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v6.2
  1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  2#
  3# Block layer core configuration
  4#
  5menuconfig BLOCK
  6       bool "Enable the block layer" if EXPERT
  7       default y
  8       select SBITMAP
 
  9       help
 10	 Provide block layer support for the kernel.
 11
 12	 Disable this option to remove the block layer support from the
 13	 kernel. This may be useful for embedded devices.
 14
 15	 If this option is disabled:
 16
 17	   - block device files will become unusable
 18	   - some filesystems (such as ext3) will become unavailable.
 19
 20	 Also, SCSI character devices and USB storage will be disabled since
 21	 they make use of various block layer definitions and facilities.
 22
 23	 Say Y here unless you know you really don't want to mount disks and
 24	 suchlike.
 25
 26if BLOCK
 27
 28config BLOCK_LEGACY_AUTOLOAD
 29	bool "Legacy autoloading support"
 30	default y
 31	help
 32	  Enable loading modules and creating block device instances based on
 33	  accesses through their device special file.  This is a historic Linux
 34	  feature and makes no sense in a udev world where device files are
 35	  created on demand, but scripts that manually create device nodes and
 36	  then call losetup might rely on this behavior.
 37
 38config BLK_RQ_ALLOC_TIME
 39	bool
 40
 
 
 
 41config BLK_CGROUP_RWSTAT
 42	bool
 43
 44config BLK_DEV_BSG_COMMON
 45	tristate
 
 
 
 
 
 46
 47config BLK_ICQ
 48	bool
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 49
 50config BLK_DEV_BSGLIB
 51	bool "Block layer SG support v4 helper lib"
 52	select BLK_DEV_BSG_COMMON
 
 53	help
 54	  Subsystems will normally enable this if needed. Users will not
 55	  normally need to manually enable this.
 56
 57	  If unsure, say N.
 58
 59config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
 60	bool "Block layer data integrity support"
 61	help
 62	Some storage devices allow extra information to be
 63	stored/retrieved to help protect the data.  The block layer
 64	data integrity option provides hooks which can be used by
 65	filesystems to ensure better data integrity.
 66
 67	Say yes here if you have a storage device that provides the
 68	T10/SCSI Data Integrity Field or the T13/ATA External Path
 69	Protection.  If in doubt, say N.
 70
 71config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY_T10
 72	tristate
 73	depends on BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
 74	select CRC_T10DIF
 75	select CRC64_ROCKSOFT
 76
 77config BLK_DEV_ZONED
 78	bool "Zoned block device support"
 79	select MQ_IOSCHED_DEADLINE
 80	help
 81	Block layer zoned block device support. This option enables
 82	support for ZAC/ZBC/ZNS host-managed and host-aware zoned block
 83	devices.
 84
 85	Say yes here if you have a ZAC, ZBC, or ZNS storage device.
 86
 87config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
 88	bool "Block layer bio throttling support"
 89	depends on BLK_CGROUP
 90	select BLK_CGROUP_RWSTAT
 91	help
 92	Block layer bio throttling support. It can be used to limit
 93	the IO rate to a device. IO rate policies are per cgroup and
 94	one needs to mount and use blkio cgroup controller for creating
 95	cgroups and specifying per device IO rate policies.
 96
 97	See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/blkio-controller.rst for more information.
 98
 99config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING_LOW
100	bool "Block throttling .low limit interface support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
101	depends on BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
102	help
103	Add .low limit interface for block throttling. The low limit is a best
104	effort limit to prioritize cgroups. Depending on the setting, the limit
105	can be used to protect cgroups in terms of bandwidth/iops and better
106	utilize disk resource.
107
108	Note, this is an experimental interface and could be changed someday.
109
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
110config BLK_WBT
111	bool "Enable support for block device writeback throttling"
112	help
113	Enabling this option enables the block layer to throttle buffered
114	background writeback from the VM, making it more smooth and having
115	less impact on foreground operations. The throttling is done
116	dynamically on an algorithm loosely based on CoDel, factoring in
117	the realtime performance of the disk.
118
119config BLK_WBT_MQ
120	bool "Enable writeback throttling by default"
121	default y
122	depends on BLK_WBT
123	help
124	Enable writeback throttling by default for request-based block devices.
125
126config BLK_CGROUP_IOLATENCY
127	bool "Enable support for latency based cgroup IO protection"
128	depends on BLK_CGROUP
129	help
130	Enabling this option enables the .latency interface for IO throttling.
131	The IO controller will attempt to maintain average IO latencies below
132	the configured latency target, throttling anybody with a higher latency
133	target than the victimized group.
134
135	Note, this is an experimental interface and could be changed someday.
136
137config BLK_CGROUP_FC_APPID
138	bool "Enable support to track FC I/O Traffic across cgroup applications"
139	depends on BLK_CGROUP && NVME_FC
140	help
141	  Enabling this option enables the support to track FC I/O traffic across
142	  cgroup applications. It enables the Fabric and the storage targets to
143	  identify, monitor, and handle FC traffic based on VM tags by inserting
144	  application specific identification into the FC frame.
145
146config BLK_CGROUP_IOCOST
147	bool "Enable support for cost model based cgroup IO controller"
148	depends on BLK_CGROUP
 
