From ef00f59c95fe6e002e7c6e3663cdea65e253f4cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Martin K. Petersen" Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:29:31 +0100 Subject: block: Add BLKROTATIONAL ioctl Introduce an ioctl which permits applications to query whether a block device is rotational. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- block/compat_ioctl.c | 3 +++ block/ioctl.c | 2 ++ include/linux/fs.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c index 7b725020823c..7c668c8a6f95 100644 --- a/block/compat_ioctl.c +++ b/block/compat_ioctl.c @@ -719,6 +719,9 @@ long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg) case BLKSECTGET: return compat_put_ushort(arg, queue_max_sectors(bdev_get_queue(bdev))); + case BLKROTATIONAL: + return compat_put_ushort(arg, + !blk_queue_nonrot(bdev_get_queue(bdev))); case BLKRASET: /* compatible, but no compat_ptr (!) */ case BLKFRASET: if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c index ca939fc1030f..337d207ab14d 100644 --- a/block/ioctl.c +++ b/block/ioctl.c @@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd, return put_uint(arg, bdev_discard_zeroes_data(bdev)); case BLKSECTGET: return put_ushort(arg, queue_max_sectors(bdev_get_queue(bdev))); + case BLKROTATIONAL: + return put_ushort(arg, !blk_queue_nonrot(bdev_get_queue(bdev))); case BLKRASET: case BLKFRASET: if(!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index e0bc4ffb8e7f..95dd911506f1 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t { #define BLKPBSZGET _IO(0x12,123) #define BLKDISCARDZEROES _IO(0x12,124) #define BLKSECDISCARD _IO(0x12,125) +#define BLKROTATIONAL _IO(0x12,126) #define BMAP_IOCTL 1 /* obsolete - kept for compatibility */ #define FIBMAP _IO(0x00,1) /* bmap access */ -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151