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Add 'drop_writes' option to drop writes silently while the device is 'down'. Reads are not touched. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <[email protected]>
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dm-flakey | ||
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This target is the same as the linear target except that it returns I/O | ||
errors periodically. It's been found useful in simulating failing | ||
devices for testing purposes. | ||
This target is the same as the linear target except that it exhibits | ||
unreliable behaviour periodically. It's been found useful in simulating | ||
failing devices for testing purposes. | ||
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Starting from the time the table is loaded, the device is available for | ||
<up interval> seconds, then returns errors for <down interval> seconds, | ||
and then this cycle repeats. | ||
<up interval> seconds, then exhibits unreliable behaviour for <down | ||
interval> seconds, and then this cycle repeats. | ||
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Parameters: <dev path> <offset> <up interval> <down interval> | ||
Also, consider using this in combination with the dm-delay target too, | ||
which can delay reads and writes and/or send them to different | ||
underlying devices. | ||
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Table parameters | ||
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<dev path> <offset> <up interval> <down interval> \ | ||
[<num_features> [<feature arguments>]] | ||
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Mandatory parameters: | ||
<dev path>: Full pathname to the underlying block-device, or a | ||
"major:minor" device-number. | ||
<offset>: Starting sector within the device. | ||
<up interval>: Number of seconds device is available. | ||
<down interval>: Number of seconds device returns errors. | ||
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Optional feature parameters: | ||
If no feature parameters are present, during the periods of | ||
unreliability, all I/O returns errors. | ||
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drop_writes: | ||
All write I/O is silently ignored. | ||
Read I/O is handled correctly. |
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