| From: |
| David Sterba <dsterba-AT-suse.com> |
| To: |
| linux-btrfs-AT-vger.kernel.org |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH 0/5] Ioctl to clear unused space in various ways |
| Date: |
| Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:49:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID: |
| <cover.1740753608.git.dsterba@suse.com> |
| Cc: |
| David Sterba <dsterba-AT-suse.com> |
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| Article |
Add ioctl that is similar to FITRIM and in addition to trim can do also
zeroing (either plain overwrite, or unmap the blocks if the device
supports it) and secure erase.
This can be used to zero the unused space in e.g. VM images (when run
from inside the guest, if fstrim is not supported) or free space on
thin-provisioned devices.
The secure erase is provided by blkdiscard command but I'm not aware of
equivalent that can be run on a filesystem, so this is for parity.
David Sterba (5):
btrfs: extend trim callchains to pass the operation type
btrfs: add new ioctl CLEAR_FREE
btrfs: add zeroout mode to CLEAR_FREE ioctl
btrfs: add secure erase mode to CLEAR_FREE ioctl
btrfs: add more zeroout modes to CLEAR_FREE ioctl
fs/btrfs/discard.c | 4 +-
fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c | 159 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
fs/btrfs/extent-tree.h | 5 +-
fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c | 29 ++++---
fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h | 8 +-
fs/btrfs/inode.c | 2 +-
fs/btrfs/ioctl.c | 42 ++++++++++
fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 3 +-
include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h | 46 +++++++++++
9 files changed, 258 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
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2.47.1