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Diffstat (limited to 'include/xen')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h b/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h index f88e28b..ee338bf 100644 --- a/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h +++ b/include/xen/interface/io/blkif.h @@ -84,6 +84,21 @@ typedef uint64_t blkif_sector_t; * 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 three 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. + * '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. + * 'discard-secure' - All copies of the discarded sectors (potentially created + * by garbage collection) must also be erased. To use this feature, the flag + * BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE must be set in the blkif_request_trim. */ #define BLKIF_OP_DISCARD 5 @@ -111,7 +126,8 @@ struct blkif_request_rw { } __attribute__((__packed__)); struct blkif_request_discard { - uint8_t nr_segments; /* number of segments */ + uint8_t flag; /* BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE or zero. */ +#define BLKIF_DISCARD_SECURE (1<<0) /* ignored if discard-secure=0 */ blkif_vdev_t _pad1; /* only for read/write requests */ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 uint32_t _pad2; /* offsetof(blkif_req..,u.discard.id)==8*/ |
