1ec8f24b7SThomas Gleixner# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Block device driver configuration 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 51da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6afd44034SJan Engelhardtmenuconfig MD 71da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM)" 8afd44034SJan Engelhardt depends on BLOCK 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support multiple physical spindles through a single logical device. 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Required for RAID and logical volume management. 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13afd44034SJan Engelhardtif MD 14afd44034SJan Engelhardt 151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BLK_DEV_MD 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RAID support" 17c66fd019SChristoph Hellwig select BLOCK_HOLDER_DEPRECATED if SYSFS 18925c86a1SChristoph Hellwig select BUFFER_HEAD 196c0f5898SNeilBrown # BLOCK_LEGACY_AUTOLOAD requirement should be removed 206c0f5898SNeilBrown # after relevant mdadm enhancements - to make "names=yes" 216c0f5898SNeilBrown # the default - are widely available. 226c0f5898SNeilBrown select BLOCK_LEGACY_AUTOLOAD 23a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 241da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver lets you combine several hard disk partitions into one 251da177e4SLinus Torvalds logical block device. This can be used to simply append one 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds partition to another one or to combine several redundant hard disks 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds into a RAID1/4/5 device so as to provide protection against hard 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds disk failures. This is called "Software RAID" since the combining of 291da177e4SLinus Torvalds the partitions is done by the kernel. "Hardware RAID" means that the 301da177e4SLinus Torvalds combining is done by a dedicated controller; if you have such a 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds controller, you do not need to say Y here. 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds More information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 356f3bc22bSAlexander A. Klimov <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also learn 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 40a364092aSArjan van de Venconfig MD_AUTODETECT 41a364092aSArjan van de Ven bool "Autodetect RAID arrays during kernel boot" 42ce52aebdSAlan Jenkins depends on BLK_DEV_MD=y 43a364092aSArjan van de Ven default y 44a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 45a364092aSArjan van de Ven If you say Y here, then the kernel will try to autodetect raid 46a364092aSArjan van de Ven arrays as part of its boot process. 47a364092aSArjan van de Ven 48a364092aSArjan van de Ven If you don't use raid and say Y, this autodetection can cause 49a364092aSArjan van de Ven a several-second delay in the boot time due to various 50a364092aSArjan van de Ven synchronisation steps that are part of this step. 51a364092aSArjan van de Ven 52a364092aSArjan van de Ven If unsure, say Y. 53a364092aSArjan van de Ven 54a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwigconfig MD_BITMAP_FILE 550ae1c9d3SChristoph Hellwig bool "MD bitmap file support (deprecated)" 56a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig default y 57a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig help 58a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig If you say Y here, support for write intent bitmaps in files on an 59a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig external file system is enabled. This is an alternative to the internal 60a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig bitmaps near the MD superblock, and very problematic code that abuses 61a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig various kernel APIs and can only work with files on a file system not 62a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig actually sitting on the MD device. 63a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig 64127186cfSYu Kuaiconfig MD_LINEAR 65127186cfSYu Kuai tristate "Linear (append) mode" 66127186cfSYu Kuai depends on BLK_DEV_MD 67127186cfSYu Kuai help 68127186cfSYu Kuai If you say Y here, then your multiple devices driver will be able to 69127186cfSYu Kuai use the so-called linear mode, i.e. it will combine the hard disk 70127186cfSYu Kuai partitions by simply appending one to the other. 71127186cfSYu Kuai 72127186cfSYu Kuai To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 73127186cfSYu Kuai will be called linear. 74127186cfSYu Kuai 75127186cfSYu Kuai If unsure, say Y. 76127186cfSYu Kuai 771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID0 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RAID-0 (striping) mode" 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 80a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, then your multiple devices driver will be able to 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds use the so-called raid0 mode, i.e. it will combine the hard disk 831da177e4SLinus Torvalds partitions into one logical device in such a fashion as to fill them 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds up evenly, one chunk here and one chunk there. This will increase 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds the throughput rate if the partitions reside on distinct disks. 