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2018-06-01lightnvm: pass flag on graceful teardown to targetsJavier González1-1/+12
If the namespace is unregistered before the LightNVM target is removed (e.g., on hot unplug) it is too late for the target to store any metadata on the device - any attempt to write to the device will fail. In this case, pass on a "gracefull teardown" flag to the target to let it know when this happens. In the case of pblk, we pad the open line (close all open chunks) to improve data retention. In the event of an ungraceful shutdown, avoid this part and just clean up. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-06-01lightnvm: pblk: remove unnecessary argumentJavier González1-3/+3
Remove unnecessary argument on pblk_line_free() Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-06-01lightnvm: pblk: return NVM_ error on failed submissionJavier González1-14/+8
Return a meaningful error when the sanity vector I/O check fails. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-06-01lightnvm: pblk: recheck for bad lines at runtimeJavier González1-10/+28
Bad blocks can grow at runtime. Check that the number of valid blocks in a line are within the sanity threshold before allocating the line for new writes. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-05-30lightnvm: convert to bioset_init()/mempool_init()Kent Overstreet1-15/+15
Convert lightnvm to embedded bio sets. Reviewed-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-03-29lightnvm: pblk: implement get log report chunkJavier González1-18/+120
In preparation of pblk supporting 2.0, implement the get log report chunk in pblk. Also, define the chunk states as given in the 2.0 spec. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-03-29lightnvm: add support for 2.0 address formatJavier González1-5/+5
Add support for 2.0 address format. Also, align address bits for 1.2 and 2.0 to be able to operate on channel and luns without requiring a format conversion. Use a generic address format for this purpose. Also, convert the generic operations to the generic format in pblk. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-03-29lightnvm: normalize geometry nomenclatureJavier González1-2/+2
Normalize nomenclature for naming channels, luns, chunks, planes and sectors as well as derivations in order to improve readability. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-03-29lightnvm: simplify geometry structureJavier González1-8/+8
Currently, the device geometry is stored redundantly in the nvm_id and nvm_geo structures at a device level. Moreover, when instantiating targets on a specific number of LUNs, these structures are replicated and manually modified to fit the instance channel and LUN partitioning. Instead, create a generic geometry around nvm_geo, which can be used by (i) the underlying device to describe the geometry of the whole device, and (ii) instances to describe their geometry independently. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-03-29lightnvm: pblk: refactor bad block identificationJavier González1-3/+0
In preparation for the OCSSD 2.0 spec. bad block identification, refactor the current code to generalize bad block get/set functions and structures. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-03-29lightnvm: pblk: allow allocation of new lines during shutdownHans Holmberg1-7/+0
When shutting down pblk the write buffer is flushed and if the current line can't fit the data in the write buffer we need to allocate a new line, so remove the check that prevents this. Signed-off-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@cnexlabs.com> Reviewed-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-03-29lightnvm: pblk: export write amplification counters to sysfsHans Holmberg1-0/+6
In a SSD, write amplification, WA, is defined as the average number of page writes per user page write. Write amplification negatively affects write performance and decreases the lifetime of the disk, so it's a useful metric to add to sysfs. In plkb's case, the number of writes per user sector is the sum of: (1) number of user writes (2) number of sectors written by the garbage collector (3) number of sectors padded (i.e. due to syncs) This patch adds persistent counters for 1-3 and two sysfs attributes to export these along with WA calculated with five decimals: write_amp_mileage: the accumulated write amplification stats for the lifetime of the pblk instance write_amp_trip: resetable stats to facilitate delta measurements, values reset at creation and if 0 is written to the attribute. 64-bit counters are used as a 32 bit counter would wrap around already after about 17 TB worth of user data. It will take a long long time before the 64 bit sector counters wrap around. The counters are stored after the bad block bitmap in the first emeta sector of each written line. There is plenty of space in the first emeta sector, so we don't need to bump the major version of the line data format. Signed-off-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-03-29lightnvm: pblk: check data lines version on recoveryHans Holmberg1-1/+8
