dm mpath: add start_io and nr_bytes to path selectors

This patch makes two additions to the dm path selector interface for
dynamic load balancers:
  o a new hook, start_io()
  o a new parameter 'nr_bytes' to select_path()/start_io()/end_io()
    to pass the size of the I/O

start_io() is called when a target driver actually submits I/O
to the selected path.
Path selectors can use it to start accounting of the I/O.
(e.g. counting the number of in-flight I/Os.)
The start_io hook is based on the patch posted by Stefan Bader:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/dm-devel/2005-October/msg00050.html

nr_bytes, the size of the I/O, is so path selectors can take the
size of the I/O into account when deciding which path to use.
dm-service-time uses it to estimate service time, for example.
(Added the nr_bytes member to dm_mpath_io instead of using existing
 details.bi_size, since request-based dm patch deletes it.)

Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Kiyoshi Ueda
2009-06-22 10:12:27 +01:00
committed by Alasdair G Kergon
parent 2bd0234525
commit 02ab823fd1
3 changed files with 25 additions and 13 deletions

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@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int rr_reinstate_path(struct path_selector *ps, struct dm_path *p)
}
static struct dm_path *rr_select_path(struct path_selector *ps,
unsigned *repeat_count)
unsigned *repeat_count, size_t nr_bytes)
{
struct selector *s = (struct selector *) ps->context;
struct path_info *pi = NULL;