[dm-devel] [PATCH 0/2] block: blk_interposer v3

[Sergei Shtepa]

The 01/29/2021 03:18, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> On 2021/01/29 2:23, Sergei Shtepa wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I`m ready to suggest the blk_interposer again.
> > blk_interposer allows to intercept bio requests, remap bio to
> > another devices or add new bios.
> > 
> > This version has support from device mapper.
> > 
> > For the dm-linear device creation command, the `noexcl` parameter
> > has been added, which allows to open block devices without
> > FMODE_EXCL mode. It allows to create dm-linear device on a block
> > device with an already mounted file system.
> > The new ioctl DM_DEV_REMAP allows to enable and disable bio
> > interception.
> > 
> > Thus, it is possible to add the dm-device to the block layer stack
> > without reconfiguring and rebooting.
> 
> Please add the changelog here instead of adding it in each patch. And keep the
> changelog for previous versions too (i.e. v1->v2 in this case) so that the
> changes overall can be tracked.
> 
> The proper formatting for the title should be [PATCH v3 X/Y] instead of adding
> v3 in the title itself. With git format-patch, you can use "-v 3" option to
> format this for you, or --subject-prefix="PATCH v3" option.

Thanks. I think I need to work with the style of my patches.

> 
> > 
> > 
> > Sergei Shtepa (2):
> >   block: blk_interposer
> >   [dm] blk_interposer for dm-linear
> > 
> >  block/bio.c                   |   2 +
> >  block/blk-core.c              |  29 +++
> >  block/blk-mq.c                |  13 ++
> >  block/genhd.c                 |  82 ++++++++
> >  drivers/md/dm-core.h          |  46 +++-
> >  drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c         |  39 ++++
> >  drivers/md/dm-linear.c        |  17 +-
> >  drivers/md/dm-table.c         |  12 +-
> >  drivers/md/dm.c               | 383 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  drivers/md/dm.h               |   2 +-
> >  include/linux/blk-mq.h        |   1 +
> >  include/linux/blk_types.h     |   6 +-
> >  include/linux/device-mapper.h |   7 +
> >  include/linux/genhd.h         |  19 ++
> >  include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h |  15 +-
> >  15 files changed, 643 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Damien Le Moal
> Western Digital Research
> 

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Sergei Shtepa
Veeam Software developer.