11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Block device driver configuration 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5afd44034SJan Engelhardtmenuconfig MD 61da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM)" 7afd44034SJan Engelhardt depends on BLOCK 883fe27eaSPranith Kumar select SRCU 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" 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver lets you combine several hard disk partitions into one 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds logical block device. This can be used to simply append one 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds partition to another one or to combine several redundant hard disks 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds into a RAID1/4/5 device so as to provide protection against hard 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds disk failures. This is called "Software RAID" since the combining of 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds the partitions is done by the kernel. "Hardware RAID" means that the 241da177e4SLinus Torvalds combining is done by a dedicated controller; if you have such a 251da177e4SLinus Torvalds controller, you do not need to say Y here. 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds More information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 291da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also learn 301da177e4SLinus Torvalds where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 34a364092aSArjan van de Venconfig MD_AUTODETECT 35a364092aSArjan van de Ven bool "Autodetect RAID arrays during kernel boot" 36ce52aebdSAlan Jenkins depends on BLK_DEV_MD=y 37a364092aSArjan van de Ven default y 38a364092aSArjan van de Ven ---help--- 39a364092aSArjan van de Ven If you say Y here, then the kernel will try to autodetect raid 40a364092aSArjan van de Ven arrays as part of its boot process. 41a364092aSArjan van de Ven 42a364092aSArjan van de Ven If you don't use raid and say Y, this autodetection can cause 43a364092aSArjan van de Ven a several-second delay in the boot time due to various 44a364092aSArjan van de Ven synchronisation steps that are part of this step. 45a364092aSArjan van de Ven 46a364092aSArjan van de Ven If unsure, say Y. 47a364092aSArjan van de Ven 481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_LINEAR 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Linear (append) mode" 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, then your multiple devices driver will be able to 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds use the so-called linear mode, i.e. it will combine the hard disk 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds partitions by simply appending one to the other. 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called linear. 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID0 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RAID-0 (striping) mode" 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, then your multiple devices driver will be able to 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds use the so-called raid0 mode, i.e. it will combine the hard disk 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds partitions into one logical device in such a fashion as to fill them 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds up evenly, one chunk here and one chunk there. This will increase 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds the throughput rate if the partitions reside on distinct disks. 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called raid0. 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID1 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RAID-1 (mirroring) mode" 831da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds A RAID-1 set consists of several disk drives which are exact copies 861da177e4SLinus Torvalds of each other. In the event of a mirror failure, the RAID driver 871da177e4SLinus Torvalds will continue to use the operational mirrors in the set, providing 881da177e4SLinus Torvalds an error free MD (multiple device) to the higher levels of the 891da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel. In a set with N drives, the available space is the capacity 901da177e4SLinus Torvalds of a single drive, and the set protects against a failure of (N - 1) 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds drives. 921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also 961da177e4SLinus Torvalds learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use such a RAID-1 set, say Y. To compile this code 991da177e4SLinus Torvalds as a module, choose M here: the module will be called raid1. 1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1031da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_RAID10 10408fb730cSNeilBrown tristate "RAID-10 (mirrored striping) mode" 10508fb730cSNeilBrown depends on BLK_DEV_MD 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds RAID-10 provides a combination of striping (RAID-0) and 1084d2554d0SJustin Piszcz mirroring (RAID-1) with easier configuration and more flexible 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds layout. 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds Unlike RAID-0, but like RAID-1, RAID-10 requires all devices to 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds be the same size (or at least, only as much as the smallest device 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be used). 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds RAID-10 provides a variety of layouts that provide different levels 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds of redundancy and performance. 