s390/dasd: Stamp a format label into newly formatted volumes

When a CDL volume is formatted, write a small on-disk label so the format
can later be recognised by the kernel. The next patch will use this for
ESE detection.

The label records a magic, a version, whether the volume is ESE, and
whether it was formatted quick (space released, thin) or full.

It lives in track 0, head 0, record 4 (the first non-special CDL record).
R4 is written by the same channel program that formats track 0
- its WRITE_CKD transfers count + the label data instead of count-only -
so label and track format reach the disk atomically; a valid magic then
marks a completed format without a separate, racy write.

Quick vs full is derived from a full space release (RAS) preceding the
format: dasd_eckd_release_space_full() sets a per-device flag the next
format consumes. Non-ESE volumes and formats without a preceding full
release are recorded as full.

struct dasd_format_label is exactly 512 bytes (the smallest block size)
so it fits one record; larger blocks zero-pad the rest.

Reviewed-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Haberland <sth@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260805111612.1285190-16-sth@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
This commit is contained in:
Stefan Haberland
2026-08-05 13:16:08 +02:00
committed by Jens Axboe
parent 4e304b2e56
commit 7d206efdc2
2 changed files with 114 additions and 5 deletions

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@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/utsname.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <asm/css_chars.h>
@@ -2722,6 +2723,28 @@ dasd_eckd_build_check(struct dasd_device *base, struct format_data_t *fdata,
return cqr;
}
/* Fill the format label into a R4 record buffer, zero-padded to blksize. */
static void dasd_eckd_fill_format_label(struct dasd_device *device, void *data,
unsigned int blksize)
{
struct dasd_eckd_private *private = device->private;
struct dasd_format_label *label = data;
memset(label, 0, blksize);
label->magic = DASD_ESE_LABEL_MAGIC;
label->version = DASD_ESE_LABEL_VERSION;
if (dasd_eckd_is_ese(device))
label->flags |= DASD_ESE_LABEL_F_ESE;
if (private->ese_format_quick)
label->flags |= DASD_ESE_LABEL_F_QUICK;
else
label->flags |= DASD_ESE_LABEL_F_FULL;
label->blksize = blksize;
label->format_tod = get_tod_clock();
strscpy(label->kernel_version, init_utsname()->release,
sizeof(label->kernel_version));
}
static struct dasd_ccw_req *
dasd_eckd_build_format(struct dasd_device *base, struct dasd_device *startdev,
struct format_data_t *fdata, int enable_pav)
@@ -2740,6 +2763,7 @@ dasd_eckd_build_format(struct dasd_device *base, struct dasd_device *startdev,
int r0_perm;
int nr_tracks;
int use_prefix;
int write_label;
if (enable_pav)
startdev = dasd_alias_get_start_dev(base);
@@ -2773,6 +2797,15 @@ dasd_eckd_build_format(struct dasd_device *base, struct dasd_device *startdev,
use_prefix = base_priv->features.feature[8] & 0x01;
/*
* Stamp the format label into R4 of the very first track. Only for CDL
* (R4 is the first non-special record there), only when this request
* covers track 0, only for the record-writing format intensities (not
* track invalidation), and only if the track actually has an R4.
*/
write_label = (intensity & 0x08) && !((intensity & ~0x08) & 0x04) &&
fdata->start_unit == 0 && rpt > 3;
switch (intensity) {
case 0x00: /* Normal format */
case 0x08: /* Normal format, use cdl. */
@@ -2819,6 +2852,10 @@ dasd_eckd_build_format(struct dasd_device *base, struct dasd_device *startdev,
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
/* room for the label data that R4 carries in addition to its count */
if (write_label)
datasize += fdata->blksize;
fcp = dasd_fmalloc_request(DASD_ECKD_MAGIC, cplength, datasize, startdev);
if (IS_ERR(fcp))
return fcp;
@@ -2963,7 +3000,21 @@ dasd_eckd_build_format(struct dasd_device *base, struct dasd_device *startdev,
ccw->cmd_code =
DASD_ECKD_CCW_WRITE_CKD_MT;
ccw->flags = CCW_FLAG_SLI;
ccw->count = 8;
if (write_label && address.cyl == 0 &&
address.head == 0 && i == 3) {
/*
* R4 carries the label as its record
* data; it follows ect contiguously so
* the CCW transfers count + data.
*/
dasd_eckd_fill_format_label(base,
data,
fdata->blksize);
data += fdata->blksize;
ccw->count = 8 + fdata->blksize;
} else {
ccw->count = 8;
}
ccw->cda = virt_to_dma32(ect);
ccw++;
}
@@ -3173,6 +3224,9 @@ static int dasd_eckd_format_process_data(struct dasd_device *base,
static int dasd_eckd_format_device(struct dasd_device *base,
struct format_data_t *fdata, int enable_pav)
{
struct dasd_eckd_private *private = base->private;
int rc;
/*
* A full format (start_unit == 0) returns the device to a fully sparse
* state, so restart the heuristic from ft1 without an offline cycle.
@@ -3180,8 +3234,18 @@ static int dasd_eckd_format_device(struct dasd_device *base,
if (fdata->start_unit == 0)
dasd_ft_bias_apply(base);
return dasd_eckd_format_process_data(base, fdata, enable_pav, 0, NULL,
0, NULL);
rc = dasd_eckd_format_process_data(base, fdata, enable_pav, 0, NULL,
0, NULL);
/*
* The quick-format indicator was consumed by the label stamped into
* track 0; clear it so a later format that is not preceded by a full
* space release is recorded as a full format.
*/
if (fdata->start_unit == 0)
private->ese_format_quick = 0;
return rc;
}
static bool test_and_set_format_track(sector_t start, sector_t end,
@@ -4082,6 +4146,7 @@ dasd_eckd_dso_ras(struct dasd_device *device, struct dasd_block *block,
static int dasd_eckd_release_space_full(struct dasd_device *device)
{
struct dasd_eckd_private *private;
struct dasd_ccw_req *cqr;
int rc;
@@ -4093,10 +4158,16 @@ static int dasd_eckd_release_space_full(struct dasd_device *device)
if (!rc) {
/*
* Releasing all space (RAS) wipes every track and the device is fully
* sparse again, so restart the heuristic from ft1.
* Releasing all space (RAS) wipes every track and the device is
* fully sparse again, so restart the heuristic from ft1.
*/
dasd_ft_bias_apply(device);
/*
* A full release is what makes a subsequent format a quick
* (thin) one; remember it so the format label records that.
*/
private = device->private;
private->ese_format_quick = 1;
}
dasd_sfree_request(cqr, cqr->memdev);

