linux/Documentation
Joe Thornber 2dd9c257fb dm thin: support read only external snapshot origins
Support the use of an external _read only_ device as an origin for a thin
device.

Any read to an unprovisioned area of the thin device will be passed
through to the origin.  Writes trigger allocation of new blocks as
usual.

One possible use case for this would be VM hosts that want to run
guests on thinly-provisioned volumes but have the base image on another
device (possibly shared between many VMs).

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2012-03-28 18:41:28 +01:00
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ABI dm: document sysfs entries 2012-03-28 18:41:23 +01:00
accounting Documentation: update cgroupfs mount point 2011-06-15 21:52:50 -07:00
acpi acpi/apei/einj: Add extensions to EINJ from rev 5.0 of acpi spec 2012-01-18 01:14:17 -05:00
aoe
arm Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation 2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
auxdisplay
blackfin doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
block Documentation: drop as block elevator reference in switching-sched.txt 2011-11-04 12:01:48 -07:00
blockdev cciss: auto engage SCSI mid layer at driver load time 2011-11-16 09:21:49 +01:00
cdrom doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cgroups Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-03-20 21:12:50 -07:00
connector
console
cpu-freq Doc: cpufreq: Fix typo and outdated line 2011-11-08 10:23:29 +01:00
cpuidle
cris
crypto
development-process Documentation: Update stable address 2011-12-12 14:14:31 -08:00
device-mapper dm thin: support read only external snapshot origins 2012-03-28 18:41:28 +01:00
devicetree Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2012-03-22 20:20:18 -07:00
DocBook Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-03-20 21:12:50 -07:00
driver-model Merge remote-tracking branches 'regulator/topic/devm' and 'regulator/topic/stub' into regulator-next 2012-03-18 21:38:28 +00:00
dvb [media] dvb_get_firmware: updates for it913x 2011-12-11 09:00:48 -02:00
early-userspace
EDID drm: allow loading an EDID as firmware to override broken monitor 2012-03-20 10:09:28 +00:00
fault-injection fault-injection: update documentation with the mmc module param 2011-10-26 16:32:13 -04:00
fb Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation 2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
filesystems Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-03-22 09:04:48 -07:00
firmware_class
frv doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
hid HID: Move hiddev.txt to the new Documentation/hid directory 2011-03-22 11:43:51 +01:00
hwmon hwmon changes for v3.4 2012-03-21 10:37:25 -07:00
i2c USB: ohci-nxp: Rename symbols from pnx4008 to nxp 2012-03-13 14:27:28 -07:00
i2o Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation 2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
ia64 Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
ide Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation 2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
infiniband
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-03-20 21:12:50 -07:00
ioctl Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-03-21 13:36:41 -07:00
isdn doc: fix wrong arch/i386 references 2011-06-13 13:43:05 +02:00
ja_JP Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6 2011-07-25 23:06:24 -07:00
kbuild Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation 2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
kdump [S390] Add s390x description to Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt 2011-12-27 11:27:13 +01:00
ko_KR driver-core: documentation: fix up Greg's email address 2012-02-15 14:48:01 -08:00
laptops Documentation: thinkpad-acpi grammo fixes 2011-11-04 12:01:47 -07:00
leds Documentation: fix leds-class.txt duplicated word 2011-11-04 12:01:48 -07:00
m68k Documentation: add pointer to name_to_dev_t for root= values 2011-08-03 14:25:21 -10:00
make
mips Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
misc-devices Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
mmc mmc: core: Fixup delayed work clock gating patch 2012-01-11 23:58:43 -05:00
mn10300
mtd
namespaces
netlabel
networking Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2012-03-21 13:25:04 -07:00