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds RAID-10 requires mdadm-1.7.0 or later, available at: 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1184f6cce39SSeongJae Park https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/ 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12216a53eccSNeilBrownconfig MD_RAID456 12316a53eccSNeilBrown tristate "RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 mode" 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 125f5e70d0fSDavid Woodhouse select RAID6_PQ 12614f09e2fSArnd Bergmann select LIBCRC32C 1279bc89cd8SDan Williams select ASYNC_MEMCPY 1289bc89cd8SDan Williams select ASYNC_XOR 129ac6b53b6SDan Williams select ASYNC_PQ 130ac6b53b6SDan Williams select ASYNC_RAID6_RECOV 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds A RAID-5 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds the capacity of C * (N - 1) MB, and protects against a failure 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds of a single drive. For a given sector (row) number, (N - 1) drives 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds contain data sectors, and one drive contains the parity protection. 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds For a RAID-4 set, the parity blocks are present on a single drive, 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds while a RAID-5 set distributes the parity across the drives in one 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds of the available parity distribution methods. 1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14016a53eccSNeilBrown A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive 14116a53eccSNeilBrown provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects 14216a53eccSNeilBrown against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector 14316a53eccSNeilBrown (row) number, (N - 2) drives contain data sectors, and two 14416a53eccSNeilBrown drives contains two independent redundancy syndromes. Like 14516a53eccSNeilBrown RAID-5, RAID-6 distributes the syndromes across the drives 14616a53eccSNeilBrown in one of the available parity distribution methods. 14716a53eccSNeilBrown 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about Software RAID on Linux is contained in the 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds Software-RAID mini-HOWTO, available from 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. There you will also 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds learn where to get the supporting user space utilities raidtools. 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15316a53eccSNeilBrown If you want to use such a RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 set, say Y. To 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module 15516a53eccSNeilBrown will be called raid456. 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_MULTIPATH 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Multipath I/O support" 1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16393bd89a6SNeilBrown MD_MULTIPATH provides a simple multi-path personality for use 16493bd89a6SNeilBrown the MD framework. It is not under active development. New 16593bd89a6SNeilBrown projects should consider using DM_MULTIPATH which has more 16693bd89a6SNeilBrown features and more testing. 1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1681da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MD_FAULTY 1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Faulty test module for MD" 1721da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on BLK_DEV_MD 1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1741da177e4SLinus Torvalds The "faulty" module allows for a block device that occasionally returns 1751da177e4SLinus Torvalds read or write errors. It is useful for testing. 1761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1771da177e4SLinus Torvalds In unsure, say N. 1781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1798e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues 1808e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodriguesconfig MD_CLUSTER 181f0e230adSGuoqing Jiang tristate "Cluster Support for MD" 1828e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues depends on BLK_DEV_MD 1838e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues depends on DLM 1848e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues default n 1858e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues ---help--- 1868e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues Clustering support for MD devices. This enables locking and 1878e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues synchronization across multiple systems on the cluster, so all 1888e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues nodes in the cluster can access the MD devices simultaneously. 1898e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues 1908e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues This brings the redundancy (and uptime) of RAID levels across the 191f0e230adSGuoqing Jiang nodes of the cluster. Currently, it can work with raid1 and raid10 192f0e230adSGuoqing Jiang (limited support). 1938e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues 1948e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues If unsure, say N. 1958e854e9cSGoldwyn Rodrigues 196cafe5635SKent Overstreetsource "drivers/md/bcache/Kconfig" 197cafe5635SKent Overstreet 1982995fa78SMikulas Patockaconfig BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN 1996341e62bSChristoph Jaeger bool 2002995fa78SMikulas Patocka 2011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BLK_DEV_DM 2021da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Device mapper support" 2032995fa78SMikulas Patocka select BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN 204976431b0SDan Williams depends on DAX || DAX=n 2051da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 2061da177e4SLinus Torvalds Device-mapper is a low level volume manager. It works by allowing 2071da177e4SLinus Torvalds people to specify mappings for ranges of logical sectors. Various 2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds mapping types are available, in addition people may write their own 2091da177e4SLinus Torvalds modules containing custom mappings if they wish. 2101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Higher level volume managers such as LVM2 use this driver. 