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Joe Thornber
da105ed5fd dm thin metadata: introduce dm_pool_abort_metadata
Introduce dm_pool_abort_metadata to abort the current metadata
transaction.  Generally this will only be called when bad things are
happening and dm-thin is trying to roll back to a good state for
read-only mode.

It's complicated by the fact that the metadata device may have failed
completely causing the abort to be unable to read the old transaction.
In this case the metadata object is placed in a 'fail' mode and
everything fails apart from destroying it.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:15 +01:00
Joe Thornber
12ba58af46 dm thin metadata: introduce dm_pool_metadata_set_read_only
Introduce dm_pool_metadata_set_read_only to put the underlying block
manager into read-only mode.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:15 +01:00
Joe Thornber
40db5a5376 dm thin metadata: add dm_thin_changed_this_transaction
Introduce dm_thin_changed_this_transaction to dm-thin-metadata to publish a
useful bit of information we're already tracking.  This will help dm thin
decide when to commit.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:14 +01:00
Joe Thornber
66b1edc05e dm thin metadata: add format option to dm_pool_metadata_open
Add a parameter to dm_pool_metadata_open to indicate whether or not an
unformatted metadata area should be formatted.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:14 +01:00
Joe Thornber
0fa5b17b08 dm thin metadata: tidy up open and format error paths
Tidy up error path in __open_metadata and __format_metadata in dm-thin-metadata.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:14 +01:00
Mike Snitzer
d73ec52538 dm thin metadata: only check incompat features on open
Factor out __check_incompat_features and only call it once when we open
the metadata device rather than at the beginning of every transaction.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:13 +01:00
Joe Thornber
b793995108 dm thin metadata: remove duplicate pmd initialisation
Remove some duplicate initialisation of struct dm_pool_metadata.

These pmd fields are initialised by both:
  __format_metadata's calls to dm_btree_empty
  __write_initial_superblock + __begin_transaction

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:13 +01:00
Joe Thornber
8801e06945 dm thin metadata: remove create parameter from __create_persistent_data_objects
Remove 'create' parameter from __create_persistent_data_objects() in dm-thin-metadata.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:13 +01:00
Joe Thornber
237074c0a3 dm thin metadata: move __superblock_all_zeroes to __open_or_format_metadata
Move the check for __superblock_all_zeroes from
__create_persistent_data_objects() down to __open_or_format_metadata in
dm-thin-metadata.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:13 +01:00
Joe Thornber
a97e5e6fd0 dm thin metadata: remove nr_blocks arg from __create_persistent_data_objects
Remove nr_blocks arg from __create_persistent_data_objects in dm-thin-metadata.
It was always passed as zero.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:12 +01:00
Joe Thornber
e4d2205cdf dm thin metadata: split __open or format metadata
Split __open_or_format_metadata into __format_metadata and __open_metadata in
dm-thin-metadata.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:12 +01:00
Joe Thornber
d6332814e3 dm thin metadata: use struct dm_pool_metadata members in __open_or_format_metadata
Clean up __open_or_format_metadata in dm-thin-metadata by using struct
dm_pool_metadata members to replace local variables.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:12 +01:00
Joe Thornber
583ceee2ed dm thin metadata: zero unused superblock uuid
Zero the unused uuid when initialising the metadata superblock.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:11 +01:00
Joe Thornber
270938bac5 dm thin metadata: lift __begin_transaction out of __write_initial_superblock
Lift the call to __begin_transaction out of __write_initial_superblock in
dm-thin-metadata.  Called higher up the call chain now.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:11 +01:00
Joe Thornber
10d2a9ff7c dm thin metadata: move dm_commit_pool_metadata into __write_initial_superblock
Move dm_commit_pool_metadata inline into __write_initial_superblock in dm-thin-metadata.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:11 +01:00
Joe Thornber
9cb6653f9a dm thin metadata: factor out __write_initial_superblock
Factor out __write_initial_superblock and also pull some other initial
creation code out of dm_pool_metadata_open.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:10 +01:00
Joe Thornber
6a0ebd31b6 dm thin metadata: lift some initialisation out of __open_or_format_metadata
Lift some initialisation out of __open_or_format_metadata in dm-thin-metadata.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:10 +01:00
Joe Thornber
f9dd9352b9 dm thin metadata: factor __destroy_persistent_data out of dm_pool_metadata_close
Factor __destroy_persistent_data_objects out of dm_pool_metadata_close.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:10 +01:00
Joe Thornber
332627db00 dm thin metadata: move bm creation code into create_persistent_data_objects
Move block manager creation and the check for unformatted metadata into
__create_persistent_data_objects().

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:10 +01:00
Joe Thornber
77f49a4027 dm thin metadata: rename init_pmd to __create_persistent_data_objects
Rename init_pmd to __create_persistent_data_objects in dm-thin-metadata.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:10 +01:00
Joe Thornber
2597119206 dm thin metadata: wrap superblock locking
Introduce wrappers to handle write locking the superblock
appropriately.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:09 +01:00
Joe Thornber
384ef0e62e dm persistent data: tidy transaction manager creation fns
Tidy the transaction manager creation functions.

