linux/fs/cachefiles
David Howells caaef6900b FS-Cache: Fix object state machine to have separate work and wait states
Fix object state machine to have separate work and wait states as that makes
it easier to envision.

There are now three kinds of state:

 (1) Work state.  This is an execution state.  No event processing is performed
     by a work state.  The function attached to a work state returns a pointer
     indicating the next state to which the OSM should transition.  Returning
     NO_TRANSIT repeats the current state, but goes back to the scheduler
     first.

 (2) Wait state.  This is an event processing state.  No execution is
     performed by a wait state.  Wait states are just tables of "if event X
     occurs, clear it and transition to state Y".  The dispatcher returns to
     the scheduler if none of the events in which the wait state has an
     interest are currently pending.

 (3) Out-of-band state.  This is a special work state.  Transitions to normal
     states can be overridden when an unexpected event occurs (eg. I/O error).
     Instead the dispatcher disables and clears the OOB event and transits to
     the specified work state.  This then acts as an ordinary work state,
     though object->state points to the overridden destination.  Returning
     NO_TRANSIT resumes the overridden transition.

In addition, the states have names in their definitions, so there's no need for
tables of state names.  Further, the EV_REQUEUE event is no longer necessary as
that is automatic for work states.

Since the states are now separate structs rather than values in an enum, it's
not possible to use comparisons other than (non-)equality between them, so use
some object->flags to indicate what phase an object is in.

The EV_RELEASE, EV_RETIRE and EV_WITHDRAW events have been squished into one
(EV_KILL).  An object flag now carries the information about retirement.

Similarly, the RELEASING, RECYCLING and WITHDRAWING states have been merged
into an KILL_OBJECT state and additional states have been added for handling
waiting dependent objects (JUMPSTART_DEPS and KILL_DEPENDENTS).

A state has also been added for synchronising with parent object initialisation
(WAIT_FOR_PARENT) and another for initiating look up (PARENT_READY).

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
2013-06-19 14:16:47 +01:00
..
Kconfig CacheFiles: A cache that backs onto a mounted filesystem 2009-04-03 16:42:41 +01:00
Makefile CacheFiles: A cache that backs onto a mounted filesystem 2009-04-03 16:42:41 +01:00
bind.c kill useless checks for sb->s_op == NULL 2011-07-20 01:44:21 -04:00
daemon.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00
interface.c FS-Cache: Fix object state machine to have separate work and wait states 2013-06-19 14:16:47 +01:00
internal.h CacheFiles: Downgrade the requirements passed to the allocator 2012-12-20 21:58:25 +00:00
key.c CacheFiles: Downgrade the requirements passed to the allocator 2012-12-20 21:58:25 +00:00
main.c CacheFiles: A cache that backs onto a mounted filesystem 2009-04-03 16:42:41 +01:00
namei.c FS-Cache: Fix object state machine to have separate work and wait states 2013-06-19 14:16:47 +01:00
proc.c CacheFiles: A cache that backs onto a mounted filesystem 2009-04-03 16:42:41 +01:00
rdwr.c lift sb_start_write() out of ->write() 2013-04-09 14:12:56 -04:00
security.c CacheFiles: Fix error handling in cachefiles_determine_cache_security() 2010-05-12 18:23:58 -07:00
xattr.c CacheFiles: Downgrade the requirements passed to the allocator 2012-12-20 21:58:25 +00:00