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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
186c0f5898SNeilBrown	# BLOCK_LEGACY_AUTOLOAD requirement should be removed
196c0f5898SNeilBrown	# after relevant mdadm enhancements - to make "names=yes"
206c0f5898SNeilBrown	# the default - are widely available.
216c0f5898SNeilBrown	select BLOCK_LEGACY_AUTOLOAD
22a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver lets you combine several hard disk partitions into one
241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  logical block device. This can be used to simply append one
251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  partition to another one or to combine several redundant hard disks
261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  into a RAID1/4/5 device so as to provide protection against hard
271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  disk failures. This is called "Software RAID" since the combining of
281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the partitions is done by the kernel. "Hardware RAID" means that the
291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  combining is done by a dedicated controller; if you have such a
301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  controller, you do not need to say Y here.
311da177e4SLinus Torvalds
321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  More information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the
331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Software RAID mini-HOWTO, available from
346f3bc22bSAlexander A. Klimov	  <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also learn
351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools.
361da177e4SLinus Torvalds
371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
381da177e4SLinus Torvalds
39a364092aSArjan van de Venconfig MD_AUTODETECT
40a364092aSArjan van de Ven	bool "Autodetect RAID arrays during kernel boot"
41ce52aebdSAlan Jenkins	depends on BLK_DEV_MD=y
42a364092aSArjan van de Ven	default y
43a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
44a364092aSArjan van de Ven	  If you say Y here, then the kernel will try to autodetect raid
45a364092aSArjan van de Ven	  arrays as part of its boot process.
46a364092aSArjan van de Ven
47a364092aSArjan van de Ven	  If you don't use raid and say Y, this autodetection can cause
48a364092aSArjan van de Ven	  a several-second delay in the boot time due to various
49a364092aSArjan van de Ven	  synchronisation steps that are part of this step.
50a364092aSArjan van de Ven
51a364092aSArjan van de Ven	  If unsure, say Y.
52a364092aSArjan van de Ven
53a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwigconfig MD_BITMAP_FILE
54*0ae1c9d3SChristoph Hellwig	bool "MD bitmap file support (deprecated)"
55a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig	default y
56a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig	help
57a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig	  If you say Y here, support for write intent bitmaps in files on an
58a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig	  external file system is enabled.  This is an alternative to the internal
59a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig	  bitmaps near the MD superblock, and very problematic code that abuses
60a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig	  various kernel APIs and can only work with files on a file system not
61a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig	  actually sitting on the MD device.
62a34d4ef8SChristoph Hellwig
631da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_LINEAR
64608f52e3SGuoqing Jiang	tristate "Linear (append) mode (deprecated)"
651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on BLK_DEV_MD
66a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, then your multiple devices driver will be able to
681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  use the so-called linear mode, i.e. it will combine the hard disk
691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  partitions by simply appending one to the other.
701da177e4SLinus Torvalds
711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  will be called linear.
731da177e4SLinus Torvalds
741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say Y.
751da177e4SLinus Torvalds
761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID0
771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "RAID-0 (striping) mode"
781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on BLK_DEV_MD
79a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you say Y here, then your multiple devices driver will be able to
811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  use the so-called raid0 mode, i.e. it will combine the hard disk
821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  partitions into one logical device in such a fashion as to fill them
831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  up evenly, one chunk here and one chunk there. This will increase
841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the throughput rate if the partitions reside on distinct disks.
851da177e4SLinus Torvalds
861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the
871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from
886f3bc22bSAlexander A. Klimov	  <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also
891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools.
901da177e4SLinus Torvalds
911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module
921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  will be called raid0.
931da177e4SLinus Torvalds
941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say Y.
951da177e4SLinus Torvalds
961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID1
971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "RAID-1 (mirroring) mode"
981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on BLK_DEV_MD
99a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  A RAID-1 set consists of several disk drives which are exact copies
1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  of each other.  In the event of a mirror failure, the RAID driver
1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  will continue to use the operational mirrors in the set, providing
1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  an error free MD (multiple device) to the higher levels of the
1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  kernel.  In a set with N drives, the available space is the capacity
1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  of a single drive, and the set protects against a failure of (N - 1)
1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  drives.
