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What is bcache
Bcache history
- Kent overstreet
- merge in 3.10
- part of contributors
- enterprise stabled since 5.3
How to install bcache
How to use bcache
Config and manage bcache via sysfs
Bcache concepts
- Cache device and (cached) backing device
- Closure
- Bucket
- bkey
- Btree and bset
- journal
- generation
- garbage collection
- fifo
- Cache modes
- Flash only volume
Device registration and unregistartion
Cache attache and detach
Bcache initialization and shutdown
Read request handling
- Without cache device
- With cache device
- Write-back mode
- Write-through mode
- Write-around and read-around mode
Write request handling
- Write-back mode
- Write-through mode
- Write-around mode
Journaling
- journaling and journal flush
- journal reclaim
- journal replay
- journal space reservation
Btree, bset and bkey
- Btree allocation
from memory and from ssd
btree canibalize
- in-memory btree node cache shrink
- bkey search, insert, delete
- extent management
- check key?
Garbage collection,
- garbage collection
- moving gc
- replacement policies
- proactive gc
Hot plug and I/O error handling
Zoned devices
- As backing device
- As cache device
FIFO and merge sort
Tracing
Bcache internal debugging
States and statistics
All the lockes used in bcache code