linux-toradex.git/block/blk-sysfs.c, branch v2.6.33.12

block: Allow devices to indicate whether discarded blocks are zeroed

2009-12-03T08:24:48+00:00

The discard ioctl is used by mkfs utilities to clear a block device
prior to putting metadata down.  However, not all devices return zeroed
blocks after a discard.  Some drives return stale data, potentially
containing old superblocks.  It is therefore important to know whether
discarded blocks are properly zeroed.

Both ATA and SCSI drives have configuration bits that indicate whether
zeroes are returned after a discard operation.  Implement a block level
interface that allows this information to be bubbled up the stack and
queried via a new block device ioctl.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: Expose discard granularity

2009-11-10T10:50:21+00:00

While SSDs track block usage on a per-sector basis, RAID arrays often
have allocation blocks that are bigger.  Allow the discard granularity
and alignment to be set and teach the topology stacking logic how to
handle them.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Add missing blk_trace_remove_sysfs to be in pair with blk_trace_init_sysfs

2009-10-01T19:15:46+00:00

Add missing blk_trace_remove_sysfs to be in pair with blk_trace_init_sysfs
introduced in commit 1d54ad6da9192fed5dd3b60224d9f2dfea0dcd82.
Release kobject also in case the request_fn is NULL.

Problem was noticed via kmemleak backtrace when some sysfs entries were
note properly destroyed during  device removal:

unreferenced object 0xffff88001aa76640 (size 80):
  comm "lvcreate", pid 2120, jiffies 4294885144
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0 65 a7 1a 00 88 ff ff  .........e......
    90 66 a7 1a 00 88 ff ff 86 1d 53 81 ff ff ff ff  .f........S.....
  backtrace:
    [] kmemleak_alloc+0x26/0x60
    [] kmem_cache_alloc+0x133/0x1c0
    [] sysfs_new_dirent+0x41/0x120
    [] sysfs_add_file_mode+0x3c/0xb0
    [] internal_create_group+0xc1/0x1a0
    [] sysfs_create_group+0x13/0x20
    [] blk_trace_init_sysfs+0x14/0x20
    [] blk_register_queue+0x3c/0xf0
    [] add_disk+0x94/0x160
    [] dm_create+0x598/0x6e0 [dm_mod]
    [] dev_create+0x51/0x350 [dm_mod]
    [] ctl_ioctl+0x1a3/0x240 [dm_mod]
    [] dm_compat_ctl_ioctl+0x12/0x20 [dm_mod]
    [] compat_sys_ioctl+0xcd/0x4f0
    [] sysenter_dispatch+0x7/0x2c
    [] 0xffffffffffffffff

Signed-off-by: Zdenek Kabelac 
Reviewed-by: Li Zefan 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: don't assume device has a request list backing in nr_requests store

2009-09-14T06:24:53+00:00

Stacked devices do not. For now, just error out with -EINVAL. Later
we could make the limit apply on stacked devices too, for throttling
reasons.

This fixes

5a54cd13353bb3b88887604e2c980aa01e314309

and should go into 2.6.31 stable as well.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: Allow changing max_sectors_kb above the default 512

2009-09-01T20:40:15+00:00

The patch "block: Use accessor functions for queue limits"
(ae03bf639a5027d27270123f5f6e3ee6a412781d) changed queue_max_sectors_store()
to use blk_queue_max_sectors() instead of directly assigning the value.

But blk_queue_max_sectors() differs a bit
1. It sets both max_sectors_kb, and max_hw_sectors_kb
2. Never allows one to change max_sectors_kb above BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS. If one
specifies a value greater then max_hw_sectors is set to that value but
max_sectors is set to BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS

I am not sure whether blk_queue_max_sectors() should be changed, as it seems
to be that way for a long time. And there may be callers dependent on that
behaviour.

This patch simply reverts to the older way of directly assigning the value to
max_sectors as it was before.

Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: sysfs fix mismatched queue_var_{store,show} in 64bit kernel

2009-07-17T07:54:15+00:00

In blk-sysfs.c, queue_var_store uses unsigned long to store data,
but queue_var_show uses unsigned int to show data.  This causes,

	# echo 70000000000 > /sys/block//queue/read_ahead_kb
	# cat /sys/block//queue/read_ahead_kb => get wrong value

Fix it by using unsigned long.

While at it, convert queue_rq_affinity_show() such that it uses bool
variable instead of explicit != 0 testing.

Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng 
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo

Merge branch 'for-2.6.31' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

2009-06-11T18:10:35+00:00

* 'for-2.6.31' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (153 commits)
  block: add request clone interface (v2)
  floppy: fix hibernation
  ramdisk: remove long-deprecated "ramdisk=" boot-time parameter
  fs/bio.c: add missing __user annotation
  block: prevent possible io_context->refcount overflow
  Add serial number support for virtio_blk, V4a
  block: Add missing bounce_pfn stacking and fix comments
  Revert "block: Fix bounce limit setting in DM"
  cciss: decode unit attention in SCSI error handling code
  cciss: Remove no longer needed sendcmd reject processing code
  cciss: change SCSI error handling routines to work with interrupts enabled.
  cciss: separate error processing and command retrying code in sendcmd_withirq_core()
  cciss: factor out fix target status processing code from sendcmd functions
  cciss: simplify interface of sendcmd() and sendcmd_withirq()
  cciss: factor out core of sendcmd_withirq() for use by SCSI error handling code
  cciss: Use schedule_timeout_uninterruptible in SCSI error handling code
  block: needs to set the residual length of a bidi request
  Revert "block: implement blkdev_readpages"
  block: Fix bounce limit setting in DM
  Removed reference to non-existing file Documentation/PCI/PCI-DMA-mapping.txt
  ...

Manually fix conflicts with tracing updates in:
	block/blk-sysfs.c
	drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c
	drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
	drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
	drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
	include/trace/events/block.h
	kernel/trace/blktrace.c

block: Export I/O topology for block devices and partitions

2009-05-22T21:22:55+00:00

To support devices with physical block sizes bigger than 512 bytes we
need to ensure proper alignment.  This patch adds support for exposing
I/O topology characteristics as devices are stacked.

  logical_block_size is the smallest unit the device can address.

  physical_block_size indicates the smallest I/O the device can write
  without incurring a read-modify-write penalty.

  The io_min parameter is the smallest preferred I/O size reported by
  the device.  In many cases this is the same as the physical block
  size.  However, the io_min parameter can be scaled up when stacking
  (RAID5 chunk size > physical block size).

  The io_opt characteristic indicates the optimal I/O size reported by
  the device.  This is usually the stripe width for arrays.

  The alignment_offset parameter indicates the number of bytes the start
  of the device/partition is offset from the device's natural alignment.
  Partition tools and MD/DM utilities can use this to pad their offsets
  so filesystems start on proper boundaries.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: Expose stacked device queues in sysfs

2009-05-22T21:22:55+00:00

Currently stacking devices do not have a queue directory in sysfs.
However, many of the I/O characteristics like sector size, maximum
request size, etc. are queue properties.

This patch enables the queue directory for MD/DM devices.  The elevator
code has been modified to deal with queues that do not have an I/O
scheduler.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: Use accessor functions for queue limits

2009-05-22T21:22:54+00:00

Convert all external users of queue limits to using wrapper functions
instead of poking the request queue variables directly.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe