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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c20
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 91de2e0755ae..48629d3433b4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -1866,8 +1866,8 @@ again:
message = "writing protocol";
goto abort_transaction;
}
- err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
- "feature-persistent", "%u", 1);
+ err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "feature-persistent", "%u",
+ info->feature_persistent);
if (err)
dev_warn(&dev->dev,
"writing persistent grants feature to xenbus");
@@ -1941,6 +1941,13 @@ static int negotiate_mq(struct blkfront_info *info)
}
return 0;
}
+
+/* Enable the persistent grants feature. */
+static bool feature_persistent = true;
+module_param(feature_persistent, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(feature_persistent,
+ "Enables the persistent grants feature");
+
/**
* Entry point to this code when a new device is created. Allocate the basic
* structures and the ring buffer for communication with the backend, and
@@ -2007,6 +2014,8 @@ static int blkfront_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
info->vdevice = vdevice;
info->connected = BLKIF_STATE_DISCONNECTED;
+ info->feature_persistent = feature_persistent;
+
/* Front end dir is a number, which is used as the id. */
info->handle = simple_strtoul(strrchr(dev->nodename, '/')+1, NULL, 0);
dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, info);
@@ -2316,9 +2325,10 @@ static void blkfront_gather_backend_features(struct blkfront_info *info)
if (xenbus_read_unsigned(info->xbdev->otherend, "feature-discard", 0))
blkfront_setup_discard(info);
- info->feature_persistent =
- !!xenbus_read_unsigned(info->xbdev->otherend,
- "feature-persistent", 0);
+ if (info->feature_persistent)
+ info->feature_persistent =
+ !!xenbus_read_unsigned(info->xbdev->otherend,
+ "feature-persistent", 0);
indirect_segments = xenbus_read_unsigned(info->xbdev->otherend,
"feature-max-indirect-segments", 0);