block: Add BLKROTATIONAL ioctl

Introduce an ioctl which permits applications to query whether a block
device is rotational.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
This commit is contained in:
Martin K. Petersen 2012-01-11 16:29:31 +01:00 committed by Jens Axboe
parent b1bd055d39
commit ef00f59c95
3 changed files with 6 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -719,6 +719,9 @@ long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
case BLKSECTGET:
return compat_put_ushort(arg,
queue_max_sectors(bdev_get_queue(bdev)));
case BLKROTATIONAL:
return compat_put_ushort(arg,
!blk_queue_nonrot(bdev_get_queue(bdev)));
case BLKRASET: /* compatible, but no compat_ptr (!) */
case BLKFRASET:
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))

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@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd,
return put_uint(arg, bdev_discard_zeroes_data(bdev));
case BLKSECTGET:
return put_ushort(arg, queue_max_sectors(bdev_get_queue(bdev)));
case BLKROTATIONAL:
return put_ushort(arg, !blk_queue_nonrot(bdev_get_queue(bdev)));
case BLKRASET:
case BLKFRASET:
if(!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))

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@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
#define BLKPBSZGET _IO(0x12,123)
#define BLKDISCARDZEROES _IO(0x12,124)
#define BLKSECDISCARD _IO(0x12,125)
#define BLKROTATIONAL _IO(0x12,126)
#define BMAP_IOCTL 1 /* obsolete - kept for compatibility */
#define FIBMAP _IO(0x00,1) /* bmap access */