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| author | Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> | 2008-06-17 20:59:57 +0400 |
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| committer | Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> | 2008-07-03 15:21:13 +0400 |
| commit | c1c72b59941e2f5aad4b02609d7ee7b121734b8d (patch) | |
| tree | a57d51e43ecefa11d183ff9b27b661c900e46af6 /Documentation/ABI | |
| parent | 7ba1ba12eeef0aa7113beb16410ef8b7c748e18b (diff) | |
| download | linux-c1c72b59941e2f5aad4b02609d7ee7b121734b8d.tar.xz | |
block: Data integrity infrastructure documentation
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block | 34 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block index 4bd9ea539129..44f52a4f5903 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block @@ -26,3 +26,37 @@ Description: I/O statistics of partition <part>. The format is the same as the above-written /sys/block/<disk>/stat format. + + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/integrity/format +Date: June 2008 +Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> +Description: + Metadata format for integrity capable block device. + E.g. T10-DIF-TYPE1-CRC. + + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/integrity/read_verify +Date: June 2008 +Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> +Description: + Indicates whether the block layer should verify the + integrity of read requests serviced by devices that + support sending integrity metadata. + + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/integrity/tag_size +Date: June 2008 +Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> +Description: + Number of bytes of integrity tag space available per + 512 bytes of data. + + +What: /sys/block/<disk>/integrity/write_generate +Date: June 2008 +Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> +Description: + Indicates whether the block layer should automatically + generate checksums for write requests bound for + devices that support receiving integrity metadata. |