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<title>dm table: set flush capability based on underlying devices</title>
<updated>2011-08-02T11:32:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mike Snitzer</name>
<email>snitzer@redhat.com</email>
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<published>2011-08-02T11:32:08+00:00</published>
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DM has always advertised both REQ_FLUSH and REQ_FUA flush capabilities
regardless of whether or not a given DM device's underlying devices
also advertised a need for them.

Block's flush-merge changes from 2.6.39 have proven to be more costly
for DM devices.  Performance regressions have been reported even when
DM's underlying devices do not advertise that they have a write cache.

Fix the performance regressions by configuring a DM device's flushing
capabilities based on those of the underlying devices' capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer &lt;snitzer@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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DM has always advertised both REQ_FLUSH and REQ_FUA flush capabilities
regardless of whether or not a given DM device's underlying devices
also advertised a need for them.

Block's flush-merge changes from 2.6.39 have proven to be more costly
for DM devices.  Performance regressions have been reported even when
DM's underlying devices do not advertise that they have a write cache.

Fix the performance regressions by configuring a DM device's flushing
capabilities based on those of the underlying devices' capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer &lt;snitzer@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dm crypt: optionally support discard requests</title>
<updated>2011-08-02T11:32:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Milan Broz</name>
<email>mbroz@redhat.com</email>
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<published>2011-08-02T11:32:08+00:00</published>
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Add optional parameter field to dmcrypt table and support
"allow_discards" option.

Discard requests bypass crypt queue processing. Bio is simple remapped
to underlying device.

Note that discard will be never enabled by default because of security
consequences.  It is up to the administrator to enable it for encrypted
devices.

(Note that userspace cryptsetup does not understand new optional
parameters yet.  Support for this will come later.  Until then, you
should use 'dmsetup' to enable and disable this.)

Signed-off-by: Milan Broz &lt;mbroz@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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Add optional parameter field to dmcrypt table and support
"allow_discards" option.

Discard requests bypass crypt queue processing. Bio is simple remapped
to underlying device.

Note that discard will be never enabled by default because of security
consequences.  It is up to the administrator to enable it for encrypted
devices.

(Note that userspace cryptsetup does not understand new optional
parameters yet.  Support for this will come later.  Until then, you
should use 'dmsetup' to enable and disable this.)

Signed-off-by: Milan Broz &lt;mbroz@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dm raid: add md raid1 support</title>
<updated>2011-08-02T11:32:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jonathan Brassow</name>
<email>jbrassow@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-02T11:32:07+00:00</published>
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Support the MD RAID1 personality through dm-raid.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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Support the MD RAID1 personality through dm-raid.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dm raid: support metadata devices</title>
<updated>2011-08-02T11:32:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jonathan Brassow</name>
<email>jbrassow@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-02T11:32:07+00:00</published>
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Add the ability to parse and use metadata devices to dm-raid.  Although
not strictly required, without the metadata devices, many features of
RAID are unavailable.  They are used to store a superblock and bitmap.

The role, or position in the array, of each device must be recorded in
its superblock.  This is to help with fault handling, array reshaping,
and sanity checks.  RAID 4/5/6 devices must be loaded in a specific order:
in this way, the 'array_position' field helps validate the correctness
of the mapping when it is loaded.  It can be used during reshaping to
identify which devices are added/removed.  Fault handling is impossible
without this field.  For example, when a device fails it is recorded in
the superblock.  If this is a RAID1 device and the offending device is
removed from the array, there must be a way during subsequent array
assembly to determine that the failed device was the one removed.  This
is done by correlating the 'array_position' field and the bit-field
variable 'failed_devices'.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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Add the ability to parse and use metadata devices to dm-raid.  Although
not strictly required, without the metadata devices, many features of
RAID are unavailable.  They are used to store a superblock and bitmap.

