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-rw-r--r--drivers/md/dm-cache-policy.h15
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy.h b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy.h
index 5524e21e4..05db56eed 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy.h
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ struct dm_cache_policy {
int (*remove_cblock)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_cblock_t cblock);
/*
- * Provide a dirty block to be written back by the core target.
+ * Provide a dirty block to be written back by the core target. If
+ * critical_only is set then the policy should only provide work if
+ * it urgently needs it.
*
* Returns:
*
@@ -186,7 +188,8 @@ struct dm_cache_policy {
*
* -ENODATA: no dirty blocks available
*/
- int (*writeback_work)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t *oblock, dm_cblock_t *cblock);
+ int (*writeback_work)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, dm_oblock_t *oblock, dm_cblock_t *cblock,
+ bool critical_only);
/*
* How full is the cache?
@@ -197,16 +200,16 @@ struct dm_cache_policy {
* Because of where we sit in the block layer, we can be asked to
* map a lot of little bios that are all in the same block (no
* queue merging has occurred). To stop the policy being fooled by
- * these the core target sends regular tick() calls to the policy.
+ * these, the core target sends regular tick() calls to the policy.
* The policy should only count an entry as hit once per tick.
*/
- void (*tick)(struct dm_cache_policy *p);
+ void (*tick)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, bool can_block);
/*
* Configuration.
*/
- int (*emit_config_values)(struct dm_cache_policy *p,
- char *result, unsigned maxlen);
+ int (*emit_config_values)(struct dm_cache_policy *p, char *result,
+ unsigned maxlen, ssize_t *sz_ptr);
int (*set_config_value)(struct dm_cache_policy *p,
const char *key, const char *value);