1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
3 * Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat. All rights reserved.
5 * This file is released under the GPL.
8 #ifndef DM_CACHE_BACKGROUND_WORK_H
9 #define DM_CACHE_BACKGROUND_WORK_H
11 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
12 #include "dm-cache-policy.h"
14 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
17 * The cache policy decides what background work should be performed,
18 * such as promotions, demotions and writebacks. The core cache target
19 * is in charge of performing the work, and does so when it sees fit.
21 * The background_tracker acts as a go between. Keeping track of future
22 * work that the policy has decided upon, and handing (issuing) it to
23 * the core target when requested.
25 * There is no locking in this, so calls will probably need to be
26 * protected with a spinlock.
30 struct list_head list
;
32 struct policy_work work
;
35 extern struct kmem_cache
*btracker_work_cache
;
37 struct background_work
;
38 struct background_tracker
;
41 * Create a new tracker, it will not be able to queue more than
44 struct background_tracker
*btracker_create(unsigned int max_work
);
47 * Destroy the tracker. No issued, but not complete, work should
48 * exist when this is called. It is fine to have queued but unissued
51 void btracker_destroy(struct background_tracker
*b
);
53 unsigned int btracker_nr_demotions_queued(struct background_tracker
*b
);
56 * Queue some work within the tracker. 'work' should point to the work
57 * to queue, this will be copied (ownership doesn't pass). If pwork
58 * is not NULL then it will be set to point to the tracker's internal
61 * returns -EINVAL iff the work is already queued. -ENOMEM if the work
62 * couldn't be queued for another reason.
64 int btracker_queue(struct background_tracker
*b
,
65 struct policy_work
*work
,
66 struct policy_work
**pwork
);
69 * Hands out the next piece of work to be performed.
70 * Returns -ENODATA if there's no work.
72 int btracker_issue(struct background_tracker
*b
, struct policy_work
**work
);
75 * Informs the tracker that the work has been completed and it may forget
78 void btracker_complete(struct background_tracker
*b
, struct policy_work
*op
);
81 * Predicate to see if an origin block is already scheduled for promotion.
83 bool btracker_promotion_already_present(struct background_tracker
*b
,
86 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/