[PATCH] md: add write-behind support for md/raid1

If a device is flagged 'WriteMostly' and the array has a bitmap, and the
bitmap superblock indicates that write_behind is allowed, then write_behind is
enabled for WriteMostly devices.

Write requests will be acknowledges as complete to the caller (via b_end_io)
when all non-WriteMostly devices have completed the write, but will not be
cleared from the bitmap until all devices complete.

This requires memory allocation to make a local copy of the data being
written.  If there is insufficient memory, then we fall-back on normal write
semantics.

Signed-Off-By: Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/raid/md_k.h b/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
index 7ef78e15ce04..2514e5fcda7f 100644
--- a/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
+++ b/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ struct mddev_s
         atomic_t                        writes_pending; 
         request_queue_t                 *queue; /* for plugging ... */
 
+        atomic_t                        write_behind; /* outstanding async IO */
+        unsigned int                    max_write_behind; /* 0 = sync */
+
         struct bitmap                   *bitmap; /* the bitmap for the device */
         struct file                     *bitmap_file; /* the bitmap file */
         long                            bitmap_offset; /* offset from superblock of