@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ static int linear_report_zones(struct dm_target *ti,
#define linear_report_zones NULL
#endif
+static void linear_io_hints(struct dm_target *ti, struct queue_limits *limits)
+{
+ limits->driver_preserves_write_order = true;
+}
+
static int linear_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
iterate_devices_callout_fn fn, void *data)
{
@@ -209,6 +214,7 @@ static struct target_type linear_target = {
.map = linear_map,
.status = linear_status,
.prepare_ioctl = linear_prepare_ioctl,
+ .io_hints = linear_io_hints,
.iterate_devices = linear_iterate_devices,
.direct_access = linear_dax_direct_access,
.dax_zero_page_range = linear_dax_zero_page_range,
Enable write pipelining if dm-linear is stacked on top of a driver that supports write pipelining. Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org> --- drivers/md/dm-linear.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)