从ATA层向设备发送TRIM命令

    ATA TRIM命令是文件系统用来通知设备哪些逻辑地址不再被占用，可以被设备回收为空闲空间，在ATA命令集中，TRIM命令只是DATAMANAGEMENT SET（DMS）命令的一个子命令，DMS命令是专门用来做设备优化的（The DATA SET MANAGEMENT command provides information for deviceoptimization (e.g., file system information)，如图1所示，当DMS的feature属性最低位置1，发送的就是TRIM命令。

    TRIM命令的传送过程中，通过入口的方式传递需要告诉设备的LBA地址，比如需要告诉设备第11至18个block可以回收，在DMA的写buffer中共需8个字节，高16bit为len值8， 低48位为LBA起始地址11。 每个入口的长度因为用2个字节16bits表示，然后全0的reserved，所以每个入口最多可以表示65535个blocks，如需单次通知设备更多地址，就会再相应增加一个入口。

 

图1. DMS命令ATA格式

 

    发送ata_trim命令的代码如下，需要把它放到一个和内核一起编译的模块中，通过/proc/变量的值输入进行调用。 感兴趣的话，可以一起讨论喔

int ata_trim(uint block, uint n_block)
{
	struct ata_queued_cmd *qc=NULL;
	struct ata_taskfile *tf =NULL; 
	struct sg_table *table=kmalloc(sizeof(struct sg_table),GFP_ATOMIC);
	int rc=0,  nents=1; //entry(sg list) number of scatter/gathering list in sg_table
	struct page *pg_pt;
	u32 size;
	void *buf;	//transfer buffer to send lba addresses...

	if(ata_dev_lookup())
		goto error_exit;

	/*allocate an ata cmd structure from the ata port*/
	qc = ata_qc_new_init(dev);
	if(unlikely(!qc))
		goto error_exit;

	/*allocate sg_table and sg list*/
	allocate_mempool();
	rc = __sg_alloc_table(table, nents, SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS,GFP_ATOMIC, scsi_sg_alloc);
	if (unlikely(rc)){
		__sg_free_table(table, SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS,scsi_sg_free);
		goto error_exit;
		}

	pg_pt=alloc_pages(GFP_ATOMIC,0);  //allocate 1page: 4k dataspace...
	if(!pg_pt)
		goto error_exit;
	printk("\nStarting block is : %lu , blocks count is : %d \n\n", block, n_block);
	
	sg_set_page(table->sgl, pg_pt, 8, 0);	// 8 bytes for 1 trim entry
	
	table->nents=1;
	table->orig_nents=1;
	ata_sg_init(qc,table->sgl,1); 

	qc->scsidone=my_scsidone; 
	qc->complete_fn=my_ata_scsi_qc_complete;
	
	//orignally for write_same of multiple areas... now to transfer only one LBA...
	buf = page_address(sg_page(table->sgl));	
	if(!buf)
		goto error_exit;
	//size is the used bytes and it is the size for DMA to transfer
	size = ata_set_lba_range_entries(buf, 4096, block, n_block);	
	qc->dma_dir=DMA_TO_DEVICE;
	qc->nbytes=size;	//data size in bytes to be transfered
	
	tf=&qc->tf;
	tf->protocol = ATA_PROT_DMA;
	tf->hob_feature = 0;
	tf->feature = ATA_DSM_TRIM;
	tf->hob_nsect = (size / 512) >> 8;
	tf->nsect = size / 512;
	tf->command = ATA_CMD_DSM;
	tf->flags |= ATA_TFLAG_ISADDR | ATA_TFLAG_DEVICE | ATA_TFLAG_LBA48 |
		     ATA_TFLAG_WRITE;

	if(!qc->sg || !qc->n_elem || !qc->nbytes)
		goto error_exit;

	ata_qc_issue(qc);
	mdelay(800);
	qc_error_disp(qc->err_mask);

	return 0;
error_exit:
	printk("\n\nTO client--------------Getting Resources	failed----------------- \n\n");
	return 1;
}