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authorJoe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>2013-03-01 22:45:51 +0000
committerAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>2013-03-01 22:45:51 +0000
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dm cache: add mq policy
A cache policy that uses a multiqueue ordered by recent hit count to select which blocks should be promoted and demoted. This is meant to be a general purpose policy. It prioritises reads over writes. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
index 1a4fbcdb5ca2..1a96cbc7afda 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
@@ -281,6 +281,16 @@ config DM_CACHE
algorithms used to select which blocks are promoted, demoted,
cleaned etc. It supports writeback and writethrough modes.
+config DM_CACHE_MQ
+ tristate "MQ Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on DM_CACHE
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ A cache policy that uses a multiqueue ordered by recent hit
+ count to select which blocks should be promoted and demoted.
+ This is meant to be a general purpose policy. It prioritises
+ reads over writes.
+
config DM_MIRROR
tristate "Mirror target"
depends on BLK_DEV_DM