Re: [PATCH 2/3] lightnvm: allow targets to use sysfs

From: Matias BjÃrling
Date: Mon Jan 30 2017 - 05:30:34 EST


On 01/26/2017 12:47 PM, Javier GonzÃlez wrote:
> In order to register through the sysfs interface, a driver needs to know
> its kobject. On a disk structure, this happens when the partition
> information is added (device_add_disk), which for lightnvm takes place
> after the target has been initialized. This means that on target
> initialization, the kboject has not been created yet.
>
> This patch adds a target function to let targets initialize their own
> kboject as a child of the disk kobject.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier GonzÃlez <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/lightnvm/core.c | 9 +++++++++
> include/linux/lightnvm.h | 5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> index 3a3e91d..8baae61 100644
> --- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> @@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ static int nvm_create_tgt(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_ioctl_create *create)
> set_capacity(tdisk, tt->capacity(targetdata));
> add_disk(tdisk);
>
> + if (tt->sysfs_init && tt->sysfs_init(tdisk))
> + goto err_sysfs;
> +
> t->type = tt;
> t->disk = tdisk;
> t->dev = tgt_dev;
> @@ -298,6 +301,9 @@ static int nvm_create_tgt(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_ioctl_create *create)
> mutex_unlock(&dev->mlock);
>
> return 0;
> +err_sysfs:
> + if (tt->exit)
> + tt->exit(targetdata);
> err_init:
> put_disk(tdisk);
> err_queue:
> @@ -320,6 +326,9 @@ static void __nvm_remove_target(struct nvm_target *t)
> del_gendisk(tdisk);
> blk_cleanup_queue(q);
>
> + if (tt->sysfs_exit)
> + tt->sysfs_exit(tdisk->private_data);

Lets pass gendisk here.

> +
> if (tt->exit)
> tt->exit(tdisk->private_data);
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
> index a75d8c0..11c318e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/lightnvm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
> @@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ typedef blk_qc_t (nvm_tgt_make_rq_fn)(struct request_queue *, struct bio *);
> typedef sector_t (nvm_tgt_capacity_fn)(void *);
> typedef void *(nvm_tgt_init_fn)(struct nvm_tgt_dev *, struct gendisk *);
> typedef void (nvm_tgt_exit_fn)(void *);
> +typedef int (nvm_tgt_sysfs_init_fn)(struct gendisk *);
>
> struct nvm_tgt_type {
> const char *name;
> @@ -453,6 +454,10 @@ struct nvm_tgt_type {
> nvm_tgt_init_fn *init;
> nvm_tgt_exit_fn *exit;
>
> + /* sysfs */
> + nvm_tgt_sysfs_init_fn *sysfs_init;
> + nvm_tgt_exit_fn *sysfs_exit;

Might as well typedef an exit for synergy.

> +
> /* For internal use */
> struct list_head list;
> };
>

Thanks. Applied. I have made the above modifications.