[RFC v2 69/83] Super: Add module param inplace_data_updates.

Andiry Xu
2018-03-10T18:21:43Z

Provide inplace data updates option if people prefer inplace
updates to copy-on-write.

Signed-off-by: Andiry Xu <jix024@cs.ucsd.edu>
---
fs/nova/nova.h | 1 +
fs/nova/super.c | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/nova/nova.h b/fs/nova/nova.h
index 1c2205e..6c94a9b 100644
--- a/fs/nova/nova.h
+++ b/fs/nova/nova.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ extern unsigned int nova_dbgmask;

extern int measure_timing;
+extern int inplace_data_updates;

extern unsigned int blk_type_to_shift[NOVA_BLOCK_TYPE_MAX];
diff --git a/fs/nova/super.c b/fs/nova/super.c
index 9710be8..980b1d7 100644
--- a/fs/nova/super.c
+++ b/fs/nova/super.c
@@ -43,10 +43,14 @@

int measure_timing;
int support_clwb;
+int inplace_data_updates;

module_param(measure_timing, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(measure_timing, "Timing measurement");

+module_param(inplace_data_updates, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(inplace_data_updates, "Perform data updates in-place (i.e., not atomically)");
+
module_param(nova_dbgmask, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(nova_dbgmask, "Control debugging output");

@@ -541,7 +545,8 @@ static int nova_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
goto out;
}

- nova_dbg("measure timing %d\n", measure_timing);
+ nova_dbg("measure timing %d, inplace data update %d\n",
+ measure_timing, inplace_data_updates);

get_random_bytes(&random, sizeof(u32));
atomic_set(&sbi->next_generation, random);
--
2.7.4