xref: /linux/drivers/md/dm-zero.c (revision ca55b2fef3a9373fcfc30f82fd26bc7fccbda732)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2003 Jana Saout <jana@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_bios = 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 {
38 	switch(bio_rw(bio)) {
39 	case READ:
40 		zero_fill_bio(bio);
41 		break;
42 	case READA:
43 		/* readahead of null bytes only wastes buffer cache */
44 		return -EIO;
45 	case WRITE:
46 		/* writes get silently dropped */
47 		break;
48 	}
49 
50 	bio_endio(bio);
51 
52 	/* accepted bio, don't make new request */
53 	return DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED;
54 }
55 
56 static struct target_type zero_target = {
57 	.name   = "zero",
58 	.version = {1, 1, 0},
59 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
60 	.ctr    = zero_ctr,
61 	.map    = zero_map,
62 };
63 
64 static int __init dm_zero_init(void)
65 {
66 	int r = dm_register_target(&zero_target);
67 
68 	if (r < 0)
69 		DMERR("register failed %d", r);
70 
71 	return r;
72 }
73 
74 static void __exit dm_zero_exit(void)
75 {
76 	dm_unregister_target(&zero_target);
77 }
78 
79 module_init(dm_zero_init)
80 module_exit(dm_zero_exit)
81 
82 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jana Saout <jana@saout.de>");
83 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DM_NAME " dummy target returning zeros");
84 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
85