1. 06 Sep, 2013 1 commit
    • Mikulas Patocka's avatar
      dm: add statistics support · fd2ed4d2
      Mikulas Patocka authored
      
      Support the collection of I/O statistics on user-defined regions of
      a DM device.  If no regions are defined no statistics are collected so
      there isn't any performance impact.  Only bio-based DM devices are
      currently supported.
      
      Each user-defined region specifies a starting sector, length and step.
      Individual statistics will be collected for each step-sized area within
      the range specified.
      
      The I/O statistics counters for each step-sized area of a region are
      in the same format as /sys/block/*/stat or /proc/diskstats but extra
      counters (12 and 13) are provided: total time spent reading and
      writing in milliseconds.  All these counters may be accessed by sending
      the @stats_print message to the appropriate DM device via dmsetup.
      
      The creation of DM statistics will allocate memory via kmalloc or
      fallback to using vmalloc space.  At most, 1/4 of the overall system
      memory may be allocated by DM statistics.  The admin can see how much
      memory is used by reading
      /sys/module/dm_mod/parameters/stats_current_allocated_bytes
      
      See Documentation/device-mapper/statistics.txt for more details.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
      fd2ed4d2
  2. 10 Jul, 2013 1 commit
    • Jim Ramsay's avatar
      dm: add switch target · 9d0eb0ab
      Jim Ramsay authored
      
      dm-switch is a new target that maps IO to underlying block devices
      efficiently when there is a large number of fixed-sized address regions
      but there is no simple pattern to allow for a compact mapping
      representation such as dm-stripe.
      
      Though we have developed this target for a specific storage device, Dell
      EqualLogic, we have made an effort to keep it as general purpose as
      possible in the hope that others may benefit.
      
      Originally developed by Jim Ramsay. Simplified by Mikulas Patocka.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJim Ramsay <jim_ramsay@dell.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
      9d0eb0ab
  3. 23 Mar, 2013 1 commit
  4. 01 Mar, 2013 3 commits
  5. 12 Oct, 2012 1 commit
  6. 28 Mar, 2012 1 commit
  7. 31 Oct, 2011 2 commits
    • Joe Thornber's avatar
      dm: add thin provisioning target · 991d9fa0
      Joe Thornber authored
      
      Initial EXPERIMENTAL implementation of device-mapper thin provisioning
      with snapshot support.  The 'thin' target is used to create instances of
      the virtual devices that are hosted in the 'thin-pool' target.  The
      thin-pool target provides data sharing among devices.  This sharing is
      made possible using the persistent-data library in the previous patch.
      
      The main highlight of this implementation, compared to the previous
      implementation of snapshots, is that it allows many virtual devices to
      be stored on the same data volume, simplifying administration and
      allowing sharing of data between volumes (thus reducing disk usage).
      
      Another big feature is support for arbitrary depth of recursive
      snapshots (snapshots of snapshots of snapshots ...).  The previous
      implementation of snapshots did this by chaining together lookup tables,
      and so performance was O(depth).  This new implementation uses a single
      data structure so we don't get this degradation with depth.
      
      For further information and examples of how to use this, please read
      Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJoe Thornber <thornber@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
      991d9fa0
    • Mikulas Patocka's avatar
      dm: add bufio · 95d402f0
      Mikulas Patocka authored
      
      The dm-bufio interface allows you to do cached I/O on devices,
      holding recently-read blocks in memory and performing delayed writes.
      
      We don't use buffer cache or page cache already present in the kernel, because:
      * we need to handle block sizes larger than a page
      * we can't allocate memory to perform reads or we'd have deadlocks
      
      Currently, when a cache is required, we limit its size to a fraction of
      available memory.  Usage can be viewed and changed in
      /sys/module/dm_bufio/parameters/ .
      
      The first user is thin provisioning, but more dm users are planned.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
      95d402f0
  8. 24 Mar, 2011 1 commit
  9. 13 Jan, 2011 1 commit
    • NeilBrown's avatar
      dm: raid456 basic support · 9d09e663
      NeilBrown authored
      
      This patch is the skeleton for the DM target that will be
      the bridge from DM to MD (initially RAID456 and later RAID1).  It
      provides a way to use device-mapper interfaces to the MD RAID456
      drivers.
      
