If PCI boards are supported, use the module_comedi_pci_driver() macro to
register the module as a comedi driver and a PCI driver. Otherwise, if
ISA (or PC/104) boards are supported, use the module_comedi_driver()
macro to register the module as a comedi driver. Otherwise, this is
only a helper module for an external comedi driver (das08_cs).
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Don't deal with allocation and deallocation of I/O resources and PCI
enabling/disabling in the exported functions das08_common_attach() and
das08_common_detach(). Do it in das08_attach() and new function
das08_detach() (which is now the comedi detach() hook for this driver).
This keeps things more symmetrical. Callers of das08_common_attach()
and das08_common_detach() are now responsible for allocation of their
own I/O resources and enabling of their own devices. The only external
caller of das08_common_attach() and das08_common_detach() is the
das08_cs module, which looks after its own I/O resources.
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Change conditional compilation on kernel config options to use the
IS_ENABLED() macro.
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Complete the refactor of the das1800 driver to remove all the
forward declarations.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Complete the refactor of the rtd520 driver to remove all the
forward declarations.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Factor out the code that finds a matching PCI device from attach
function. This allows reducing the indent level of the remaining
code in the attach function.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Factor out the code that finds a matching PCI device from attach
function. This allows reducing the indent level of the remaining
code in the attach function.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Factor out the code that finds a matching PCI device from attach
function. This allows reducing the indent level of the remaining
code in the attach function.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Factor out the code that finds a matching PCI device from attach
function.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Factor out the code that finds a matching PCI device from attach
function.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Factor out the code that finds a matching PCI device from attach
function.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
This function is more complicated than it needs to be because of the
consts. It's not worth saving them when we drop the consts anyway
when we return (void *)name_ptr.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc:
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'boardtype' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'this_board' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The 'thisboard' macro depends on having a local variable with
a magic name. The CodingStyle document suggests not doing this
to avoid confusion. Remove the macro and use the comedi_board()
inline helper to get the dev->board_ptr information.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The base_addr variable in struct s626_private is an ioremap'ed pci
resource and should be void __iomem * not a void *.
This quiets a lot of sparse warings for the writel and readl calls
like:
warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
expected void const volatile [noderef] <asn:2>*addr
got void *<noident>
warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
expected void volatile [noderef] <asn:2>*addr
got void *
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The iobase variables in struct pci20xxx_subdev_private and ioaddr
variable in struct pci20xxx_private should be void __iomem * not
void *.
This quiets a lot of sparse warings for the writeb and readb calls
like:
warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
expected void const volatile [noderef] <asn:2>*addr
got void *<noident>
warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
expected void volatile [noderef] <asn:2>*addr
got void *
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The io_addr variable in struct dt3k_private is an ioremap'ed pci
resource and should be void __iomem * not a void *.
This quiets a lot of sparse warings for the writew and readw calls
like:
warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
expected void const volatile [noderef] <asn:2>*addr
got void *<noident>
warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
expected void volatile [noderef] <asn:2>*addr
got void *
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The plx9080_iobase and hpdi_iobase variables in struct hpdi_private
are ioremap'ed pci resource and should be void __iomem * not void *.
This quiets a lot of sparse warings for the writel and readl calls
like:
warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
expected void const volatile [noderef] <asn:2>*addr
got void *<noident>
warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
expected void volatile [noderef] <asn:2>*addr
got void *
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
The io_addr variable in struct dt3k_private is an ioremap'ed pci
resource and should be void __iomem * not a void *.
This quiets a lot of sparse warings for the writew and readw calls
like:
warning: incorrect type in argument 1 (different address spaces)
expected void const volatile [noderef] <asn:2>*addr
got void *<noident>
warning: incorrect type in argument 2 (different address spaces)
expected void volatile [noderef] <asn:2>*addr
got void *
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Remove the private header, comedi_pci.h, by moving the two
helper functions into divers.c and providing the prototypes
in comedidev.h.
This allows the comedi_pci_enable/disable helper functions
to be shared instead of having an inline version in every
comedi pci driver.
Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
and provide a simple reserve/release mechanism for userspace tools to
access thin provisioning metadata while the pool is in use.
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Merge tag 'dm-3.5-changes-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm
Pull device-mapper updates from Alasdair G Kergon:
"Improve multipath's retrying mechanism in some defined circumstances
and provide a simple reserve/release mechanism for userspace tools to
access thin provisioning metadata while the pool is in use."
* tag 'dm-3.5-changes-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm:
dm thin: provide userspace access to pool metadata
dm thin: use slab mempools
dm mpath: allow ioctls to trigger pg init
dm mpath: delay retry of bypassed pg
dm mpath: reduce size of struct multipath
This patch implements two new messages that can be sent to the thin
pool target allowing it to take a snapshot of the _metadata_. This,
read-only snapshot can be accessed by userland, concurrently with the
live target.
Only one metadata snapshot can be held at a time. The pool's status
line will give the block location for the current msnap.
Since version 0.1.5 of the userland thin provisioning tools, the
thin_dump program displays the msnap as follows:
thin_dump -m <msnap root> <metadata dev>
Available here: https://github.com/jthornber/thin-provisioning-tools
Now that userland can access the metadata we can do various things
that have traditionally been kernel side tasks:
i) Incremental backups.
By using metadata snapshots we can work out what blocks have
changed over time. Combined with data snapshots we can ensure
the data doesn't change while we back it up.
A short proof of concept script can be found here:
https://github.com/jthornber/thinp-test-suite/blob/master/incremental_backup_example.rb
ii) Migration of thin devices from one pool to another.
iii) Merging snapshots back into an external origin.
iv) Asyncronous replication.
Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
