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authorMikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>2014-01-14 01:12:36 +0100
committerMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>2014-01-15 05:23:02 +0100
commit55494bf2947dccdf2d98b62374fea7365dfead84 (patch)
tree08958b0812f1c59732f6a56e2b567ad3a8da7230 /drivers/md/dm-bufio.h
parentdm snapshot: prepare for switch to using dm-bufio (diff)
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dm snapshot: use dm-bufio
Use dm-bufio for initial loading of the exceptions. Introduce a new function dm_bufio_forget that frees the given buffer. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.h b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.h
index b142946a9e32..3dac37627ba4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.h
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ int dm_bufio_issue_flush(struct dm_bufio_client *c);
*/
void dm_bufio_release_move(struct dm_buffer *b, sector_t new_block);
+/*
+ * Free the given buffer.
+ * This is just a hint, if the buffer is in use or dirty, this function
+ * does nothing.
+ */
+void dm_bufio_forget(struct dm_bufio_client *c, sector_t block);
+
unsigned dm_bufio_get_block_size(struct dm_bufio_client *c);
sector_t dm_bufio_get_device_size(struct dm_bufio_client *c);
sector_t dm_bufio_get_block_number(struct dm_buffer *b);