1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the
1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from
1106f3bc22bSAlexander A. Klimov	  <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.  There you will also
1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools.
1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want to use such a RAID-1 set, say Y.  To compile this code
1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  as a module, choose M here: the module will be called raid1.
1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say Y.
1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID10
11908fb730cSNeilBrown	tristate "RAID-10 (mirrored striping) mode"
12008fb730cSNeilBrown	depends on BLK_DEV_MD
121a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  RAID-10 provides a combination of striping (RAID-0) and
1234d2554d0SJustin Piszcz	  mirroring (RAID-1) with easier configuration and more flexible
1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  layout.
1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Unlike RAID-0, but like RAID-1, RAID-10 requires all devices to
1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  be the same size (or at least, only as much as the smallest device
1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  will be used).
1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  RAID-10 provides a variety of layouts that provide different levels
1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  of redundancy and performance.
1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  RAID-10 requires mdadm-1.7.0 or later, available at:
1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1334f6cce39SSeongJae Park	  https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/
1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say Y.
1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds
13716a53eccSNeilBrownconfig MD_RAID456
13816a53eccSNeilBrown	tristate "RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 mode"
1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on BLK_DEV_MD
140f5e70d0fSDavid Woodhouse	select RAID6_PQ
14114f09e2fSArnd Bergmann	select LIBCRC32C
1429bc89cd8SDan Williams	select ASYNC_MEMCPY
1439bc89cd8SDan Williams	select ASYNC_XOR
144ac6b53b6SDan Williams	select ASYNC_PQ
145ac6b53b6SDan Williams	select ASYNC_RAID6_RECOV
146a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  A RAID-5 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides
1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the capacity of C * (N - 1) MB, and protects against a failure
1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  of a single drive. For a given sector (row) number, (N - 1) drives
1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  contain data sectors, and one drive contains the parity protection.
1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  For a RAID-4 set, the parity blocks are present on a single drive,
1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  while a RAID-5 set distributes the parity across the drives in one
1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  of the available parity distribution methods.
1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds
15516a53eccSNeilBrown	  A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive
15616a53eccSNeilBrown	  provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects
15716a53eccSNeilBrown	  against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector
15816a53eccSNeilBrown	  (row) number, (N - 2) drives contain data sectors, and two
15916a53eccSNeilBrown	  drives contains two independent redundancy syndromes.  Like
16016a53eccSNeilBrown	  RAID-5, RAID-6 distributes the syndromes across the drives
16116a53eccSNeilBrown	  in one of the available parity distribution methods.
16216a53eccSNeilBrown
1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the
1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from
1656f3bc22bSAlexander A. Klimov	  <https://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also
1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools.
1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds
16816a53eccSNeilBrown	  If you want to use such a RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 set, say Y.  To
1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module
17016a53eccSNeilBrown	  will be called raid456.
1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say Y.
1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_MULTIPATH
175608f52e3SGuoqing Jiang	tristate "Multipath I/O support (deprecated)"
1761da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on BLK_DEV_MD
1771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
17893bd89a6SNeilBrown	  MD_MULTIPATH provides a simple multi-path personality for use
17993bd89a6SNeilBrown	  the MD framework.  It is not under active development.  New
18093bd89a6SNeilBrown	  projects should consider using DM_MULTIPATH which has more
18193bd89a6SNeilBrown	  features and more testing.
1821da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
1841da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_FAULTY
186608f52e3SGuoqing Jiang	tristate "Faulty test module for MD (deprecated)"
1871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on BLK_DEV_MD
1881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
1891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The "faulty" module allows for a block device that occasionally returns
1901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  read or write errors.  It is useful for testing.
1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  In unsure, say N.
1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1948e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues
1958e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodriguesconfig MD_CLUSTER
196f0e230adSGuoqing Jiang	tristate "Cluster Support for MD"
1978e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues	depends on BLK_DEV_MD
1988e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues	depends on DLM
1998e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues	default n
200a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
2018e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues	Clustering support for MD devices. This enables locking and
2028e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues	synchronization across multiple systems on the cluster, so all
2038e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues	nodes in the cluster can access the MD devices simultaneously.
