dm: add flakey target
This target is the same as the linear target except that it returns I/O
errors periodically. It's been found useful in simulating failing
devices for testing purposes.
I needed a dm target to do some failure testing on btrfs's raid code, and
Mike pointed me at this.
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
index 98d9ec8..8420129 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
@@ -327,4 +327,10 @@
---help---
Generate udev events for DM events.
+config DM_FLAKEY
+ tristate "Flakey target (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on BLK_DEV_DM && EXPERIMENTAL
+ ---help---
+ A target that intermittently fails I/O for debugging purposes.
+
endif # MD