tree 1f5f6b306b7a207492df5b36caeba1657bf96677
parent 8e895599a1beb250ebca00e83b5fae6a828d2171
author Liu Yuan <tailai.ly@taobao.com> 1357805027 +0800
committer Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> 1358154416 +0100

sheepdog: implement direct write semantics

Sheepdog supports both writeback/writethrough write but has not yet supported
DIRECTIO semantics which bypass the cache completely even if Sheepdog daemon is
set up with cache enabled.

Suppose cache is enabled on Sheepdog daemon size, the new cache control is

cache=writeback # enable the writeback semantics for write
cache=writethrough # enable the emulated writethrough semantics for write
cache=directsync # disable cache competely

Guest WCE toggling on the run time to toggle writeback/writethrough is also
supported.

Cc: MORITA Kazutaka <morita.kazutaka@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Liu Yuan <tailai.ly@taobao.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: MORITA Kazutaka <morita.kazutaka@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>