dm: enable request based option
This patch enables request-based dm.
o Request-based dm and bio-based dm coexist, since there are
some target drivers which are more fitting to bio-based dm.
Also, there are other bio-based devices in the kernel
(e.g. md, loop).
Since bio-based device can't receive struct request,
there are some limitations on device stacking between
bio-based and request-based.
type of underlying device
bio-based request-based
----------------------------------------------
bio-based OK OK
request-based -- OK
The device type is recognized by the queue flag in the kernel,
so dm follows that.
o The type of a dm device is decided at the first table binding time.
Once the type of a dm device is decided, the type can't be changed.
o Mempool allocations are deferred to at the table loading time, since
mempools for request-based dm are different from those for bio-based
dm and needed mempool type is fixed by the type of table.
o Currently, request-based dm supports only tables that have a single
target. To support multiple targets, we need to support request
splitting or prevent bio/request from spanning multiple targets.
The former needs lots of changes in the block layer, and the latter
needs that all target drivers support merge() function.
Both will take a time.
Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 1c87173..7f77f18 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1050,6 +1050,12 @@
next = spec->next;
}
+ r = dm_table_set_type(table);
+ if (r) {
+ DMWARN("unable to set table type");
+ return r;
+ }
+
return dm_table_complete(table);
}
@@ -1095,6 +1101,13 @@
goto out;
}
+ r = dm_table_alloc_md_mempools(t);
+ if (r) {
+ DMWARN("unable to allocate mempools for this table");
+ dm_table_destroy(t);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
down_write(&_hash_lock);
hc = dm_get_mdptr(md);
if (!hc || hc->md != md) {