Merge tag 'for-6.18/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm

Pull device mapper updates from Mikulas Patocka:

- a new dm-pcache target for read/write cac

Merge tag 'for-6.18/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm

Pull device mapper updates from Mikulas Patocka:

- a new dm-pcache target for read/write caching on persistent memory

- fix typos in docs

- misc small refactoring

- mark dm-error with DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY

- dm-request-based: fix NULL pointer dereference and quiesce_depth out of sync

- dm-linear: optimize REQ_PREFLUSH

- dm-vdo: return error on corrupted metadata

- dm-integrity: support asynchronous hash interface

* tag 'for-6.18/dm-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/device-mapper/linux-dm: (27 commits)
dm raid: use proper md_ro_state enumerators
dm-integrity: prefer synchronous hash interface
dm-integrity: enable asynchronous hash interface
dm-integrity: rename internal_hash
dm-integrity: add the "offset" argument
dm-integrity: allocate the recalculate buffer with kmalloc
dm-integrity: introduce integrity_kmap and integrity_kunmap
dm-integrity: replace bvec_kmap_local with kmap_local_page
dm-integrity: use internal variable for digestsize
dm vdo: return error on corrupted metadata in start_restoring_volume functions
dm vdo: Update code to use mem_is_zero
dm: optimize REQ_PREFLUSH with data when using the linear target
dm-pcache: use int type to store negative error codes
dm: fix "writen"->"written"
dm-pcache: cleanup: fix coding style report by checkpatch.pl
dm-pcache: remove ctrl_lock for pcache_cache_segment
dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend()
dm: fix queue start/stop imbalance under suspend/load/resume races
dm-pcache: add persistent cache target in device-mapper
dm error: mark as DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY
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dm-pcache: add persistent cache target in device-mapper

This patch introduces dm-pcache, a new DM target that places a DAX-
capable persistent-memory device in front of any slower block device and
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dm-pcache: add persistent cache target in device-mapper

This patch introduces dm-pcache, a new DM target that places a DAX-
capable persistent-memory device in front of any slower block device and
uses it as a high-throughput, low-latency cache.

Design highlights
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- DAX data path – data is copied directly between DRAM and the pmem
mapping, bypassing the block layer’s overhead.

- Segmented, crash-consistent layout
- all layout metadata are dual-replicated CRC-protected.
- atomic kset flushes; key replay on mount guarantees cache integrity
even after power loss.

- Striped multi-tree index
- Multi‑tree indexing for high parallelism.
- overlap-resolution logic ensures non-intersecting cached extents.

- Background services
- write-back worker flushes dirty keys in order, preserving backing-device
crash consistency. This is important for checkpoint in cloud storage.
- garbage collector reclaims clean segments when utilisation exceeds a
tunable threshold.

- Data integrity – optional CRC32 on cached payload; metadata always protected.

Comparison with existing block-level caches
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| Feature | pcache (this patch) | bcache | dm-writecache |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
| pmem access method | DAX | bio (block I/O) | DAX |
| Write latency (4 K rand-write) | ~5 µs | ~20 µs | ~5 µs |
| Concurrency | multi subtree index | global index tree | single tree + wc_lock |
| IOPS (4K randwrite, 32 numjobs) | 2.1 M | 352 K | 283 K |
| Read-cache support | YES | YES | NO |
| Deployment | no re-format of backend | backend devices must be | no re-format of backend |
| | | reformatted | |
| Write-back ordering | log-structured; | no ordering guarantee | no ordering guarantee |
| | preserves app-IO-order | | |
| Data integrity checks | metadata + data CRC(optional) | metadata CRC only | none |
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Signed-off-by: Dongsheng Yang <dongsheng.yang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>

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