dm: add persistent data library

The persistent-data library offers a re-usable framework for the storage
and management of on-disk metadata in device-mapper targets.

It's used by the thin-provisioning target in the next patch and in an
upcoming hierarchical storage target.

For further information, please read
Documentation/device-mapper/persistent-data.txt

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <thornber@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-block-manager.h

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPL.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_DM_BLOCK_MANAGER_H
+#define _LINUX_DM_BLOCK_MANAGER_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+ * Block number.
+ */
+typedef uint64_t dm_block_t;
+struct dm_block;
+
+dm_block_t dm_block_location(struct dm_block *b);
+void *dm_block_data(struct dm_block *b);
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+ * @name should be a unique identifier for the block manager, no longer
+ * than 32 chars.
+ *
+ * @max_held_per_thread should be the maximum number of locks, read or
+ * write, that an individual thread holds at any one time.
+ */
+struct dm_block_manager;
+struct dm_block_manager *dm_block_manager_create(
+	struct block_device *bdev, unsigned block_size,
+	unsigned cache_size, unsigned max_held_per_thread);
+void dm_block_manager_destroy(struct dm_block_manager *bm);
+
+unsigned dm_bm_block_size(struct dm_block_manager *bm);
+dm_block_t dm_bm_nr_blocks(struct dm_block_manager *bm);
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+ * The validator allows the caller to verify newly-read data and modify
+ * the data just before writing, e.g. to calculate checksums.  It's
+ * important to be consistent with your use of validators.  The only time
+ * you can change validators is if you call dm_bm_write_lock_zero.
+ */
+struct dm_block_validator {
+	const char *name;
+	void (*prepare_for_write)(struct dm_block_validator *v, struct dm_block *b, size_t block_size);
+
+	/*
+	 * Return 0 if the checksum is valid or < 0 on error.
+	 */
+	int (*check)(struct dm_block_validator *v, struct dm_block *b, size_t block_size);
+};
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/*
+ * You can have multiple concurrent readers or a single writer holding a
+ * block lock.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * dm_bm_lock() locks a block and returns through @result a pointer to
+ * memory that holds a copy of that block.  If you have write-locked the
+ * block then any changes you make to memory pointed to by @result will be
+ * written back to the disk sometime after dm_bm_unlock is called.
+ */
+int dm_bm_read_lock(struct dm_block_manager *bm, dm_block_t b,
+		    struct dm_block_validator *v,
+		    struct dm_block **result);
+
+int dm_bm_write_lock(struct dm_block_manager *bm, dm_block_t b,
+		     struct dm_block_validator *v,
+		     struct dm_block **result);
+
+/*
+ * The *_try_lock variants return -EWOULDBLOCK if the block isn't
+ * available immediately.
+ */
+int dm_bm_read_try_lock(struct dm_block_manager *bm, dm_block_t b,
+			struct dm_block_validator *v,
+			struct dm_block **result);
+
+/*
+ * Use dm_bm_write_lock_zero() when you know you're going to
+ * overwrite the block completely.  It saves a disk read.
+ */
+int dm_bm_write_lock_zero(struct dm_block_manager *bm, dm_block_t b,
+			  struct dm_block_validator *v,
+			  struct dm_block **result);
+
+int dm_bm_unlock(struct dm_block *b);
+
+/*
+ * An optimisation; we often want to copy a block's contents to a new
+ * block.  eg, as part of the shadowing operation.  It's far better for
+ * bufio to do this move behind the scenes than hold 2 locks and memcpy the
+ * data.
+ */
+int dm_bm_unlock_move(struct dm_block *b, dm_block_t n);
+
+/*
+ * It's a common idiom to have a superblock that should be committed last.
+ *
+ * @superblock should be write-locked on entry. It will be unlocked during
+ * this function.  All dirty blocks are guaranteed to be written and flushed
+ * before the superblock.
+ *
+ * This method always blocks.
+ */
+int dm_bm_flush_and_unlock(struct dm_block_manager *bm,
+			   struct dm_block *superblock);
+
+u32 dm_bm_checksum(const void *data, size_t len, u32 init_xor);
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#endif	/* _LINUX_DM_BLOCK_MANAGER_H */