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@@ -159,6 +159,39 @@ struct eckd_r0 {
#define DASD_EAV_CYL_HI_SHIFT 16 /* cylinder bits beyond the 16-bit cyl field */
#define DASD_EAV_HEAD_HI_SHIFT 4 /* head occupies the low-order 4 bits of head */
/*
* On-disk DASD format label.
*
* Written into track 0, head 0, record 4 (R4 - the first non-special CDL
* record) as part of the same channel program that formats track 0, so it is
* stored atomically with the track: either both the track format and the label
* make it to disk or neither does. Its presence with a valid magic therefore
* marks a completed format and can be used for format detection.
*
* The structure is exactly the smallest supported block size (512 bytes) so it
* always fits into a single record.
* For larger block sizes the rest of the record is zero padded.
* The magic together with the version is used to recognise a valid label.
*/
#define DASD_ESE_LABEL_MAGIC 0xC4C1E2C4C6D4E3F1ULL /* EBCDIC "DASDFMT1" */
#define DASD_ESE_LABEL_VERSION 1
/* dasd_format_label.flags */
#define DASD_ESE_LABEL_F_ESE 0x00000001 /* volume is extent space efficient */
#define DASD_ESE_LABEL_F_QUICK 0x00000002 /* quick (space released) format */
#define DASD_ESE_LABEL_F_FULL 0x00000004 /* full format */
struct dasd_format_label {
__u64 magic; /* DASD_ESE_LABEL_MAGIC */
__u32 version; /* DASD_ESE_LABEL_VERSION */
__u32 flags; /* DASD_ESE_LABEL_F_* */
__u32 blksize; /* block size the volume was formatted with */
__u32 reserved0;
__u64 format_tod; /* TOD clock at format time */
__u8 kernel_version[64]; /* NUL terminated kernel release (uname -r) */
__u8 reserved[416]; /* pad the struct to 512 bytes */
} __packed;
struct ch_t {
__u16 cyl;
__u16 head;
@@ -709,6 +742,11 @@ struct dasd_eckd_private {
u32 fcx_max_data;
char suc_reason;
/*
* Set when the whole volume's space was released (full RAS); consumed by
* the next format to mark the on-disk label as a quick (vs full) format.
*/
int ese_format_quick;
};