| =============================== |
| FS-CACHE NETWORK FILESYSTEM API |
| =============================== |
| |
| There's an API by which a network filesystem can make use of the FS-Cache |
| facilities. This is based around a number of principles: |
| |
| (1) Caches can store a number of different object types. There are two main |
| object types: indices and files. The first is a special type used by |
| FS-Cache to make finding objects faster and to make retiring of groups of |
| objects easier. |
| |
| (2) Every index, file or other object is represented by a cookie. This cookie |
| may or may not have anything associated with it, but the netfs doesn't |
| need to care. |
| |
| (3) Barring the top-level index (one entry per cached netfs), the index |
| hierarchy for each netfs is structured according the whim of the netfs. |
| |
| This API is declared in <linux/fscache.h>. |
| |
| This document contains the following sections: |
| |
| (1) Network filesystem definition |
| (2) Index definition |
| (3) Object definition |
| (4) Network filesystem (un)registration |
| (5) Cache tag lookup |
| (6) Index registration |
| (7) Data file registration |
| (8) Miscellaneous object registration |
| (9) Setting the data file size |
| (10) Page alloc/read/write |
| (11) Page uncaching |
| (12) Index and data file consistency |
| (13) Miscellaneous cookie operations |
| (14) Cookie unregistration |
| (15) Index invalidation |
| (16) Data file invalidation |
| (17) FS-Cache specific page flags. |
| |
| |
| ============================= |
| NETWORK FILESYSTEM DEFINITION |
| ============================= |
| |
| FS-Cache needs a description of the network filesystem. This is specified |
| using a record of the following structure: |
| |
| struct fscache_netfs { |
| uint32_t version; |
| const char *name; |
| struct fscache_cookie *primary_index; |
| ... |
| }; |
| |
| This first two fields should be filled in before registration, and the third |
| will be filled in by the registration function; any other fields should just be |
| ignored and are for internal use only. |
| |
| The fields are: |
| |
| (1) The name of the netfs (used as the key in the toplevel index). |
| |
| (2) The version of the netfs (if the name matches but the version doesn't, the |
| entire in-cache hierarchy for this netfs will be scrapped and begun |
| afresh). |
| |
| (3) The cookie representing the primary index will be allocated according to |
| another parameter passed into the registration function. |
| |
| For example, kAFS (linux/fs/afs/) uses the following definitions to describe |
| itself: |
| |
| struct fscache_netfs afs_cache_netfs = { |
| .version = 0, |
| .name = "afs", |
| }; |
| |
| |
| ================ |
| INDEX DEFINITION |
| ================ |
| |
| Indices are used for two purposes: |
| |
| (1) To aid the finding of a file based on a series of keys (such as AFS's |
| "cell", "volume ID", "vnode ID"). |
| |
| (2) To make it easier to discard a subset of all the files cached based around |
| a particular key - for instance to mirror the removal of an AFS volume. |
| |
| However, since it's unlikely that any two netfs's are going to want to define |
| their index hierarchies in quite the same way, FS-Cache tries to impose as few |
| restraints as possible on how an index is structured and where it is placed in |
| the tree. The netfs can even mix indices and data files at the same level, but |
| it's not recommended. |
| |
| Each index entry consists of a key of indeterminate length plus some auxiliary |
| data, also of indeterminate length. |
| |
| There are some limits on indices: |
| |
| (1) Any index containing non-index objects should be restricted to a single |
| cache. Any such objects created within an index will be created in the |
| first cache only. The cache in which an index is created can be |
| controlled by cache tags (see below). |
| |
| (2) The entry data must be atomically journallable, so it is limited to about |
| 400 bytes at present. At least 400 bytes will be available. |
| |
| (3) The depth of the index tree should be judged with care as the search |
| function is recursive. Too many layers will run the kernel out of stack. |
| |
| |
| ================= |
| OBJECT DEFINITION |
| ================= |
| |
| To define an object, a structure of the following type should be filled out: |
| |
| struct fscache_cookie_def |
| { |
| uint8_t name[16]; |
| uint8_t type; |
| |
| struct fscache_cache_tag *(*select_cache)( |
| const void *parent_netfs_data, |
| const void *cookie_netfs_data); |
| |
| uint16_t (*get_key)(const void *cookie_netfs_data, |
| void *buffer, |
| uint16_t bufmax); |
| |
| void (*get_attr)(const void *cookie_netfs_data, |
| uint64_t *size); |
| |
| uint16_t (*get_aux)(const void *cookie_netfs_data, |
| void *buffer, |
| uint16_t bufmax); |
| |
| enum fscache_checkaux (*check_aux)(void *cookie_netfs_data, |