nfc
parisc
PCI doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
pcmcia
power PM / Freezer / Docs: Document the beauty of freeze/thaw semantics 2012-02-09 23:55:49 +01:00
powerpc Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.txt: Checkpatch cleanup 2012-03-18 23:59:34 +01:00
pps
prctl
pti Kernel documentation for the PTI feature. 2011-05-13 16:31:00 -07:00
ptp ptp: Added a brand new class driver for ptp clocks. 2011-05-23 13:01:00 -07:00
rapidio RapidIO: documentation update 2011-11-02 16:07:02 -07:00
RCU rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives 2012-02-21 09:06:08 -08:00
s390 [S390] Remove Kerntypes leftovers 2011-12-27 11:27:12 +01:00
scheduler sched: Remove sched_switch 2012-01-27 13:28:53 +01:00
scsi SCSI updates on 20120319 2012-03-22 12:55:29 -07:00
security Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2012-03-21 13:25:04 -07:00
serial serial/documentation: fix documented name of DCD cpp symbol 2012-01-04 16:26:32 -08:00
sh
sound Updates of sound stuff for 3.4-rc1 2012-03-22 13:00:13 -07:00
sparc
spi spi: create a message queueing infrastructure 2012-03-07 19:19:48 -07:00
sysctl Documentation: add missing tainted bits to Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt 2012-02-06 16:29:19 -08:00
target Documentation: Fix typo in tcm_mod_builder.py 2012-02-10 09:52:18 +01:00
telephony Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
thermal thermal: Rename generate_netlink_event 2012-01-23 03:15:25 -05:00
timers doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
trace Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-03-20 21:12:50 -07:00
usb Documentation: Fix Broken URL "freshmeat" 2012-02-21 11:43:45 +01:00
vDSO Document the vDSO and add a reference parser 2011-07-14 17:57:09 -07:00
video4linux Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation 2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
virtual Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation 2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
vm Cleanups: rename of flush to invalidate, moving reporting of statistics 2012-03-22 19:52:47 -07:00
w1 Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
watchdog Documentation: Fix typo in watchdog-kernel-api.txt 2012-02-21 11:40:34 +01:00
wimax
x86 x86-64, doc: Remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation 2011-08-16 08:04:08 -07:00
zh_CN Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2012-03-20 21:04:47 -07:00
.gitignore
00-INDEX Documentation: Fix broken URL "JF" 2012-02-21 11:44:14 +01:00
applying-patches.txt
atomic_ops.txt doc: Add load/store guarantees to Documentation/atomic-ops.txt 2011-12-11 10:31:58 -08:00
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
binfmt_misc.txt
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
BUG-HUNTING
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cachetlb.txt mm: convert mm->cpu_vm_cpumask into cpumask_var_t 2011-05-25 08:39:21 -07:00
Changes Documentation/Changes: remove some really obsolete text 2011-07-11 16:48:38 -07:00
circular-buffers.txt
coccinelle.txt coccinelle.txt: update documentation to include M= option 2012-01-14 22:25:56 +01:00
CodingStyle Documentation: update CodingStyle use of braces 2011-11-04 12:01:47 -07:00
cpu-hotplug.txt Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
devices.txt vhost-net: add module alias (v2.1) 2012-01-13 10:12:23 -08:00
digsig.txt crypto: digital signature verification support 2011-11-09 12:10:37 +02:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: fix misleading example 2011-07-26 16:49:45 -07:00
DMA-API.txt include/linux/dma-mapping.h: add dma_zalloc_coherent() 2011-11-02 16:07:02 -07:00
DMA-attributes.txt
dma-buf-sharing.txt dma-buf: Documentation update for Kconfig select 2012-01-13 10:27:33 +00:00
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
dmaengine.txt Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation 2012-03-07 16:08:24 +01:00
dontdiff [S390] Remove Kerntypes leftovers 2011-12-27 11:27:12 +01:00
dynamic-debug-howto.txt dynamic_debug: process multiple debug-queries on a line 2012-01-24 12:50:36 -08:00
edac.txt Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6 2011-04-07 11:14:49 -07:00
eisa.txt Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
email-clients.txt Documentation: email-clients: Add better Thunderbird information 2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
