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>

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 331e4ee..c903bee 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -846,6 +846,32 @@ void blk_queue_flush_queueable(struct request_queue *q, bool queueable)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_flush_queueable);
 
+/**
+ * blk_queue_write_cache - configure queue's write cache
+ * @q:		the request queue for the device
+ * @wc:		write back cache on or off
+ * @fua:	device supports FUA writes, if true
+ *
+ * Tell the block layer about the write cache of @q.
+ */
+void blk_queue_write_cache(struct request_queue *q, bool wc, bool fua)
+{
+	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+	if (wc) {
+		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
+		q->flush_flags = REQ_FLUSH;
+	} else
+		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, q);
+	if (fua) {
+		if (wc)
+			q->flush_flags |= REQ_FUA;
+		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_FUA, q);
+	} else
+		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_FUA, q);
+	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_write_cache);
+
 static int __init blk_settings_init(void)
 {
 	blk_max_low_pfn = max_low_pfn - 1;