149	select BLK_RQ_ALLOC_TIME
150	help
151	Enabling this option enables the .weight interface for cost
152	model based proportional IO control.  The IO controller
153	distributes IO capacity between different groups based on
154	their share of the overall weight distribution.
155
156config BLK_CGROUP_IOPRIO
157	bool "Cgroup I/O controller for assigning an I/O priority class"
158	depends on BLK_CGROUP
159	help
160	Enable the .prio interface for assigning an I/O priority class to
161	requests. The I/O priority class affects the order in which an I/O
162	scheduler and block devices process requests. Only some I/O schedulers
163	and some block devices support I/O priorities.
164
165config BLK_DEBUG_FS
166	bool "Block layer debugging information in debugfs"
167	default y
168	depends on DEBUG_FS
169	help
170	Include block layer debugging information in debugfs. This information
171	is mostly useful for kernel developers, but it doesn't incur any cost
172	at runtime.
173
174	Unless you are building a kernel for a tiny system, you should
175	say Y here.
176
177config BLK_DEBUG_FS_ZONED
178       bool
179       default BLK_DEBUG_FS && BLK_DEV_ZONED
180
181config BLK_SED_OPAL
182	bool "Logic for interfacing with Opal enabled SEDs"
183	help
184	Builds Logic for interfacing with Opal enabled controllers.
185	Enabling this option enables users to setup/unlock/lock
186	Locking ranges for SED devices using the Opal protocol.
187
188config BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION
189	bool "Enable inline encryption support in block layer"
190	help
191	  Build the blk-crypto subsystem. Enabling this lets the
192	  block layer handle encryption, so users can take
193	  advantage of inline encryption hardware if present.
194
195config BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION_FALLBACK
196	bool "Enable crypto API fallback for blk-crypto"
197	depends on BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION
198	select CRYPTO
199	select CRYPTO_SKCIPHER
200	help
201	  Enabling this lets the block layer handle inline encryption
202	  by falling back to the kernel crypto API when inline
203	  encryption hardware is not present.
204
 
 
205source "block/partitions/Kconfig"
206
 
 
 