      As with all device-mapper targets, the nominal public interfaces are the
      constructor (CTR) tables and the status outputs (both STATUSTYPE_INFO
      and STATUSTYPE_TABLE).  The CTR table looks like the following:
      
      1: <s> <l> raid \
      2:	<raid_type> <#raid_params> <raid_params> \
      3:	<#raid_devs> <meta_dev1> <dev1> .. <meta_devN> <devN>
      
      Line 1 contains the standard first three arguments to any device-mapper
      target - the start, length, and target type fields.  The target type in
      this case is "raid".
      
      Line 2 contains the arguments that define the particular raid
      type/personality/level, the required arguments for that raid type, and
      any optional arguments.  Possible raid types include: raid4, raid5_la,
      raid5_ls, raid5_rs, raid6_zr, raid6_nr, and raid6_nc.  (again, raid1 is
      planned for the future.)  The list of required and optional parameters
      is the same for all the current raid types.  The required parameters are
      positional, while the optional parameters are given as key/value pairs.
      The possible parameters are as follows:
       <chunk_size>		Chunk size in sectors.
       [[no]sync]		Force/Prevent RAID initialization
       [rebuild <idx>]	Rebuild the drive indicated by the index
       [daemon_sleep <ms>]	Time between bitmap daemon work to clear bits
       [min_recovery_rate <kB/sec/disk>]	Throttle RAID initialization
       [max_recovery_rate <kB/sec/disk>]	Throttle RAID initialization
       [max_write_behind <value>]		See '-write-behind=' (man mdadm)
       [stripe_cache <sectors>]		Stripe cache size for higher RAIDs
      
      Line 3 contains the list of devices that compose the array in
      metadata/data device pairs.  If the metadata is stored separately, a '-'
      is given for the metadata device position.  If a drive has failed or is
      missing at creation time, a '-' can be given for both the metadata and
      data drives for a given position.
      
      Examples:
      # RAID4 - 4 data drives, 1 parity
      # No metadata devices specified to hold superblock/bitmap info
      # Chunk size of 1MiB
      # (Lines separated for easy reading)
      0 1960893648 raid \
      	raid4 1 2048 \
      	5 - 8:17 - 8:33 - 8:49 - 8:65 - 8:81
      
      # RAID4 - 4 data drives, 1 parity (no metadata devices)
      # Chunk size of 1MiB, force RAID initialization,
      #	min recovery rate at 20 kiB/sec/disk
      0 1960893648 raid \
              raid4 4 2048 min_recovery_rate 20 sync\
              5 - 8:17 - 8:33 - 8:49 - 8:65 - 8:81
      
      Performing a 'dmsetup table' should display the CTR table used to
      construct the mapping (with possible reordering of optional
      parameters).
      
      Performing a 'dmsetup status' will yield information on the state and
      health of the array.  The output is as follows:
      1: <s> <l> raid \
      2:	<raid_type> <#devices> <1 health char for each dev> <resync_ratio>
      
      Line 1 is standard DM output.  Line 2 is best shown by example:
      	0 1960893648 raid raid4 5 AAAAA 2/490221568
      Here we can see the RAID type is raid4, there are 5 devices - all of
      which are 'A'live, and the array is 2/490221568 complete with recovery.
      
      Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
      Signed-off-by: default avatarNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
      9d09e663
  10. 29 Oct, 2009 1 commit
  11. 16 Oct, 2009 1 commit
  12. 22 Jun, 2009 3 commits
  13. 31 Mar, 2009 2 commits
    • Dan Williams's avatar
      md/raid6: move raid6 data processing to raid6_pq.ko · f701d589
      Dan Williams authored
      
      Move the raid6 data processing routines into a standalone module
      (raid6_pq) to prepare them to be called from async_tx wrappers and other
      non-md drivers/modules.  This precludes a circular dependency of raid456
      needing the async modules for data processing while those modules in
      turn depend on raid456 for the base level synchronous raid6 routines.
      
