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null_blk: add zoned config support information 

If the kernel is built without CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED, a modprobe
of the null_blk driver with zoned=1 fails with 'Invalid argument'.
This can be confusing to users, prompting a search as to why the
parameter is invalid. To assist in that search, add a bit more
information to the failure, additionally adding to the documentation
that CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED is needed for zoned=1.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: John Pittman <jpittman@redhat.com>

Added null_blk prefix to error message.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
John Pittman 2019-01-04 12:06:37 -05:00 committed by Jens Axboe
parent bb351abaf5
commit 373282e7ab
2 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
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Documentation/block/null_blk.txt
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@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ shared_tags=[0/1]: Default: 0
zoned=[0/1]: Default: 0
0: Block device is exposed as a random-access block device.
1: Block device is exposed as a host-managed zoned block device.
1: Block device is exposed as a host-managed zoned block device. Requires
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED.
zone_size=[MB]: Default: 256
Per zone size when exposed as a zoned block device. Must be a power of two.

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drivers/block/null_blk.h
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@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ void null_zone_reset(struct nullb_cmd *cmd, sector_t sector);
#else
static inline int null_zone_init(struct nullb_device *dev)
{
pr_err("null_blk: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED not enabled\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
static inline void null_zone_exit(struct nullb_device *dev) {}