From 058efe000b31ce9c63bca02a33b67780b0ef5b41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Fu Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 17:49:49 +0000 Subject: null_blk: add module parameters for 4 options Add as module parameters these options: memory_backed discard mbps cache_size Previously these could only be set via configfs. Still missing is bad_blocks. The kernel test robot found a documentation formatting issue in v1 of this patch. Reported-by: kernel test robot Signed-off-by: Vincent Fu Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220708174943.87787-2-vincent.fu@samsung.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- Documentation/block/null_blk.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/block/null_blk.rst b/Documentation/block/null_blk.rst index edbbab2f12f8..4dd78f24d10a 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/null_blk.rst +++ b/Documentation/block/null_blk.rst @@ -72,6 +72,28 @@ submit_queues=[1..nr_cpus]: Default: 1 hw_queue_depth=[0..qdepth]: Default: 64 The hardware queue depth of the device. +memory_backed=[0/1]: Default: 0 + Whether or not to use a memory buffer to respond to IO requests + + = ============================================= + 0 Transfer no data in response to IO requests + 1 Use a memory buffer to respond to IO requests + = ============================================= + +discard=[0/1]: Default: 0 + Support discard operations (requires memory-backed null_blk device). + + = ===================================== + 0 Do not support discard operations + 1 Enable support for discard operations + = ===================================== + +cache_size=[Size in MB]: Default: 0 + Cache size in MB for memory-backed device. + +mbps=[Maximum bandwidth in MB/s]: Default: 0 (no limit) + Bandwidth limit for device performance. + Multi-queue specific parameters ------------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3