Merge tag 'dm-3.10-changes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm

Pull device-mapper updates from Alasdair Kergon:
 "Allow devices that hold metadata for the device-mapper thin
  provisioning target to be extended easily; allow WRITE SAME on
  multipath devices; an assortment of little fixes and clean-ups."

* tag 'dm-3.10-changes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-dm: (21 commits)
  dm cache: set config value
  dm cache: move config fns
  dm thin: generate event when metadata threshold passed
  dm persistent metadata: add space map threshold callback
  dm persistent data: add threshold callback to space map
  dm thin: detect metadata device resizing
  dm persistent data: support space map resizing
  dm thin: open dev read only when possible
  dm thin: refactor data dev resize
  dm cache: replace memcpy with struct assignment
  dm cache: fix typos in comments
  dm cache policy: fix description of lookup fn
  dm: document iterate_devices
  dm persistent data: fix error message typos
  dm cache: tune migration throttling
  dm mpath: enable WRITE SAME support
  dm table: fix write same support
  dm bufio: avoid a possible __vmalloc deadlock
  dm snapshot: fix error return code in snapshot_ctr
  dm cache: fix error return code in cache_create
  ...

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 1e483fa7afb..3cd32478f2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -79,11 +79,26 @@ typedef int (*dm_ioctl_fn) (struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int cmd,
 typedef int (*dm_merge_fn) (struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
 			    struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size);
 
+/*
+ * These iteration functions are typically used to check (and combine)
+ * properties of underlying devices.
+ * E.g. Does at least one underlying device support flush?
+ *      Does any underlying device not support WRITE_SAME?
+ *
+ * The callout function is called once for each contiguous section of
+ * an underlying device.  State can be maintained in *data.
+ * Return non-zero to stop iterating through any further devices.
+ */
 typedef int (*iterate_devices_callout_fn) (struct dm_target *ti,
 					   struct dm_dev *dev,
 					   sector_t start, sector_t len,
 					   void *data);
 
+/*
+ * This function must iterate through each section of device used by the
+ * target until it encounters a non-zero return code, which it then returns.
+ * Returns zero if no callout returned non-zero.
+ */
 typedef int (*dm_iterate_devices_fn) (struct dm_target *ti,
 				      iterate_devices_callout_fn fn,
 				      void *data);