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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/zonefs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/zonefs.rst index 6c18bc8ce332..c22124c2213d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/zonefs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/zonefs.rst @@ -306,8 +306,15 @@ Further notes: Mount options ------------- -zonefs define the "errors=<behavior>" mount option to allow the user to specify -zonefs behavior in response to I/O errors, inode size inconsistencies or zone +zonefs defines several mount options: +* errors=<behavior> +* explicit-open + +"errors=<behavior>" option +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The "errors=<behavior>" option mount option allows the user to specify zonefs +behavior in response to I/O errors, inode size inconsistencies or zone condition changes. The defined behaviors are as follow: * remount-ro (default) @@ -326,6 +333,62 @@ discover the amount of data that has been written to the zone. In the case of a read-only zone discovered at run-time, as indicated in the previous section. The size of the zone file is left unchanged from its last updated value. +"explicit-open" option +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +A zoned block device (e.g. an NVMe Zoned Namespace device) may have limits on +the number of zones that can be active, that is, zones that are in the +implicit open, explicit open or closed conditions. This potential limitation +translates into a risk for applications to see write IO errors due to this +limit being exceeded if the zone of a file is not already active when a write +request is issued by the user. + +To avoid these potential errors, the "explicit-open" mount option forces zones +to be made active using an open zone command when a file is opened for writing +for the first time. If the zone open command succeeds, the application is then +guaranteed that write requests can be processed. Conversely, the +"explicit-open" mount option will result in a zone close command being issued +to the device on the last close() of a zone file if the zone is not full nor +empty. + +Runtime sysfs attributes +------------------------ + +zonefs defines several sysfs attributes for mounted devices. All attributes +are user readable and can be found in the directory /sys/fs/zonefs/<dev>/, +where <dev> is the name of the mounted zoned block device. + +The attributes defined are as follows. + +* **max_wro_seq_files**: This attribute reports the maximum number of + sequential zone files that can be open for writing. This number corresponds + to the maximum number of explicitly or implicitly open zones that the device + supports. A value of 0 means that the device has no limit and that any zone + (any file) can be open for writing and written at any time, regardless of the + state of other zones. When the *explicit-open* mount option is used, zonefs + will fail any open() system call requesting to open a sequential zone file for + writing when the number of sequential zone files already open for writing has + reached the *max_wro_seq_files* limit. +* **nr_wro_seq_files**: This attribute reports the current number of sequential + zone files open for writing. When the "explicit-open" mount option is used, + this number can never exceed *max_wro_seq_files*. If the *explicit-open* + mount option is not used, the reported number can be greater than + *max_wro_seq_files*. In such case, it is the responsibility of the + application to not write simultaneously more than *max_wro_seq_files* + sequential zone files. Failure to do so can result in write errors. +* **max_active_seq_files**: This attribute reports the maximum number of + sequential zone files that are in an active state, that is, sequential zone + files that are partially written (not empty nor full) or that have a zone that + is explicitly open (which happens only if the *explicit-open* mount option is + used). This number is always equal to the maximum number of active zones that + the device supports. A value of 0 means that the mounted device has no limit + on the number of sequential zone files that can be active. +* **nr_active_seq_files**: This attributes reports the current number of + sequential zone files that are active. If *max_active_seq_files* is not 0, + then the value of *nr_active_seq_files* can never exceed the value of + *nr_active_seq_files*, regardless of the use of the *explicit-open* mount + option. + Zonefs User Space Tools ======================= |