block: Add BLKROTATIONAL ioctl

Introduce an ioctl which permits applications to query whether a block
device is rotational.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c
index 7b72502..7c668c8 100644 (file)
--- 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 ca939fc..337d207 100644 (file)
--- 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 e0bc4ff..95dd911 100644 (file)
--- 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 */