861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 871da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 881da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 896f3bc22bSAlexander A. Klimov <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also 901da177e4SLinus Torvalds learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 921da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called raid0. 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID1 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RAID-1 (mirroring) mode" 991da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 100a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds A RAID-1 set consists of several disk drives which are exact copies 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds of each other. In the event of a mirror failure, the RAID driver 1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds will continue to use the operational mirrors in the set, providing 1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds an error free MD (multiple device) to the higher levels of the 1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel. In a set with N drives, the available space is the capacity 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds of a single drive, and the set protects against a failure of (N - 1) 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds drives. 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 1116f3bc22bSAlexander A. Klimov <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use such a RAID-1 set, say Y. To compile this code 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds as a module, choose M here: the module will be called raid1. 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID10 12008fb730cSNeilBrown tristate "RAID-10 (mirrored striping) mode" 12108fb730cSNeilBrown depends on BLK_DEV_MD 122a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds RAID-10 provides a combination of striping (RAID-0) and 1244d2554d0SJustin Piszcz mirroring (RAID-1) with easier configuration and more flexible 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds layout. 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds Unlike RAID-0, but like RAID-1, RAID-10 requires all devices to 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds be the same size (or at least, only as much as the smallest device 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be used). 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds RAID-10 provides a variety of layouts that provide different levels 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds of redundancy and performance. 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds RAID-10 requires mdadm-1.7.0 or later, available at: 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1344f6cce39SSeongJae Park https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/ 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13816a53eccSNeilBrownconfig MD_RAID456 13916a53eccSNeilBrown tristate "RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 mode" 1401da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 141f5e70d0fSDavid Woodhouse select RAID6_PQ 142*b261d222SEric Biggers select CRC32 1439bc89cd8SDan Williams select ASYNC_MEMCPY 1449bc89cd8SDan Williams select ASYNC_XOR 145ac6b53b6SDan Williams select ASYNC_PQ 146ac6b53b6SDan Williams select ASYNC_RAID6_RECOV 147a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds A RAID-5 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds the capacity of C * (N - 1) MB, and protects against a failure 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds of a single drive. For a given sector (row) number, (N - 1) drives 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds contain data sectors, and one drive contains the parity protection. 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds For a RAID-4 set, the parity blocks are present on a single drive, 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds while a RAID-5 set distributes the parity across the drives in one 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds of the available parity distribution methods. 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15616a53eccSNeilBrown A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive 15716a53eccSNeilBrown provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects 15816a53eccSNeilBrown against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector 15916a53eccSNeilBrown (row) number, (N - 2) drives contain data sectors, and two 16016a53eccSNeilBrown drives contains two independent redundancy syndromes. Like 16116a53eccSNeilBrown RAID-5, RAID-6 distributes the syndromes across the drives 16216a53eccSNeilBrown in one of the available parity distribution methods. 16316a53eccSNeilBrown 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 1651da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 1666f3bc22bSAlexander A. Klimov <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also 1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 1681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16916a53eccSNeilBrown If you want to use such a RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 set, say Y. To 1701da177e4SLinus Torvalds compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module 17116a53eccSNeilBrown will be called raid456. 