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+/*
+ * segment.h - NILFS Segment constructor prototypes and definitions
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ * Written by Ryusuke Konishi <ryusuke@osrg.net>
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef _NILFS_SEGMENT_H
+#define _NILFS_SEGMENT_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+#include <linux/nilfs2_fs.h>
+#include "sb.h"
+
+/**
+ * struct nilfs_recovery_info - Recovery infomation
+ * @ri_need_recovery: Recovery status
+ * @ri_super_root: Block number of the last super root
+ * @ri_ri_cno: Number of the last checkpoint
+ * @ri_lsegs_start: Region for roll-forwarding (start block number)
+ * @ri_lsegs_end: Region for roll-forwarding (end block number)
+ * @ri_lseg_start_seq: Sequence value of the segment at ri_lsegs_start
+ * @ri_used_segments: List of segments to be mark active
+ * @ri_pseg_start: Block number of the last partial segment
+ * @ri_seq: Sequence number on the last partial segment
+ * @ri_segnum: Segment number on the last partial segment
+ * @ri_nextnum: Next segment number on the last partial segment
+ */
+struct nilfs_recovery_info {
+	int			ri_need_recovery;
+	sector_t		ri_super_root;
+	__u64			ri_cno;
+
+	sector_t		ri_lsegs_start;
+	sector_t		ri_lsegs_end;
+	u64			ri_lsegs_start_seq;
+	struct list_head	ri_used_segments;
+	sector_t		ri_pseg_start;
+	u64			ri_seq;
+	__u64			ri_segnum;
+	__u64			ri_nextnum;
+};
+
+/* ri_need_recovery */
+#define NILFS_RECOVERY_SR_UPDATED	 1  /* The super root was updated */
+#define NILFS_RECOVERY_ROLLFORWARD_DONE	 2  /* Rollforward was carried out */
+
+/**
+ * struct nilfs_cstage - Context of collection stage
+ * @scnt: Stage count
+ * @flags: State flags
+ * @dirty_file_ptr: Pointer on dirty_files list, or inode of a target file
+ * @gc_inode_ptr: Pointer on the list of gc-inodes
+ */
+struct nilfs_cstage {
+	int			scnt;
+	unsigned 		flags;
+	struct nilfs_inode_info *dirty_file_ptr;
+	struct nilfs_inode_info *gc_inode_ptr;
+};
+
+struct nilfs_segment_buffer;
+
+struct nilfs_segsum_pointer {
+	struct buffer_head     *bh;
+	unsigned		offset; /* offset in bytes */
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct nilfs_sc_info - Segment constructor information
+ * @sc_super: Back pointer to super_block struct
+ * @sc_sbi: Back pointer to nilfs_sb_info struct
+ * @sc_nblk_inc: Block count of current generation
+ * @sc_dirty_files: List of files to be written
+ * @sc_gc_inodes: List of GC inodes having blocks to be written
+ * @sc_active_segments: List of active segments that were already written out
+ * @sc_cleaning_segments: List of segments to be freed through construction
+ * @sc_copied_buffers: List of copied buffers (buffer heads) to freeze data
+ * @sc_segbufs: List of segment buffers
+ * @sc_segbuf_nblocks: Number of available blocks in segment buffers.
+ * @sc_curseg: Current segment buffer
+ * @sc_super_root: Pointer to the super root buffer
+ * @sc_stage: Collection stage
+ * @sc_finfo_ptr: pointer to the current finfo struct in the segment summary
+ * @sc_binfo_ptr: pointer to the current binfo struct in the segment summary
+ * @sc_blk_cnt:	Block count of a file
+ * @sc_datablk_cnt: Data block count of a file
+ * @sc_nblk_this_inc: Number of blocks included in the current logical segment
+ * @sc_seg_ctime: Creation time
+ * @sc_flags: Internal flags
+ * @sc_sketch_inode: Inode of the sketch file
+ * @sc_state_lock: spinlock for sc_state and so on
+ * @sc_state: Segctord state flags
+ * @sc_flush_request: inode bitmap of metadata files to be flushed
+ * @sc_wait_request: Client request queue
+ * @sc_wait_daemon: Daemon wait queue
+ * @sc_wait_task: Start/end wait queue to control segctord task
+ * @sc_seq_request: Request counter
+ * @sc_seq_done: Completion counter
+ * @sc_sync: Request of explicit sync operation
+ * @sc_interval: Timeout value of background construction
+ * @sc_mjcp_freq: Frequency of creating checkpoints
+ * @sc_lseg_stime: Start time of the latest logical segment
+ * @sc_watermark: Watermark for the number of dirty buffers
+ * @sc_timer: Timer for segctord
+ * @sc_task: current thread of segctord
+ */
+struct nilfs_sc_info {
+	struct super_block     *sc_super;
+	struct nilfs_sb_info   *sc_sbi;
+
+	unsigned long		sc_nblk_inc;
+
+	struct list_head	sc_dirty_files;
+	struct list_head	sc_gc_inodes;
+	struct list_head	sc_active_segments;
+	struct list_head	sc_cleaning_segments;
+	struct list_head	sc_copied_buffers;
+
+	/* Segment buffers */
+	struct list_head	sc_segbufs;
+	unsigned long		sc_segbuf_nblocks;
+	struct nilfs_segment_buffer *sc_curseg;
+	struct buffer_head     *sc_super_root;
+
+	struct nilfs_cstage	sc_stage;
+
+	struct nilfs_segsum_pointer sc_finfo_ptr;
+	struct nilfs_segsum_pointer sc_binfo_ptr;
+	unsigned long		sc_blk_cnt;
+	unsigned long		sc_datablk_cnt;
+	unsigned long		sc_nblk_this_inc;
+	time_t			sc_seg_ctime;
+
+	unsigned long		sc_flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * Pointer to an inode of the sketch.