They no longer lock the superblock.  Superblock locking is pulled out to
the caller.

Also export dm_bm_write_lock_zero.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:09 +01:00
Joe Thornber
eb04cf634f dm thin metadata: stop tracking need for commit
Remove an optimisation that tracks whether or not a thin metadata commit
is needed.

If dm_pool_commit_metadata() is called and no changes have been made
to the metadata then this optimisation avoided writing to disk.

Removing because we're going to do something better later.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:08 +01:00
Joe Thornber
51a0f659c0 dm persistent data: create new dm_block_manager struct
This patch introduces a separate struct for the block_manager.
It also uses IS_ERR to check the return value of dm_bufio_client_create
instead of testing incorrectly for NULL.

Prior to this patch a struct dm_block_manager was really an alias for
a struct dm_bufio_client.  We want to add some functionality to the
block manager that will require extra fields, so this one to one
mapping is no longer valid.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:08 +01:00
Joe Thornber
41675aea32 dm thin metadata: factor __setup_btree_details out of init_pmd
Factor __setup_btree_details out of init_pmd in dm-thin-metadata.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:08:08 +01:00
Joe Thornber
8c971178a7 dm thin metadata: introduce THIN_MAX_CONCURRENT_LOCKS
Introduce THIN_MAX_CONCURRENT_LOCKS into dm-thin-metadata to
give a name to an otherwise "magic" number.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:07:58 +01:00
Joe Thornber
d973ac196b dm thin metadata: remove pointless label from __commit_transaction
Remove the pointless label 'out' from __commit_transaction in
dm-thin-metadata.c

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:07:58 +01:00
Mike Snitzer
17b7d63f7e dm thin: clean up compiler warning
Clean up "warning: dubious: !x & y".  Also make it clear that
__snapshotted_since() returns a bool and that dm_thin_lookup_result's
'shared' member is a flag.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-07-27 15:07:57 +01:00
Joe Thornber
cc8394d86f dm thin: provide userspace access to pool metadata
This patch implements two new messages that can be sent to the thin
pool target allowing it to take a snapshot of the _metadata_.  This,
read-only snapshot can be accessed by userland, concurrently with the
live target.

Only one metadata snapshot can be held at a time.  The pool's status
line will give the block location for the current msnap.

Since version 0.1.5 of the userland thin provisioning tools, the
thin_dump program displays the msnap as follows:

    thin_dump -m <msnap root> <metadata dev>

Available here: https://github.com/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools

Now that userland can access the metadata we can do various things
that have traditionally been kernel side tasks:

     i) Incremental backups.

     By using metadata snapshots we can work out what blocks have
     changed over time.  Combined with data snapshots we can ensure
     the data doesn't change while we back it up.

     A short proof of concept script can be found here:

     https://github.com/jthornber/thinp-test-suite/blob/master/incremental_backup_example.rb

     ii) Migration of thin devices from one pool to another.

     iii) Merging snapshots back into an external origin.

     iv) Asyncronous replication.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-06-03 00:30:01 +01:00
Mike Snitzer
c4a69ecdb4 dm thin: relax hard limit on the maximum size of a metadata device
The thin metadata format can only make use of a device that is <=
THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS (currently 15.9375 GB).  Therefore, there is no
practical benefit to using a larger device.

However, it may be that other factors impose a certain granularity for
the space that is allocated to a device (E.g. lvm2 can impose a coarse
granularity through the use of large, >= 1 GB, physical extents).

Rather than reject a larger metadata device, during thin-pool device
construction, switch to allowing it but issue a warning if a device
larger than THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS_WARNING (16 GB) is
provided.  Any space over 15.9375 GB will not be used.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-03-28 18:41:28 +01:00
Joe Thornber
fef838cc1a dm thin metadata: pass correct space map to dm_sm_root_size
Fix a harmless typo.

The root is a chunk of data that gets written to the superblock.  This
data is used to recreate the space map when opening a metadata area.
We have two space maps; one tracking space on the metadata device and
one of the data device.  Both of these use the same format for their
root, so this typo was harmless.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-03-28 18:41:25 +01:00
Joe Thornber
af63bcb817 dm thin metadata: decrement counter after removing mapped block
Correct the number of mapped sectors shown on a thin device's
status line by decrementing td->mapped_blocks in __remove() each time
a block is removed.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-03-07 19:09:44 +00:00
Joe Thornber
4469a5f387 dm thin metadata: unlock superblock in init_pmd error path
If dm_sm_disk_create() fails the superblock must be unlocked.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-03-07 19:09:43 +00:00
Mike Snitzer
1f3db25d8b dm thin metadata: remove incorrect close_device on creation error paths
The __open_device() error paths in __create_thin() and __create_snap()
incorrectly call __close_device() even if td was not initialized by
__open_device().  Remove this.

Also document __open_device() return values, remove a redundant
td->changed = 1 in __create_thin(), and insert an additional
safeguard against creating an already-existing device.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-03-07 19:09:41 +00:00
Joe Thornber
991d9fa02d dm: add thin provisioning target
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: Joe Thornber <thornber@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2011-10-31 20:21:18 +00:00