 
207config BLOCK_COMPAT
208	def_bool COMPAT
 
 
209
210config BLK_MQ_PCI
211	def_bool PCI
 
 
212
213config BLK_MQ_VIRTIO
214	bool
215	depends on VIRTIO
216	default y
217
218config BLK_MQ_RDMA
219	bool
220	depends on INFINIBAND
221	default y
222
223config BLK_PM
224	def_bool PM
225
226# do not use in new code
227config BLOCK_HOLDER_DEPRECATED
228	bool
229
230config BLK_MQ_STACKING
231	bool
232
233source "block/Kconfig.iosched"
234
235endif # BLOCK
v5.14.15
  1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
  2#
  3# Block layer core configuration
  4#
  5menuconfig BLOCK
  6       bool "Enable the block layer" if EXPERT
  7       default y
  8       select SBITMAP
  9       select SRCU
 10       help
 11	 Provide block layer support for the kernel.
 12
 13	 Disable this option to remove the block layer support from the
 14	 kernel. This may be useful for embedded devices.
 15
 16	 If this option is disabled:
 17
 18	   - block device files will become unusable
 19	   - some filesystems (such as ext3) will become unavailable.
 20
 21	 Also, SCSI character devices and USB storage will be disabled since
 22	 they make use of various block layer definitions and facilities.
 23
 24	 Say Y here unless you know you really don't want to mount disks and
 25	 suchlike.
 26
 27if BLOCK
 28
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29config BLK_RQ_ALLOC_TIME
 30	bool
 31
 32config BLK_SCSI_REQUEST
 33	bool
 34
 35config BLK_CGROUP_RWSTAT
 36	bool
 37
 38config BLK_DEV_BSG
 39	bool "Block layer SG support v4"
 40	default y
 41	select BLK_SCSI_REQUEST
 42	help
 43	  Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support
 44	  for any block device.
 45
 46	  Unlike SG v3 (aka block/scsi_ioctl.c drivers/scsi/sg.c), SG v4
 47	  can handle complicated SCSI commands: tagged variable length cdbs
 48	  with bidirectional data transfers and generic request/response
 49	  protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial
 50	  Attached SCSI).
 51
 52	  This option is required by recent UDEV versions to properly
 53	  access device serial numbers, etc.
 54
 55	  If unsure, say Y.
 56
 57config BLK_DEV_BSGLIB
 58	bool "Block layer SG support v4 helper lib"
 59	select BLK_DEV_BSG
 60	select BLK_SCSI_REQUEST
 61	help
 62	  Subsystems will normally enable this if needed. Users will not
 63	  normally need to manually enable this.
 64
 65	  If unsure, say N.
 66
 67config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
 68	bool "Block layer data integrity support"
 69	help
 70	Some storage devices allow extra information to be
 71	stored/retrieved to help protect the data.  The block layer
 72	data integrity option provides hooks which can be used by
 73	filesystems to ensure better data integrity.
 74
 75	Say yes here if you have a storage device that provides the
 76	T10/SCSI Data Integrity Field or the T13/ATA External Path
 77	Protection.  If in doubt, say N.
 78
 79config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY_T10
 80	tristate
 81	depends on BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
 82	select CRC_T10DIF
 