As a preparation for future bumps of data line persistent storage versions, we need to start checking the emeta line version during recovery. Also slit up the current emeta/smeta version into two bytes (major,minor). Recovering lines with the same major number as the current pblk data line version must succeed. This means that any changes in the persistent format must be: (1) Backward compatible: if we switch back to and older kernel, recovery of lines stored with major == current_major and minor > current_minor must succeed. (2) Forward compatible: switching to a newer kernel, recovery of lines stored with major=current_major and minor < minor must handle the data format differences gracefully(i.e. initialize new data structures to default values). If we detect lines that have a different major number than the current we must abort recovery. The user must manually migrate the data in this case. Previously the version stored in the emeta header was copied from smeta, which has version 1, so we need to set the minor version to 1. Signed-off-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-03-29lightnvm: pblk: handle bad sectors in the emeta area correctlyHans Holmberg1-5/+6
Unless we check if there are bad sectors in the entire emeta-area we risk ending up with valid bitmap / available sector count inconsistency. This results in lines with a bad chunk at the last LUN marked as bad, so go through the whole emeta area and mark up the invalid sectors. Signed-off-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-01-05lightnvm: pblk: do not log recovery read errorsJavier González1-3/+3
On scan recovery, reads can fail. This happens because the first page for each line is read in order to determined if the line has been used (and thus needs to be recovered), or not. This can lead to "empty page" read errors. Since these errors are normal, do not log them, as they are confusing when reviewing the logs. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-01-05lightnvm: pblk: use exact free block counter in RLJavier González1-13/+6
Until now, pblk's rate-limiter has used a heuristic to reserve space for GC I/O given that the over-provision area was fixed. In preparation for allowing to define the over-provision area on target creation, define a dedicated free_block counter in the rate-limiter to track the number of blocks being used for user data. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-01-05lightnvm: pblk: compress and reorder helper functionsJavier González1-12/+12
Through time, we have generated some redundant helper functions. Refactor them to eliminate redundant and unnecessary code. Also, reorder them to improve readability Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-01-05lightnvm: make geometry structures 2.0 readyMatias Bjørling1-3/+3
Prepare for the 2.0 revision by adapting the geometry structures to coexist with the 1.2 revision. Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Reviewed-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-11-21lightnvm: Convert timers to use timer_setup()Kees Cook1-2/+2
In preparation for unconditionally passing the struct timer_list pointer to all timer callbacks, switch to using the new timer_setup() and from_timer() to pass the timer pointer explicitly. Cc: Matias Bjorling <mb@lightnvm.io> Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
2017-10-13lightnvm: implement generic path for sync I/OJavier González1-52/+22
Implement a generic path for sending sync I/O on LightNVM. This allows to reuse the standard synchronous path trough blk_execute_rq(), instead of implementing a wait_for_completion on the target side (e.g., pblk). Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: cleanup unused and static functionsJavier González1-72/+61
Cleanup up unused and static functions across the whole codebase. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: gc all lines in the pipeline before exitHans Holmberg1-0/+3
Finish garbage collect of the lines that are in the gc pipeline before exiting. Ensure that all lines already in in the pipeline goes through, from read to write. Do this by keeping track of how many lines are in the pipeline and waiting for that number to reach zero before exiting the gc reader task. Since we're adding a new gc line counter, change the name of inflight_gc to read_inflight_gc to make the distinction clear. Signed-off-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: remove useless lineRakesh Pandit1-1/+0
Signed-off-by: Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@tuxera.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: enable 1 LUN configurationJavier González1-7/+10
Metadata I/Os are scheduled to minimize their impact on user data I/Os. When there are enough LUNs instantiated (i.e., enough bandwidth), it is easy to interleave metadata and data one after the other so that metadata I/Os are the ones being blocked and not vice-versa. We do this by calculating the distance between the I/Os in terms of the LUNs that are not in used, and selecting a free LUN that satisfies a the simple heuristic that metadata is scheduled behind. The per-LUN semaphores guarantee consistency. This works fine on >1 LUN configuration. However, when a single LUN is instantiated, this design leads to a deadlock, where metadata waits to be scheduled on a free LUN. This patch implements the 1 LUN case by simply scheduling the metadada I/O after the data I/O. In the process, we refactor the way a line is replaced to ensure that metadata writes are submitted after data writes in order to guarantee block sequentiality. Note that, since there is only one LUN, both I/Os will block each other by design. However, such configuration only pursues tight read latencies, not write bandwidth. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: guarantee line integrity on readsJavier González1-5/+51
When a line is recycled during garbage collection, reads can still be issued to the line. If the line is freed in the middle of this process, data corruption might occur. This patch guarantees that lines are not freed in the middle of reads that target them (lines). Specifically, we use the existing line reference to decide when a line is eligible for being freed after the recycle process. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: use rqd->end_io for completionJavier González1-7/+0
