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[Xen-devel] [PATCH 2 of 3] interface: Flesh out the BLKIF_OP_DISCARD des
# HG changeset patch
# User Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1318457227 14400
# Node ID 14793d6c4adb38cc57a6d55a8907a18d5ca18634
# Parent 92e266ce9c1c1600998aeacee2996b8de2a8743e
interface: Flesh out the BLKIF_OP_DISCARD description.
We flesh out details on what is expected of 'feature-flush' and
what are some of the extra parameters that the frontend can read
from the backend. Those extra parameters are: : discard-aligment,
and discard-granularity.
Acked-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff -r 92e266ce9c1c -r 14793d6c4adb xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
--- a/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h Wed Oct 26 17:00:51 2011 -0400
+++ b/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h Wed Oct 12 18:07:07 2011 -0400
@@ -83,22 +83,43 @@
#define BLKIF_OP_RESERVED_1 4
/*
* Recognised only if "feature-discard" is present in backend xenbus info.
- * The "feature-discard" node contains a boolean indicating whether discard
- * requests are likely to succeed or fail. Either way, a discard request
+ * The "feature-discard" node contains a boolean indicating whether trim
+ * (ATA) or unmap (SCSI) - conviently called discard requests are likely
+ * to succeed or fail. Either way, a discard request
* may fail at any time with BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP if it is unsupported by
* the underlying block-device hardware. The boolean simply indicates whether
* or not it is worthwhile for the frontend to attempt discard requests.
* If a backend does not recognise BLKIF_OP_DISCARD, it should *not*
* create the "feature-discard" node!
- *
+ *
* Discard operation is a request for the underlying block device to mark
- * extents to be erased. Discard operations are passed with sector_number as
the
+ * extents to be erased. However, discard does not guarantee that the blocks
+ * will be erased from the device - it is just a hint to the device
+ * controller that these blocks are no longer in use. What the device
+ * controller does with that information is left to the controller.
+ * Discard operations are passed with sector_number as the
* sector index to begin discard operations at and nr_sectors as the number of
* sectors to be discarded. The specified sectors should be discarded if the
- * underlying block device supports discard operations, or a
BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP
- * should be returned. More information about discard operations at:
+ * underlying block device supports trim (ATA) or unmap (SCSI) operations,
+ * or a BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP should be returned.
+ * More information about trim/unmap operations at:
* http://t13.org/Documents/UploadedDocuments/docs2008/
* e07154r6-Data_Set_Management_Proposal_for_ATA-ACS2.doc
+ * http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/disc/manuals/
+ * Interface%20manuals/100293068c.pdf
+ * The backend can optionally provide these extra XenBus attributes to
+ * further optimize the discard functionality:
+ * 'discard-aligment' - Devices that support discard functionality may
+ * internally allocate space in units that are bigger than the exported
+ * logical block size. The discard-alignment parameter indicates how many bytes
+ * the beginning of the partition is offset from the internal allocation unit's
+ * natural alignment. Do not confuse this with natural disk alignment offset.
+ * 'discard-granularity' - Devices that support discard functionality may
+ * internally allocate space using units that are bigger than the logical block
+ * size. The discard-granularity parameter indicates the size of the internal
+ * allocation unit in bytes if reported by the device. Otherwise the
+ * discard-granularity will be set to match the device's physical block size.
+ * It is the minimum size you can discard.
*/
#define BLKIF_OP_DISCARD 5
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