From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-16.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5B06C636C9 for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:33:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B494A6109F for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:33:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S237849AbhGUKw1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:52:27 -0400 Received: from esa3.hgst.iphmx.com ([216.71.153.141]:53613 "EHLO esa3.hgst.iphmx.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S239025AbhGUKBw (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:01:52 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=wdc.com; i=@wdc.com; q=dns/txt; s=dkim.wdc.com; t=1626864149; x=1658400149; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references: mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=uQP3CdubqmQZPiPY+fgwiZR463GJzvIEuEEIrPo+s2w=; b=QkguLOSIv8ny4H0fkJupnHuLxYK0OJz6ZBh2ISsPzvNX3r7SNefujwHO AjVlscV60I5i8KtfqFU9mkDzviZ+xForFX+MvTGVlj7Z0snUZIFjXJYKr CHbp0Bx4xnTX53DKR/JSuAyEiZ0YRicUyWxnqW6P8oSGuzJXPolaqYmq6 zUTfVITpdDitV6/3g1k2HQbS5AslQg52ChFB71OMfRKm4rD7TDXXEIlRl S9kUJhrGkekMXouArG63PMFqXgvACgzgA8DS1Jee7Wc37A8DfV/WweDtj uwstJhORdGx0U0BSqWsZxT0SGKwZ0n7D7R9vn3on8SpCt6rFoxOI1mTyp w==; X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.84,257,1620662400"; d="scan'208";a="179944869" Received: from uls-op-cesaip01.wdc.com (HELO uls-op-cesaep01.wdc.com) ([199.255.45.14]) by ob1.hgst.iphmx.com with ESMTP; 21 Jul 2021 18:42:12 +0800 IronPort-SDR: ifU48VsC0IdYkXmpAip16IthDt6A4DbqtHfS5Bg7PdmuXbyZo1iQtmC5EKInnuXRLS7gFiVb0a 6aQjc5daS5glPHKBRAj5n6onXuJKPZ2H568clgXmoIadTjJRDIaNvNFJgm6x2d3xaH3W2CclNw Ti6IkH7BpwT543tSyY5OD6tEBATiBkZznfu7B/J6cJ75DCdIIpNW4Eu33hYKPy3uBqWxhVMtMy /0Wx7+CEphFWUlob4u9sUfjEy+2wX94sYba8ORwLK81IzCPIntnlia9alwLFZ4yjICSbIQr8AE KKQRI2Ol1wHlBHzvu0C5kDhY Received: from uls-op-cesaip02.wdc.com ([10.248.3.37]) by uls-op-cesaep01.wdc.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 21 Jul 2021 03:20:06 -0700 IronPort-SDR: 1qCu7lDYHJFdF9VhS+q0kcCqa1PAYXgZVJo6CTOseycZHPjelo8Vwonw87xigSbkmVQYD4HSyu +PknNeMWp7NwH3xcHxqEw+daQhp1vMgTdC4gxahx21WfT+9rovYLAZQ/wCn79BQg51HrpZRgo6 VkfroFBh6bkPX6eRf185V8WU8n4iHUG17LKUmKhS3uD+ltlkEAjUlYT6xZwp25vPFtODHjqRWq WUy0w6TZn7BbxXf0hLZ3fghuUzeSJRgagOlEAH6WAebOgKdTmFgTFRJSz2nLc7Md9wpOitWbWY faA= WDCIronportException: Internal Received: from washi.fujisawa.hgst.com ([10.149.53.254]) by uls-op-cesaip02.wdc.com with ESMTP; 21 Jul 2021 03:42:13 -0700 From: Damien Le Moal To: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, "Martin K . Petersen" , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 4/4] doc: document sysfs queue/cranges attributes Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 19:42:05 +0900 Message-Id: <20210721104205.885115-5-damien.lemoal@wdc.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.31.1 In-Reply-To: <20210721104205.885115-1-damien.lemoal@wdc.com> References: <20210721104205.885115-1-damien.lemoal@wdc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org 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 --- Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst index 4dc7f0d499a8..ffbea0c7a576 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 +286,29 @@ 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 sector 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//queue/cranges/ + /sys/block//queue/cranges/ + |-- 0 + | |-- nr_sectors + | `-- sector + `-- 1 + |-- nr_sectors + `-- sector + Jens Axboe , February 2009 -- 2.31.1