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Commit e4a9bde9 authored by Tejun Heo's avatar Tejun Heo Committed by Jens Axboe
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blkcg: replace blkcg_policy->cpd_size with ->cpd_alloc/free_fn() methods



Each active policy has a cpd (blkcg_policy_data) on each blkcg.  The
cpd's were allocated by blkcg core and each policy could request to
allocate extra space at the end by setting blkcg_policy->cpd_size
larger than the size of cpd.

This is a bit unusual but blkg (blkcg_gq) policy data used to be
handled this way too so it made sense to be consistent; however, blkg
policy data switched to alloc/free callbacks.

This patch makes similar changes to cpd handling.
blkcg_policy->cpd_alloc/free_fn() are added to replace ->cpd_size.  As
cpd allocation is now done from policy side, it can simply allocate a
larger area which embeds cpd at the beginning.

As ->cpd_alloc_fn() may be able to perform all necessary
initializations, this patch makes ->cpd_init_fn() optional.

Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: Arianna Avanzini <avanzini.arianna@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
parent 81437648
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