dm cache: add cleaner policy

A simple cache policy that writes back all data to the origin.

This is used to decommission a dm cache by emptying it.

Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <mauelshagen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

Documentation/device-mapper/cache-policies.txt

@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ since spindles tend to have good bandwidth. The io_tracker counts
 contiguous I/Os to try to spot when the io is in one of these sequential
 modes.
 
+cleaner
+-------
+
+The cleaner writes back all dirty blocks in a cache to decommission it.
+
 Examples
 ========
 

drivers/md/Kconfig

@@ -291,6 +291,14 @@ config DM_CACHE_MQ
          This is meant to be a general purpose policy.  It prioritises
          reads over writes.
 
+config DM_CACHE_CLEANER
+       tristate "Cleaner Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+       depends on DM_CACHE
+       default y
+       ---help---
+         A simple cache policy that writes back all data to the
+         origin.  Used when decommissioning a dm-cache.
+
 config DM_MIRROR
        tristate "Mirror target"
        depends on BLK_DEV_DM

drivers/md/Makefile

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dm-log-userspace-y \
 dm-thin-pool-y	+= dm-thin.o dm-thin-metadata.o
 dm-cache-y	+= dm-cache-target.o dm-cache-metadata.o dm-cache-policy.o
 dm-cache-mq-y   += dm-cache-policy-mq.o
+dm-cache-cleaner-y += dm-cache-policy-cleaner.o
 md-mod-y	+= md.o bitmap.o
 raid456-y	+= raid5.o
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DM_THIN_PROVISIONING)	+= dm-thin-pool.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_VERITY)		+= dm-verity.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_CACHE)		+= dm-cache.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_CACHE_MQ)	+= dm-cache-mq.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DM_CACHE_CLEANER)	+= dm-cache-cleaner.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DM_UEVENT),y)
 dm-mod-objs			+= dm-uevent.o