TRIM cache devices based on time instead of TXGs.

Currently, the trim module uses the same algorithm for data and cache
devices when deciding to issue TRIM requests, based on how far in the
past the TXG is.

Unfortunately, this is not ideal for cache devices, because the L2ARC
doesn't use the concept of TXGs at all. In fact, when using a pool for
reading only, the L2ARC is written but the TXG counter doesn't
increase, and so no new TRIM requests are issued to the cache device.

This patch fixes the issue by using time instead of the TXG number as
the criteria for trimming on cache devices. The basic delay principle
stays the same, but parameters are expressed in seconds instead of
TXGs. The new parameters are named trim_l2arc_limit and
trim_l2arc_batch, and both default to 30 second.

Reviewed by:	pjd (mentor)
Approved by:	pjd (mentor)
Obtained from:	https://github.com/dechamps/zfs/commit/17122c31ac7f82875e837019205c21651c05f8cd
MFC after:	2 weeks

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sys/cddl/compat/opensolaris/sys/time.h b/sys/cddl/compat/opensolaris/sys/time.h
index 97c82fc..2e83447 100644
--- a/sys/cddl/compat/opensolaris/sys/time.h
+++ b/sys/cddl/compat/opensolaris/sys/time.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #define MILLISEC	1000
 #define MICROSEC	1000000
 #define NANOSEC		1000000000
+#define TIME_MAX	LLONG_MAX
 
 typedef longlong_t	hrtime_t;