#define DM_TARGET_IMMUTABLE 0x00000004
#define dm_target_is_immutable(type) ((type)->features & DM_TARGET_IMMUTABLE)
+/*
+ * Some targets need to be sent the same WRITE bio severals times so
+ * that they can send copies of it to different devices. This function
+ * examines any supplied bio and returns the number of copies of it the
+ * target requires.
+ */
+typedef unsigned (*dm_num_write_bios_fn) (struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio);
+
struct dm_target {
struct dm_table *table;
struct target_type *type;
*/
unsigned per_bio_data_size;
+ /*
+ * If defined, this function is called to find out how many
+ * duplicate bios should be sent to the target when writing
+ * data.
+ */
+ dm_num_write_bios_fn num_write_bios;
+
/* target specific data */
void *private;