block: ioctl to zero block ranges
Introduce a BLKZEROOUT ioctl which can be used to clear block ranges by
way of blkdev_issue_zeroout().
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index aa11047..bd6f6e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@
#define BLKDISCARDZEROES _IO(0x12,124)
#define BLKSECDISCARD _IO(0x12,125)
#define BLKROTATIONAL _IO(0x12,126)
+#define BLKZEROOUT _IO(0x12,127)
#define BMAP_IOCTL 1 /* obsolete - kept for compatibility */
#define FIBMAP _IO(0x00,1) /* bmap access */