@@ -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
-------------------------------
@@ -201,6 +201,22 @@ static bool g_use_per_node_hctx;
module_param_named(use_per_node_hctx, g_use_per_node_hctx, bool, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_per_node_hctx, "Use per-node allocation for hardware context queues. Default: false");
+static bool g_memory_backed;
+module_param_named(memory_backed, g_memory_backed, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(memory_backed, "Create a memory-backed block device. Default: false");
+
+static bool g_discard;
+module_param_named(discard, g_discard, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(discard, "Support discard operations (requires memory-backed null_blk device). Default: false");
+
+static unsigned long g_cache_size;
+module_param_named(cache_size, g_cache_size, ulong, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(mbps, "Cache size in MiB for memory-backed device. Default: 0 (none)");
+
+static unsigned int g_mbps;
+module_param_named(mbps, g_mbps, uint, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(mbps, "Limit maximum bandwidth (in MiB/s). Default: 0 (no limit)");
+
static bool g_zoned;
module_param_named(zoned, g_zoned, bool, S_IRUGO);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(zoned, "Make device as a host-managed zoned block device. Default: false");
@@ -650,6 +666,10 @@ static struct nullb_device *null_alloc_dev(void)
dev->irqmode = g_irqmode;
dev->hw_queue_depth = g_hw_queue_depth;
dev->blocking = g_blocking;
+ dev->memory_backed = g_memory_backed;
+ dev->discard = g_discard;
+ dev->cache_size = g_cache_size;
+ dev->mbps = g_mbps;
dev->use_per_node_hctx = g_use_per_node_hctx;
dev->zoned = g_zoned;
dev->zone_size = g_zone_size;
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 <lkp@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Vincent Fu <vincent.fu@samsung.com> --- Documentation/block/null_blk.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/block/null_blk/main.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)