dm: linear support discard

Allow discards to be passed through to linear mappings if at least one
underlying device supports it.  Discards will be forwarded only to
devices that support them.

A target that supports discards should set num_discard_requests to
indicate how many times each discard request must be submitted to it.

Verify table's underlying devices support discards prior to setting the
associated DM device as capable of discards (via QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD).

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Joe Thornber <thornber@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 531a6f2635a..751ce21dea7 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ struct dm_target {
 	 */
 	unsigned num_flush_requests;
 
+	/*
+	 * The number of discard requests that will be submitted to the
+	 * target.  map_info->request_nr is used just like num_flush_requests.
+	 */
+	unsigned num_discard_requests;
+
 	/* target specific data */
 	void *private;