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BLK_INTEGRITY_REGIST(9) Block Devices BLK_INTEGRITY_REGIST(9)

NAME

blk_integrity_register - Register a gendisk as being integrity-capable

SYNOPSIS

int blk_integrity_register(struct gendisk * disk, struct blk_integrity * template);

ARGUMENTS

disk
struct gendisk pointer to make integrity-aware
template
optional integrity profile to register

DESCRIPTION

When a device needs to advertise itself as being able to send/receive integrity metadata it must use this function to register the capability with the block layer. The template is a blk_integrity struct with values appropriate for the underlying hardware. If template is NULL the new profile is allocated but not filled out. See Documentation/block/data-integrity.txt.

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May 2018 Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16