      To support this move:
      1/ The exportable definitions in raid6.h move to include/linux/raid/pq.h
      2/ The raid6_call, recovery calls, and table symbols are exported
      3/ Extra #ifdef __KERNEL__ statements to enable the userspace raid6test to
         compile
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
      f701d589
    • Christoph Hellwig's avatar
      cleanup drivers/md/Makefile · 2a40a8ae
      Christoph Hellwig authored
      
      Use the -y variables instead of the old -objs so we can easily add
      conditional objects to the modules.  Also always use += to add
      subobjects to avoid problems when placing additional objects in
      some place in the file.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
      2a40a8ae
  14. 06 Jan, 2009 2 commits
    • Alasdair G Kergon's avatar
      dm snapshot: split out exception store implementations · 4db6bfe0
      Alasdair G Kergon authored
      
      Move the existing snapshot exception store implementations out into
      separate files.  Later patches will place these behind a new
      interface in preparation for alternative implementations.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
      4db6bfe0
    • Milan Broz's avatar
      dm: add name and uuid to sysfs · 784aae73
      Milan Broz authored
      
      Implement simple read-only sysfs entry for device-mapper block device.
      
      This patch adds a simple sysfs directory named "dm" under block device
      properties and implements
      	- name attribute (string containing mapped device name)
      	- uuid attribute (string containing UUID, or empty string if not set)
      
      The kobject is embedded in mapped_device struct, so no additional
      memory allocation is needed for initializing sysfs entry.
      
      During the processing of sysfs attribute we need to lock mapped device
      which is done by a new function dm_get_from_kobj, which returns the md
      associated with kobject and increases the usage count.
      
      Each 'show attribute' function is responsible for its own locking.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMilan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
      784aae73
  15. 21 Oct, 2008 1 commit
  16. 05 Jun, 2008 2 commits
  17. 25 Apr, 2008 2 commits
  18. 20 Oct, 2007 2 commits
  19. 13 Jul, 2007 1 commit
    • Dan Williams's avatar
      xor: make 'xor_blocks' a library routine for use with async_tx · 685784aa
      Dan Williams authored
      
      The async_tx api tries to use a dma engine for an operation, but will fall
      back to an optimized software routine otherwise.  Xor support is
      implemented using the raid5 xor routines.  For organizational purposes this
      routine is moved to a common area.
      
      The following fixes are also made:
      * rename xor_block => xor_blocks, suggested by Adrian Bunk
      * ensure that xor.o initializes before md.o in the built-in case
      * checkpatch.pl fixes
      * mark calibrate_xor_blocks __init, Adrian Bunk
      
      Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
      Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
      Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
      685784aa
  20. 12 Jul, 2007 1 commit
  21. 09 May, 2007 1 commit
  22. 26 Jun, 2006 1 commit
  23. 22 Jun, 2005 1 commit
    • NeilBrown's avatar
      [PATCH] md: optimised resync using Bitmap based intent logging · 32a7627c
      NeilBrown authored
      
      With this patch, the intent to write to some block in the array can be logged
      to a bitmap file.  Each bit represents some number of sectors and is set
      before any update happens, and only cleared when all writes relating to all
      sectors are complete.
      
      After an unclean shutdown, information in this bitmap can be used to optimise
      resync - only sectors which could be out-of-sync need to be updated.
      
      Also if a drive is removed and then added back into an array, the recovery can
      make use of the bitmap to optimise reconstruction.  This is not implemented in
      this patch.
      
      Currently the bitmap is stored in a file which must (obviously) be stored on a
      separate device.
      
      The patch only provided infrastructure.  It does not update any personalities
      to bitmap intent logging.
      
      Md arrays can still be used with no bitmap file.  This patch has minimal
      impact on such arrays.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarNeil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      32a7627c
  24. 16 Apr, 2005 1 commit
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Linux-2.6.12-rc2 · 1da177e4
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
      even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
      archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
      3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
      git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
      infrastructure for it.
      
      Let it rip!
      1da177e4