1721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 1741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1758e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodriguesconfig MD_CLUSTER 176f0e230adSGuoqing Jiang tristate "Cluster Support for MD" 1778e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues depends on BLK_DEV_MD 1788e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues depends on DLM 1798e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues default n 180a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 1818e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues Clustering support for MD devices. This enables locking and 1828e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues synchronization across multiple systems on the cluster, so all 1838e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues nodes in the cluster can access the MD devices simultaneously. 1848e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues 1858e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues This brings the redundancy (and uptime) of RAID levels across the 186f0e230adSGuoqing Jiang nodes of the cluster. Currently, it can work with raid1 and raid10 187f0e230adSGuoqing Jiang (limited support). 1888e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues 1898e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues If unsure, say N. 1908e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues 191cafe5635SKent Overstreetsource "drivers/md/bcache/Kconfig" 192cafe5635SKent Overstreet 1932995fa78SMikulas Patockaconfig BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN 1946341e62bSChristoph Jaeger bool 1952995fa78SMikulas Patocka 1961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BLK_DEV_DM 1971da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Device mapper support" 198c66fd019SChristoph Hellwig select BLOCK_HOLDER_DEPRECATED if SYSFS 1992995fa78SMikulas Patocka select BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN 200248c7933SChristoph Hellwig select BLK_MQ_STACKING 201976431b0SDan Williams depends on DAX || DAX=n 202a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2031da177e4SLinus Torvalds Device-mapper is a low level volume manager. It works by allowing 2041da177e4SLinus Torvalds people to specify mappings for ranges of logical sectors. Various 2051da177e4SLinus Torvalds mapping types are available, in addition people may write their own 2061da177e4SLinus Torvalds modules containing custom mappings if they wish. 2071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds Higher level volume managers such as LVM2 use this driver. 2091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2101da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be 2111da177e4SLinus Torvalds called dm-mod. 2121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2131da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 2141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 215cc109201SBryn Reevesconfig DM_DEBUG 2166341e62bSChristoph Jaeger bool "Device mapper debugging support" 2170149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 218a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 219cc109201SBryn Reeves Enable this for messages that may help debug device-mapper problems. 220cc109201SBryn Reeves 221cc109201SBryn Reeves If unsure, say N. 222cc109201SBryn Reeves 22395d402f0SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_BUFIO 22495d402f0SMikulas Patocka tristate 225d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 226a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 22795d402f0SMikulas Patocka This interface allows you to do buffered I/O on a device and acts 22895d402f0SMikulas Patocka as a cache, holding recently-read blocks in memory and performing 22995d402f0SMikulas Patocka delayed writes. 23095d402f0SMikulas Patocka 2312e8ed711SJoe Thornberconfig DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_MANAGER_LOCKING 2322e8ed711SJoe Thornber bool "Block manager locking" 2332e8ed711SJoe Thornber depends on DM_BUFIO 234a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2352e8ed711SJoe Thornber Block manager locking can catch various metadata corruption issues. 2362e8ed711SJoe Thornber 2372e8ed711SJoe Thornber If unsure, say N. 2382e8ed711SJoe Thornber 23986bad0c7SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_STACK_TRACING 24086bad0c7SMikulas Patocka bool "Keep stack trace of persistent data block lock holders" 2412e8ed711SJoe Thornber depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_MANAGER_LOCKING 24286bad0c7SMikulas Patocka select STACKTRACE 243a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 24486bad0c7SMikulas Patocka Enable this for messages that may help debug problems with the 24586bad0c7SMikulas Patocka block manager locking used by thin provisioning and caching. 24686bad0c7SMikulas Patocka 24786bad0c7SMikulas Patocka If unsure, say N. 2483f068040SMike Snitzer 2494f81a417SMike Snitzerconfig DM_BIO_PRISON 2504f81a417SMike Snitzer tristate 251d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 252a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2534f81a417SMike Snitzer Some bio locking schemes used by other device-mapper targets 2544f81a417SMike Snitzer including thin provisioning. 2554f81a417SMike Snitzer 256991d9fa0SJoe Thornbersource "drivers/md/persistent-data/Kconfig" 257991d9fa0SJoe Thornber 25818a5bf27SScott Bauerconfig DM_UNSTRIPED 25918a5bf27SScott Bauer tristate "Unstriped target" 26018a5bf27SScott Bauer depends on BLK_DEV_DM 261a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 26218a5bf27SScott Bauer Unstripes I/O so it is issued solely on a single drive in a HW 26318a5bf27SScott Bauer RAID0 or dm-striped target. 