linux/arch/s390/include
Jan Höppner 91dc4a1975 s390/dasd: Add new ioctl to release space
Userspace tools might have the need to release space for Extent Space
Efficient (ESE) volumes when working with such a device.

Provide the necessarry interface for such a task by implementing a new
ioctl BIODASDRAS. The ioctl uses the format_data_t data structure for
data input:

typedef struct format_data_t {
        unsigned int start_unit;        /* from track */
        unsigned int stop_unit;         /* to track */
        unsigned int blksize;           /* sectorsize */
        unsigned int intensity;
} format_data_t;

If the intensity is set to 0x40, start_unit and stop_unit are ignored
and space for the entire volume is released. Otherwise, if intensity is
set to 0, the respective range is released (if possible).

Signed-off-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Haberland <sth@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
2019-07-11 20:39:54 +02:00
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asm s390 updates for the 5.3 merge window 2019-07-08 10:06:12 -07:00
uapi/asm s390/dasd: Add new ioctl to release space 2019-07-11 20:39:54 +02:00