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 <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 1a4916e..fe7ccc0 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -852,11 +852,21 @@
return sprintf(buf, "%x\n", disk->flags);
}
+static ssize_t disk_alignment_offset_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+
+ return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", queue_alignment_offset(disk->queue));
+}
+
static DEVICE_ATTR(range, S_IRUGO, disk_range_show, NULL);
static DEVICE_ATTR(ext_range, S_IRUGO, disk_ext_range_show, NULL);
static DEVICE_ATTR(removable, S_IRUGO, disk_removable_show, NULL);
static DEVICE_ATTR(ro, S_IRUGO, disk_ro_show, NULL);
static DEVICE_ATTR(size, S_IRUGO, part_size_show, NULL);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(alignment_offset, S_IRUGO, disk_alignment_offset_show, NULL);
static DEVICE_ATTR(capability, S_IRUGO, disk_capability_show, NULL);
static DEVICE_ATTR(stat, S_IRUGO, part_stat_show, NULL);
#ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
@@ -875,6 +885,7 @@
&dev_attr_removable.attr,
&dev_attr_ro.attr,
&dev_attr_size.attr,
+ &dev_attr_alignment_offset.attr,
&dev_attr_capability.attr,
&dev_attr_stat.attr,
#ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