2121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2131da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be 2141da177e4SLinus Torvalds called dm-mod. 2151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2161da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 2171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 218cc109201SBryn Reevesconfig DM_DEBUG 2196341e62bSChristoph Jaeger bool "Device mapper debugging support" 2200149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 221cc109201SBryn Reeves ---help--- 222cc109201SBryn Reeves Enable this for messages that may help debug device-mapper problems. 223cc109201SBryn Reeves 224cc109201SBryn Reeves If unsure, say N. 225cc109201SBryn Reeves 22695d402f0SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_BUFIO 22795d402f0SMikulas Patocka tristate 228d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 22995d402f0SMikulas Patocka ---help--- 23095d402f0SMikulas Patocka This interface allows you to do buffered I/O on a device and acts 23195d402f0SMikulas Patocka as a cache, holding recently-read blocks in memory and performing 23295d402f0SMikulas Patocka delayed writes. 23395d402f0SMikulas Patocka 2342e8ed711SJoe Thornberconfig DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_MANAGER_LOCKING 2352e8ed711SJoe Thornber bool "Block manager locking" 2362e8ed711SJoe Thornber depends on DM_BUFIO 2372e8ed711SJoe Thornber ---help--- 2382e8ed711SJoe Thornber Block manager locking can catch various metadata corruption issues. 2392e8ed711SJoe Thornber 2402e8ed711SJoe Thornber If unsure, say N. 2412e8ed711SJoe Thornber 24286bad0c7SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_STACK_TRACING 24386bad0c7SMikulas Patocka bool "Keep stack trace of persistent data block lock holders" 2442e8ed711SJoe Thornber depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_MANAGER_LOCKING 24586bad0c7SMikulas Patocka select STACKTRACE 24686bad0c7SMikulas Patocka ---help--- 24786bad0c7SMikulas Patocka Enable this for messages that may help debug problems with the 24886bad0c7SMikulas Patocka block manager locking used by thin provisioning and caching. 24986bad0c7SMikulas Patocka 25086bad0c7SMikulas Patocka If unsure, say N. 2513f068040SMike Snitzer 2524f81a417SMike Snitzerconfig DM_BIO_PRISON 2534f81a417SMike Snitzer tristate 254d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 2554f81a417SMike Snitzer ---help--- 2564f81a417SMike Snitzer Some bio locking schemes used by other device-mapper targets 2574f81a417SMike Snitzer including thin provisioning. 2584f81a417SMike Snitzer 259991d9fa0SJoe Thornbersource "drivers/md/persistent-data/Kconfig" 260991d9fa0SJoe Thornber 26118a5bf27SScott Bauerconfig DM_UNSTRIPED 26218a5bf27SScott Bauer tristate "Unstriped target" 26318a5bf27SScott Bauer depends on BLK_DEV_DM 26418a5bf27SScott Bauer ---help--- 26518a5bf27SScott Bauer Unstripes I/O so it is issued solely on a single drive in a HW 26618a5bf27SScott Bauer RAID0 or dm-striped target. 26718a5bf27SScott Bauer 2681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_CRYPT 2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Crypt target support" 2700149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRYPTO 2723263263fSHerbert Xu select CRYPTO_CBC 2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds This device-mapper target allows you to create a device that 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds transparently encrypts the data on it. You'll need to activate 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds the ciphers you're going to use in the cryptoapi configuration. 2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 278cf352487SLoic Pefferkorn For further information on dm-crypt and userspace tools see: 2796ed443c0SBaruch Siach <https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/DMCrypt> 2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called dm-crypt. 2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_SNAPSHOT 2870149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Snapshot target" 2880149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 28955494bf2SMikulas Patocka select DM_BUFIO 2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 2914d2554d0SJustin Piszcz Allow volume managers to take writable snapshots of a device. 2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 293991d9fa0SJoe Thornberconfig DM_THIN_PROVISIONING 294d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Thin provisioning target" 295d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 296991d9fa0SJoe Thornber select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA 2974f81a417SMike Snitzer select DM_BIO_PRISON 298991d9fa0SJoe Thornber ---help--- 299991d9fa0SJoe Thornber Provides thin provisioning and snapshots that share a data store. 300991d9fa0SJoe Thornber 301c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornberconfig DM_CACHE 302c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber tristate "Cache target (EXPERIMENTAL)" 303c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber depends on BLK_DEV_DM 304c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber default n 305c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA 306c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber select DM_BIO_PRISON 307c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber ---help--- 308c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber dm-cache attempts to improve performance of a block device by 309c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber moving frequently used data to a smaller, higher performance 310c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber device. Different 'policy' plugins can be used to change the 311c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber algorithms used to select which blocks are promoted, demoted, 312c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber cleaned etc. It supports writeback and writethrough modes. 