2 * Copyright (C) 2003 Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>
4 * This file is released under the GPL.
7 #include <linux/device-mapper.h>
9 #include <linux/module.h>
10 #include <linux/init.h>
11 #include <linux/bio.h>
13 #define DM_MSG_PREFIX "zero"
16 * Construct a dummy mapping that only returns zeros
18 static int zero_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
21 ti->error = "No arguments required";
29 * Return zeros only on reads
31 static int zero_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
32 union map_info *map_context)
39 /* readahead of null bytes only wastes buffer cache */
42 /* writes get silently dropped */
48 /* accepted bio, don't make new request */
49 return DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED;
52 static struct target_type zero_target = {
55 .module = THIS_MODULE,
60 static int __init dm_zero_init(void)
62 int r = dm_register_target(&zero_target);
65 DMERR("register failed %d", r);
70 static void __exit dm_zero_exit(void)
72 dm_unregister_target(&zero_target);
75 module_init(dm_zero_init)
76 module_exit(dm_zero_exit)
78 MODULE_AUTHOR("Christophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>");
79 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DM_NAME " dummy target returning zeros");
80 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");