 83
 84config BLK_DEV_ZONED
 85	bool "Zoned block device support"
 86	select MQ_IOSCHED_DEADLINE
 87	help
 88	Block layer zoned block device support. This option enables
 89	support for ZAC/ZBC/ZNS host-managed and host-aware zoned block
 90	devices.
 91
 92	Say yes here if you have a ZAC, ZBC, or ZNS storage device.
 93
 94config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
 95	bool "Block layer bio throttling support"
 96	depends on BLK_CGROUP=y
 97	select BLK_CGROUP_RWSTAT
 98	help
 99	Block layer bio throttling support. It can be used to limit
100	the IO rate to a device. IO rate policies are per cgroup and
101	one needs to mount and use blkio cgroup controller for creating
102	cgroups and specifying per device IO rate policies.
103
104	See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/blkio-controller.rst for more information.
105
106config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING_LOW
107	bool "Block throttling .low limit interface support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
108	depends on BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
109	help
110	Add .low limit interface for block throttling. The low limit is a best
111	effort limit to prioritize cgroups. Depending on the setting, the limit
112	can be used to protect cgroups in terms of bandwidth/iops and better
113	utilize disk resource.
114
115	Note, this is an experimental interface and could be changed someday.
116
117config BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER
118	bool "Block device command line partition parser"
119	help
120	Enabling this option allows you to specify the partition layout from
121	the kernel boot args.  This is typically of use for embedded devices
122	which don't otherwise have any standardized method for listing the
123	partitions on a block device.
124
125	See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst for more information.
126
127config BLK_WBT
128	bool "Enable support for block device writeback throttling"
129	help
130	Enabling this option enables the block layer to throttle buffered
131	background writeback from the VM, making it more smooth and having
132	less impact on foreground operations. The throttling is done
133	dynamically on an algorithm loosely based on CoDel, factoring in
134	the realtime performance of the disk.
135
136config BLK_WBT_MQ
137	bool "Enable writeback throttling by default"
138	default y
139	depends on BLK_WBT
140	help
141	Enable writeback throttling by default for request-based block devices.
142
143config BLK_CGROUP_IOLATENCY
144	bool "Enable support for latency based cgroup IO protection"
145	depends on BLK_CGROUP=y
146	help
147	Enabling this option enables the .latency interface for IO throttling.
148	The IO controller will attempt to maintain average IO latencies below
149	the configured latency target, throttling anybody with a higher latency
150	target than the victimized group.
151
152	Note, this is an experimental interface and could be changed someday.
153
154config BLK_CGROUP_FC_APPID
155	bool "Enable support to track FC I/O Traffic across cgroup applications"
156	depends on BLK_CGROUP && NVME_FC
157	help
158	  Enabling this option enables the support to track FC I/O traffic across
159	  cgroup applications. It enables the Fabric and the storage targets to
160	  identify, monitor, and handle FC traffic based on VM tags by inserting
161	  application specific identification into the FC frame.
162
163config BLK_CGROUP_IOCOST
164	bool "Enable support for cost model based cgroup IO controller"
165	depends on BLK_CGROUP=y
166	select BLK_RQ_IO_DATA_LEN
167	select BLK_RQ_ALLOC_TIME
168	help
169	Enabling this option enables the .weight interface for cost
170	model based proportional IO control.  The IO controller
171	distributes IO capacity between different groups based on
172	their share of the overall weight distribution.
173
174config BLK_CGROUP_IOPRIO
175	bool "Cgroup I/O controller for assigning an I/O priority class"
176	depends on BLK_CGROUP
177	help
178	Enable the .prio interface for assigning an I/O priority class to
179	requests. The I/O priority class affects the order in which an I/O
180	scheduler and block devices process requests. Only some I/O schedulers
181	and some block devices support I/O priorities.
182
183config BLK_DEBUG_FS
184	bool "Block layer debugging information in debugfs"
185	default y
186	depends on DEBUG_FS
187	help
188	Include block layer debugging information in debugfs. This information
189	is mostly useful for kernel developers, but it doesn't incur any cost
190	at runtime.
191
192	Unless you are building a kernel for a tiny system, you should
193	say Y here.
194
195config BLK_DEBUG_FS_ZONED
196       bool
197       default BLK_DEBUG_FS && BLK_DEV_ZONED
198
199config BLK_SED_OPAL
200	bool "Logic for interfacing with Opal enabled SEDs"
201	help
202	Builds Logic for interfacing with Opal enabled controllers.
203	Enabling this option enables users to setup/unlock/lock
204	Locking ranges for SED devices using the Opal protocol.
205
206config BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION
207	bool "Enable inline encryption support in block layer"
208	help
209	  Build the blk-crypto subsystem. Enabling this lets the
210	  block layer handle encryption, so users can take
211	  advantage of inline encryption hardware if present.
212
213config BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION_FALLBACK
214	bool "Enable crypto API fallback for blk-crypto"
215	depends on BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION
216	select CRYPTO
217	select CRYPTO_SKCIPHER
218	help
219	  Enabling this lets the block layer handle inline encryption
220	  by falling back to the kernel crypto API when inline
221	  encryption hardware is not present.
222
223menu "Partition Types"
224
225source "block/partitions/Kconfig"
226
227endmenu
228
229endif # BLOCK
230
231config BLOCK_COMPAT
232	bool
233	depends on BLOCK && COMPAT
234	default y
235
236config BLK_MQ_PCI
237	bool
238	depends on BLOCK && PCI
239	default y
240
241config BLK_MQ_VIRTIO
242	bool
243	depends on BLOCK && VIRTIO
244	default y
245
246config BLK_MQ_RDMA
247	bool
248	depends on BLOCK && INFINIBAND
249	default y
250
251config BLK_PM
252	def_bool BLOCK && PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
253
254source "block/Kconfig.iosched"