dm: prepare to support WRITE SAME

Allow targets to opt in to WRITE SAME support by setting
'num_write_same_requests' in the dm_target structure.

A dm device will only advertise WRITE SAME support if all its
targets and all its underlying devices support it.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 38d27a10aa5d..d1f6cd8486f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ struct dm_target {
 	 */
 	unsigned num_discard_requests;
 
+	/*
+	 * The number of WRITE SAME requests that will be submitted to the target.
+	 */
+	unsigned num_write_same_requests;
+
 	/* target specific data */
 	void *private;