block: Add sysfs documentation for the discard topology parameters
Add documentation for the discard I/O topology parameters exported in sysfs. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
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with the previous I/O request are enabled. When set to 2,
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all merge tries are disabled. The default value is 0 -
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which enables all types of merge tries.
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What: /sys/block/<disk>/discard_alignment
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Date: May 2011
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Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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Description:
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Devices that support discard functionality may
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internally allocate space in units that are bigger than
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the exported logical block size. The discard_alignment
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parameter indicates how many bytes the beginning of the
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device is offset from the internal allocation unit's
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natural alignment.
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What: /sys/block/<disk>/<partition>/discard_alignment
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Date: May 2011
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Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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Description:
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Devices that support discard functionality may
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internally allocate space in units that are bigger than
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the exported logical block size. The discard_alignment
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parameter indicates how many bytes the beginning of the
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partition is offset from the internal allocation unit's
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natural alignment.
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What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/discard_granularity
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Date: May 2011
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Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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Description:
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Devices that support discard functionality may
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internally allocate space using units that are bigger
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than the logical block size. The discard_granularity
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parameter indicates the size of the internal allocation
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unit in bytes if reported by the device. Otherwise the
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discard_granularity will be set to match the device's
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physical block size. A discard_granularity of 0 means
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that the device does not support discard functionality.
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What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/discard_max_bytes
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Date: May 2011
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Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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Description:
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Devices that support discard functionality may have
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internal limits on the number of bytes that can be
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trimmed or unmapped in a single operation. Some storage
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protocols also have inherent limits on the number of
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blocks that can be described in a single command. The
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discard_max_bytes parameter is set by the device driver
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to the maximum number of bytes that can be discarded in
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a single operation. Discard requests issued to the
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device must not exceed this limit. A discard_max_bytes
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value of 0 means that the device does not support
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discard functionality.
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What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/discard_zeroes_data
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Date: May 2011
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Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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Description:
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Devices that support discard functionality may return
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stale or random data when a previously discarded block
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is read back. This can cause problems if the filesystem
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expects discarded blocks to be explicitly cleared. If a
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device reports that it deterministically returns zeroes
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when a discarded area is read the discard_zeroes_data
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parameter will be set to one. Otherwise it will be 0 and
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the result of reading a discarded area is undefined.
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