an SSD to be used as a cache in front of a slower device. Cache
tuning is delegated to interchangeable policy modules so these can
be developed independently of the mechanics needed to shuffle the
data around.
Other than that, kcopyd users acquire a throttling parameter, ioctl
buffer usage gets streamlined, more mempool reliance is reduced
and there are a few other bug fixes and tidy-ups.
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Merge tag 'dm-3.9-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm
Pull device-mapper update from Alasdair G Kergon:
"The main addition here is a long-desired target framework to allow an
SSD to be used as a cache in front of a slower device. Cache tuning
is delegated to interchangeable policy modules so these can be
developed independently of the mechanics needed to shuffle the data
around.
Other than that, kcopyd users acquire a throttling parameter, ioctl
buffer usage gets streamlined, more mempool reliance is reduced and
there are a few other bug fixes and tidy-ups."
* tag 'dm-3.9-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm: (30 commits)
dm cache: add cleaner policy
dm cache: add mq policy
dm: add cache target
dm persistent data: add bitset
dm persistent data: add transactional array
dm thin: remove cells from stack
dm bio prison: pass cell memory in
dm persistent data: add btree_walk
dm: add target num_write_bios fn
dm kcopyd: introduce configurable throttling
dm ioctl: allow message to return data
dm ioctl: optimize functions without variable params
dm ioctl: introduce ioctl_flags
dm: merge io_pool and tio_pool
dm: remove unused _rq_bio_info_cache
dm: fix limits initialization when there are no data devices
dm snapshot: add missing module aliases
dm persistent data: set some btree fn parms const
dm: refactor bio cloning
dm: rename bio cloning functions
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