1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 # Block layer core configuration
6 bool "Enable the block layer" if EXPERT
11 Provide block layer support for the kernel.
13 Disable this option to remove the block layer support from the
14 kernel. This may be useful for embedded devices.
16 If this option is disabled:
18 - block device files will become unusable
19 - some filesystems (such as ext3) will become unavailable.
21 Also, SCSI character devices and USB storage will be disabled since
22 they make use of various block layer definitions and facilities.
24 Say Y here unless you know you really don't want to mount disks and
29 config BLK_RQ_ALLOC_TIME
32 config BLK_SCSI_REQUEST
36 bool "Block layer SG support v4"
38 select BLK_SCSI_REQUEST
40 Saying Y here will enable generic SG (SCSI generic) v4 support
43 Unlike SG v3 (aka block/scsi_ioctl.c drivers/scsi/sg.c), SG v4
44 can handle complicated SCSI commands: tagged variable length cdbs
45 with bidirectional data transfers and generic request/response
46 protocols (e.g. Task Management Functions and SMP in Serial
49 This option is required by recent UDEV versions to properly
50 access device serial numbers, etc.
55 bool "Block layer SG support v4 helper lib"
57 select BLK_SCSI_REQUEST
59 Subsystems will normally enable this if needed. Users will not
60 normally need to manually enable this.
64 config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
65 bool "Block layer data integrity support"
66 select CRC_T10DIF if BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
68 Some storage devices allow extra information to be
69 stored/retrieved to help protect the data. The block layer
70 data integrity option provides hooks which can be used by
71 filesystems to ensure better data integrity.
73 Say yes here if you have a storage device that provides the
74 T10/SCSI Data Integrity Field or the T13/ATA External Path
75 Protection. If in doubt, say N.
78 bool "Zoned block device support"
79 select MQ_IOSCHED_DEADLINE
81 Block layer zoned block device support. This option enables
82 support for ZAC/ZBC host-managed and host-aware zoned block devices.
84 Say yes here if you have a ZAC or ZBC storage device.
86 config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
87 bool "Block layer bio throttling support"
88 depends on BLK_CGROUP=y
90 Block layer bio throttling support. It can be used to limit
91 the IO rate to a device. IO rate policies are per cgroup and
92 one needs to mount and use blkio cgroup controller for creating
93 cgroups and specifying per device IO rate policies.
95 See Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v1/blkio-controller.rst for more information.
97 config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING_LOW
98 bool "Block throttling .low limit interface support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
99 depends on BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
101 Add .low limit interface for block throttling. The low limit is a best
102 effort limit to prioritize cgroups. Depending on the setting, the limit
103 can be used to protect cgroups in terms of bandwidth/iops and better
104 utilize disk resource.
106 Note, this is an experimental interface and could be changed someday.
108 config BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER
109 bool "Block device command line partition parser"
111 Enabling this option allows you to specify the partition layout from
112 the kernel boot args. This is typically of use for embedded devices
113 which don't otherwise have any standardized method for listing the
114 partitions on a block device.
116 See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.rst for more information.
119 bool "Enable support for block device writeback throttling"
121 Enabling this option enables the block layer to throttle buffered
122 background writeback from the VM, making it more smooth and having
123 less impact on foreground operations. The throttling is done
124 dynamically on an algorithm loosely based on CoDel, factoring in
125 the realtime performance of the disk.
127 config BLK_CGROUP_IOLATENCY
128 bool "Enable support for latency based cgroup IO protection"
129 depends on BLK_CGROUP=y
131 Enabling this option enables the .latency interface for IO throttling.
132 The IO controller will attempt to maintain average IO latencies below
133 the configured latency target, throttling anybody with a higher latency
134 target than the victimized group.
136 Note, this is an experimental interface and could be changed someday.
138 config BLK_CGROUP_IOCOST
139 bool "Enable support for cost model based cgroup IO controller"
140 depends on BLK_CGROUP=y
141 select BLK_RQ_ALLOC_TIME
143 Enabling this option enables the .weight interface for cost
144 model based proportional IO control. The IO controller
145 distributes IO capacity between different groups based on
146 their share of the overall weight distribution.
149 bool "Multiqueue writeback throttling"
153 Enable writeback throttling by default on multiqueue devices.
154 Multiqueue currently doesn't have support for IO scheduling,
155 enabling this option is recommended.
158 bool "Block layer debugging information in debugfs"
162 Include block layer debugging information in debugfs. This information
163 is mostly useful for kernel developers, but it doesn't incur any cost
166 Unless you are building a kernel for a tiny system, you should
169 config BLK_DEBUG_FS_ZONED
171 default BLK_DEBUG_FS && BLK_DEV_ZONED
174 bool "Logic for interfacing with Opal enabled SEDs"
176 Builds Logic for interfacing with Opal enabled controllers.
177 Enabling this option enables users to setup/unlock/lock
178 Locking ranges for SED devices using the Opal protocol.
180 menu "Partition Types"
182 source "block/partitions/Kconfig"
190 depends on BLOCK && COMPAT
195 depends on BLOCK && PCI
200 depends on BLOCK && VIRTIO
205 depends on BLOCK && INFINIBAND
211 source "block/Kconfig.iosched"