dm raid1: add is_remote_recovering hook for clusters

The logging API needs an extra function to make cluster mirroring
possible.  This new function allows us to check whether a mirror
region is being recovered on another machine in the cluster.  This
helps us prevent simultaneous recovery I/O and process I/O to the
same locations on disk.

Cluster-aware log modules will implement this function.  Single
machine log modules will not.  So, there is no performance
penalty for single machine mirrors.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <heinzm@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/dm-dirty-log.h b/include/linux/dm-dirty-log.h
index 727602b..5e8b11d 100644
--- a/include/linux/dm-dirty-log.h
+++ b/include/linux/dm-dirty-log.h
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ struct dm_dirty_log_type {
 	 */
 	int (*status)(struct dm_dirty_log *log, status_type_t status_type,
 		      char *result, unsigned maxlen);
+
+	/*
+	 * is_remote_recovering is necessary for cluster mirroring. It provides
+	 * a way to detect recovery on another node, so we aren't writing
+	 * concurrently.  This function is likely to block (when a cluster log
+	 * is used).
+	 *
+	 * Returns: 0, 1
+	 */
+	int (*is_remote_recovering)(struct dm_dirty_log *log, region_t region);
 };
 
 int dm_dirty_log_type_register(struct dm_dirty_log_type *type);