From c72758f33784e5e2a1a4bb9421ef3e6de8f9fcf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Martin K. Petersen" Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 17:17:53 -0400 Subject: block: Export I/O topology for block devices and partitions 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 --- include/linux/genhd.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux/genhd.h') diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h index a1a28caed23..149fda264c8 100644 --- a/include/linux/genhd.h +++ b/include/linux/genhd.h @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct disk_stats { struct hd_struct { sector_t start_sect; sector_t nr_sects; + sector_t alignment_offset; struct device __dev; struct kobject *holder_dir; int policy, partno; -- cgit v1.2.3 From db429e9ec0f9dee2d8e50c154f04f29f880fc9d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 13:52:52 +0200 Subject: partitions: add ->set_capacity block device method * Add ->set_capacity block device method and use it in rescan_partitions() to attempt enabling native capacity of the device upon detecting the partition which exceeds device capacity. * Add GENHD_FL_NATIVE_CAPACITY flag to try limit attempts of enabling native capacity during partition scan. Together with the consecutive patch implementing ->set_capacity method in ide-gd device driver this allows automatic disabling of Host Protected Area (HPA) if any partitions overlapping HPA are detected. Cc: Robert Hancock Cc: Frans Pop Cc: "Andries E. Brouwer" Acked-by: Al Viro Emphatically-Acked-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz --- include/linux/genhd.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux/genhd.h') diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h index 634c53028fb..239e24b081a 100644 --- a/include/linux/genhd.h +++ b/include/linux/genhd.h @@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ struct hd_struct { #define GENHD_FL_UP 16 #define GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO 32 #define GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT 64 /* allow extended devt */ +#define GENHD_FL_NATIVE_CAPACITY 128 #define BLK_SCSI_MAX_CMDS (256) #define BLK_SCSI_CMD_PER_LONG (BLK_SCSI_MAX_CMDS / (sizeof(long) * 8)) -- cgit v1.2.3 From b03f38b685e2e1db174fb8982930e789a516f414 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kay Sievers Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:23:42 +0200 Subject: Driver Core: block: add nodename support for block drivers. This adds support for block drivers to report their requested nodename to userspace. It also updates a number of block drivers to provide the needed subdirectory and device name to be used for them. Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/linux/genhd.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux/genhd.h') diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h index 7cbd38d363a..45fc320a53c 100644 --- a/include/linux/genhd.h +++ b/include/linux/genhd.h @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ struct gendisk { * disks that can't be partitioned. */ char disk_name[DISK_NAME_LEN]; /* name of major driver */ - + char *(*nodename)(struct gendisk *gd); /* Array of pointers to partitions indexed by partno. * Protected with matching bdev lock but stat and other * non-critical accesses use RCU. Always access through -- cgit v1.2.3