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