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2018-07-02dm writecache: support optional offset for start of deviceMikulas Patocka
Add an optional parameter "start_sector" to allow the start of the device to be offset by the specified number of 512-byte sectors. The sectors below this offset are not used by the writecache device and are left to be used for disk labels and/or userspace metadata (e.g. lvm). Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
2018-06-08dm: add writecache targetMikulas Patocka
The writecache target caches writes on persistent memory or SSD. It is intended for databases or other programs that need extremely low commit latency. The writecache target doesn't cache reads because reads are supposed to be cached in page cache in normal RAM. If persistent memory isn't available this target can still be used in SSD mode. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> # fix missing goto Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> # fix compilation issue with !DAX Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> # use msecs_to_jiffies Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> # reworks to unify ARM and x86 flushing Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <msnitzer@redhat.com>