Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] Reduce number of KOBJ_REMOVE events

From: Kay Sievers
Date: Tue Jul 26 2011 - 11:48:19 EST


On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 16:22 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 14:54, Zdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dne 25.7.2011 14:17, Kay Sievers napsal(a):
>
> >>>> Then have 'dm_blk_dops' add '.uevent' and let the core call into the dm
> >>>> code to the needed properties to the 'remove' event, instead of sending
> >>>> its own, and see the duplication.
> >>>
> >>> Sounds like complex solution
> >>
> >> I don't think so, It's clean, ~30 lines long, and technically correct, I expect.
>
> In include/linux/blkdev.h add:
> int (*uevent) (struct gendisk *, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
> to
> struct block_device_operations
>
> In block/genhd.c add:
> .uevent = block_uevent;
> to
> struct class block_class
> and have the block_uevent() callback check for an existing uevent() in
> the block_device_operations, call it when it's specified.
>
> In drivers/md/dm.c add:
> .dm_uevent;
> to
> struct block_device_operations dm_blk_dops
> and add all the needed variables there, instead of sending out a faked
> device 'remove' event.

Here is the code to illustrate, and fix the issue of needing to send any
'remove' for a device from a driver.

Thanks,
Kay


diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 6024b82..c2e9714 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1097,8 +1097,21 @@ static void disk_release(struct device *dev)
free_part_info(&disk->part0);
kfree(disk);
}
+
+static int block_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+{
+ struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+
+ if (!disk->fops)
+ return 0;
+ if (disk->fops->uevent)
+ return disk->fops->uevent(disk, env);
+ return 0;
+}
+
struct class block_class = {
.name = "block",
+ .dev_uevent = block_uevent,
};

static char *block_devnode(struct device *dev, mode_t *mode)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 0cf68b4..22e486e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -2682,11 +2682,17 @@ void dm_free_md_mempools(struct dm_md_mempools *pools)
kfree(pools);
}

+static int dm_uevent(struct gendisk *disk, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+{
+ return add_uevent_var(env, "COOKIE_MONSTER=1");
+}
+
static const struct block_device_operations dm_blk_dops = {
.open = dm_blk_open,
.release = dm_blk_close,
.ioctl = dm_blk_ioctl,
.getgeo = dm_blk_getgeo,
+ .uevent = dm_uevent,
.owner = THIS_MODULE
};

diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 1a23722..6dbd69e 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1300,6 +1300,7 @@ struct block_device_operations {
void **, unsigned long *);
unsigned int (*check_events) (struct gendisk *disk,
unsigned int clearing);
+ int (*uevent) (struct gendisk *, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
/* ->media_changed() is DEPRECATED, use ->check_events() instead */
int (*media_changed) (struct gendisk *);
void (*unlock_native_capacity) (struct gendisk *);


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