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30.Dd October 30, 2012
31.Dt DISK 9
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm disk
35.Nd kernel disk storage API
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In geom/geom_disk.h
38.Ft struct disk *
39.Fn disk_alloc void
40.Ft void
41.Fn disk_create "struct disk *disk" "int version"
42.Ft void
43.Fn disk_gone "struct disk *disk"
44.Ft void
45.Fn disk_destroy "struct disk *disk"
46.Ft int
47.Fn disk_resize "struct disk *disk" "int flags"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The disk storage API permits kernel device drivers providing access to
50disk-like storage devices to advertise the device to other kernel
51components, including
52.Xr GEOM 4
53and
54.Xr devfs 5 .
55.Pp
56Each disk device is described by a
57.Vt "struct disk"
58structure, which contains a variety of parameters for the disk device,
59function pointers for various methods that may be performed on the device,
60as well as private data storage for the device driver.
61In addition, some fields are reserved for use by GEOM in managing access
62to the device and its statistics.
63.Pp
64GEOM has the ownership of
65.Vt "struct disk" ,
66and drivers must allocate storage for it with the
67.Fn disk_alloc
68function,
69fill in the fields and call
70.Fn disk_create
71when the device is ready to service requests.
72.Fn disk_resize
73can be called by the driver after modifying
74.Va d_mediasize
75to notify GEOM about the disk capacity change.
76The
77.Fa flags
78field should be set to either M_WAITOK, or M_NOWAIT.
79.Fn disk_gone
80orphans all of the providers associated with the drive, setting an error
81condition of ENXIO in each one.
82In addition, it prevents a re-taste on last close for writing if an error
83condition has been set in the provider.
84After calling
85.Fn disk_destroy ,
86the device driver is not allowed to access the contents of
87.Vt "struct disk"
88anymore.
89.Pp
90The
91.Fn disk_create
92function
93takes a second parameter,
94.Fa version ,
95which must always be passed
96.Dv DISK_VERSION .
97If GEOM detects that the driver is compiled against an unsupported version,
98it will ignore the device and print a warning on the console.
99.Ss Descriptive Fields
100The following fields identify the disk device described by the structure
101instance, and must be filled in prior to submitting the structure to
102.Fn disk_create
103and may not be subsequently changed:
104.Bl -tag -width indent
105.It Vt u_int Va d_flags
106Optional flags indicating to the storage framework what optional features
107or descriptions the storage device driver supports.
108Currently supported flags are
109.Dv DISKFLAG_OPEN
110(maintained by storage framework),
111.Dv DISKFLAG_CANDELETE
112(maintained by device driver),
113and
114.Dv DISKFLAG_CANFLUSHCACHE
115(maintained by device driver).
116.It Vt "const char *" Va d_name
117Holds the name of the storage device class, e.g.,
118.Dq Li ahd .
119This value typically uniquely identifies a particular driver device,
120and must not conflict with devices serviced by other device drivers.
121.It Vt u_int Va d_unit
122Holds the instance of the storage device class, e.g.,
123.Dq Li 4 .
124This namespace is managed by the device driver, and assignment of unit
125numbers might be a property of probe order, or in some cases topology.
126Together, the
127.Va d_name
128and
129.Va d_unit
130values will uniquely identify a disk storage device.
131.El
132.Ss Disk Device Methods
133The following fields identify various disk device methods, if implemented:
134.Bl -tag -width indent
135.It Vt "disk_open_t *" Va d_open
136Optional: invoked when the disk device is opened.
137If no method is provided, open will always succeed.
138.It Vt "disk_close_t *" Va d_close
139Optional: invoked when the disk device is closed.
140Although an error code may be returned, the call should always terminate
141any state setup by the corresponding open method call.
142.It Vt "disk_strategy_t *" Va d_strategy
143Mandatory: invoked when a new
144.Vt "struct bio"
145is to be initiated on the disk device.
146.It Vt "disk_ioctl_t *" Va d_ioctl
147Optional: invoked when an I/O control operation is initiated on the disk device.
148Please note that for security reasons these operations should not
149be able to affect other devices than the one on which they are performed.
150.It Vt "dumper_t *" Va d_dump
151Optional: if configured with
152.Xr dumpon 8 ,
153this function is invoked from a very restricted system state after a
154kernel panic to record a copy of the system RAM to the disk.
155.It Vt "disk_getattr_t *" Va d_getattr
156Optional: if this method is provided, it gives the disk driver the
157opportunity to override the default GEOM response to BIO_GETATTR requests.
158This function should return -1 if the attribute is not handled, 0 if the
159attribute is handled, or an errno to be passed to g_io_deliver().
160.It Vt "disk_gone_t *" Va d_gone
161Optional: if this method is provided, it will be called after disk_gone()
162is called, once GEOM has finished its cleanup process.
163Once this callback is called, it is safe for the disk driver to free all of
164its resources, as it will not be receiving further calls from GEOM.
165.El
166.Ss Mandatory Media Properties
167The following fields identify the size and granularity of the disk device.
168These fields must stay stable from return of the drivers open method until
169the close method is called, but it is perfectly legal to modify them in
170the open method before returning.
171.Bl -tag -width indent
172.It Vt u_int Va d_sectorsize
173The sector size of the disk device in bytes.
174.It Vt off_t Va d_mediasize
175The size of the disk device in bytes.
176.It Vt u_int Va d_maxsize
177The maximum supported size in bytes of an I/O request.
178Requests larger than this size will be chopped up by GEOM.
179.El
180.Ss Optional Media Properties
181These optional fields can provide extra information about the disk
182device.
183Do not initialize these fields if the field/concept does not apply.
184These fields must stay stable from return of the drivers open method until
185the close method is called, but it is perfectly legal to modify them in
186the open method before returning.
187.Bl -tag -width indent
188.It Vt u_int Va d_fwsectors , Vt u_int Va d_fwheads
189The number of sectors and heads advertised on the disk device by the
190firmware or BIOS.
191These values are almost universally bogus, but on some architectures
192necessary for the correct calculation of disk partitioning.
193.It Vt u_int Va d_stripeoffset , Vt u_int Va d_stripesize
194These two fields can be used to describe the width and location of
195natural performance boundaries for most disk technologies.
196Please see
197.Pa src/sys/geom/notes
198for details.
199.It Vt char Va d_ident[DISK_IDENT_SIZE]
200This field can and should be used to store disk's serial number if the
201d_getattr method described above isn't implemented, or if it does not
202support the GEOM::ident attribute.
203.It Vt char Va d_descr[DISK_IDENT_SIZE]
204This field can be used to store the disk vendor and product description.
205.It Vt uint16_t Va d_hba_vendor
206This field can be used to store the PCI vendor ID for the HBA connected to
207the disk.
208.It Vt uint16_t Va d_hba_device
209This field can be used to store the PCI device ID for the HBA connected to
210the disk.
211.It Vt uint16_t Va d_hba_subvendor
212This field can be used to store the PCI subvendor ID for the HBA connected to
213the disk.
214.It Vt uint16_t Va d_hba_subdevice
215This field can be used to store the PCI subdevice ID for the HBA connected to
216the disk.
217.El
218.Ss Driver Private Data
219This field may be used by the device driver to store a pointer to
220private data to implement the disk service.
221.Bl -tag -width indent
222.It Vt "void *" Va d_drv1
223Private data pointer.
224Typically used to store a pointer to the drivers
225.Vt softc
226structure for this disk device.
227.El
228.Sh SEE ALSO
229.Xr GEOM 4 ,
230.Xr devfs 5
231.Sh AUTHORS
232This manual page was written by
233.An Robert Watson .
234