2048e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues
2058e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues	This brings the redundancy (and uptime) of RAID levels across the
206f0e230adSGuoqing Jiang	nodes of the cluster. Currently, it can work with raid1 and raid10
207f0e230adSGuoqing Jiang	(limited support).
2088e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues
2098e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues	If unsure, say N.
2108e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues
211cafe5635SKent Overstreetsource "drivers/md/bcache/Kconfig"
212cafe5635SKent Overstreet
2132995fa78SMikulas Patockaconfig BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN
2146341e62bSChristoph Jaeger	bool
2152995fa78SMikulas Patocka
2161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BLK_DEV_DM
2171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Device mapper support"
218c66fd019SChristoph Hellwig	select BLOCK_HOLDER_DEPRECATED if SYSFS
2192995fa78SMikulas Patocka	select BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN
220248c7933SChristoph Hellwig	select BLK_MQ_STACKING
221976431b0SDan Williams	depends on DAX || DAX=n
222a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
2231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Device-mapper is a low level volume manager.  It works by allowing
2241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  people to specify mappings for ranges of logical sectors.  Various
2251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  mapping types are available, in addition people may write their own
2261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  modules containing custom mappings if they wish.
2271da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Higher level volume managers such as LVM2 use this driver.
2291da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
2311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called dm-mod.
2321da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
2341da177e4SLinus Torvalds
235cc109201SBryn Reevesconfig DM_DEBUG
2366341e62bSChristoph Jaeger	bool "Device mapper debugging support"
2370149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
238a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
239cc109201SBryn Reeves	  Enable this for messages that may help debug device-mapper problems.
240cc109201SBryn Reeves
241cc109201SBryn Reeves	  If unsure, say N.
242cc109201SBryn Reeves
24395d402f0SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_BUFIO
24495d402f0SMikulas Patocka       tristate
245d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon       depends on BLK_DEV_DM
246a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
24795d402f0SMikulas Patocka	 This interface allows you to do buffered I/O on a device and acts
24895d402f0SMikulas Patocka	 as a cache, holding recently-read blocks in memory and performing
24995d402f0SMikulas Patocka	 delayed writes.
25095d402f0SMikulas Patocka
2512e8ed711SJoe Thornberconfig DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_MANAGER_LOCKING
2522e8ed711SJoe Thornber       bool "Block manager locking"
2532e8ed711SJoe Thornber       depends on DM_BUFIO
254a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
2552e8ed711SJoe Thornber	 Block manager locking can catch various metadata corruption issues.
2562e8ed711SJoe Thornber
2572e8ed711SJoe Thornber	 If unsure, say N.
2582e8ed711SJoe Thornber
25986bad0c7SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_STACK_TRACING
26086bad0c7SMikulas Patocka       bool "Keep stack trace of persistent data block lock holders"
2612e8ed711SJoe Thornber       depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_MANAGER_LOCKING
26286bad0c7SMikulas Patocka       select STACKTRACE
263a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
26486bad0c7SMikulas Patocka	 Enable this for messages that may help debug problems with the
26586bad0c7SMikulas Patocka	 block manager locking used by thin provisioning and caching.
26686bad0c7SMikulas Patocka
26786bad0c7SMikulas Patocka	 If unsure, say N.
2683f068040SMike Snitzer
2694f81a417SMike Snitzerconfig DM_BIO_PRISON
2704f81a417SMike Snitzer       tristate
271d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon       depends on BLK_DEV_DM
272a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
2734f81a417SMike Snitzer	 Some bio locking schemes used by other device-mapper targets
2744f81a417SMike Snitzer	 including thin provisioning.
2754f81a417SMike Snitzer
276991d9fa0SJoe Thornbersource "drivers/md/persistent-data/Kconfig"
277991d9fa0SJoe Thornber
27818a5bf27SScott Bauerconfig DM_UNSTRIPED
27918a5bf27SScott Bauer       tristate "Unstriped target"
28018a5bf27SScott Bauer       depends on BLK_DEV_DM
281a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
28218a5bf27SScott Bauer	  Unstripes I/O so it is issued solely on a single drive in a HW
28318a5bf27SScott Bauer	  RAID0 or dm-striped target.