| const void *data, |
| uint16_t datalen); |
| |
| void (*get_context)(void *cookie_netfs_data, void *context); |
| |
| void (*put_context)(void *cookie_netfs_data, void *context); |
| |
| void (*mark_pages_cached)(void *cookie_netfs_data, |
| struct address_space *mapping, |
| struct pagevec *cached_pvec); |
| |
| void (*now_uncached)(void *cookie_netfs_data); |
| }; |
| |
| This has the following fields: |
| |
| (1) The type of the object [mandatory]. |
| |
| This is one of the following values: |
| |
| (*) FSCACHE_COOKIE_TYPE_INDEX |
| |
| This defines an index, which is a special FS-Cache type. |
| |
| (*) FSCACHE_COOKIE_TYPE_DATAFILE |
| |
| This defines an ordinary data file. |
| |
| (*) Any other value between 2 and 255 |
| |
| This defines an extraordinary object such as an XATTR. |
| |
| (2) The name of the object type (NUL terminated unless all 16 chars are used) |
| [optional]. |
| |
| (3) A function to select the cache in which to store an index [optional]. |
| |
| This function is invoked when an index needs to be instantiated in a cache |
| during the instantiation of a non-index object. Only the immediate index |
| parent for the non-index object will be queried. Any indices above that |
| in the hierarchy may be stored in multiple caches. This function does not |
| need to be supplied for any non-index object or any index that will only |
| have index children. |
| |
| If this function is not supplied or if it returns NULL then the first |
| cache in the parent's list will be chosen, or failing that, the first |
| cache in the master list. |
| |
| (4) A function to retrieve an object's key from the netfs [mandatory]. |
| |
| This function will be called with the netfs data that was passed to the |
| cookie acquisition function and the maximum length of key data that it may |
| provide. It should write the required key data into the given buffer and |
| return the quantity it wrote. |
| |
| (5) A function to retrieve attribute data from the netfs [optional]. |
| |
| This function will be called with the netfs data that was passed to the |
| cookie acquisition function. It should return the size of the file if |
| this is a data file. The size may be used to govern how much cache must |
| be reserved for this file in the cache. |
| |
| If the function is absent, a file size of 0 is assumed. |
| |
| (6) A function to retrieve auxiliary data from the netfs [optional]. |
| |
| This function will be called with the netfs data that was passed to the |
| cookie acquisition function and the maximum length of auxiliary data that |
| it may provide. It should write the auxiliary data into the given buffer |
| and return the quantity it wrote. |
| |
| If this function is absent, the auxiliary data length will be set to 0. |
| |
| The length of the auxiliary data buffer may be dependent on the key |
| length. A netfs mustn't rely on being able to provide more than 400 bytes |
| for both. |
| |
| (7) A function to check the auxiliary data [optional]. |
| |
| This function will be called to check that a match found in the cache for |
| this object is valid. For instance with AFS it could check the auxiliary |
| data against the data version number returned by the server to determine |
| whether the index entry in a cache is still valid. |
| |
| If this function is absent, it will be assumed that matching objects in a |
| cache are always valid. |
| |
| If present, the function should return one of the following values: |
| |
| (*) FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OKAY - the entry is okay as is |
| (*) FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_NEEDS_UPDATE - the entry requires update |
| (*) FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OBSOLETE - the entry should be deleted |
| |
| This function can also be used to extract data from the auxiliary data in |
| the cache and copy it into the netfs's structures. |
| |
| (8) A pair of functions to manage contexts for the completion callback |
| [optional]. |
| |
| The cache read/write functions are passed a context which is then passed |
| to the I/O completion callback function. To ensure this context remains |
| valid until after the I/O completion is called, two functions may be |
| provided: one to get an extra reference on the context, and one to drop a |
| reference to it. |
| |
| If the context is not used or is a type of object that won't go out of |
| scope, then these functions are not required. These functions are not |
| required for indices as indices may not contain data. These functions may |
| be called in interrupt context and so may not sleep. |
| |
| (9) A function to mark a page as retaining cache metadata [optional]. |
| |
| This is called by the cache to indicate that it is retaining in-memory |
| information for this page and that the netfs should uncache the page when |
