From 66ba32dc167202c3cf8c86806581a9393ec7f488 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Martin K. Petersen" Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:19:29 -0400 Subject: 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 Acked-by: Mike Snitzer Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- include/linux/fs.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index aa110476a95..bd6f6e7ca48 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t { #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 */ -- cgit v1.2.3