28418a5bf27SScott Bauer
2851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_CRYPT
2861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Crypt target support"
2870149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
28827f5411aSDmitry Baryshkov	depends on (ENCRYPTED_KEYS || ENCRYPTED_KEYS=n)
289363880c4SAhmad Fatoum	depends on (TRUSTED_KEYS || TRUSTED_KEYS=n)
2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select CRYPTO
2913263263fSHerbert Xu	select CRYPTO_CBC
292a1a262b6SArd Biesheuvel	select CRYPTO_ESSIV
293a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
2941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This device-mapper target allows you to create a device that
2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  transparently encrypts the data on it. You'll need to activate
2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the ciphers you're going to use in the cryptoapi configuration.
2971da177e4SLinus Torvalds
298cf352487SLoic Pefferkorn	  For further information on dm-crypt and userspace tools see:
2996ed443c0SBaruch Siach	  <https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/DMCrypt>
3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
3021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  be called dm-crypt.
3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If unsure, say N.
3051da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3061da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_SNAPSHOT
3070149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon       tristate "Snapshot target"
3080149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon       depends on BLK_DEV_DM
30955494bf2SMikulas Patocka       select DM_BUFIO
310a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
3114d2554d0SJustin Piszcz	 Allow volume managers to take writable snapshots of a device.
3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds
313991d9fa0SJoe Thornberconfig DM_THIN_PROVISIONING
314d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon       tristate "Thin provisioning target"
315d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon       depends on BLK_DEV_DM
316991d9fa0SJoe Thornber       select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA
3174f81a417SMike Snitzer       select DM_BIO_PRISON
318a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
319991d9fa0SJoe Thornber	 Provides thin provisioning and snapshots that share a data store.
320991d9fa0SJoe Thornber
321c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornberconfig DM_CACHE
322c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber       tristate "Cache target (EXPERIMENTAL)"
323c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber       depends on BLK_DEV_DM
324c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber       default n
325c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber       select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA
326c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber       select DM_BIO_PRISON
327a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
328c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber	 dm-cache attempts to improve performance of a block device by
329c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber	 moving frequently used data to a smaller, higher performance
330c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber	 device.  Different 'policy' plugins can be used to change the
331c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber	 algorithms used to select which blocks are promoted, demoted,
332c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber	 cleaned etc.  It supports writeback and writethrough modes.
333c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber
33466a63635SJoe Thornberconfig DM_CACHE_SMQ
33566a63635SJoe Thornber       tristate "Stochastic MQ Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL)"
33666a63635SJoe Thornber       depends on DM_CACHE
33766a63635SJoe Thornber       default y
338a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
33966a63635SJoe Thornber	 A cache policy that uses a multiqueue ordered by recent hits
34066a63635SJoe Thornber	 to select which blocks should be promoted and demoted.
34166a63635SJoe Thornber	 This is meant to be a general purpose policy.  It prioritises
34266a63635SJoe Thornber	 reads over writes.  This SMQ policy (vs MQ) offers the promise
34366a63635SJoe Thornber	 of less memory utilization, improved performance and increased
34466a63635SJoe Thornber	 adaptability in the face of changing workloads.
34566a63635SJoe Thornber
34648debafeSMikulas Patockaconfig DM_WRITECACHE
34748debafeSMikulas Patocka	tristate "Writecache target"
34848debafeSMikulas Patocka	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
349a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
35048debafeSMikulas Patocka	   The writecache target caches writes on persistent memory or SSD.
35148debafeSMikulas Patocka	   It is intended for databases or other programs that need extremely
35248debafeSMikulas Patocka	   low commit latency.
35348debafeSMikulas Patocka
35448debafeSMikulas Patocka	   The writecache target doesn't cache reads because reads are supposed
35548debafeSMikulas Patocka	   to be cached in standard RAM.
