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bcache: doc: update Documentation/admin-guide/bcache.rst
bcache.rst is from the original bcache.txt which was merged in mainline kernel v3.10. There are a few things changed in the past 7 years. This patch updates bache.rst documents in following content, - Update bcache-tools git repo to, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/colyli/bcache-tools.git/ - Update bcache kernel tree to mainline kernel tree, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/ - make-bcache util is replaced by the unified bcache util, `make-bcache` now can be performed by `bcache make` Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@suse.de> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200821151354.16727-1-colyli@suse.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ A block layer cache (bcache)
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Say you've got a big slow raid 6, and an ssd or three. Wouldn't it be
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nice if you could use them as cache... Hence bcache.
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Wiki and git repositories are at:
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The bcache wiki can be found at:
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https://bcache.evilpiepirate.org
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- https://bcache.evilpiepirate.org
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- http://evilpiepirate.org/git/linux-bcache.git
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- https://evilpiepirate.org/git/bcache-tools.git
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This is the git repository of bcache-tools:
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/colyli/bcache-tools.git/
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The latest bcache kernel code can be found from mainline Linux kernel:
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
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It's designed around the performance characteristics of SSDs - it only allocates
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in erase block sized buckets, and it uses a hybrid btree/log to track cached
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@ -41,17 +44,21 @@ in the cache it first disables writeback caching and waits for all dirty data
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to be flushed.
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Getting started:
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You'll need make-bcache from the bcache-tools repository. Both the cache device
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You'll need bcache util from the bcache-tools repository. Both the cache device
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and backing device must be formatted before use::
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make-bcache -B /dev/sdb
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make-bcache -C /dev/sdc
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bcache make -B /dev/sdb
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bcache make -C /dev/sdc
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make-bcache has the ability to format multiple devices at the same time - if
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`bcache make` has the ability to format multiple devices at the same time - if
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you format your backing devices and cache device at the same time, you won't
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have to manually attach::
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make-bcache -B /dev/sda /dev/sdb -C /dev/sdc
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bcache make -B /dev/sda /dev/sdb -C /dev/sdc
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If your bcache-tools is not updated to latest version and does not have the
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unified `bcache` utility, you may use the legacy `make-bcache` utility to format
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bcache device with same -B and -C parameters.
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bcache-tools now ships udev rules, and bcache devices are known to the kernel
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immediately. Without udev, you can manually register devices like this::
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@ -188,7 +195,7 @@ D) Recovering data without bcache:
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If bcache is not available in the kernel, a filesystem on the backing
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device is still available at an 8KiB offset. So either via a loopdev
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of the backing device created with --offset 8K, or any value defined by
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--data-offset when you originally formatted bcache with `make-bcache`.
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--data-offset when you originally formatted bcache with `bcache make`.
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For example::
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@ -210,7 +217,7 @@ E) Wiping a cache device
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After you boot back with bcache enabled, you recreate the cache and attach it::
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host:~# make-bcache -C /dev/sdh2
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host:~# bcache make -C /dev/sdh2
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UUID: 7be7e175-8f4c-4f99-94b2-9c904d227045
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Set UUID: 5bc072a8-ab17-446d-9744-e247949913c1
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version: 0
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@ -318,7 +325,7 @@ want for getting the best possible numbers when benchmarking.
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The default metadata size in bcache is 8k. If your backing device is
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RAID based, then be sure to align this by a multiple of your stride
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width using `make-bcache --data-offset`. If you intend to expand your
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width using `bcache make --data-offset`. If you intend to expand your
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disk array in the future, then multiply a series of primes by your
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raid stripe size to get the disk multiples that you would like.
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