313c6b4fcbaSJoe Thornber 31466a63635SJoe Thornberconfig DM_CACHE_SMQ 31566a63635SJoe Thornber tristate "Stochastic MQ Cache Policy (EXPERIMENTAL)" 31666a63635SJoe Thornber depends on DM_CACHE 31766a63635SJoe Thornber default y 31866a63635SJoe Thornber ---help--- 31966a63635SJoe Thornber A cache policy that uses a multiqueue ordered by recent hits 32066a63635SJoe Thornber to select which blocks should be promoted and demoted. 32166a63635SJoe Thornber This is meant to be a general purpose policy. It prioritises 32266a63635SJoe Thornber reads over writes. This SMQ policy (vs MQ) offers the promise 32366a63635SJoe Thornber of less memory utilization, improved performance and increased 32466a63635SJoe Thornber adaptability in the face of changing workloads. 32566a63635SJoe Thornber 32648debafeSMikulas Patockaconfig DM_WRITECACHE 32748debafeSMikulas Patocka tristate "Writecache target" 32848debafeSMikulas Patocka depends on BLK_DEV_DM 32948debafeSMikulas Patocka ---help--- 33048debafeSMikulas Patocka The writecache target caches writes on persistent memory or SSD. 33148debafeSMikulas Patocka It is intended for databases or other programs that need extremely 33248debafeSMikulas Patocka low commit latency. 33348debafeSMikulas Patocka 33448debafeSMikulas Patocka The writecache target doesn't cache reads because reads are supposed 33548debafeSMikulas Patocka to be cached in standard RAM. 33648debafeSMikulas Patocka 337eec40579SJoe Thornberconfig DM_ERA 338eec40579SJoe Thornber tristate "Era target (EXPERIMENTAL)" 339eec40579SJoe Thornber depends on BLK_DEV_DM 340eec40579SJoe Thornber default n 341eec40579SJoe Thornber select DM_PERSISTENT_DATA 342eec40579SJoe Thornber select DM_BIO_PRISON 343eec40579SJoe Thornber ---help--- 344eec40579SJoe Thornber dm-era tracks which parts of a block device are written to 345eec40579SJoe Thornber over time. Useful for maintaining cache coherency when using 346eec40579SJoe Thornber vendor snapshots. 347eec40579SJoe Thornber 3481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_MIRROR 3490149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Mirror target" 3500149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 3511da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3521da177e4SLinus Torvalds Allow volume managers to mirror logical volumes, also 3531da177e4SLinus Torvalds needed for live data migration tools such as 'pvmove'. 3541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3555442851eSMikulas Patockaconfig DM_LOG_USERSPACE 3565442851eSMikulas Patocka tristate "Mirror userspace logging" 3575442851eSMikulas Patocka depends on DM_MIRROR && NET 3585442851eSMikulas Patocka select CONNECTOR 3595442851eSMikulas Patocka ---help--- 3605442851eSMikulas Patocka The userspace logging module provides a mechanism for 3615442851eSMikulas Patocka relaying the dm-dirty-log API to userspace. Log designs 3625442851eSMikulas Patocka which are more suited to userspace implementation (e.g. 3635442851eSMikulas Patocka shared storage logs) or experimental logs can be implemented 3645442851eSMikulas Patocka by leveraging this framework. 3655442851eSMikulas Patocka 3669d09e663SNeilBrownconfig DM_RAID 367d9f691c3SNeilBrown tristate "RAID 1/4/5/6/10 target" 368035220b3SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 3697b81ef8bSMikulas Patocka select MD_RAID0 370b12d437bSJonathan Brassow select MD_RAID1 371d9f691c3SNeilBrown select MD_RAID10 3729d09e663SNeilBrown select MD_RAID456 3739d09e663SNeilBrown select BLK_DEV_MD 3749d09e663SNeilBrown ---help--- 375d9f691c3SNeilBrown A dm target that supports RAID1, RAID10, RAID4, RAID5 and RAID6 mappings 3769d09e663SNeilBrown 3779d09e663SNeilBrown A RAID-5 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides 3789d09e663SNeilBrown the capacity of C * (N - 1) MB, and protects against a failure 3799d09e663SNeilBrown of a single drive. For a given sector (row) number, (N - 1) drives 3809d09e663SNeilBrown contain data sectors, and one drive contains the parity protection. 3819d09e663SNeilBrown For a RAID-4 set, the parity blocks are present on a single drive, 3829d09e663SNeilBrown while a RAID-5 set distributes the parity across the drives in one 3839d09e663SNeilBrown of the available parity distribution methods. 3849d09e663SNeilBrown 3859d09e663SNeilBrown A RAID-6 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive 3869d09e663SNeilBrown provides the capacity of C * (N - 2) MB, and protects 3879d09e663SNeilBrown against a failure of any two drives. For a given sector 3889d09e663SNeilBrown (row) number, (N - 2) drives contain data sectors, and two 3899d09e663SNeilBrown drives contains two independent redundancy syndromes. Like 3909d09e663SNeilBrown RAID-5, RAID-6 distributes the syndromes across the drives 3919d09e663SNeilBrown in one of the available parity distribution methods. 3929d09e663SNeilBrown 3931da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_ZERO 3940149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Zero target" 3950149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 3961da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3971da177e4SLinus Torvalds A target that discards writes, and returns all zeroes for 3981da177e4SLinus Torvalds reads. Useful in some recovery situations. 