35648debafeSMikulas Patocka
357d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagenconfig DM_EBS
358d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen	tristate "Emulated block size target (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3591c277e50SChristoph Hellwig	depends on BLK_DEV_DM && !HIGHMEM
360d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen	select DM_BUFIO
361d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen	help
362d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen	  dm-ebs emulates smaller logical block size on backing devices
363d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen	  with larger ones (e.g. 512 byte sectors on 4K native disks).
364d3c7b35cSHeinz Mauelshagen
365eec40579SJoe Thornberconfig DM_ERA
366eec40579SJoe Thornber       tristate "Era target (EXPERIMENTAL)"
367eec40579SJoe Thornber       depends on BLK_DEV_DM
368eec40579SJoe Thornber       default n
369eec40579SJoe Thornber       select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA
370eec40579SJoe Thornber       select DM_BIO_PRISON
371a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
372eec40579SJoe Thornber	 dm-era tracks which parts of a block device are written to
373eec40579SJoe Thornber	 over time.  Useful for maintaining cache coherency when using
374eec40579SJoe Thornber	 vendor snapshots.
375eec40579SJoe Thornber
3767431b783SNikos Tsironisconfig DM_CLONE
3777431b783SNikos Tsironis       tristate "Clone target (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3787431b783SNikos Tsironis       depends on BLK_DEV_DM
3797431b783SNikos Tsironis       default n
3807431b783SNikos Tsironis       select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA
381a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
3827431b783SNikos Tsironis	 dm-clone produces a one-to-one copy of an existing, read-only source
3837431b783SNikos Tsironis	 device into a writable destination device. The cloned device is
3847431b783SNikos Tsironis	 visible/mountable immediately and the copy of the source device to the
3857431b783SNikos Tsironis	 destination device happens in the background, in parallel with user
3867431b783SNikos Tsironis	 I/O.
3877431b783SNikos Tsironis
3887431b783SNikos Tsironis	 If unsure, say N.
3897431b783SNikos Tsironis
3901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_MIRROR
3910149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon       tristate "Mirror target"
3920149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon       depends on BLK_DEV_DM
393a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
3941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	 Allow volume managers to mirror logical volumes, also
3951da177e4SLinus Torvalds	 needed for live data migration tools such as 'pvmove'.
3961da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3975442851eSMikulas Patockaconfig DM_LOG_USERSPACE
3985442851eSMikulas Patocka	tristate "Mirror userspace logging"
3995442851eSMikulas Patocka	depends on DM_MIRROR && NET
4005442851eSMikulas Patocka	select CONNECTOR
401a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
4025442851eSMikulas Patocka	  The userspace logging module provides a mechanism for
4035442851eSMikulas Patocka	  relaying the dm-dirty-log API to userspace.  Log designs
4045442851eSMikulas Patocka	  which are more suited to userspace implementation (e.g.
4055442851eSMikulas Patocka	  shared storage logs) or experimental logs can be implemented
4065442851eSMikulas Patocka	  by leveraging this framework.
4075442851eSMikulas Patocka
4089d09e663SNeilBrownconfig DM_RAID
409d9f691c3SNeilBrown       tristate "RAID 1/4/5/6/10 target"
410035220b3SAlasdair G Kergon       depends on BLK_DEV_DM
4117b81ef8bSMikulas Patocka       select MD_RAID0
412b12d437bSJonathan Brassow       select MD_RAID1
413d9f691c3SNeilBrown       select MD_RAID10
4149d09e663SNeilBrown       select MD_RAID456
4159d09e663SNeilBrown       select BLK_DEV_MD
416a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
417d9f691c3SNeilBrown	 A dm target that supports RAID1, RAID10, RAID4, RAID5 and RAID6 mappings
4189d09e663SNeilBrown
4199d09e663SNeilBrown	 A RAID-5 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides
4209d09e663SNeilBrown	 the capacity of C * (N - 1) MB, and protects against a failure
4219d09e663SNeilBrown	 of a single drive. For a given sector (row) number, (N - 1) drives
4229d09e663SNeilBrown	 contain data sectors, and one drive contains the parity protection.
4239d09e663SNeilBrown	 For a RAID-4 set, the parity blocks are present on a single drive,
4249d09e663SNeilBrown	 while a RAID-5 set distributes the parity across the drives in one
4259d09e663SNeilBrown	 of the available parity distribution methods.