The role, or position in the array, of each device must be recorded in
its superblock.  This is to help with fault handling, array reshaping,
and sanity checks.  RAID 4/5/6 devices must be loaded in a specific order:
in this way, the 'array_position' field helps validate the correctness
of the mapping when it is loaded.  It can be used during reshaping to
identify which devices are added/removed.  Fault handling is impossible
without this field.  For example, when a device fails it is recorded in
the superblock.  If this is a RAID1 device and the offending device is
removed from the array, there must be a way during subsequent array
assembly to determine that the failed device was the one removed.  This
is done by correlating the 'array_position' field and the bit-field
variable 'failed_devices'.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dm raid: add write_mostly parameter</title>
<updated>2011-08-02T11:32:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jonathan Brassow</name>
<email>jbrassow@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-02T11:32:07+00:00</published>
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Add the write_mostly parameter to RAID1 dm-raid tables.

This allows the user to set the WriteMostly flag on a RAID1 device that
should normally be avoided for read I/O.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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Add the write_mostly parameter to RAID1 dm-raid tables.

This allows the user to set the WriteMostly flag on a RAID1 device that
should normally be avoided for read I/O.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dm raid: add region_size parameter</title>
<updated>2011-08-02T11:32:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jonathan Brassow</name>
<email>jbrassow@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-02T11:32:07+00:00</published>
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Allow the user to specify the region_size.

Ensures that the supplied value meets md's constraints, viz. the number of
regions does not exceed 2^21.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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Allow the user to specify the region_size.

Ensures that the supplied value meets md's constraints, viz. the number of
regions does not exceed 2^21.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dm ioctl: forbid multiple device specifiers</title>
<updated>2011-08-02T11:32:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mikulas Patocka</name>
<email>mpatocka@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-02T11:32:06+00:00</published>
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Exactly one of name, uuid or device must be specified when referencing
an existing device.  This removes the ambiguity (risking the wrong
device being updated) if two conflicting parameters were specified.
Previously one parameter got used and any others were ignored silently.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka &lt;mpatocka@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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Exactly one of name, uuid or device must be specified when referencing
an existing device.  This removes the ambiguity (risking the wrong
device being updated) if two conflicting parameters were specified.
Previously one parameter got used and any others were ignored silently.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka &lt;mpatocka@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dm ioctl: introduce __get_dev_cell</title>
<updated>2011-08-02T11:32:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mikulas Patocka</name>
<email>mpatocka@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-02T11:32:06+00:00</published>
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Move logic to find device based on major/minor number to a separate
function __get_dev_cell (similar to __get_uuid_cell and __get_name_cell).
This makes the function __find_device_hash_cell more straightforward.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka &lt;mpatocka@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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Move logic to find device based on major/minor number to a separate
function __get_dev_cell (similar to __get_uuid_cell and __get_name_cell).
This makes the function __find_device_hash_cell more straightforward.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka &lt;mpatocka@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dm ioctl: fill in device parameters in more ioctls</title>
<updated>2011-08-02T11:32:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mikulas Patocka</name>
<email>mpatocka@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-02T11:32:06+00:00</published>
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Move parameter filling from find_device to __find_device_hash_cell.

This patch causes ioctls using __find_device_hash_cell
(DM_DEV_REMOVE_CMD, DM_DEV_SUSPEND_CMD - resume, DM_TABLE_CLEAR_CMD)
to return device parameters, bringing them into line with the other
ioctls.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka &lt;mpatocka@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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Move parameter filling from find_device to __find_device_hash_cell.

This patch causes ioctls using __find_device_hash_cell
(DM_DEV_REMOVE_CMD, DM_DEV_SUSPEND_CMD - resume, DM_TABLE_CLEAR_CMD)
to return device parameters, bringing them into line with the other
ioctls.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka &lt;mpatocka@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>dm flakey: add corrupt_bio_byte feature</title>
<updated>2011-08-02T11:32:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mike Snitzer</name>
<email>snitzer@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-02T11:32:06+00:00</published>
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Add corrupt_bio_byte feature to simulate corruption by overwriting a byte at a
specified position with a specified value during intervals when the device is
"down".

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer &lt;snitzer@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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Add corrupt_bio_byte feature to simulate corruption by overwriting a byte at a
specified position with a specified value during intervals when the device is
"down".

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer &lt;snitzer@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
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