dm: delay target

New device-mapper target that can delay I/O (for testing).  Reads can be
separated from writes, redirected to different underlying devices and delayed
by differing amounts of time.

Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

Author: Heinz Mauelshagen

Documentation/device-mapper/delay.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+dm-delay
+========
+
+Device-Mapper's "delay" target delays reads and/or writes
+and maps them to different devices.
+
+Parameters:
+    <device> <offset> <delay> [<write_device> <write_offset> <write_delay>]
+
+With separate write parameters, the first set is only used for reads.
+Delays are specified in milliseconds.
+
+Example scripts
+===============
+[[
+#!/bin/sh
+# Create device delaying rw operation for 500ms
+echo "0 `blockdev --getsize $1` delay $1 0 500" | dmsetup create delayed
+]]
+
+[[
+#!/bin/sh
+# Create device delaying only write operation for 500ms and
+# splitting reads and writes to different devices $1 $2
+echo "0 `blockdev --getsize $1` delay $1 0 0 $2 0 500" | dmsetup create delayed
+]]

drivers/md/Kconfig

@@ -262,6 +262,15 @@ config DM_MULTIPATH_EMC
 	---help---
 	  Multipath support for EMC CX/AX series hardware.
 
+config DM_DELAY
+	tristate "I/O delaying target (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on BLK_DEV_DM && EXPERIMENTAL
+	---help---
+	A target that delays reads and/or writes and can send
+	them to different devices.  Useful for testing.
+
+	If unsure, say N.
+
 endmenu
 
 endif

drivers/md/Makefile

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MD_FAULTY)		+= faulty.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD)	+= md-mod.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM)	+= dm-mod.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_CRYPT)		+= dm-crypt.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DM_DELAY)		+= dm-delay.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH)	+= dm-multipath.o dm-round-robin.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH_EMC)	+= dm-emc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_SNAPSHOT)	+= dm-snapshot.o