4269d09e663SNeilBrown
4279d09e663SNeilBrown	 A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive
4289d09e663SNeilBrown	 provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects
4299d09e663SNeilBrown	 against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector
4309d09e663SNeilBrown	 (row) number, (N - 2) drives contain data sectors, and two
4319d09e663SNeilBrown	 drives contains two independent redundancy syndromes.  Like
4329d09e663SNeilBrown	 RAID-5, RAID-6 distributes the syndromes across the drives
4339d09e663SNeilBrown	 in one of the available parity distribution methods.
4349d09e663SNeilBrown
4351da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_ZERO
4360149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon	tristate "Zero target"
4370149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
438a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
4391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  A target that discards writes, and returns all zeroes for
4401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  reads.  Useful in some recovery situations.
4411da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_MULTIPATH
4430149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon	tristate "Multipath target"
4440149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
445fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman	# nasty syntax but means make DM_MULTIPATH independent
446fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman	# of SCSI_DH if the latter isn't defined but if
447fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman	# it is, DM_MULTIPATH must depend on it.  We get a build
448fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman	# error if SCSI_DH=m and DM_MULTIPATH=y
449294ab783SChristoph Hellwig	depends on !SCSI_DH || SCSI
450a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Allow volume managers to support multipath hardware.
4521da177e4SLinus Torvalds
453fd5e0339SKiyoshi Uedaconfig DM_MULTIPATH_QL
454fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda	tristate "I/O Path Selector based on the number of in-flight I/Os"
455fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda	depends on DM_MULTIPATH
456a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
457fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda	  This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects
458fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda	  the path with the least number of in-flight I/Os.
459fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda
460fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda	  If unsure, say N.
461fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda
462f392ba88SKiyoshi Uedaconfig DM_MULTIPATH_ST
463f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda	tristate "I/O Path Selector based on the service time"
464f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda	depends on DM_MULTIPATH
465a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
466f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda	  This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects
467f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda	  the path expected to complete the incoming I/O in the shortest
468f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda	  time.
469f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda
470f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda	  If unsure, say N.
471f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda
4722613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykovconfig DM_MULTIPATH_HST
4732613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov	tristate "I/O Path Selector based on historical service time"
4742613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov	depends on DM_MULTIPATH
4752613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov	help
4762613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov	  This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects
4772613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov	  the path expected to complete the incoming I/O in the shortest
4782613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov	  time by comparing estimated service time (based on historical
4792613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov	  service time).
4802613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov
4812613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov	  If unsure, say N.
4822613eab1SKhazhismel Kumykov
483e4d2e82bSMike Christieconfig DM_MULTIPATH_IOA
484e4d2e82bSMike Christie	tristate "I/O Path Selector based on CPU submission"
485e4d2e82bSMike Christie	depends on DM_MULTIPATH
486e4d2e82bSMike Christie	help
487e4d2e82bSMike Christie	  This path selector selects the path based on the CPU the IO is
488e4d2e82bSMike Christie	  executed on and the CPU to path mapping setup at path addition time.
489e4d2e82bSMike Christie
490e4d2e82bSMike Christie	  If unsure, say N.
491e4d2e82bSMike Christie
49226b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagenconfig DM_DELAY
493d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon	tristate "I/O delaying target"
494d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
495a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
49626b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen	A target that delays reads and/or writes and can send
49726b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen	them to different devices.  Useful for testing.
49826b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen
49926b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen	If unsure, say N.
50026b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen
501e4f3fabdSBryan Gurneyconfig DM_DUST
502e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney	tristate "Bad sector simulation target"
503e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
504a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
505e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney	A target that simulates bad sector behavior.
506e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney	Useful for testing.
507e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney
508e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney	If unsure, say N.
509e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney
5106bbc923dSHelen Koikeconfig DM_INIT
5116bbc923dSHelen Koike	bool "DM \"dm-mod.create=\" parameter support"
5126bbc923dSHelen Koike	depends on BLK_DEV_DM=y
513a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
5146bbc923dSHelen Koike	Enable "dm-mod.create=" parameter to create mapped devices at init time.
