From eec40579d84873dfb7021eb24c50360f073237c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Thornber Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 10:23:15 -0500 Subject: dm: add era target dm-era is a target that behaves similar to the linear target. In addition it keeps track of which blocks were written within a user defined period of time called an 'era'. Each era target instance maintains the current era as a monotonically increasing 32-bit counter. Use cases include tracking changed blocks for backup software, and partially invalidating the contents of a cache to restore cache coherency after rolling back a vendor snapshot. dm-era is primarily expected to be paired with the dm-cache target. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer --- drivers/md/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/md/Kconfig') diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig index 95ad936e6048..5bdedf6df153 100644 --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig @@ -285,6 +285,17 @@ config DM_CACHE_CLEANER A simple cache policy that writes back all data to the origin. Used when decommissioning a dm-cache. +config DM_ERA + tristate "Era target (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on BLK_DEV_DM + default n + select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA + select DM_BIO_PRISON + ---help--- + dm-era tracks which parts of a block device are written to + over time. Useful for maintaining cache coherency when using + vendor snapshots. + config DM_MIRROR tristate "Mirror target" depends on BLK_DEV_DM -- cgit v1.2.3