null_blk: add zoned config support information

If the kernel is built without CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED, a modprobe
of the null_blk driver with zoned=1 fails with 'Invalid argument'.
This can be confusing to users, prompting a search as to why the
parameter is invalid. To assist in that search, add a bit more
information to the failure, additionally adding to the documentation
that CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED is needed for zoned=1.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: John Pittman <jpittman@redhat.com>

Added null_blk prefix to error message.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
This commit is contained in:
John Pittman
2019-01-04 12:06:37 -05:00
committed by Jens Axboe
parent bb351abaf5
commit 373282e7ab
2 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ shared_tags=[0/1]: Default: 0
zoned=[0/1]: Default: 0
0: Block device is exposed as a random-access block device.
1: Block device is exposed as a host-managed zoned block device.
1: Block device is exposed as a host-managed zoned block device. Requires
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED.
zone_size=[MB]: Default: 256
Per zone size when exposed as a zoned block device. Must be a power of two.