5156bbc923dSHelen Koike	This option is useful to allow mounting rootfs without requiring an
5166bbc923dSHelen Koike	initramfs.
5176cf2a73cSMauro Carvalho Chehab	See Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst for dm-mod.create="..."
5186bbc923dSHelen Koike	format.
5196bbc923dSHelen Koike
5206bbc923dSHelen Koike	If unsure, say N.
5216bbc923dSHelen Koike
52251e5b2bdSMike Andersonconfig DM_UEVENT
523e0b215daSAlasdair G Kergon	bool "DM uevents"
524e0b215daSAlasdair G Kergon	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
525a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
52651e5b2bdSMike Anderson	Generate udev events for DM events.
52751e5b2bdSMike Anderson
5283407ef52SJosef Bacikconfig DM_FLAKEY
529d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon       tristate "Flakey target"
530d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon       depends on BLK_DEV_DM
531a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
5323407ef52SJosef Bacik	 A target that intermittently fails I/O for debugging purposes.
5333407ef52SJosef Bacik
534a4ffc152SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_VERITY
535d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon	tristate "Verity target support"
536d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
537a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	select CRYPTO
538a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	select CRYPTO_HASH
539a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	select DM_BUFIO
540a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
541a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	  This device-mapper target creates a read-only device that
542a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	  transparently validates the data on one underlying device against
543a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	  a pre-generated tree of cryptographic checksums stored on a second
544a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	  device.
545a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka
546a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	  You'll need to activate the digests you're going to use in the
547a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	  cryptoapi configuration.
548a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka
549a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
550a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	  be called dm-verity.
551a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka
552a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka	  If unsure, say N.
553a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka
55488cd3e6cSJaskaran Khuranaconfig DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG
55588cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana	def_bool n
55688cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana	bool "Verity data device root hash signature verification support"
55788cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana	depends on DM_VERITY
55888cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana	select SYSTEM_DATA_VERIFICATION
55988cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana	help
56088cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana	  Add ability for dm-verity device to be validated if the
56188cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana	  pre-generated tree of cryptographic checksums passed has a pkcs#7
56288cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana	  signature file that can validate the roothash of the tree.
5634da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün
5644da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün	  By default, rely on the builtin trusted keyring.
5654da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün
5664da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün	  If unsure, say N.
5674da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün
5684da8f8c8SMickaël Salaünconfig DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG_SECONDARY_KEYRING
5694da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün	bool "Verity data device root hash signature verification with secondary keyring"
5704da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün	depends on DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG
5714da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün	depends on SECONDARY_TRUSTED_KEYRING
5724da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün	help
5734da8f8c8SMickaël Salaün	  Rely on the secondary trusted keyring to verify dm-verity signatures.
57488cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana
57588cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana	  If unsure, say N.
57688cd3e6cSJaskaran Khurana
577a739ff3fSSami Tolvanenconfig DM_VERITY_FEC
578a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen	bool "Verity forward error correction support"
579a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen	depends on DM_VERITY
580a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen	select REED_SOLOMON
581a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen	select REED_SOLOMON_DEC8
582a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
583a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen	  Add forward error correction support to dm-verity. This option
584a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen	  makes it possible to use pre-generated error correction data to
585a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen	  recover from corrupted blocks.
586a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen
587a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen	  If unsure, say N.
588a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen
5899d0eb0abSJim Ramsayconfig DM_SWITCH
5909d0eb0abSJim Ramsay	tristate "Switch target support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
5919d0eb0abSJim Ramsay	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
592a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
5939d0eb0abSJim Ramsay	  This device-mapper target creates a device that supports an arbitrary
5949d0eb0abSJim Ramsay	  mapping of fixed-size regions of I/O across a fixed set of paths.
5959d0eb0abSJim Ramsay	  The path used for any specific region can be switched dynamically
5969d0eb0abSJim Ramsay	  by sending the target a message.
5979d0eb0abSJim Ramsay
5989d0eb0abSJim Ramsay	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
5999d0eb0abSJim Ramsay	  be called dm-switch.
