, dm_tm_dec. Call dm_tm_destroy() as you would with a normal
* tm when you've finished with it. You may not destroy the original prior
* to clones.
*/
struct dm_transaction_manager *dm_tm_create_non_blocking_clone(struct dm_transaction_manager *real);
/*
* We use a 2-phase commit here.
*
* i) Make all changes for the transaction *except* for the superblock.
* Then call dm_tm_pre_commit() to flush them to disk.
*
* ii) Lock your superblock. Update. Then call dm_tm_commit() which will
* unlock the superblock and flush it. No other blocks should be updated
* during this period. Care should be taken to never unlock a partially
* updated superblock; perform any operations that could fail *before* you
* take the superblock lock.
*/
int dm_tm_pre_commit(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm);
int dm_tm_commit(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, struct dm_block *superblock);
/*
* These methods are the only way to get hold of a writeable block.
*/
/*
* dm_tm_new_block() is pretty self-explanatory. Make sure you do actually
* write to the whole of @data before you unlock, otherwise you could get
* a data leak. (The other option is for tm_new_block() to zero new blocks
* before handing them out, which will be redundant in most, if not all,
* cases).
* Zeroes the new block and returns with write lock held.
*/
int dm_tm_new_block(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm,
struct dm_block_validator *v,
struct dm_block **result);
/*
* dm_tm_shadow_block() allocates a new block and copies the data from @orig
* to it. It then decrements the reference count on original block. Use
* this to update the contents of a block in a data structure, don't
* confuse this with a clone - you shouldn't access the orig block after
* this operation. Because the tm knows the scope of the transaction it
* can optimise requests for a shadow of a shadow to a no-op. Don't forget
* to unlock when you've finished with the shadow.
*
* The @inc_children flag is used to tell the caller whether it needs to
* adjust reference counts for children. (Data in the block may refer to
* other blocks.)
*
* Shadowing implicitly drops a reference on @orig so you must not have
* it locked when you call this.
*/
int dm_tm_shadow_block(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, dm_block_t orig,
struct dm_block_validator *v,
struct dm_block **result, int *inc_children);
/*
* Read access. You can lock any block you want. If there's a write lock
* on it outstanding then it'll block.
*/
int dm_tm_read_lock(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, dm_block_t b,
struct dm_block_validator *v,
struct dm_block **result);
int dm_tm_unlock(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, struct dm_block *b);
/*
* Functions for altering the reference count of a block directly.
*/
void dm_tm_inc(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, dm_block_t b);
void dm_tm_dec(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, dm_block_t b);
int dm_tm_ref(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm, dm_block_t b,
uint32_t *result);
struct dm_block_manager *dm_tm_get_bm(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm);
/*
* If you're using a non-blocking clone the tm will build up a list of
* requested blocks that weren't in core. This call will request those
* blocks to be prefetched.
*/
void dm_tm_issue_prefetches(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm);
/*
* A little utility that ties the knot by producing a transaction manager
* that has a space map managed by the transaction manager...
*
* Returns a tm that has an open transaction to write the new disk sm.
* Caller should store the new sm root and commit.
*
* The superblock location is passed so the metadata space map knows it
* shouldn't be used.
*/
int dm_tm_create_with_sm(struct dm_block_manager *bm, dm_block_t sb_location,
struct dm_transaction_manager **tm,
struct dm_space_map **sm);
int dm_tm_open_with_sm(struct dm_block_manager *bm, dm_block_t sb_location,
void *sm_root, size_t root_len,
struct dm_transaction_manager **tm,
struct dm_space_map **sm);
#endif /* _LINUX_DM_TRANSACTION_MANAGER_H */