26418a5bf27SScott Bauer 2651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_CRYPT 2661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Crypt target support" 2670149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 26827f5411aSDmitry Baryshkov depends on (ENCRYPTED_KEYS || ENCRYPTED_KEYS=n) 269363880c4SAhmad Fatoum depends on (TRUSTED_KEYS || TRUSTED_KEYS=n) 270f656fa40SEric Biggers select CRC32 2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRYPTO 2723263263fSHerbert Xu select CRYPTO_CBC 273a1a262b6SArd Biesheuvel select CRYPTO_ESSIV 274a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds This device-mapper target allows you to create a device that 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds transparently encrypts the data on it. You'll need to activate 2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds the ciphers you're going to use in the cryptoapi configuration. 2781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 279cf352487SLoic Pefferkorn For further information on dm-crypt and userspace tools see: 2806ed443c0SBaruch Siach <https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/DMCrypt> 2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called dm-crypt. 2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 2861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2871da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_SNAPSHOT 2880149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Snapshot target" 2890149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 29055494bf2SMikulas Patocka select DM_BUFIO 291a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 2924d2554d0SJustin Piszcz Allow volume managers to take writable snapshots of a device. 2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 294991d9fa0SJoe Thornberconfig DM_THIN_PROVISIONING 295d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Thin provisioning target" 296d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 297991d9fa0SJoe Thornber select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA 2984f81a417SMike Snitzer select DM_BIO_PRISON 299a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 300991d9fa0SJoe Thornber Provides thin provisioning and snapshots that share a data store. 301991d9fa0SJoe Thornber 302c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornberconfig DM_CACHE 303c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber tristate "Cache target (EXPERIMENTAL)" 304c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber depends on BLK_DEV_DM 305c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber default n 306c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA 307c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber select DM_BIO_PRISON 308a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 309c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber dm-cache attempts to improve performance of a block device by 310c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber moving frequently used data to a smaller, higher performance 311c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber device. Different 'policy' plugins can be used to change the 312c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber algorithms used to select which blocks are promoted, demoted, 313c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber cleaned etc. It supports writeback and writethrough modes. 314c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber 31566a63635SJoe Thornberconfig DM_CACHE_SMQ 31666a63635SJoe Thornber tristate "Stochastic MQ Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL)" 31766a63635SJoe Thornber depends on DM_CACHE 31866a63635SJoe Thornber default y 319a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 32066a63635SJoe Thornber A cache policy that uses a multiqueue ordered by recent hits 32166a63635SJoe Thornber to select which blocks should be promoted and demoted. 32266a63635SJoe Thornber This is meant to be a general purpose policy. It prioritises 32366a63635SJoe Thornber reads over writes. This SMQ policy (vs MQ) offers the promise 32466a63635SJoe Thornber of less memory utilization, improved performance and increased 32566a63635SJoe Thornber adaptability in the face of changing workloads. 32666a63635SJoe Thornber 32748debafeSMikulas Patockaconfig DM_WRITECACHE 32848debafeSMikulas Patocka tristate "Writecache target" 32948debafeSMikulas Patocka depends on BLK_DEV_DM 330a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 33148debafeSMikulas Patocka The writecache target caches writes on persistent memory or SSD. 33248debafeSMikulas Patocka It is intended for databases or other programs that need extremely 33348debafeSMikulas Patocka low commit latency. 33448debafeSMikulas Patocka 33548debafeSMikulas Patocka The writecache target doesn't cache reads because reads are supposed 33648debafeSMikulas Patocka to be cached in standard RAM. 33748debafeSMikulas Patocka 338d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagenconfig DM_EBS 339d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen tristate "Emulated block size target (EXPERIMENTAL)" 3401c277e50SChristoph Hellwig depends on BLK_DEV_DM && !HIGHMEM 341d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen select DM_BUFIO 342d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen help 343d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen dm-ebs emulates smaller logical block size on backing devices 344d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen with larger ones (e.g. 512 byte sectors on 4K native disks). 