#endif
#define blkif_sector_t uint64_t
-#define BLKIF_OP_READ 0
-#define BLKIF_OP_WRITE 1
+/*
+ * REQUEST CODES.
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_READ 0
+#define BLKIF_OP_WRITE 1
+/*
+ * Recognised only if "feature-barrier" is present in backend xenbus info.
+ * The "feature_barrier" node contains a boolean indicating whether barrier
+ * requests are likely to succeed or fail. Either way, a barrier request
+ * may fail at any time with BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP if it is unsupported by
+ * the underlying block-device hardware. The boolean simply indicates whether
+ * or not it is worthwhile for the frontend to attempt barrier requests.
+ * If a backend does not recognise BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER, it should *not*
+ * create the "feature-barrier" node!
+ */
+#define BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER 2
/*
* Maximum scatter/gather segments per request.
};
typedef struct blkif_response blkif_response_t;
-#define BLKIF_RSP_ERROR -1 /* non-specific 'error' */
-#define BLKIF_RSP_OKAY 0 /* non-specific 'okay' */
+/*
+ * STATUS RETURN CODES.
+ */
+ /* Operation not supported (only happens on barrier writes). */
+#define BLKIF_RSP_EOPNOTSUPP -2
+ /* Operation failed for some unspecified reason (-EIO). */
+#define BLKIF_RSP_ERROR -1
+ /* Operation completed successfully. */
+#define BLKIF_RSP_OKAY 0
/*
* Generate blkif ring structures and types.