block: add ability to flag write back caching on a device
Add an internal helper and flag for setting whether a queue has
write back caching, or write through (or none). Add a sysfs file
to show this as well, and make it changeable from user space.
This will replace the (awkward) blk_queue_flush() interface that
drivers currently use to inform the block layer of write cache state
and capabilities.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 995b58d..9920596 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -347,6 +347,38 @@
return ret;
}
+static ssize_t queue_wc_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
+{
+ if (test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, &q->queue_flags))
+ return sprintf(page, "write back\n");
+
+ return sprintf(page, "write through\n");
+}
+
+static ssize_t queue_wc_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
+ size_t count)
+{
+ int set = -1;
+
+ if (!strncmp(page, "write back", 10))
+ set = 1;
+ else if (!strncmp(page, "write through", 13) ||
+ !strncmp(page, "none", 4))
+ set = 0;
+
+ if (set == -1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+ if (set)
+ queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
+ else
+ queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
+ spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+
+ return count;
+}
+
static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_requests_entry = {
.attr = {.name = "nr_requests", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
.show = queue_requests_show,
@@ -478,6 +510,12 @@
.store = queue_poll_store,
};
+static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_wc_entry = {
+ .attr = {.name = "write_cache", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
+ .show = queue_wc_show,
+ .store = queue_wc_store,
+};
+
static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
&queue_requests_entry.attr,
&queue_ra_entry.attr,
@@ -503,6 +541,7 @@
&queue_iostats_entry.attr,
&queue_random_entry.attr,
&queue_poll_entry.attr,
+ &queue_wc_entry.attr,
NULL,
};