| it has finished. This does not indicate whether there's data on the disk |
| or not. Note that several pages at once may be presented for marking. |
| |
| The PG_fscache bit is set on the pages before this function would be |
| called, so the function need not be provided if this is sufficient. |
| |
| This function is not required for indices as they're not permitted data. |
| |
| (10) A function to unmark all the pages retaining cache metadata [mandatory]. |
| |
| This is called by FS-Cache to indicate that a backing store is being |
| unbound from a cookie and that all the marks on the pages should be |
| cleared to prevent confusion. Note that the cache will have torn down all |
| its tracking information so that the pages don't need to be explicitly |
| uncached. |
| |
| This function is not required for indices as they're not permitted data. |
| |
| |
| =================================== |
| NETWORK FILESYSTEM (UN)REGISTRATION |
| =================================== |
| |
| The first step is to declare the network filesystem to the cache. This also |
| involves specifying the layout of the primary index (for AFS, this would be the |
| "cell" level). |
| |
| The registration function is: |
| |
| int fscache_register_netfs(struct fscache_netfs *netfs); |
| |
| It just takes a pointer to the netfs definition. It returns 0 or an error as |
| appropriate. |
| |
| For kAFS, registration is done as follows: |
| |
| ret = fscache_register_netfs(&afs_cache_netfs); |
| |
| The last step is, of course, unregistration: |
| |
| void fscache_unregister_netfs(struct fscache_netfs *netfs); |
| |
| |
| ================ |
| CACHE TAG LOOKUP |
| ================ |
| |
| FS-Cache permits the use of more than one cache. To permit particular index |
| subtrees to be bound to particular caches, the second step is to look up cache |
| representation tags. This step is optional; it can be left entirely up to |
| FS-Cache as to which cache should be used. The problem with doing that is that |
| FS-Cache will always pick the first cache that was registered. |
| |
| To get the representation for a named tag: |
| |
| struct fscache_cache_tag *fscache_lookup_cache_tag(const char *name); |
| |
| This takes a text string as the name and returns a representation of a tag. It |
| will never return an error. It may return a dummy tag, however, if it runs out |
| of memory; this will inhibit caching with this tag. |
| |
| Any representation so obtained must be released by passing it to this function: |
| |
| void fscache_release_cache_tag(struct fscache_cache_tag *tag); |
| |
| The tag will be retrieved by FS-Cache when it calls the object definition |
| operation select_cache(). |
| |
| |
| ================== |
| INDEX REGISTRATION |
| ================== |
| |
| The third step is to inform FS-Cache about part of an index hierarchy that can |
| be used to locate files. This is done by requesting a cookie for each index in |
| the path to the file: |
| |
| struct fscache_cookie * |
| fscache_acquire_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *parent, |
| const struct fscache_object_def *def, |
| void *netfs_data); |
| |
| This function creates an index entry in the index represented by parent, |
| filling in the index entry by calling the operations pointed to by def. |
| |
| Note that this function never returns an error - all errors are handled |
| internally. It may, however, return NULL to indicate no cookie. It is quite |
| acceptable to pass this token back to this function as the parent to another |
| acquisition (or even to the relinquish cookie, read page and write page |
| functions - see below). |
| |
| Note also that no indices are actually created in a cache until a non-index |
| object needs to be created somewhere down the hierarchy. Furthermore, an index |
| may be created in several different caches independently at different times. |
| This is all handled transparently, and the netfs doesn't see any of it. |
| |
| For example, with AFS, a cell would be added to the primary index. This index |
| entry would have a dependent inode containing a volume location index for the |
| volume mappings within this cell: |
| |
| cell->cache = |
| fscache_acquire_cookie(afs_cache_netfs.primary_index, |
| &afs_cell_cache_index_def, |
| cell); |
| |
| Then when a volume location was accessed, it would be entered into the cell's |
| index and an inode would be allocated that acts as a volume type and hash chain |
| combination: |
| |
| vlocation->cache = |
| fscache_acquire_cookie(cell->cache, |
| &afs_vlocation_cache_index_def, |
| vlocation); |
| |
| And then a particular flavour of volume (R/O for example) could be added to |
| that index, creating another index for vnodes (AFS inode equivalents): |
| |
| volume->cache = |
| fscache_acquire_cookie(vlocation->cache, |
| &afs_volume_cache_index_def, |
| volume); |
| |
