[PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 059/139] dm cache: only use overwrite optimisation for promotion when in writeback mode
Kamal Mostafa
kamal at canonical.com
Wed Jan 28 22:20:02 UTC 2015
3.13.11-ckt15 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Joe Thornber <ejt at redhat.com>
commit f29a3147e251d7ae20d3194ff67f109d71e501b4 upstream.
Overwrite causes the cache block and origin blocks to diverge, which
is only allowed in writeback mode.
Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index 99474ef..b943ef1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -1049,7 +1049,8 @@ static void issue_copy(struct dm_cache_migration *mg)
avoid = is_discarded_oblock(cache, mg->new_oblock);
- if (!avoid && bio_writes_complete_block(cache, bio)) {
+ if (writeback_mode(&cache->features) &&
+ !avoid && bio_writes_complete_block(cache, bio)) {
issue_overwrite(mg, bio);
return;
}
--
1.9.1
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