Re: [PATCH v2 17/17] ibmvfc: provide modules parameters for MQ settings

From: Brian King
Date: Wed Dec 02 2020 - 13:41:52 EST


On 12/1/20 6:53 PM, Tyrel Datwyler wrote:
> +module_param_named(mig_channels_only, mig_channels_only, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(mig_channels_only, "Prevent migration to non-channelized system. "
> + "[Default=" __stringify(IBMVFC_MIG_NO_SUB_TO_CRQ) "]");
> +module_param_named(mig_no_less_channels, mig_no_less_channels, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(mig_no_less_channels, "Prevent migration to system with less channels. "
> + "[Default=" __stringify(IBMVFC_MIG_NO_N_TO_M) "]");

Both of these are writeable, but it doesn't look like you do any re-negotiation
with the VIOS for these changed settings to take effect if someone changes
them at runtime.

> +
> module_param_named(init_timeout, init_timeout, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(init_timeout, "Initialization timeout in seconds. "
> "[Default=" __stringify(IBMVFC_INIT_TIMEOUT) "]");

> @@ -3228,6 +3250,36 @@ static ssize_t ibmvfc_store_log_level(struct device *dev,
> return strlen(buf);
> }
>
> +static ssize_t ibmvfc_show_scsi_channels(struct device *dev,
> + struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> + struct Scsi_Host *shost = class_to_shost(dev);
> + struct ibmvfc_host *vhost = shost_priv(shost);
> + unsigned long flags = 0;
> + int len;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
> + len = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", vhost->client_scsi_channels);
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
> + return len;
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t ibmvfc_store_scsi_channels(struct device *dev,
> + struct device_attribute *attr,
> + const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> + struct Scsi_Host *shost = class_to_shost(dev);
> + struct ibmvfc_host *vhost = shost_priv(shost);
> + unsigned long flags = 0;
> + unsigned int channels;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
> + channels = simple_strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
> + vhost->client_scsi_channels = min(channels, nr_scsi_hw_queues);

Don't we need to do a LIP here for this new setting to go into effect?

> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
> + return strlen(buf);
> +}
> +
> static DEVICE_ATTR(partition_name, S_IRUGO, ibmvfc_show_host_partition_name, NULL);
> static DEVICE_ATTR(device_name, S_IRUGO, ibmvfc_show_host_device_name, NULL);
> static DEVICE_ATTR(port_loc_code, S_IRUGO, ibmvfc_show_host_loc_code, NULL);



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Brian King
Power Linux I/O
IBM Linux Technology Center