xref: /linux/drivers/md/dm-zero.c (revision 25aee3debe0464f6c680173041fa3de30ec9ff54)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2003 Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>
3  *
4  * This file is released under the GPL.
5  */
6 
7 #include <linux/device-mapper.h>
8 
9 #include <linux/module.h>
10 #include <linux/init.h>
11 #include <linux/bio.h>
12 
13 #define DM_MSG_PREFIX "zero"
14 
15 /*
16  * Construct a dummy mapping that only returns zeros
17  */
18 static int zero_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
19 {
20 	if (argc != 0) {
21 		ti->error = "No arguments required";
22 		return -EINVAL;
23 	}
24 
25 	/*
26 	 * Silently drop discards, avoiding -EOPNOTSUPP.
27 	 */
28 	ti->num_discard_requests = 1;
29 
30 	return 0;
31 }
32 
33 /*
34  * Return zeros only on reads
35  */
36 static int zero_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
37 		      union map_info *map_context)
38 {
39 	switch(bio_rw(bio)) {
40 	case READ:
41 		zero_fill_bio(bio);
42 		break;
43 	case READA:
44 		/* readahead of null bytes only wastes buffer cache */
45 		return -EIO;
46 	case WRITE:
47 		/* writes get silently dropped */
48 		break;
49 	}
50 
51 	bio_endio(bio, 0);
52 
53 	/* accepted bio, don't make new request */
54 	return DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED;
55 }
56 
57 static struct target_type zero_target = {
58 	.name   = "zero",
59 	.version = {1, 0, 0},
60 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
61 	.ctr    = zero_ctr,
62 	.map    = zero_map,
63 };
64 
65 static int __init dm_zero_init(void)
66 {
67 	int r = dm_register_target(&zero_target);
68 
69 	if (r < 0)
70 		DMERR("register failed %d", r);
71 
72 	return r;
73 }
74 
75 static void __exit dm_zero_exit(void)
76 {
77 	dm_unregister_target(&zero_target);
78 }
79 
80 module_init(dm_zero_init)
81 module_exit(dm_zero_exit)
82 
83 MODULE_AUTHOR("Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>");
84 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DM_NAME " dummy target returning zeros");
85 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
86