[PATCH 4/9] lightnvm: pblk: start gc if needed during init

From: Hans Holmberg
Date: Tue Oct 03 2017 - 06:07:06 EST


From: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Start GC, if needed, directly after init, as we might
need to garbage collect to make room for user writes.

Signed-off-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index 1cc3de4..fb41182 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -1022,6 +1022,10 @@ static void *pblk_init(struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk,
pblk->rwb.nr_entries);

wake_up_process(pblk->writer_ts);
+
+ /* Check if we need to start GC */
+ pblk_gc_should_kick(pblk);
+
return pblk;

fail_stop_writer:
--
2.7.4