linux/include
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>
History 2013-06-19 14:16:47 +01:00
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acpi Merge branch 'acpi-assorted' 2013-04-28 01:54:08 +02:00
asm-generic Merge branch 'timers-nohz-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-05-05 13:23:27 -07:00
clocksource ARM: late Exynos multiplatform changes 2013-05-07 11:28:42 -07:00
crypto crypto: sha512 - Expose generic sha512 routine to be callable from other modules 2013-04-25 21:00:57 +08:00
drm Merge branch 'drm-next' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux 2013-05-13 07:59:59 -07:00
dt-bindings ARM: dt: create a DT header for the GIC 2013-04-05 12:23:24 -06:00
keys KEYS: Asymmetric key pluggable data parsers 2012-10-08 13:50:13 +10:30
linux FS-Cache: Fix object state machine to have separate work and wait states 2013-06-19 14:16:47 +01:00
math-emu math-emu: correct test for downshifting fraction in _FP_FROM_INT() 2010-07-20 18:45:14 -07:00
media Merge branch 'topic/omap3isp' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media 2013-05-01 09:57:04 -07:00
memory ddr: add LPDDR2 data from JESD209-2 2012-05-02 00:04:06 -07:00
misc [media] altera-stapl: it is time to move out from staging 2011-09-23 15:00:57 -03:00
net ipv6: do not clear pinet6 field 2013-05-11 16:26:38 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia/ds.h: introduce helper for pcmcia_driver module boilerplate 2013-03-15 12:26:03 -07:00
ras edac: add support for error type "Info" 2013-02-21 14:16:27 -03:00
rdma IB/core: Add "type 2" memory windows support 2013-02-21 11:51:45 -08:00
rxrpc atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
scsi Merge branch 'postmerge' into for-linus 2013-05-10 07:54:01 -07:00
sound sound fixes for v3.10-rc1 2013-05-10 07:51:56 -07:00
target iscsi-target: Add iscsit_transport API template 2013-04-25 01:05:26 -07:00
trace Fixed regressions (two stability regressions and a performance 2013-05-14 09:30:54 -07:00
uapi Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2013-05-11 14:29:11 -07:00
video Merge branch 'late/clksrc' into late/cleanup 2013-05-06 23:43:45 +02:00
xen Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2013-05-01 14:08:52 -07:00
Kbuild UAPI: remove empty Kbuild files 2013-04-30 17:04:09 -07:00