From: David Teigland Add a library function dm_create_error_table() to create a table that rejects any I/O sent to a device with EIO. Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon Index: linux-2.6.17/include/linux/device-mapper.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.17.orig/include/linux/device-mapper.h 2006-06-23 16:08:56.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.17/include/linux/device-mapper.h 2006-06-23 19:01:58.000000000 +0100 @@ -232,5 +232,11 @@ void dm_table_event(struct dm_table *t); */ int dm_swap_table(struct mapped_device *md, struct dm_table *t); +/* + * Prepare a table for a device that will error all I/O. + * To make it active, call dm_suspend(), dm_swap_table() then dm_resume(). + */ +int dm_create_error_table(struct dm_table **result, struct mapped_device *md); + #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ #endif /* _LINUX_DEVICE_MAPPER_H */ Index: linux-2.6.17/drivers/md/dm-table.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.17.orig/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2006-06-23 16:08:56.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.17/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2006-06-23 19:01:57.000000000 +0100 @@ -237,6 +237,44 @@ int dm_table_create(struct dm_table **re return 0; } +int dm_create_error_table(struct dm_table **result, struct mapped_device *md) +{ + struct dm_table *t; + sector_t dev_size = 1; + int r; + + /* + * Find current size of device. + * Default to 1 sector if inactive. + */ + t = dm_get_table(md); + if (t) { + dev_size = dm_table_get_size(t); + dm_table_put(t); + } + + r = dm_table_create(&t, FMODE_READ, 1, md); + if (r) + return r; + + r = dm_table_add_target(t, "error", 0, dev_size, NULL); + if (r) + goto out; + + r = dm_table_complete(t); + if (r) + goto out; + + *result = t; + +out: + if (r) + dm_table_put(t); + + return r; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_create_error_table); + static void free_devices(struct list_head *devices) { struct list_head *tmp, *next;