dm writecache: make writeback pause configurable

Commit 95b88f4d71 ("dm writecache: pause
writeback if cache full and origin being written directly") introduced a
code that pauses cache flushing if we are issuing writes directly to the
origin.

Improve that initial commit by making the timeout code configurable
(via the option "pause_writeback"). Also change the default from 1s to
3s because it performed better.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
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Mikulas Patocka
2021-06-28 09:59:37 -04:00
committed by Mike Snitzer
parent 95b88f4d71
commit 5c0de3d72f
3 changed files with 55 additions and 10 deletions

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@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ first sector should contain valid superblock from previous invocation.
Constructor parameters:
1. type of the cache device - "p" or "s"
- p - persistent memory
- s - SSD
2. the underlying device that will be cached
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ Constructor parameters:
size)
5. the number of optional parameters (the parameters with an argument
count as two)
start_sector n (default: 0)
offset from the start of cache device in 512-byte sectors
high_watermark n (default: 50)
@@ -71,6 +69,9 @@ Constructor parameters:
metadata_only
only metadata is promoted to the cache. This option
improves performance for heavier REQ_META workloads.
pause_writeback n (default: 3000)
pause writeback if there was some write I/O redirected to
the origin volume in the last n milliseconds
Status:
1. error indicator - 0 if there was no error, otherwise error number