6009d0eb0abSJim Ramsay
6019d0eb0abSJim Ramsay	  If unsure, say N.
6029d0eb0abSJim Ramsay
6030e9cebe7SJosef Bacikconfig DM_LOG_WRITES
6040e9cebe7SJosef Bacik	tristate "Log writes target support"
6050e9cebe7SJosef Bacik	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
606a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
6070e9cebe7SJosef Bacik	  This device-mapper target takes two devices, one device to use
6080e9cebe7SJosef Bacik	  normally, one to log all write operations done to the first device.
6090e9cebe7SJosef Bacik	  This is for use by file system developers wishing to verify that
61057d42487SGeert Uytterhoeven	  their fs is writing a consistent file system at all times by allowing
6110e9cebe7SJosef Bacik	  them to replay the log in a variety of ways and to check the
6120e9cebe7SJosef Bacik	  contents.
6130e9cebe7SJosef Bacik
6140e9cebe7SJosef Bacik	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
6150e9cebe7SJosef Bacik	  be called dm-log-writes.
6160e9cebe7SJosef Bacik
6170e9cebe7SJosef Bacik	  If unsure, say N.
6180e9cebe7SJosef Bacik
6197eada909SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_INTEGRITY
6207ab84db6SMike Snitzer	tristate "Integrity target support"
6217eada909SMikulas Patocka	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
6227eada909SMikulas Patocka	select BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
6237eada909SMikulas Patocka	select DM_BUFIO
6247eada909SMikulas Patocka	select CRYPTO
625f7b347acSAnthony Iliopoulos	select CRYPTO_SKCIPHER
6267eada909SMikulas Patocka	select ASYNC_XOR
62782bb8599SMichael Weiß	select DM_AUDIT if AUDIT
628a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
6297ab84db6SMike Snitzer	  This device-mapper target emulates a block device that has
6307ab84db6SMike Snitzer	  additional per-sector tags that can be used for storing
6317ab84db6SMike Snitzer	  integrity information.
6327ab84db6SMike Snitzer
6337ab84db6SMike Snitzer	  This integrity target is used with the dm-crypt target to
6347ab84db6SMike Snitzer	  provide authenticated disk encryption or it can be used
6357ab84db6SMike Snitzer	  standalone.
6367ab84db6SMike Snitzer
6377ab84db6SMike Snitzer	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
6387ab84db6SMike Snitzer	  be called dm-integrity.
6397ab84db6SMike Snitzer
6403b1a94c8SDamien Le Moalconfig DM_ZONED
6413b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	tristate "Drive-managed zoned block device target support"
6423b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
6433b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	depends on BLK_DEV_ZONED
644b690bd54SArnd Bergmann	select CRC32
645a7f7f624SMasahiro Yamada	help
6463b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	  This device-mapper target takes a host-managed or host-aware zoned
6473b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	  block device and exposes most of its capacity as a regular block
6483b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	  device (drive-managed zoned block device) without any write
6493b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	  constraints. This is mainly intended for use with file systems that
6503b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	  do not natively support zoned block devices but still want to
6513b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	  benefit from the increased capacity offered by SMR disks. Other uses
6523b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	  by applications using raw block devices (for example object stores)
6533b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	  are also possible.
6543b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal
6553b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will
6563b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal	  be called dm-zoned.
6573b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal
6587ab84db6SMike Snitzer	  If unsure, say N.
6597eada909SMikulas Patocka
6602cc1ae48SMichael Weißconfig DM_AUDIT
6612cc1ae48SMichael Weiß	bool "DM audit events"
6622cc1ae48SMichael Weiß	depends on AUDIT
6632cc1ae48SMichael Weiß	help
6642cc1ae48SMichael Weiß	  Generate audit events for device-mapper.
6652cc1ae48SMichael Weiß
6662cc1ae48SMichael Weiß	  Enables audit logging of several security relevant events in the
6672cc1ae48SMichael Weiß	  particular device-mapper targets, especially the integrity target.
6682cc1ae48SMichael Weiß
669afd44034SJan Engelhardtendif # MD
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