feature-removal-schedule.txt Merge branch 'kmap_atomic' of git://github.com/congwang/linux 2012-03-21 09:40:26 -07:00
flexible-arrays.txt flex_array: flex_array_prealloc takes a number of elements, not an end 2011-04-28 16:12:47 -04:00
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcov.txt
gpio.txt
highuid.txt
HOWTO Documentation: Update stable address 2011-12-12 14:14:31 -08:00
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt hwspinlock/core: register a bank of hwspinlocks in a single API call 2011-09-21 19:45:34 +03:00
init.txt
initrd.txt
intel_txt.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt
iostats.txt Documentation/iostats.txt: bit-size reference etc. 2011-03-23 20:44:18 +01:00
IPMI.txt
IRQ-affinity.txt bitmap, irq: add smp_affinity_list interface to /proc/irq 2011-05-25 08:39:45 -07:00
IRQ-domain.txt irq_domain: add documentation and MAINTAINERS entry. 2012-02-14 14:06:47 -07:00
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
kernel-docs.txt doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
kernel-parameters.txt Merge branch 'drm-next' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux 2012-03-22 13:08:22 -07:00
kmemcheck.txt
kmemleak.txt kmemleak: Handle percpu memory allocation 2011-12-02 16:12:42 +00:00
kobject.txt driver-core: documentation: fix up Greg's email address 2012-02-15 14:48:01 -08:00
kprobes.txt
kref.txt
ldm.txt
local_ops.txt
lockdep-design.txt lockdep: Update documentation for lock-class leak detection 2011-12-11 10:31:23 -08:00
lockstat.txt Documentation: Add statistics about nested locks 2011-05-28 17:03:29 +02:00
lockup-watchdogs.txt watchdog: Update documentation 2012-02-11 15:11:28 +01:00
logo.gif
logo.txt
magic-number.txt drivers/net: fix up stale paths from driver reorg 2012-01-30 12:54:40 -05:00
Makefile
ManagementStyle
mca.txt doc: fix wrong arch/i386 references 2011-06-13 13:43:05 +02:00
md.txt md: create externally visible flags for supporting hot-replace. 2011-12-23 10:17:51 +11:00
media-framework.txt doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
memory-barriers.txt doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
memory-hotplug.txt
memory.txt
mono.txt
mutex-design.txt
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt Doc: Update numastat.txt 2012-02-28 16:05:06 +01:00
oops-tracing.txt module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree 2011-11-07 07:54:42 +10:30
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt pinctrl: enhance mapping table to support pin config operations 2012-03-05 11:25:11 +01:00
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt Documentation: update printk-formats.txt 2011-06-15 21:52:50 -07:00
prio_tree.txt
ramoops.txt Documentation: add Ramoops usage description 2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
rbtree.txt Documentation: Update augmented rbtree documentation 2011-07-24 10:03:05 -07:00
rfkill.txt doc: fix broken references 2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rt-mutex-design.txt
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
sgi-visws.txt
SM501.txt
sparse.txt
spinlocks.txt Documentation/spinlocks.txt: Remove reference to sti()/cli() 2011-07-11 12:45:04 -07:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt doc: stable_api_nonsense.txt: fix paragraph to make more sense. 2011-03-30 12:02:05 +02:00
stable_kernel_rules.txt stable: update documentation to ask for kernel version 2012-01-24 10:50:22 -08:00
static-keys.txt static keys: Add docs better explaining the whole 'struct static_key' mechanism 2012-02-24 09:12:19 +01:00
SubmitChecklist Documentation/SubmitChecklist: add RCU debug config options 2011-07-25 20:57:17 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers Documentation: SubmittingDrivers: fix Linus's git tree URL 2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
SubmittingPatches Documentation: fix spelling error in SubmittingPatches 2011-08-13 18:34:02 -07:00
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt
sysrq.txt
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt misc latin1 to utf8 conversions 2012-01-02 13:04:55 +01:00
video-output.txt
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
workqueue.txt workqueue: Document debugging tricks 2011-03-31 13:40:42 +02:00
xz.txt
zorro.txt