3991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DM_MULTIPATH 4010149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Multipath target" 4020149e57fSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 403fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # nasty syntax but means make DM_MULTIPATH independent 404fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # of SCSI_DH if the latter isn't defined but if 405fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # it is, DM_MULTIPATH must depend on it. We get a build 406fe9233fbSChandra Seetharaman # error if SCSI_DH=m and DM_MULTIPATH=y 407294ab783SChristoph Hellwig depends on !SCSI_DH || SCSI 4081da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 4091da177e4SLinus Torvalds Allow volume managers to support multipath hardware. 4101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 411fd5e0339SKiyoshi Uedaconfig DM_MULTIPATH_QL 412fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda tristate "I/O Path Selector based on the number of in-flight I/Os" 413fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda depends on DM_MULTIPATH 414fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda ---help--- 415fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects 416fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda the path with the least number of in-flight I/Os. 417fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda 418fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda If unsure, say N. 419fd5e0339SKiyoshi Ueda 420f392ba88SKiyoshi Uedaconfig DM_MULTIPATH_ST 421f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda tristate "I/O Path Selector based on the service time" 422f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda depends on DM_MULTIPATH 423f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda ---help--- 424f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda This path selector is a dynamic load balancer which selects 425f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda the path expected to complete the incoming I/O in the shortest 426f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda time. 427f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda 428f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda If unsure, say N. 429f392ba88SKiyoshi Ueda 43026b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagenconfig DM_DELAY 431d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "I/O delaying target" 432d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 43326b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen ---help--- 43426b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen A target that delays reads and/or writes and can send 43526b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen them to different devices. Useful for testing. 43626b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen 43726b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen If unsure, say N. 43826b9f228SHeinz Mauelshagen 439e4f3fabdSBryan Gurneyconfig DM_DUST 440e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney tristate "Bad sector simulation target" 441e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney depends on BLK_DEV_DM 442e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney ---help--- 443e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney A target that simulates bad sector behavior. 444e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney Useful for testing. 445e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney 446e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney If unsure, say N. 447e4f3fabdSBryan Gurney 4486bbc923dSHelen Koikeconfig DM_INIT 4496bbc923dSHelen Koike bool "DM \"dm-mod.create=\" parameter support" 4506bbc923dSHelen Koike depends on BLK_DEV_DM=y 4516bbc923dSHelen Koike ---help--- 4526bbc923dSHelen Koike Enable "dm-mod.create=" parameter to create mapped devices at init time. 4536bbc923dSHelen Koike This option is useful to allow mounting rootfs without requiring an 4546bbc923dSHelen Koike initramfs. 4556bbc923dSHelen Koike See Documentation/device-mapper/dm-init.txt for dm-mod.create="..." 4566bbc923dSHelen Koike format. 4576bbc923dSHelen Koike 4586bbc923dSHelen Koike If unsure, say N. 4596bbc923dSHelen Koike 46051e5b2bdSMike Andersonconfig DM_UEVENT 461e0b215daSAlasdair G Kergon bool "DM uevents" 462e0b215daSAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 46351e5b2bdSMike Anderson ---help--- 46451e5b2bdSMike Anderson Generate udev events for DM events. 46551e5b2bdSMike Anderson 4663407ef52SJosef Bacikconfig DM_FLAKEY 467d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Flakey target" 468d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 4693407ef52SJosef Bacik ---help--- 4703407ef52SJosef Bacik A target that intermittently fails I/O for debugging purposes. 4713407ef52SJosef Bacik 472a4ffc152SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_VERITY 473d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon tristate "Verity target support" 474d57916a0SAlasdair G Kergon depends on BLK_DEV_DM 475a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka select CRYPTO 476a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka select CRYPTO_HASH 477a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka select DM_BUFIO 478a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka ---help--- 479a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka This device-mapper target creates a read-only device that 480a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka transparently validates the data on one underlying device against 481a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka a pre-generated tree of cryptographic checksums stored on a second 482a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka device. 483a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 484a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka You'll need to activate the digests you're going to use in the 485a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka cryptoapi configuration. 