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-rw-r--r--Documentation/block/null_blk.txt2
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/null_blk.c1
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt b/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt
index d8880ca30af4..3140dbd860d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/null_blk.txt
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ use_per_node_hctx=[0/1]: Default: 0
queue for each CPU node in the system.
use_lightnvm=[0/1]: Default: 0
- Register device with LightNVM. Requires blk-mq to be used.
+ Register device with LightNVM. Requires blk-mq and CONFIG_NVM to be enabled.
diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk.c b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
index ba6f4a2e73db..4943ee22716e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ static void null_nvm_unregister(struct nullb *nullb)
#else
static int null_nvm_register(struct nullb *nullb)
{
+ pr_err("null_blk: CONFIG_NVM needs to be enabled for LightNVM\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
static void null_nvm_unregister(struct nullb *nullb) {}