5 The writecache target caches writes on persistent memory or on SSD. It
6 doesn't cache reads because reads are supposed to be cached in page cache
9 When the device is constructed, the first sector should be zeroed or the
10 first sector should contain valid superblock from previous invocation.
12 Constructor parameters:
14 1. type of the cache device - "p" or "s"
16 - p - persistent memory
18 2. the underlying device that will be cached
20 4. block size (4096 is recommended; the maximum block size is the page
22 5. the number of optional parameters (the parameters with an argument
25 start_sector n (default: 0)
26 offset from the start of cache device in 512-byte sectors
27 high_watermark n (default: 50)
28 start writeback when the number of used blocks reach this
30 low_watermark x (default: 45)
31 stop writeback when the number of used blocks drops below
33 writeback_jobs n (default: unlimited)
34 limit the number of blocks that are in flight during
35 writeback. Setting this value reduces writeback
36 throughput, but it may improve latency of read requests
37 autocommit_blocks n (default: 64 for pmem, 65536 for ssd)
38 when the application writes this amount of blocks without
39 issuing the FLUSH request, the blocks are automatically
41 autocommit_time ms (default: 1000)
42 autocommit time in milliseconds. The data is automatically
43 committed if this time passes and no FLUSH request is
46 applicable only to persistent memory - use the FUA flag
47 when writing data from persistent memory back to the
50 applicable only to persistent memory - don't use the FUA
51 flag when writing back data and send the FLUSH request
54 - some underlying devices perform better with fua, some
55 with nofua. The user should test it
58 1. error indicator - 0 if there was no error, otherwise error number
59 2. the number of blocks
60 3. the number of free blocks
61 4. the number of blocks under writeback
65 flush the cache device. The message returns successfully
66 if the cache device was flushed without an error
68 flush the cache device on next suspend. Use this message
69 when you are going to remove the cache device. The proper
70 sequence for removing the cache device is:
72 1. send the "flush_on_suspend" message
73 2. load an inactive table with a linear target that maps
74 to the underlying device
76 4. ask for status and verify that there are no errors
77 5. resume the device, so that it will use the linear
79 6. the cache device is now inactive and it can be deleted