+	 * This pointer is kept only while it contains data.
+	 * We protect it with a semaphore of the segment constructor.
+	 */
+	struct inode	       *sc_sketch_inode;
+
+	spinlock_t		sc_state_lock;
+	unsigned long		sc_state;
+	unsigned long		sc_flush_request;
+
+	wait_queue_head_t	sc_wait_request;
+	wait_queue_head_t	sc_wait_daemon;
+	wait_queue_head_t	sc_wait_task;
+
+	__u32			sc_seq_request;
+	__u32			sc_seq_done;
+
+	int			sc_sync;
+	unsigned long		sc_interval;
+	unsigned long		sc_mjcp_freq;
+	unsigned long		sc_lseg_stime;	/* in 1/HZ seconds */
+	unsigned long		sc_watermark;
+
+	struct timer_list      *sc_timer;
+	struct task_struct     *sc_task;
+};
+
+/* sc_flags */
+enum {
+	NILFS_SC_DIRTY,		/* One or more dirty meta-data blocks exist */
+	NILFS_SC_UNCLOSED,	/* Logical segment is not closed */
+	NILFS_SC_SUPER_ROOT,	/* The latest segment has a super root */
+	NILFS_SC_PRIOR_FLUSH,	/* Requesting immediate flush without making a
+				   checkpoint */
+};
+
+/* sc_state */
+#define NILFS_SEGCTOR_QUIT	    0x0001  /* segctord is being destroyed */
+#define NILFS_SEGCTOR_COMMIT	    0x0004  /* committed transaction exists */
+
+/*
+ * Constant parameters
+ */
+#define NILFS_SC_CLEANUP_RETRY	    3  /* Retry count of construction when
+					  destroying segctord */
+
+/*
+ * Default values of timeout, in seconds.
+ */
+#define NILFS_SC_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT    5   /* Timeout value of dirty blocks.
+					   It triggers construction of a
+					   logical segment with a super root */
+#define NILFS_SC_DEFAULT_SR_FREQ    30  /* Maximum frequency of super root
+					   creation */
+#define NILFS_SC_DEFAULT_SB_FREQ    30  /* Minimum interval of periodical
+					   update of superblock (reserved) */
+
+/*
+ * The default threshold amount of data, in block counts.
+ */
+#define NILFS_SC_DEFAULT_WATERMARK  3600
+
+
+/* segment.c */
+extern int nilfs_init_transaction_cache(void);
+extern void nilfs_destroy_transaction_cache(void);
+extern void nilfs_relax_pressure_in_lock(struct super_block *);
+
+extern int nilfs_construct_segment(struct super_block *);
+extern int nilfs_construct_dsync_segment(struct super_block *,
+					 struct inode *);
+extern void nilfs_flush_segment(struct super_block *, ino_t);
+extern int nilfs_clean_segments(struct super_block *, void __user *);
+
+extern int nilfs_segctor_add_segments_to_be_freed(struct nilfs_sc_info *,
+						  __u64 *, size_t);
+extern void nilfs_segctor_clear_segments_to_be_freed(struct nilfs_sc_info *);
+
+extern int nilfs_attach_segment_constructor(struct nilfs_sb_info *,
+					    struct nilfs_recovery_info *);
+extern void nilfs_detach_segment_constructor(struct nilfs_sb_info *);
+
+/* recovery.c */
+extern int nilfs_read_super_root_block(struct super_block *, sector_t,
+				       struct buffer_head **, int);
+extern int nilfs_search_super_root(struct the_nilfs *, struct nilfs_sb_info *,
+				   struct nilfs_recovery_info *);
+extern int nilfs_recover_logical_segments(struct the_nilfs *,
+					  struct nilfs_sb_info *,
+					  struct nilfs_recovery_info *);
+
+#endif /* _NILFS_SEGMENT_H */