For consistency with the rest of pblk, use rqd->end_io to point to the function taking care of ending the request on the completion path. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: refactor rqd alloc/freeJavier González1-10/+30
Refactor the rqd allocation and free functions so that all I/O types can use these helper functions. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: improve naming for internal req.Javier González1-16/+16
Each request type sent to the LightNVM subsystem requires different metadata. Until now, we have tailored this metadata based on write, read and erase commands. However, pblk uses different metadata for internal writes that do not hit the write buffer. Instead of abusing the metadata for reads, create a new request type - internal write to improve code readability. In the process, create internal values for each I/O type instead of abusing the READ/WRITE macros, as suggested by Christoph. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: put bio on bio completionJavier González1-3/+7
Simplify put bio by doing it on bio end_io instead of manually putting it on the completion path. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: simplify data validity check on GCJavier González1-16/+13
When a line is selected for recycling by the garbage collector (GC), the line state changes and the invalid bitmap is frozen, preventing invalidations from happening. Throughout the GC, the L2P map is checked to verify that not data being recycled has been updated. The last check is done before the new map is being stored on the L2P table. Though this algorithm works, it requires a number of corner cases to be checked each time the L2P table is being updated. This complicates readability and is error prone in case that the recycling algorithm is modified. Instead, this patch makes the invalid bitmap accessible even when the line is being recycled. When recycled data is being remapped, it is enough to check the invalid bitmap for the line before updating the L2P table. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: normalize ppa namingsJavier González1-23/+25
Normalize the way we name ppa variables to improve code readability. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: remove checks on mempool alloc.Javier González1-4/+0
As part of the mempool audit on pblk, remove unnecessary mempool allocation checks on mempools. Reported-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: do not use a mempool for line bitmapsJavier González1-16/+10
pblk holds two sector bitmaps: one to keep track of the mapped sectors while the line is active and another one to keep track of the invalid sectors. The latter is kept during the whole live of the line, until it is recycled. Since we cannot guarantee forward progress for the mempool in this case, get rid of the mempool and simply allocate memory through kmalloc. Reported-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: decouple read/erase mempoolsJavier González1-4/+4
Since read and erase paths offer different guarantees for inflight I/Os, separate the mempools to set the right min_nr for each on creation. Reported-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: simplify work_queue mempoolJavier González1-6/+7
In pblk, we have a mempool to allocate a generic structure that we pass along workqueues. This is heavily used in the GC path in order to have enough inflight reads and fully utilize the GC bandwidth. However, the current GC path copies data to the host memory and puts it back into the write buffer. This requires a vmalloc allocation for the data and a memory copy. Thus, guaranteeing the allocation by using a mempool for the structure in itself does not give us much. Until we implement support for vector copy to avoid moving data through the host, just allocate the workqueue structure using kmalloc. This allows us to have a much smaller mempool. Reported-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: fix min size for page mempoolJavier González1-3/+3
pblk uses an internal page mempool for allocating pages on internal bios. The main two users of this memory pool are partial reads (reads with some sectors in cache and some on media) and padded writes, which need to add dummy pages to an existing bio already containing valid data (and with a large enough bioset allocated). In both cases, the maximum number of pages per bio is defined by the maximum number of physical sectors supported by the underlying device. This patch fixes a bad mempool allocation, where the min_nr of elements on the pool was fixed (to 16), which is lower than the maximum number of sectors supported by NVMe (as of the time for this patch). Instead, use the maximum number of allowed sectors reported by the device. Reported-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: free padded entries in write bufferJavier González1-1/+0
When a REQ_FLUSH reaches pblk, the bio cannot be directly completed. Instead, data on the write buffer is flushed and the bio is completed on the completion pah. This might require some sectors to be padded in order to guarantee a successful write. This patch fixes a memory leak on the padded pages. A consequence of this bad free was that internal bios not containing data (only a flush) were not being completed. Fixes: a4bd217b4326 ("lightnvm: physical block device (pblk) target") Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: reuse pblk_gc_should_kickRakesh Pandit1-2/+0
