tree d0b470dd1a55dfffb27ffa012e4a5afebd133495
parent 8fbf26ad5b16ad3a826ca7fe3e86700420abed1f
author Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com> 1231211107 +0000
committer Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> 1231211107 +0000

dm request: extend target interface

This patch adds the following target interfaces for request-based dm.

  map_rq    : for mapping a request

  rq_end_io : for finishing a request

  busy      : for avoiding performance regression from bio-based dm.
              Target can tell dm core not to map requests now, and
              that may help requests in the block layer queue to be
              bigger by I/O merging.
              In bio-based dm, this behavior is done by device
              drivers managing the block layer queue.
              But in request-based dm, dm core has to do that
              since dm core manages the block layer queue.

Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>