345d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen 346eec40579SJoe Thornberconfig DM_ERA 347eec40579SJoe Thornber tristate "Era target (EXPERIMENTAL)" 348eec40579SJoe Thornber depends on BLK_DEV_DM 349eec40579SJoe Thornber default n 350eec40579SJoe Thornber select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA 351eec40579SJoe Thornber select DM_BIO_PRISON 352a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 353eec40579SJoe Thornber dm-era tracks which parts of a block device are written to 354eec40579SJoe Thornber over time. Useful for maintaining cache coherency when using 355eec40579SJoe Thornber vendor snapshots. 356eec40579SJoe Thornber 3577431b783SNikos Tsironisconfig DM_CLONE 3587431b783SNikos Tsironis tristate "Clone target (EXPERIMENTAL)" 3597431b783SNikos Tsironis depends on BLK_DEV_DM 3607431b783SNikos Tsironis default n 3617431b783SNikos Tsironis select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA 362a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 3637431b783SNikos Tsironis dm-clone produces a one-to-one copy of an existing, read-only source 3647431b783SNikos Tsironis device into a writable destination device. The cloned device is 3657431b783SNikos Tsironis visible/mountable immediately and the copy of the source device to the 3667431b783SNikos Tsironis destination device happens in the background, in parallel with user 3677431b783SNikos Tsironis I/O. 3687431b783SNikos Tsironis 3697431b783SNikos Tsironis If unsure, say N. 3707431b783SNikos Tsironis 3711da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_MIRROR 3720149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Mirror target" 3730149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 374a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 3751da177e4SLinus Torvalds Allow volume managers to mirror logical volumes, also 3761da177e4SLinus Torvalds needed for live data migration tools such as 'pvmove'. 3771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3785442851eSMikulas Patockaconfig DM_LOG_USERSPACE 3795442851eSMikulas Patocka tristate "Mirror userspace logging" 3805442851eSMikulas Patocka depends on DM_MIRROR && NET 3815442851eSMikulas Patocka select CONNECTOR 382a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 3835442851eSMikulas Patocka The userspace logging module provides a mechanism for 3845442851eSMikulas Patocka relaying the dm-dirty-log API to userspace. Log designs 3855442851eSMikulas Patocka which are more suited to userspace implementation (e.g. 3865442851eSMikulas Patocka shared storage logs) or experimental logs can be implemented 3875442851eSMikulas Patocka by leveraging this framework. 3885442851eSMikulas Patocka 3899d09e663SNeilBrownconfig DM_RAID 390d9f691c3SNeilBrown tristate "RAID 1/4/5/6/10 target" 391035220b3SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 3927b81ef8bSMikulas Patocka select MD_RAID0 393b12d437bSJonathan Brassow select MD_RAID1 394d9f691c3SNeilBrown select MD_RAID10 3959d09e663SNeilBrown select MD_RAID456 3969d09e663SNeilBrown select BLK_DEV_MD 397a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 398d9f691c3SNeilBrown A dm target that supports RAID1, RAID10, RAID4, RAID5 and RAID6 mappings 3999d09e663SNeilBrown 4009d09e663SNeilBrown A RAID-5 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides 4019d09e663SNeilBrown the capacity of C * (N - 1) MB, and protects against a failure 4029d09e663SNeilBrown of a single drive. For a given sector (row) number, (N - 1) drives 4039d09e663SNeilBrown contain data sectors, and one drive contains the parity protection. 4049d09e663SNeilBrown For a RAID-4 set, the parity blocks are present on a single drive, 4059d09e663SNeilBrown while a RAID-5 set distributes the parity across the drives in one 4069d09e663SNeilBrown of the available parity distribution methods. 4079d09e663SNeilBrown 4089d09e663SNeilBrown A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive 4099d09e663SNeilBrown provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects 4109d09e663SNeilBrown against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector 4119d09e663SNeilBrown (row) number, (N - 2) drives contain data sectors, and two 4129d09e663SNeilBrown drives contains two independent redundancy syndromes. Like 4139d09e663SNeilBrown RAID-5, RAID-6 distributes the syndromes across the drives 4149d09e663SNeilBrown in one of the available parity distribution methods. 4159d09e663SNeilBrown 4161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_ZERO 4170149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Zero target" 4180149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 419a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 4201da177e4SLinus Torvalds A target that discards writes, and returns all zeroes for 4211da177e4SLinus Torvalds reads. Useful in some recovery situations. 4221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_MULTIPATH 4240149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Multipath target" 4250149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 426fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # nasty syntax but means make DM_MULTIPATH independent 427fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # of SCSI_DH if the latter isn't defined but if 428fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # it is, DM_MULTIPATH must depend on it. We get a build 429fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # error if SCSI_DH=m and DM_MULTIPATH=y 430294ab783SChristoph Hellwig depends on !SCSI_DH || SCSI 431a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 4321da177e4SLinus Torvalds Allow volume managers to support multipath hardware. 