[PATCH] 5/5: Device-mapper: dm-zero

[Alasdair G Kergon]

dm-zero

--- diff/drivers/md/Kconfig	2004-06-01 19:56:27.000000000 -0500
+++ source/drivers/md/Kconfig	2004-06-01 19:56:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -193,5 +193,12 @@
          Allow volume managers to mirror logical volumes, also
          needed for live data migration tools such as 'pvmove'.
 
+config DM_ZERO
+	tristate "Zero target (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on BLK_DEV_DM && EXPERIMENTAL
+	---help---
+	  A target that discards writes, and returns all zeroes for
+	  reads.  Useful in some recovery situations.
+
 endmenu
 
--- diff/drivers/md/Makefile	2004-06-01 19:56:27.000000000 -0500
+++ source/drivers/md/Makefile	2004-06-01 19:56:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_CRYPT)		+= dm-crypt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_SNAPSHOT)	+= dm-snapshot.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_MIRROR)		+= dm-mirror.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DM_ZERO)		+= dm-zero.o
 
 quiet_cmd_unroll = UNROLL  $@
       cmd_unroll = $(PERL) $(srctree)/$(src)/unroll.pl $(UNROLL) \
--- diff/drivers/md/dm-zero.c	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
+++ source/drivers/md/dm-zero.c	2004-06-01 19:56:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Christophe Saout <christophe@xxxxxxxx>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPL.
+ */
+
+#include "dm.h"
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/bio.h>
+
+/*
+ * Construct a dummy mapping that only returns zeros
+ */
+static int zero_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	if (argc != 0) {
+		ti->error = "dm-zero: No arguments required";
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Fills the bio pages with zeros
+ */
+static void zero_fill_bio(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct bio_vec *bv;
+	int i;
+
+	bio_for_each_segment(bv, bio, i) {
+		char *data = bvec_kmap_irq(bv, &flags);
+		memset(data, 0, bv->bv_len);
+		bvec_kunmap_irq(bv, &flags);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return zeros only on reads
+ */
+static int zero_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
+		      union map_info *map_context)
+{
+	switch(bio_rw(bio)) {
+	case READ:
+		zero_fill_bio(bio);
+		break;
+	case READA:
+		/* readahead of null bytes only wastes buffer cache */
+		return -EIO;
+	case WRITE:
+		/* writes get silently dropped */
+		break;
+	}
+
+	bio_endio(bio, bio->bi_size, 0);
+
+	/* accepted bio, don't make new request */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct target_type zero_target = {
+	.name   = "zero",
+	.module = THIS_MODULE,
+	.ctr    = zero_ctr,
+	.map    = zero_map,
+};
+
+int __init dm_zero_init(void)
+{
+	int r = dm_register_target(&zero_target);
+
+	if (r < 0)
+		DMERR("zero: register failed %d", r);
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+void __exit dm_zero_exit(void)
+{
+	int r = dm_unregister_target(&zero_target);
+
+	if (r < 0)
+		DMERR("zero: unregister failed %d", r);
+}
+
+module_init(dm_zero_init)
+module_exit(dm_zero_exit)
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Christophe Saout <christophe@xxxxxxxx>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DM_NAME " dummy target returning zeros");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

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