Merge tag 'for-5.5/dm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm

Pull device mapper fixes from Mike Snitzer:

 - Fix DM multipath by restoring full path selector functionality for
   bio-based configurations that don't haave a SCSI device handler.

 - Fix dm-btree removal to ensure non-root btree nodes have at least
   (max_entries / 3) entries. This resolves userspace thin_check
   utility's report of "too few entries in btree_node".

 - Fix both the DM thin-provisioning and dm-clone targets to properly
   flush the data device prior to metadata commit. This resolves the
   potential for inconsistency across a power loss event when the data
   device has a volatile writeback cache.

 - Small documentation fixes to dm-clone and dm-integrity.

* tag 'for-5.5/dm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm:
  docs: dm-integrity: remove reference to ARC4
  dm thin: Flush data device before committing metadata
  dm thin metadata: Add support for a pre-commit callback
  dm clone: Flush destination device before committing metadata
  dm clone metadata: Use a two phase commit
  dm clone metadata: Track exact changes per transaction
  dm btree: increase rebalance threshold in __rebalance2()
  dm: add dm-clone to the documentation index
  dm mpath: remove harmful bio-based optimization

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-clone-metadata.h b/drivers/md/dm-clone-metadata.h
index 3fe50a781c11..14af1ebd853f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-clone-metadata.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-clone-metadata.h
@@ -75,7 +75,23 @@ void dm_clone_metadata_close(struct dm_clone_metadata *cmd);
 
 /*
  * Commit dm-clone metadata to disk.
+ *
+ * We use a two phase commit:
+ *
+ * 1. dm_clone_metadata_pre_commit(): Prepare the current transaction for
+ *    committing. After this is called, all subsequent metadata updates, done
+ *    through either dm_clone_set_region_hydrated() or
+ *    dm_clone_cond_set_range(), will be part of the **next** transaction.
+ *
+ * 2. dm_clone_metadata_commit(): Actually commit the current transaction to
+ *    disk and start a new transaction.
+ *
+ * This allows dm-clone to flush the destination device after step (1) to
+ * ensure that all freshly hydrated regions, for which we are updating the
+ * metadata, are properly written to non-volatile storage and won't be lost in
+ * case of a crash.
  */
+int dm_clone_metadata_pre_commit(struct dm_clone_metadata *cmd);
 int dm_clone_metadata_commit(struct dm_clone_metadata *cmd);
 
 /*
@@ -112,6 +128,7 @@ int dm_clone_metadata_abort(struct dm_clone_metadata *cmd);
  * Switches metadata to a read only mode. Once read-only mode has been entered
  * the following functions will return -EPERM:
  *
+ *   dm_clone_metadata_pre_commit()
  *   dm_clone_metadata_commit()
  *   dm_clone_set_region_hydrated()
  *   dm_clone_cond_set_range()