lightnvm: pblk: start gc if needed during init
Start GC if needed, directly after init, as we might
need to garbage collect in order to make room for user writes.
Create a helper function that allows to kick GC without exposing the
internals of the GC/rate-limiter interaction.
Signed-off-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@cnexlabs.com>
Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index f08fa20..ad9f014 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -1025,6 +1025,10 @@
pblk->rwb.nr_entries);
wake_up_process(pblk->writer_ts);
+
+ /* Check if we need to start GC */
+ pblk_gc_should_kick(pblk);
+
return pblk;
fail_stop_writer: