Add an internal helper and flag for setting whether a queue has
write back caching, or write through (or none). Add a sysfs file
to show this as well, and make it changeable from user space.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <ax...@fb.com>
---
block/blk-settings.c | 11 +++++++++++
block/blk-sysfs.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/blkdev.h | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index c7bb666aafd1..4dbd511a9889 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -846,6 +846,17 @@ void blk_queue_flush_queueable(struct request_queue *q,
bool queueable)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_flush_queueable);
+void blk_queue_write_cache(struct request_queue *q, bool enabled)
+{
+ spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+ if (enabled)
+ queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
+ else
+ queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
+ spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_write_cache);
+
static int __init blk_settings_init(void)
{
blk_max_low_pfn = max_low_pfn - 1;
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index dd93763057ce..954e510452d7 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -347,6 +347,38 @@ static ssize_t queue_poll_store(struct request_queue *q,
const char *page,
return ret;
}
+static ssize_t queue_wc_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
+{
+ if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, &q->queue_flags))
+ return sprintf(page, "write back\n");
+
+ return sprintf(page, "write through\n");
+}
+
+static ssize_t queue_wc_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
+ size_t count)
+{
+ int set = -1;
+
+ if (!strncmp(page, "write back", 10))
+ set = 1;
+ else if (!strncmp(page, "write through", 13) ||
+ !strncmp(page, "none", 4))
+ set = 0;
+
+ if (set == -1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+ if (set)
+ queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
+ else
+ queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
+ spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+
+ return count;
+}
+
static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_requests_entry = {
.attr = {.name = "nr_requests", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
.show = queue_requests_show,
@@ -478,6 +510,12 @@ static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_poll_entry = {
.store = queue_poll_store,
};
+static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_wc_entry = {
+ .attr = {.name = "write_cache", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
+ .show = queue_wc_show,
+ .store = queue_wc_store,
+};
+
static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
&queue_requests_entry.attr,
&queue_ra_entry.attr,
@@ -503,6 +541,7 @@ static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
&queue_iostats_entry.attr,
&queue_random_entry.attr,
&queue_poll_entry.attr,
+ &queue_wc_entry.attr,
NULL,
};
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 7e5d7e018bea..76e875159e52 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -491,15 +491,18 @@ struct request_queue {
#define QUEUE_FLAG_INIT_DONE 20 /* queue is initialized */
#define QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE 21 /* don't attempt to merge SG segments*/
#define QUEUE_FLAG_POLL 22 /* IO polling enabled if set */
+#define QUEUE_FLAG_WC 23 /* Write back caching */
#define QUEUE_FLAG_DEFAULT ((1 << QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT) | \
(1 << QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE) | \
(1 << QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP) | \
+ (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_WC) | \
(1 << QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM))
#define QUEUE_FLAG_MQ_DEFAULT ((1 << QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT) | \
(1 << QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE) | \
(1 << QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP) | \
+ (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_WC) | \
(1 << QUEUE_FLAG_POLL))
static inline void queue_lockdep_assert_held(struct request_queue *q)
@@ -1009,6 +1012,7 @@ extern void blk_queue_rq_timed_out(struct request_queue
*, rq_timed_out_fn *);
extern void blk_queue_rq_timeout(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
extern void blk_queue_flush(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int flush);
extern void blk_queue_flush_queueable(struct request_queue *q, bool queueable);
+extern void blk_queue_write_cache(struct request_queue *q, bool enabled);
extern struct backing_dev_info *blk_get_backing_dev_info(struct block_device
*bdev);
extern int blk_rq_map_sg(struct request_queue *, struct request *, struct
scatterlist *);
--
2.8.0.rc4.6.g7e4ba36
