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authorWouter Verhelst <w@uter.be>2024-08-12 15:20:37 +0200
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2024-09-06 08:31:40 -0600
commite49dacc71ec2621ce4c422cd5605d4d06f7807b0 (patch)
tree20bb6fa265e1670c83c5275d212ddc0a2e1e50b0 /include/uapi
parentf55d3b82ac2fe8e12fe784702a7a39ab36b7d4e1 (diff)
nbd: implement the WRITE_ZEROES command
The NBD protocol defines a message for zeroing out a region of an export Add support to the kernel driver for that message. Signed-off-by: Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> Cc: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812133032.115134-3-w@uter.be Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/nbd.h5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nbd.h b/include/uapi/linux/nbd.h
index d75215f2c675..f1d468acfb25 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nbd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nbd.h
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ enum {
NBD_CMD_WRITE = 1,
NBD_CMD_DISC = 2,
NBD_CMD_FLUSH = 3,
- NBD_CMD_TRIM = 4
+ NBD_CMD_TRIM = 4,
/* userspace defines additional extension commands */
+ NBD_CMD_WRITE_ZEROES = 6,
};
/* values for flags field, these are server interaction specific. */
@@ -53,11 +54,13 @@ enum {
#define NBD_FLAG_SEND_FUA (1 << 3) /* send FUA (forced unit access) */
#define NBD_FLAG_ROTATIONAL (1 << 4) /* device is rotational */
#define NBD_FLAG_SEND_TRIM (1 << 5) /* send trim/discard */
+#define NBD_FLAG_SEND_WRITE_ZEROES (1 << 6) /* supports WRITE_ZEROES */
/* there is a gap here to match userspace */
#define NBD_FLAG_CAN_MULTI_CONN (1 << 8) /* Server supports multiple connections per export. */
/* values for cmd flags in the upper 16 bits of request type */
#define NBD_CMD_FLAG_FUA (1 << 16) /* FUA (forced unit access) op */
+#define NBD_CMD_FLAG_NO_HOLE (1 << 17) /* Do not punch a hole for WRITE_ZEROES */
/* These are client behavior specific flags. */
#define NBD_CFLAG_DESTROY_ON_DISCONNECT (1 << 0) /* delete the nbd device on