block: Block layer data integrity support
Some block devices support verifying the integrity of requests by way
of checksums or other protection information that is submitted along
with the I/O.
This patch implements support for generating and verifying integrity
metadata, as well as correctly merging, splitting and cloning bios and
requests that have this extra information attached.
See Documentation/block/data-integrity.txt for more information.
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 3e97f2b..1ab7c15 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -81,6 +81,18 @@
If unsure, say N.
+config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
+ bool "Block layer data integrity support"
+ ---help---
+ Some storage devices allow extra information to be
+ stored/retrieved to help protect the data. The block layer
+ data integrity option provides hooks which can be used by
+ filesystems to ensure better data integrity.
+
+ Say yes here if you have a storage device that provides the
+ T10/SCSI Data Integrity Field or the T13/ATA External Path
+ Protection. If in doubt, say N.
+
endif # BLOCK
config BLOCK_COMPAT