| |
| ====================== |
| DATA FILE REGISTRATION |
| ====================== |
| |
| The fourth step is to request a data file be created in the cache. This is |
| identical to index cookie acquisition. The only difference is that the type in |
| the object definition should be something other than index type. |
| |
| vnode->cache = |
| fscache_acquire_cookie(volume->cache, |
| &afs_vnode_cache_object_def, |
| vnode); |
| |
| |
| ================================= |
| MISCELLANEOUS OBJECT REGISTRATION |
| ================================= |
| |
| An optional step is to request an object of miscellaneous type be created in |
| the cache. This is almost identical to index cookie acquisition. The only |
| difference is that the type in the object definition should be something other |
| than index type. Whilst the parent object could be an index, it's more likely |
| it would be some other type of object such as a data file. |
| |
| xattr->cache = |
| fscache_acquire_cookie(vnode->cache, |
| &afs_xattr_cache_object_def, |
| xattr); |
| |
| Miscellaneous objects might be used to store extended attributes or directory |
| entries for example. |
| |
| |
| ========================== |
| SETTING THE DATA FILE SIZE |
| ========================== |
| |
| The fifth step is to set the physical attributes of the file, such as its size. |
| This doesn't automatically reserve any space in the cache, but permits the |
| cache to adjust its metadata for data tracking appropriately: |
| |
| int fscache_attr_changed(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); |
| |
| The cache will return -ENOBUFS if there is no backing cache or if there is no |
| space to allocate any extra metadata required in the cache. The attributes |
| will be accessed with the get_attr() cookie definition operation. |
| |
| Note that attempts to read or write data pages in the cache over this size may |
| be rebuffed with -ENOBUFS. |
| |
| This operation schedules an attribute adjustment to happen asynchronously at |
| some point in the future, and as such, it may happen after the function returns |
| to the caller. The attribute adjustment excludes read and write operations. |
| |
| |
| ===================== |
| PAGE ALLOC/READ/WRITE |
| ===================== |
| |
| And the sixth step is to store and retrieve pages in the cache. There are |
| three functions that are used to do this. |
| |
| Note: |
| |
| (1) A page should not be re-read or re-allocated without uncaching it first. |
| |
| (2) A read or allocated page must be uncached when the netfs page is released |
| from the pagecache. |
| |
| (3) A page should only be written to the cache if previous read or allocated. |
| |
| This permits the cache to maintain its page tracking in proper order. |
| |
| |
| PAGE READ |
| --------- |
| |
| Firstly, the netfs should ask FS-Cache to examine the caches and read the |
| contents cached for a particular page of a particular file if present, or else |
| allocate space to store the contents if not: |
| |
| typedef |
| void (*fscache_rw_complete_t)(struct page *page, |
| void *context, |
| int error); |
| |
| int fscache_read_or_alloc_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, |
| struct page *page, |
| fscache_rw_complete_t end_io_func, |
| void *context, |
| gfp_t gfp); |
| |
| The cookie argument must specify a cookie for an object that isn't an index, |
| the page specified will have the data loaded into it (and is also used to |
| specify the page number), and the gfp argument is used to control how any |
| memory allocations made are satisfied. |
| |
| If the cookie indicates the inode is not cached: |
| |
| (1) The function will return -ENOBUFS. |
| |
| Else if there's a copy of the page resident in the cache: |
| |
| (1) The mark_pages_cached() cookie operation will be called on that page. |
| |
| (2) The function will submit a request to read the data from the cache's |
| backing device directly into the page specified. |
| |
| (3) The function will return 0. |
| |
| (4) When the read is complete, end_io_func() will be invoked with: |
| |
| (*) The netfs data supplied when the cookie was created. |
| |
| (*) The page descriptor. |
| |
| (*) The context argument passed to the above function. This will be |
| maintained with the get_context/put_context functions mentioned above. |
| |
| (*) An argument that's 0 on success or negative for an error code. |
| |
| If an error occurs, it should be assumed that the page contains no usable |
| data. fscache_readpages_cancel() may need to be called. |
| |
| end_io_func() will be called in process context if the read is results in |
| an error, but it might be called in interrupt context if the read is |
| successful. |
| |
| Otherwise, if there's not a copy available in cache, but the cache may be able |
| to store the page: |
| |
| (1) The mark_pages_cached() cookie operation will be called on that page. |
| |
| (2) A block may be reserved in the cache and attached to the object at the |
| appropriate place. |
| |
| (3) The function will return -ENODATA. |
| |
| This function may also return -ENOMEM or -EINTR, in which case it won't have |
| read any data from the cache. |
| |
| |
| PAGE ALLOCATE |
| ------------- |
| |
| Alternatively, if there's not expected to be any data in the cache for a page |
| because the file has been extended, a block can simply be allocated instead: |
| |
| int fscache_alloc_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, |
| struct page *page, |
| gfp_t gfp); |
| |
| This is similar to the fscache_read_or_alloc_page() function, except that it |
| never reads from the cache. It will return 0 if a block has been allocated, |
| rather than -ENODATA as the other would. One or the other must be performed |
| before writing to the cache. |
| |
| The mark_pages_cached() cookie operation will be called on the page if |
| successful. |
| |
| |
| PAGE WRITE |
| ---------- |
| |
| Secondly, if the netfs changes the contents of the page (either due to an |
| initial download or if a user performs a write), then the page should be |
| written back to the cache: |
| |
| int fscache_write_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, |
| struct page *page, |
| gfp_t gfp); |
| |
| The cookie argument must specify a data file cookie, the page specified should |
| contain the data to be written (and is also used to specify the page number), |
| and the gfp argument is used to control how any memory allocations made are |
| satisfied. |
| |
| The page must have first been read or allocated successfully and must not have |
| been uncached before writing is performed. |
| |
| If the cookie indicates the inode is not cached then: |
| |
| (1) The function will return -ENOBUFS. |
| |
| Else if space can be allocated in the cache to hold this page: |
| |
| (1) PG_fscache_write will be set on the page. |
| |
| (2) The function will submit a request to write the data to cache's backing |
| device directly from the page specified. |
| |
| (3) The function will return 0. |
| |
| (4) When the write is complete PG_fscache_write is cleared on the page and |
| anyone waiting for that bit will be woken up. |
| |
| Else if there's no space available in the cache, -ENOBUFS will be returned. It |
| is also possible for the PG_fscache_write bit to be cleared when no write took |
| place if unforeseen circumstances arose (such as a disk error). |
| |
| Writing takes place asynchronously. |
| |
| |
| MULTIPLE PAGE READ |
| ------------------ |
| |
| A facility is provided to read several pages at once, as requested by the |
| readpages() address space operation: |
| |
| int fscache_read_or_alloc_pages(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, |
| struct address_space *mapping, |
| struct list_head *pages, |
| int *nr_pages, |
| fscache_rw_complete_t end_io_func, |
| void *context, |
| gfp_t gfp); |
| |
| This works in a similar way to fscache_read_or_alloc_page(), except: |
| |
| (1) Any page it can retrieve data for is removed from pages and nr_pages and |
| dispatched for reading to the disk. Reads of adjacent pages on disk may |
| be merged for greater efficiency. |
| |
| (2) The mark_pages_cached() cookie operation will be called on several pages |
| at once if they're being read or allocated. |
| |
| (3) If there was an general error, then that error will be returned. |
| |
| Else if some pages couldn't be allocated or read, then -ENOBUFS will be |
| returned. |
| |
| Else if some pages couldn't be read but were allocated, then -ENODATA will |
| be returned. |
| |
| Otherwise, if all pages had reads dispatched, then 0 will be returned, the |
| list will be empty and *nr_pages will be 0. |
| |
| (4) end_io_func will be called once for each page being read as the reads |
| complete. It will be called in process context if error != 0, but it may |
| be called in interrupt context if there is no error. |
| |
| Note that a return of -ENODATA, -ENOBUFS or any other error does not preclude |
| some of the pages being read and some being allocated. Those pages will have |
| been marked appropriately and will need uncaching. |
| |
| |
| CANCELLATION OF UNREAD PAGES |
| ---------------------------- |
| |
| If one or more pages are passed to fscache_read_or_alloc_pages() but not then |
| read from the cache and also not read from the underlying filesystem then |
| those pages will need to have any marks and reservations removed. This can be |
| done by calling: |
| |
| void fscache_readpages_cancel(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, |
| struct list_head *pages); |
| |
| prior to returning to the caller. The cookie argument should be as passed to |
| fscache_read_or_alloc_pages(). Every page in the pages list will be examined |
