From: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com>
To: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
"Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/4] doc: document sysfs queue/cranges attributes
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:38:06 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210726013806.84815-5-damien.lemoal@wdc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210726013806.84815-1-damien.lemoal@wdc.com>
Update the file Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst to add a description
of a device queue sysfs entries related to concurrent sector ranges
(e.g. concurrent positioning ranges for multi-actuator hard-disks).
While at it, also fix a typo in this file introduction paragraph.
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com>
---
Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst
index 4dc7f0d499a8..25f4a768f450 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Queue sysfs files
This text file will detail the queue files that are located in the sysfs tree
for each block device. Note that stacked devices typically do not export
-any settings, since their queue merely functions are a remapping target.
+any settings, since their queue merely functions as a remapping target.
These files are the ones found in the /sys/block/xxx/queue/ directory.
Files denoted with a RO postfix are readonly and the RW postfix means
@@ -286,4 +286,32 @@ sequential zones of zoned block devices (devices with a zoned attributed
that reports "host-managed" or "host-aware"). This value is always 0 for
regular block devices.
+cranges (RO)
+------------
+
+The presence of this sub-directory of the /sys/block/xxx/queue/ directory
+indicates that the device is capable of executing requests targeting
+different sector ranges in parallel. For instance, single LUN multi-actuator
+hard-disks will likely have a cranges directory if the device correctly
+advertizes the sector ranges of its actuators.
+
+The cranges directory contains one directory per concurrent range, with each
+range described using the sector (RO) attribute file to indicate the first
+sector of the range and the nr_sectors (RO) attribute file to indicate the
+total number of sector in the range starting from the first sector.
+For example, a dual-actuator hard disk will have the following cranges
+entries.::
+
+ $ tree /sys/block/<device>/queue/cranges/
+ /sys/block/<device>/queue/cranges/
+ |-- 0
+ | |-- nr_sectors
+ | `-- sector
+ `-- 1
+ |-- nr_sectors
+ `-- sector
+
+The sector and nr_sectors attributes use 512B sector unit, regardless of
+the actual block size of the device.
+
Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>, February 2009
--
2.31.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-26 1:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-26 1:38 [PATCH v3 0/4] Initial support for multi-actuator HDDs Damien Le Moal
2021-07-26 1:38 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] block: Add concurrent positioning ranges support Damien Le Moal
2021-07-26 7:33 ` Hannes Reinecke
2021-07-26 8:30 ` Damien Le Moal
2021-07-26 8:47 ` Hannes Reinecke
2021-07-26 11:33 ` Damien Le Moal
2021-07-27 14:07 ` Paolo Valente
2021-07-27 23:44 ` Damien Le Moal
2021-08-10 8:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-08-10 11:03 ` Damien Le Moal
2021-08-10 16:02 ` hch
2021-08-10 23:46 ` Damien Le Moal
2021-07-26 1:38 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] scsi: sd: add " Damien Le Moal
2021-08-10 8:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-26 1:38 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] libata: support concurrent positioning ranges log Damien Le Moal
2021-07-26 7:34 ` Hannes Reinecke
2021-08-10 8:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-26 1:38 ` Damien Le Moal [this message]
2021-07-26 7:35 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] doc: document sysfs queue/cranges attributes Hannes Reinecke
2021-08-10 8:27 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-08-10 11:04 ` Damien Le Moal
2021-07-28 22:59 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Initial support for multi-actuator HDDs Damien Le Moal
2021-08-06 2:12 ` Damien Le Moal
2021-08-06 3:41 ` Martin K. Petersen
2021-08-06 4:05 ` Damien Le Moal
2021-08-06 8:35 ` Hannes Reinecke
2021-08-06 8:52 ` Damien Le Moal
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