xref: /linux/drivers/md/dm-zero.c (revision 6ee738610f41b59733f63718f0bdbcba7d3a3f12)
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 	return 0;
26 }
27 
28 /*
29  * Return zeros only on reads
30  */
31 static int zero_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
32 		      union map_info *map_context)
33 {
34 	switch(bio_rw(bio)) {
35 	case READ:
36 		zero_fill_bio(bio);
37 		break;
38 	case READA:
39 		/* readahead of null bytes only wastes buffer cache */
40 		return -EIO;
41 	case WRITE:
42 		/* writes get silently dropped */
43 		break;
44 	}
45 
46 	bio_endio(bio, 0);
47 
48 	/* accepted bio, don't make new request */
49 	return DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED;
50 }
51 
52 static struct target_type zero_target = {
53 	.name   = "zero",
54 	.version = {1, 0, 0},
55 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
56 	.ctr    = zero_ctr,
57 	.map    = zero_map,
58 };
59 
60 static int __init dm_zero_init(void)
61 {
62 	int r = dm_register_target(&zero_target);
63 
64 	if (r < 0)
65 		DMERR("register failed %d", r);
66 
67 	return r;
68 }
69 
70 static void __exit dm_zero_exit(void)
71 {
72 	dm_unregister_target(&zero_target);
73 }
74 
75 module_init(dm_zero_init)
76 module_exit(dm_zero_exit)
77 
78 MODULE_AUTHOR("Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>");
79 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DM_NAME " dummy target returning zeros");
80 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
81