| and any that have PG_fscache set will be uncached. |
| |
| |
| ============== |
| PAGE UNCACHING |
| ============== |
| |
| To uncache a page, this function should be called: |
| |
| void fscache_uncache_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, |
| struct page *page); |
| |
| This function permits the cache to release any in-memory representation it |
| might be holding for this netfs page. This function must be called once for |
| each page on which the read or write page functions above have been called to |
| make sure the cache's in-memory tracking information gets torn down. |
| |
| Note that pages can't be explicitly deleted from the a data file. The whole |
| data file must be retired (see the relinquish cookie function below). |
| |
| Furthermore, note that this does not cancel the asynchronous read or write |
| operation started by the read/alloc and write functions, so the page |
| invalidation functions must use: |
| |
| bool fscache_check_page_write(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, |
| struct page *page); |
| |
| to see if a page is being written to the cache, and: |
| |
| void fscache_wait_on_page_write(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, |
| struct page *page); |
| |
| to wait for it to finish if it is. |
| |
| |
| When releasepage() is being implemented, a special FS-Cache function exists to |
| manage the heuristics of coping with vmscan trying to eject pages, which may |
| conflict with the cache trying to write pages to the cache (which may itself |
| need to allocate memory): |
| |
| bool fscache_maybe_release_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, |
| struct page *page, |
| gfp_t gfp); |
| |
| This takes the netfs cookie, and the page and gfp arguments as supplied to |
| releasepage(). It will return false if the page cannot be released yet for |
| some reason and if it returns true, the page has been uncached and can now be |
| released. |
| |
| To make a page available for release, this function may wait for an outstanding |
| storage request to complete, or it may attempt to cancel the storage request - |
| in which case the page will not be stored in the cache this time. |
| |
| |
| BULK INODE PAGE UNCACHE |
| ----------------------- |
| |
| A convenience routine is provided to perform an uncache on all the pages |
| attached to an inode. This assumes that the pages on the inode correspond on a |
| 1:1 basis with the pages in the cache. |
| |
| void fscache_uncache_all_inode_pages(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, |
| struct inode *inode); |
| |
| This takes the netfs cookie that the pages were cached with and the inode that |
| the pages are attached to. This function will wait for pages to finish being |
| written to the cache and for the cache to finish with the page generally. No |
| error is returned. |
| |
| |
| =============================== |
| INDEX AND DATA FILE CONSISTENCY |
| =============================== |
| |
| To find out whether auxiliary data for an object is up to data within the |
| cache, the following function can be called: |
| |
| int fscache_check_consistency(struct fscache_cookie *cookie) |
| |
| This will call back to the netfs to check whether the auxiliary data associated |
| with a cookie is correct. It returns 0 if it is and -ESTALE if it isn't; it |
| may also return -ENOMEM and -ERESTARTSYS. |
| |
| To request an update of the index data for an index or other object, the |
| following function should be called: |
| |
| void fscache_update_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); |
| |
| This function will refer back to the netfs_data pointer stored in the cookie by |
| the acquisition function to obtain the data to write into each revised index |
| entry. The update method in the parent index definition will be called to |
| transfer the data. |
| |
| Note that partial updates may happen automatically at other times, such as when |
| data blocks are added to a data file object. |
| |
| |
| =============================== |
| MISCELLANEOUS COOKIE OPERATIONS |
| =============================== |
| |
| There are a number of operations that can be used to control cookies: |
| |
| (*) Cookie pinning: |
| |
| int fscache_pin_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); |
| void fscache_unpin_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); |
| |
| These operations permit data cookies to be pinned into the cache and to |
| have the pinning removed. They are not permitted on index cookies. |
| |
| The pinning function will return 0 if successful, -ENOBUFS in the cookie |
| isn't backed by a cache, -EOPNOTSUPP if the cache doesn't support pinning, |
| -ENOSPC if there isn't enough space to honour the operation, -ENOMEM or |
| -EIO if there's any other problem. |
| |
| (*) Data space reservation: |
| |
| int fscache_reserve_space(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, loff_t size); |
| |
| This permits a netfs to request cache space be reserved to store up to the |
| given amount of a file. It is permitted to ask for more than the current |
| size of the file to allow for future file expansion. |
| |
| If size is given as zero then the reservation will be cancelled. |
| |
| The function will return 0 if successful, -ENOBUFS in the cookie isn't |
| backed by a cache, -EOPNOTSUPP if the cache doesn't support reservations, |
| -ENOSPC if there isn't enough space to honour the operation, -ENOMEM or |
| -EIO if there's any other problem. |
| |
| Note that this doesn't pin an object in a cache; it can still be culled to |
| make space if it's not in use. |
| |
| |
| ===================== |
| COOKIE UNREGISTRATION |
| ===================== |
| |
| To get rid of a cookie, this function should be called. |
| |
| void fscache_relinquish_cookie(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, |
| int retire); |
| |
| If retire is non-zero, then the object will be marked for recycling, and all |
| copies of it will be removed from all active caches in which it is present. |
| Not only that but all child objects will also be retired. |
| |
| If retire is zero, then the object may be available again when next the |
| acquisition function is called. Retirement here will overrule the pinning on a |
| cookie. |
| |
| One very important note - relinquish must NOT be called for a cookie unless all |
| the cookies for "child" indices, objects and pages have been relinquished |
| first. |
| |
| |
| ================== |
| INDEX INVALIDATION |
| ================== |
| |
| There is no direct way to invalidate an index subtree. To do this, the caller |
| should relinquish and retire the cookie they have, and then acquire a new one. |
| |
| |
| ====================== |
| DATA FILE INVALIDATION |
| ====================== |
| |
| Sometimes it will be necessary to invalidate an object that contains data. |
| Typically this will be necessary when the server tells the netfs of a foreign |
| change - at which point the netfs has to throw away all the state it had for an |
| inode and reload from the server. |
| |
| To indicate that a cache object should be invalidated, the following function |
| can be called: |
| |
| void fscache_invalidate(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); |
| |
| This can be called with spinlocks held as it defers the work to a thread pool. |
| All extant storage, retrieval and attribute change ops at this point are |
| cancelled and discarded. Some future operations will be rejected until the |
| cache has had a chance to insert a barrier in the operations queue. After |
| that, operations will be queued again behind the invalidation operation. |
| |
| The invalidation operation will perform an attribute change operation and an |
| auxiliary data update operation as it is very likely these will have changed. |
| |
| Using the following function, the netfs can wait for the invalidation operation |
| to have reached a point at which it can start submitting ordinary operations |
| once again: |
| |
| void fscache_wait_on_invalidate(struct fscache_cookie *cookie); |
| |
| |
| =========================== |
| FS-CACHE SPECIFIC PAGE FLAG |
| =========================== |
| |
| FS-Cache makes use of a page flag, PG_private_2, for its own purpose. This is |
| given the alternative name PG_fscache. |
| |
| PG_fscache is used to indicate that the page is known by the cache, and that |
| the cache must be informed if the page is going to go away. It's an indication |
| to the netfs that the cache has an interest in this page, where an interest may |
| be a pointer to it, resources allocated or reserved for it, or I/O in progress |
| upon it. |
| |
| The netfs can use this information in methods such as releasepage() to |
| determine whether it needs to uncache a page or update it. |
| |
| Furthermore, if this bit is set, releasepage() and invalidatepage() operations |
| will be called on a page to get rid of it, even if PG_private is not set. This |
| allows caching to attempted on a page before read_cache_pages() to be called |
| after fscache_read_or_alloc_pages() as the former will try and release pages it |
| was given under certain circumstances. |
| |
| This bit does not overlap with such as PG_private. This means that FS-Cache |
| can be used with a filesystem that uses the block buffering code. |
| |
| There are a number of operations defined on this flag: |
| |
| int PageFsCache(struct page *page); |
| void SetPageFsCache(struct page *page) |
| void ClearPageFsCache(struct page *page) |
| int TestSetPageFsCache(struct page *page) |
| int TestClearPageFsCache(struct page *page) |
| |
| These functions are bit test, bit set, bit clear, bit test and set and bit |
| test and clear operations on PG_fscache. |