4331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 434fd5e0339SKiyoshi Uedaconfig DM_MULTIPATH_QL 435fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda tristate "I/O Path Selector based on the number of in-flight I/Os" 436fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda depends on DM_MULTIPATH 437a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 438fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects 439fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda the path with the least number of in-flight I/Os. 440fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda 441fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda If unsure, say N. 442fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda 443f392ba88SKiyoshi Uedaconfig DM_MULTIPATH_ST 444f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda tristate "I/O Path Selector based on the service time" 445f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda depends on DM_MULTIPATH 446a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 447f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects 448f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda the path expected to complete the incoming I/O in the shortest 449f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda time. 450f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda 451f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda If unsure, say N. 452f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda 4532613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykovconfig DM_MULTIPATH_HST 4542613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov tristate "I/O Path Selector based on historical service time" 4552613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov depends on DM_MULTIPATH 4562613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov help 4572613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects 4582613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov the path expected to complete the incoming I/O in the shortest 4592613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov time by comparing estimated service time (based on historical 4602613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov service time). 4612613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov 4622613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov If unsure, say N. 4632613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov 464e4d2e82bSMike Christieconfig DM_MULTIPATH_IOA 465e4d2e82bSMike Christie tristate "I/O Path Selector based on CPU submission" 466e4d2e82bSMike Christie depends on DM_MULTIPATH 467e4d2e82bSMike Christie help 468e4d2e82bSMike Christie This path selector selects the path based on the CPU the IO is 469e4d2e82bSMike Christie executed on and the CPU to path mapping setup at path addition time. 470e4d2e82bSMike Christie 471e4d2e82bSMike Christie If unsure, say N. 472e4d2e82bSMike Christie 47326b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagenconfig DM_DELAY 474d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "I/O delaying target" 475d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 476a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 47726b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen A target that delays reads and/or writes and can send 47826b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen them to different devices. Useful for testing. 47926b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen 48026b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen If unsure, say N. 48126b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen 482e4f3fabdSBryan Gurneyconfig DM_DUST 483e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney tristate "Bad sector simulation target" 484e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney depends on BLK_DEV_DM 485a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 486e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney A target that simulates bad sector behavior. 487e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney Useful for testing. 488e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney 489e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney If unsure, say N. 490e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney 4916bbc923dSHelen Koikeconfig DM_INIT 4926bbc923dSHelen Koike bool "DM \"dm-mod.create=\" parameter support" 4936bbc923dSHelen Koike depends on BLK_DEV_DM=y 494a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 4956bbc923dSHelen Koike Enable "dm-mod.create=" parameter to create mapped devices at init time. 4966bbc923dSHelen Koike This option is useful to allow mounting rootfs without requiring an 4976bbc923dSHelen Koike initramfs. 4986cf2a73cSMauro Carvalho Chehab See Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst for dm-mod.create="..." 4996bbc923dSHelen Koike format. 5006bbc923dSHelen Koike 5016bbc923dSHelen Koike If unsure, say N. 5026bbc923dSHelen Koike 50351e5b2bdSMike Andersonconfig DM_UEVENT 504e0b215daSAlasdair G Kergon bool "DM uevents" 505e0b215daSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 506a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 50751e5b2bdSMike Anderson Generate udev events for DM events. 