[PATCH RFC 00/14] btrfs-progs: add support for device role-based chunk allocation

[Anand Jain <anand.jain@oracle.com>]

Adds cleanup, fixes, and device role support to enable more efficient
kernel chunk allocation based on device perforamnce.

Anand Jain (14):
  btrfs-progs: minor spelling correction in the list-chunk help text
  btrfs-progs: refactor devid comparison function
  btrfs-progs: rename local dev_list to devices in btrfs_alloc_chunk
  btrfs-progs: mkfs: prepare to merge duplicate if-else blocks
  btrfs-progs: mkfs: eliminate duplicate code in if-else
  btrfs-progs: mkfs: refactor test_num_disk_vs_raid - split data and
    metadata
  btrfs-progs: mkfs: device argument handling with a list
  btrfs-progs: import device role handling from the kernel
  btrfs-progs: mkfs: introduce device roles in device paths
  btrfs-progs: sort devices by role before using them
  btrfs-progs: helper for the device role within dev_item::type
  btrfs-progs: mkfs: persist device roles to dev_item::type
  btrfs-progs: update device add ioctl with device type
  btrfs-progs: disable exclusive metadata/data device roles

 cmds/device.c           |  57 +++++--
 cmds/filesystem.c       |  15 --
 cmds/inspect.c          |   2 +-
 common/device-scan.c    |   4 +-
 common/device-scan.h    |   2 +-
 common/device-utils.c   |  46 ++++++
 common/device-utils.h   |   3 +
 common/utils.c          |  30 ++--
 kernel-shared/volumes.c |  40 ++++-
 kernel-shared/volumes.h |  26 ++++
 mkfs/common.c           |   2 +-
 mkfs/common.h           |   6 +-
 mkfs/main.c             | 324 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 13 files changed, 430 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-)

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