This is a trivial change which reuses pblk_gc_should_kick instead of repeating it again in pblk_rl_free_lines_inc. Signed-off-by: Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@tuxera.com> Made it apply to the common case. Reviewed-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: print incompatible line version correctlyRakesh Pandit1-1/+1
Correct it by converting little endian to cpu endian and also define a macro for line version so that maintenance is easy. Signed-off-by: Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@tuxera.com> Reviewed-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: improve error message if down_timeout failsRakesh Pandit1-10/+2
The two pr_err messages are useless as they don't differentiate error code. Signed-off-by: Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@tuxera.com> Reviewed-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-10-13lightnvm: pblk: protect line bitmap while submitting meta ioRakesh Pandit1-0/+2
It seems pblk_dealloc_page would race against pblk_alloc_pages for line bitmap for sector allocation.The chances are very low but might as well protect the bitmap properly. Signed-off-by: Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@tuxera.com> Reviewed-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-07-07lightnvm: pblk: control I/O flow also on tear downJavier González1-13/+48
When removing a pblk instance, control the write I/O flow to the controller as we do in the fast path. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <matias@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-06-30lightnvm: pblk: set line bitmap check under debugJavier González1-1/+4
Do bitmap checks only when debug mode is enable. The line bitmap used for mapping to physical addresses is fairly large (~512KB) and it is expensive to do this checks on the fast path. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <matias@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-06-30lightnvm: pblk: remove target using async. I/OsJavier González1-1/+4
When removing a pblk instance, pad the current line using asynchronous I/O. This reduces the removal time from ~1 minute in the worst case to a couple of seconds. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <matias@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-06-30lightnvm: pblk: use vmalloc for GC data bufferJavier González1-4/+5
For now, we allocate a per I/O buffer for GC data. Since the potential size of the buffer is 256KB and GC is not in the fast path, do this allocation with vmalloc. This puts lets pressure on the memory allocator at no performance cost. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <matias@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-06-30lightnvm: pblk: fix bad le64 assignationsJavier González1-1/+1
Use the right types and conversions on le64 variables. Reported by sparse. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <matias@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-06-26lightnvm: pblk: fail gracefully on irrec. errorJavier González1-81/+199
Due to user writes being decoupled from media writes because of the need of an intermediate write buffer, irrecoverable media write errors lead to pblk stalling; user writes fill up the buffer and end up in an infinite retry loop. In order to let user writes fail gracefully, it is necessary for pblk to keep track of its own internal state and prevent further writes from being placed into the write buffer. This patch implements a state machine to keep track of internal errors and, in case of failure, fail further user writes in an standard way. Depending on the type of error, pblk will do its best to persist buffered writes (which are already acknowledged) and close down on a graceful manner. This way, data might be recovered by re-instantiating pblk. Such state machine paves out the way for a state-based FTL log. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <matias@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-06-26lightnvm: pblk: set mempool and workqueue params.Javier González1-3/+4
Make constants to define sizes for internal mempools and workqueues. In this process, adjust the values to be more meaningful given the internal constrains of the FTL. In order to do this for workqueues, separate the current auxiliary workqueue into two dedicated workqueues to manage lines being closed and bad blocks. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <matias@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-06-26lightnvm: pblk: redesign GC algorithmJavier González1-2/+5
At the moment, in order to get enough read parallelism, we have recycled several lines at the same time. This approach has proven not to work well when reaching capacity, since we end up mixing valid data from all lines, thus not maintaining a sustainable free/recycled line ratio. The new design, relies on a two level workqueue mechanism. In the first level, we read the metadata for a number of lines based on the GC list they reside on (this is governed by the number of valid sectors in each line). In the second level, we recycle a single line at a time. Here, we issue reads in parallel, while a single GC write thread places data in the write buffer. This design allows to (i) only move data from one line at a time, thus maintaining a sane free/recycled ration and (ii) maintain the GC writer busy with recycled data. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <matias@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2017-06-26lightnvm: pblk: add lock assertions on helpersJavier González1-0/+4
Add lockdep assertions on helper functions. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <matias@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>