50851e5b2bdSMike Anderson 5093407ef52SJosef Bacikconfig DM_FLAKEY 510d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Flakey target" 511d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 512a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 5133407ef52SJosef Bacik A target that intermittently fails I/O for debugging purposes. 5143407ef52SJosef Bacik 515a4ffc152SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_VERITY 516d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Verity target support" 517d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 518a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka select CRYPTO 519a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka select CRYPTO_HASH 520a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka select DM_BUFIO 521a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 522a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka This device-mapper target creates a read-only device that 523a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka transparently validates the data on one underlying device against 524a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka a pre-generated tree of cryptographic checksums stored on a second 525a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka device. 526a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 527a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka You'll need to activate the digests you're going to use in the 528a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka cryptoapi configuration. 529a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 530a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 531a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka be called dm-verity. 532a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 533a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka If unsure, say N. 534a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 53588cd3e6cSJaskaran Khuranaconfig DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG 53688cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana bool "Verity data device root hash signature verification support" 53788cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana depends on DM_VERITY 53888cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana select SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION 53988cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana help 54088cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana Add ability for dm-verity device to be validated if the 54188cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana pre-generated tree of cryptographic checksums passed has a pkcs#7 54288cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana signature file that can validate the roothash of the tree. 5434da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün 5444da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün By default, rely on the builtin trusted keyring. 5454da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün 5464da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün If unsure, say N. 5474da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün 5484da8f8c8SMickaël Salaünconfig DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG_SECONDARY_KEYRING 5494da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün bool "Verity data device root hash signature verification with secondary keyring" 5504da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün depends on DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG 5514da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün depends on SECONDARY_TRUSTED_KEYRING 5524da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün help 5534da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün Rely on the secondary trusted keyring to verify dm-verity signatures. 55488cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana 55588cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana If unsure, say N. 55688cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana 5576fce1f40SLuca Boccassiconfig DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG_PLATFORM_KEYRING 5586fce1f40SLuca Boccassi bool "Verity data device root hash signature verification with platform keyring" 5596fce1f40SLuca Boccassi default DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG_SECONDARY_KEYRING 5606fce1f40SLuca Boccassi depends on DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG 5616fce1f40SLuca Boccassi depends on INTEGRITY_PLATFORM_KEYRING 5626fce1f40SLuca Boccassi help 5636fce1f40SLuca Boccassi Rely also on the platform keyring to verify dm-verity signatures. 5646fce1f40SLuca Boccassi 5656fce1f40SLuca Boccassi If unsure, say N. 5666fce1f40SLuca Boccassi 567a739ff3fSSami Tolvanenconfig DM_VERITY_FEC 568a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen bool "Verity forward error correction support" 569a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen depends on DM_VERITY 570a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen select REED_SOLOMON 571a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen select REED_SOLOMON_DEC8 572a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 573a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen Add forward error correction support to dm-verity. This option 574a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen makes it possible to use pre-generated error correction data to 575a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen recover from corrupted blocks. 