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    cifs: Add DFS cache routines · 54be1f6c
    Paulo Alcantara authored
    * Add new dfs_cache.[ch] files
    
    * Add new /proc/fs/cifs/dfscache file
      - dump current cache when read
      - clear current cache when writing "0" to it
    
    * Add delayed_work to periodically refresh cache entries
    
    The new interface will be used for caching DFS referrals, as well as
    supporting client target failover.
    
    The DFS cache is a hashtable that maps UNC paths to cache entries.
    
    A cache entry contains:
    - the UNC path it is mapped on
    - how much the the UNC path the entry consumes
    - flags
    - a Time-To-Live after which the entry expires
    - a list of possible targets (linked lists of UNC paths)
    - a "hint target" pointing the last known working target or the first
      target if none were tried. This hint lets cifs.ko remember and try
      working targets first.
    
    * Looking for an entry in the cache is done with dfs_cache_find()
      - if no valid entries are found, a DFS query is made, stored in the
        cache and returned
      - the full target list can be copied and returned to avoid race
        conditions and looped on with the help with the
        dfs_cache_tgt_iterator
    
    * Updating the target hint to the next target is done with
      dfs_cache_update_tgthint()
    
    These functions have a dfs_cache_noreq_XXX() version that doesn't
    fetches referrals if no entries are found. These versions don't
    require the tcp/ses/tcon/cifs_sb parameters as a result.
    
    Expired entries cannot be used and since they have a pretty short TTL
    [1] in order for them to be useful for failover the DFS cache adds a
    delayed work called periodically to keep them fresh.
    
    Since we might not have available connections to issue the referral
    request when refreshing we need to store volume_info structs with
    credentials and other needed info to be able to connect to the right
    server.
    
    1: Windows defaults: 5mn for domain-based referrals, 30mn for regular
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    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaulo Alcantara <palcantara@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAurelien Aptel <aaptel@suse.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
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