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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-08-31 14:55:09 -0700
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Merge tag 'for-5.15/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm
Pull device mapper updates from Mike Snitzer: - Add DM infrastructure for IMA-based remote attestion. These changes are the basis for deploying DM-based storage in a "cloud" that must validate configurations end-users run to maintain trust. These DM changes allow supported DM targets' configurations to be measured via IMA. But the policy and enforcement (of which configurations are valid) is managed by something outside the kernel (e.g. Keylime). - Fix DM crypt scalability regression on systems with many cpus due to percpu_counter spinlock contention in crypt_page_alloc(). - Use in_hardirq() instead of deprecated in_irq() in DM crypt. - Add event counters to DM writecache to allow users to further assess how the writecache is performing. - Various code cleanup in DM writecache's main IO mapping function. * tag 'for-5.15/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm: dm crypt: use in_hardirq() instead of deprecated in_irq() dm ima: update dm documentation for ima measurement support dm ima: update dm target attributes for ima measurements dm ima: add a warning in dm_init if duplicate ima events are not measured dm ima: prefix ima event name related to device mapper with dm_ dm ima: add version info to dm related events in ima log dm ima: prefix dm table hashes in ima log with hash algorithm dm crypt: Avoid percpu_counter spinlock contention in crypt_page_alloc() dm: add documentation for IMA measurement support dm: update target status functions to support IMA measurement dm ima: measure data on device rename dm ima: measure data on table clear dm ima: measure data on device remove dm ima: measure data on device resume dm ima: measure data on table load dm writecache: add event counters dm writecache: report invalid return from writecache_map helpers dm writecache: further writecache_map() cleanup dm writecache: factor out writecache_map_remap_origin() dm writecache: split up writecache_map() to improve code readability
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@@ -78,13 +78,23 @@ Status:
2. the number of blocks
3. the number of free blocks
4. the number of blocks under writeback
+5. the number of read requests
+6. the number of read requests that hit the cache
+7. the number of write requests
+8. the number of write requests that hit uncommitted block
+9. the number of write requests that hit committed block
+10. the number of write requests that bypass the cache
+11. the number of write requests that are allocated in the cache
+12. the number of write requests that are blocked on the freelist
+13. the number of flush requests
+14. the number of discard requests
Messages:
flush
- flush the cache device. The message returns successfully
+ Flush the cache device. The message returns successfully
if the cache device was flushed without an error
flush_on_suspend
- flush the cache device on next suspend. Use this message
+ Flush the cache device on next suspend. Use this message
when you are going to remove the cache device. The proper
sequence for removing the cache device is:
@@ -98,3 +108,5 @@ Messages:
6. the cache device is now inactive and it can be deleted
cleaner
See above "cleaner" constructor documentation.
+ clear_stats
+ Clear the statistics that are reported on the status line