576a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen 577a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen If unsure, say N. 578a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen 5799d0eb0abSJim Ramsayconfig DM_SWITCH 5809d0eb0abSJim Ramsay tristate "Switch target support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 5819d0eb0abSJim Ramsay depends on BLK_DEV_DM 582a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 5839d0eb0abSJim Ramsay This device-mapper target creates a device that supports an arbitrary 5849d0eb0abSJim Ramsay mapping of fixed-size regions of I/O across a fixed set of paths. 5859d0eb0abSJim Ramsay The path used for any specific region can be switched dynamically 5869d0eb0abSJim Ramsay by sending the target a message. 5879d0eb0abSJim Ramsay 5889d0eb0abSJim Ramsay To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 5899d0eb0abSJim Ramsay be called dm-switch. 5909d0eb0abSJim Ramsay 5919d0eb0abSJim Ramsay If unsure, say N. 5929d0eb0abSJim Ramsay 5930e9cebe7SJosef Bacikconfig DM_LOG_WRITES 5940e9cebe7SJosef Bacik tristate "Log writes target support" 5950e9cebe7SJosef Bacik depends on BLK_DEV_DM 596a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 5970e9cebe7SJosef Bacik This device-mapper target takes two devices, one device to use 5980e9cebe7SJosef Bacik normally, one to log all write operations done to the first device. 5990e9cebe7SJosef Bacik This is for use by file system developers wishing to verify that 60057d42487SGeert Uytterhoeven their fs is writing a consistent file system at all times by allowing 6010e9cebe7SJosef Bacik them to replay the log in a variety of ways and to check the 6020e9cebe7SJosef Bacik contents. 6030e9cebe7SJosef Bacik 6040e9cebe7SJosef Bacik To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 6050e9cebe7SJosef Bacik be called dm-log-writes. 6060e9cebe7SJosef Bacik 6070e9cebe7SJosef Bacik If unsure, say N. 6080e9cebe7SJosef Bacik 6097eada909SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_INTEGRITY 6107ab84db6SMike Snitzer tristate "Integrity target support" 6117eada909SMikulas Patocka depends on BLK_DEV_DM 6127eada909SMikulas Patocka select BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY 6137eada909SMikulas Patocka select DM_BUFIO 6147eada909SMikulas Patocka select CRYPTO 615f7b347acSAnthony Iliopoulos select CRYPTO_SKCIPHER 6167eada909SMikulas Patocka select ASYNC_XOR 61782bb8599SMichael Weiß select DM_AUDIT if AUDIT 618a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 6197ab84db6SMike Snitzer This device-mapper target emulates a block device that has 6207ab84db6SMike Snitzer additional per-sector tags that can be used for storing 6217ab84db6SMike Snitzer integrity information. 6227ab84db6SMike Snitzer 6237ab84db6SMike Snitzer This integrity target is used with the dm-crypt target to 6247ab84db6SMike Snitzer provide authenticated disk encryption or it can be used 6257ab84db6SMike Snitzer standalone. 6267ab84db6SMike Snitzer 6277ab84db6SMike Snitzer To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 6287ab84db6SMike Snitzer be called dm-integrity. 6297ab84db6SMike Snitzer 6303b1a94c8SDamien Le Moalconfig DM_ZONED 6313b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal tristate "Drive-managed zoned block device target support" 6323b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal depends on BLK_DEV_DM 6333b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal depends on BLK_DEV_ZONED 634b690bd54SArnd Bergmann select CRC32 635a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada help 6363b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal This device-mapper target takes a host-managed or host-aware zoned 6373b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal block device and exposes most of its capacity as a regular block 6383b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal device (drive-managed zoned block device) without any write 6393b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal constraints. This is mainly intended for use with file systems that 6403b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal do not natively support zoned block devices but still want to 6413b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal benefit from the increased capacity offered by SMR disks. Other uses 6423b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal by applications using raw block devices (for example object stores) 6433b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal are also possible. 6443b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal 6453b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 6463b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal be called dm-zoned. 6473b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal 6487ab84db6SMike Snitzer If unsure, say N. 6497eada909SMikulas Patocka 6502cc1ae48SMichael Weißconfig DM_AUDIT 6512cc1ae48SMichael Weiß bool "DM audit events" 6526849302fSMike Snitzer depends on BLK_DEV_DM 6532cc1ae48SMichael Weiß depends on AUDIT 6542cc1ae48SMichael Weiß help 6552cc1ae48SMichael Weiß Generate audit events for device-mapper. 6562cc1ae48SMichael Weiß 6572cc1ae48SMichael Weiß Enables audit logging of several security relevant events in the 6582cc1ae48SMichael Weiß particular device-mapper targets, especially the integrity target. 6592cc1ae48SMichael Weiß 660f36b1d3bSMike Snitzersource "drivers/md/dm-vdo/Kconfig" 661f36b1d3bSMike Snitzer 662afd44034SJan Engelhardtendif # MD 663