linux/drivers
Mike Snitzer c1f0c183f6 dm snapshot: allow live exception store handover between tables
Permit in-use snapshot exception data to be 'handed over' from one
snapshot instance to another.  This is a pre-requisite for patches
that allow the changes made in a snapshot device to be merged back into
its origin device and also allows device resizing.

The basic call sequence is:

  dmsetup load new_snapshot (referencing the existing in-use cow device)
     - the ctr code detects that the cow is already in use and allows the
       two snapshot target instances to be linked together
  dmsetup suspend original_snapshot
  dmsetup resume new_snapshot
     - the new_snapshot becomes live, and if anything now tries to access
       the original one it will receive -EIO
  dmsetup remove original_snapshot

(There can only be two snapshot targets referencing the same cow device
simultaneously.)

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10 23:52:24 +00:00
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crypto Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus 2009-12-07 18:36:35 +01:00
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dio m68k: don't export static inline functions 2009-12-06 11:18:28 +01:00
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gpio gpio: Langwell GPIO driver bugfixes 2009-12-01 16:32:19 -08:00
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md dm snapshot: allow live exception store handover between tables 2009-12-10 23:52:24 +00:00
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pnp tree-wide: fix assorted typos all over the place 2009-12-04 15:39:55 +01:00
power collie: add battery driver 2009-11-27 21:07:23 +01:00
pps
ps3 tree-wide: fix assorted typos all over the place 2009-12-04 15:39:55 +01:00
rapidio
regulator regulator: Initialise wm831x structure pointor for ISINK driver 2009-12-02 19:37:16 +00:00
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uwb tree-wide: fix assorted typos all over the place 2009-12-04 15:39:55 +01:00
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