486a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 487a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 488a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka be called dm-verity. 489a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 490a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka If unsure, say N. 491a4ffc152SMikulas Patocka 492a739ff3fSSami Tolvanenconfig DM_VERITY_FEC 493a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen bool "Verity forward error correction support" 494a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen depends on DM_VERITY 495a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen select REED_SOLOMON 496a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen select REED_SOLOMON_DEC8 497a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen ---help--- 498a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen Add forward error correction support to dm-verity. This option 499a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen makes it possible to use pre-generated error correction data to 500a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen recover from corrupted blocks. 501a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen 502a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen If unsure, say N. 503a739ff3fSSami Tolvanen 5049d0eb0abSJim Ramsayconfig DM_SWITCH 5059d0eb0abSJim Ramsay tristate "Switch target support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 5069d0eb0abSJim Ramsay depends on BLK_DEV_DM 5079d0eb0abSJim Ramsay ---help--- 5089d0eb0abSJim Ramsay This device-mapper target creates a device that supports an arbitrary 5099d0eb0abSJim Ramsay mapping of fixed-size regions of I/O across a fixed set of paths. 5109d0eb0abSJim Ramsay The path used for any specific region can be switched dynamically 5119d0eb0abSJim Ramsay by sending the target a message. 5129d0eb0abSJim Ramsay 5139d0eb0abSJim Ramsay To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 5149d0eb0abSJim Ramsay be called dm-switch. 5159d0eb0abSJim Ramsay 5169d0eb0abSJim Ramsay If unsure, say N. 5179d0eb0abSJim Ramsay 5180e9cebe7SJosef Bacikconfig DM_LOG_WRITES 5190e9cebe7SJosef Bacik tristate "Log writes target support" 5200e9cebe7SJosef Bacik depends on BLK_DEV_DM 5210e9cebe7SJosef Bacik ---help--- 5220e9cebe7SJosef Bacik This device-mapper target takes two devices, one device to use 5230e9cebe7SJosef Bacik normally, one to log all write operations done to the first device. 5240e9cebe7SJosef Bacik This is for use by file system developers wishing to verify that 52557d42487SGeert Uytterhoeven their fs is writing a consistent file system at all times by allowing 5260e9cebe7SJosef Bacik them to replay the log in a variety of ways and to check the 5270e9cebe7SJosef Bacik contents. 5280e9cebe7SJosef Bacik 5290e9cebe7SJosef Bacik To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 5300e9cebe7SJosef Bacik be called dm-log-writes. 5310e9cebe7SJosef Bacik 5320e9cebe7SJosef Bacik If unsure, say N. 5330e9cebe7SJosef Bacik 5347eada909SMikulas Patockaconfig DM_INTEGRITY 5357ab84db6SMike Snitzer tristate "Integrity target support" 5367eada909SMikulas Patocka depends on BLK_DEV_DM 5377eada909SMikulas Patocka select BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY 5387eada909SMikulas Patocka select DM_BUFIO 5397eada909SMikulas Patocka select CRYPTO 5407eada909SMikulas Patocka select ASYNC_XOR 5417eada909SMikulas Patocka ---help--- 5427ab84db6SMike Snitzer This device-mapper target emulates a block device that has 5437ab84db6SMike Snitzer additional per-sector tags that can be used for storing 5447ab84db6SMike Snitzer integrity information. 5457ab84db6SMike Snitzer 5467ab84db6SMike Snitzer This integrity target is used with the dm-crypt target to 5477ab84db6SMike Snitzer provide authenticated disk encryption or it can be used 5487ab84db6SMike Snitzer standalone. 5497ab84db6SMike Snitzer 5507ab84db6SMike Snitzer To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 5517ab84db6SMike Snitzer be called dm-integrity. 5527ab84db6SMike Snitzer 5533b1a94c8SDamien Le Moalconfig DM_ZONED 5543b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal tristate "Drive-managed zoned block device target support" 5553b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal depends on BLK_DEV_DM 5563b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal depends on BLK_DEV_ZONED 5573b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal ---help--- 5583b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal This device-mapper target takes a host-managed or host-aware zoned 5593b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal block device and exposes most of its capacity as a regular block 5603b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal device (drive-managed zoned block device) without any write 5613b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal constraints. This is mainly intended for use with file systems that 5623b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal do not natively support zoned block devices but still want to 5633b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal benefit from the increased capacity offered by SMR disks. Other uses 5643b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal by applications using raw block devices (for example object stores) 5653b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal are also possible. 5663b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal 5673b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will 5683b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal be called dm-zoned. 5693b1a94c8SDamien Le Moal 5707ab84db6SMike Snitzer If unsure, say N. 5717eada909SMikulas Patocka 572afd44034SJan Engelhardtendif # MD 573