kernel.git/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c, branch linux-4.0.y

dm thin metadata: remove unused dm_pool_get_data_block_size()

2015-02-09T18:06:49Z

The thin-pool target doesn't display the data block size as part of its table status, unlike the dm-cache target, so there is no need for dm_pool_get_data_block_size(). This was found using cppcheck. Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm thin: prefetch missing metadata pages

2014-11-10T20:25:27Z

Prefetch metadata at the start of the worker thread and then again every 128th bio processed from the deferred list. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm thin metadata: change dm_thin_find_block to allow blocking, but not issuing, IO

2014-11-10T20:25:26Z

This change is a prerequisite for allowing metadata to be prefetched. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm thin metadata: do not allow the data block size to change

2014-07-15T18:05:26Z

The block size for the thin-pool's data device must remained fixed for the life of the thin-pool. Disallow any attempt to change the thin-pool's data block size. It should be noted that attempting to change the data block size via thin-pool table reload will be ignored as a side-effect of the thin-pool handover that the thin-pool target does during thin-pool table reload. Here is an example outcome of attempting to load a thin-pool table that reduced the thin-pool's data block size from 1024K to 512K. Before: kernel: device-mapper: thin: 253:4: growing the data device from 204800 to 409600 blocks After: kernel: device-mapper: thin metadata: changing the data block size (from 2048 to 1024) is not supported kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:4: thin-pool: Error creating metadata object kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Acked-by: Joe Thornber Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

dm: take care to copy the space map roots before locking the superblock

2014-03-27T20:56:23Z

In theory copying the space map root can fail, but in practice it never does because we're careful to check what size buffer is needed. But make certain we're able to copy the space map roots before locking the superblock. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # drop dm-era and dm-cache changes as needed

dm thin: ensure user takes action to validate data and metadata consistency

2014-03-05T20:25:35Z

If a thin metadata operation fails the current transaction will abort, whereby causing potential for IO layers up the stack (e.g. filesystems) to have data loss. As such, set THIN_METADATA_NEEDS_CHECK_FLAG in the thin metadata's superblock which: 1) requires the user verify the thin metadata is consistent (e.g. use thin_check, etc) 2) suggests the user verify the thin data is consistent (e.g. use fsck) The only way to clear the superblock's THIN_METADATA_NEEDS_CHECK_FLAG is to run thin_repair. On metadata operation failure: abort current metadata transaction, set pool in read-only mode, and now set the needs_check flag. As part of this change, constraints are introduced or relaxed: * don't allow a pool to transition to write mode if needs_check is set * don't allow data or metadata space to be resized if needs_check is set * if a thin pool's metadata space is exhausted: the kernel will now force the user to take the pool offline for repair before the kernel will allow the metadata space to be extended. Also, update Documentation to include information about when the thin provisioning target commits metadata, how it handles metadata failures and running out of space. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber

dm thin: allow metadata space larger than supported to go unused

2014-02-27T16:49:08Z

It was always intended that a user could provide a thin metadata device that is larger than the max supported by the on-disk format. The extra space would just go unused. Unfortunately that never worked. If the user attempted to use a larger metadata device on creation they would get an error like the following: device-mapper: space map common: space map too large device-mapper: transaction manager: couldn't create metadata space map device-mapper: thin metadata: tm_create_with_sm failed device-mapper: table: 252:17: thin-pool: Error creating metadata object device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table Fix this by allowing the initial metadata space map creation to cap its size at the max number of blocks supported (DM_SM_METADATA_MAX_BLOCKS). get_metadata_dev_size() must also impose DM_SM_METADATA_MAX_BLOCKS (via THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS), otherwise extending metadata would cap at THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS_WARNING (which is larger than supported). Also, the calculation for THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS didn't account for the sizeof the disk_bitmap_header. So the supported maximum metadata size is a bit smaller (reduced from 33423360 to 33292800 sectors). Lastly, remove the "excess space will not be used" warning message from get_metadata_dev_size(); it resulted in printing the warning multiple times. Factor out warn_if_metadata_device_too_big(), call it from pool_ctr() and maybe_resize_metadata_dev(). Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Acked-by: Joe Thornber

dm thin: avoid metadata commit if a pool's thin devices haven't changed

2014-02-17T16:00:05Z

Commit 905e51b ("dm thin: commit outstanding data every second") introduced a periodic commit. This commit occurs regardless of whether any thin devices have made changes. Fix the periodic commit to check if any of a pool's thin devices have changed using dm_pool_changed_this_transaction(). Reported-by: Alexander Larsson Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Acked-by: Joe Thornber Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

dm thin: fix discard support to a previously shared block

2014-01-07T15:11:43Z

If a snapshot is created and later deleted the origin dm_thin_device's snapshotted_time will have been updated to reflect the snapshot's creation time. The 'shared' flag in the dm_thin_lookup_result struct returned from dm_thin_find_block() is an approximation based on snapshotted_time -- this is done to avoid 0(n), or worse, time complexity. In this case, the shared flag would be true. But because the 'shared' flag reflects an approximation a block can be incorrectly assumed to be shared (e.g. false positive for 'shared' because the snapshot no longer exists). This could result in discards issued to a thin device not being passed down to the pool's underlying data device. To fix this we double check that a thin block is really still in-use after a mapping is removed using dm_pool_block_is_used(). If the reference count for a block is now zero the discard is allowed to be passed down. Also add a 'definitely_not_shared' member to the dm_thin_new_mapping structure -- reflects that the 'shared' flag in the response from dm_thin_find_block() can only be held as definitive if false is returned. Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043527 Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

dm thin: allow pool in read-only mode to transition to read-write mode

2013-12-10T21:35:13Z

A thin-pool may be in read-only mode because the pool's data or metadata space was exhausted. To allow for recovery, by adding more space to the pool, we must allow a pool to transition from PM_READ_ONLY to PM_WRITE mode. Otherwise, running out of space will render the pool permanently read-only. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org