[3/6] btrfs: introduce key type for persistent permanent items

Commit Message

David Sterba Feb. 11, 2016, 5:23 p.m. UTC

The number of distinct key types is not that big that we could waste one
for something new we want to store in the tree.

Similar to the temporary items, we'll introduce a new name for an
existing key value and use the objectid for further extension.  The
victim is the BTRFS_DEV_STATS_KEY (248).

The device stats are an example of a permanent item.

Signed-off-by: David Sterba <[e-mail]>
---
 fs/btrfs/ctree.h | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index e20f40649917..ffc081e11277 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2204,10 +2204,24 @@  struct btrfs_ioctl_defrag_range_args {
 #define BTRFS_TEMPORARY_ITEM_KEY	248
 
 /*
- * Persistantly stores the io stats in the device tree.
- * One key for all stats, (0, BTRFS_DEV_STATS_KEY, devid).
+ * Obsolete name, see BTRFS_PERSISTENT_ITEM_KEY
  */
-#define BTRFS_DEV_STATS_KEY	249
+#define BTRFS_DEV_STATS_KEY		249
+
+/*
+ * The key type for tree items that are stored persistently and usually exist
+ * for a long period, eg. filesystem lifetime. The item kinds can be status
+ * information, stats or preference values. The item can exist in any tree.
+ *
+ * [subtype, BTRFS_PERSISTENT_ITEM_KEY, data]
+ *
+ * Existing items:
+ *
+ * - device statistics, store IO stats in the device tree, one key for all
+ *   stats
+ *   (0, BTRFS_DEV_STATS_KEY, 0)
+ */
+#define BTRFS_PERSISTENT_ITEM_KEY	249
 
 /*
  * Persistantly stores the device replace state in the device tree.