The /sys/block/<disk>/integrity fields are historically set if T10 protection Information is enabled. It is not set if some upper layer uses integrity metadata. Document it. Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <gmazyland@xxxxxxxxx> Co-developed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block index 0cceb2badc83..16e485c05d36 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block @@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> Description: Indicates whether a storage device is capable of storing integrity metadata. Set if the device is T10 PI-capable. + This flag is set to 1 if the storage media is formatted + with T10 Protection Information. If the storage media is + not formatted with T10 Protection Information, this flag + is set to 0. What: /sys/block/<disk>/integrity/format @@ -117,6 +121,13 @@ Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> Description: Metadata format for integrity capable block device. E.g. T10-DIF-TYPE1-CRC. + This field describes the type of T10 Protection Information + that the block device can send and receive. + If the device can store application integrity metadata but + no T10 Protection Information profile is used, this field + contains "nop". + If the device does not support integrity metadata, this + field contains "none". What: /sys/block/<disk>/integrity/protection_interval_bytes @@ -142,7 +153,17 @@ Date: June 2008 Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> Description: Number of bytes of integrity tag space available per - 512 bytes of data. + protection_interval_bytes, which is typically + the device's logical block size. + This field describes the size of the application tag + if the storage device is formatted with T10 Protection + Information and permits use of the application tag. + The tag_size is reported in bytes and indicates the + space available for adding an opaque tag to each block + (protection_interval_bytes). + If the device does not support T10 Protection Information + (even if the device provides application integrity + metadata space), this field is set to 0. What: /sys/block/<disk>/integrity/write_generate -- 2.47.2
