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authorMartin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>2012-01-11 16:29:31 +0100
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2012-01-11 16:29:31 +0100
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parentb1bd055d397e09f99dcef9b138ed104ff1812fcb (diff)
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block: Add BLKROTATIONAL ioctl
Introduce an ioctl which permits applications to query whether a block device is rotational. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c
index 7b72502..7c668c8 100644
--- a/block/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -719,6 +719,9 @@ long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
case BLKSECTGET:
return compat_put_ushort(arg,
queue_max_sectors(bdev_get_queue(bdev)));
+ case BLKROTATIONAL:
+ return compat_put_ushort(arg,
+ !blk_queue_nonrot(bdev_get_queue(bdev)));
case BLKRASET: /* compatible, but no compat_ptr (!) */
case BLKFRASET:
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
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