Re: [RFC 1/1] s390/pci: expose UID checking state in sysfs

[Niklas Schnelle]

On 1/14/21 5:14 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 04:51:17PM +0100, Niklas Schnelle wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 1/14/21 4:17 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 04:06:11PM +0100, Niklas Schnelle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/14/21 2:58 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 02:44:53PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 02:20:10PM +0100, Niklas Schnelle wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 1/13/21 7:55 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 08:47:58AM +0100, Niklas Schnelle wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 1/12/21 10:50 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
... snip ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey Niklas et al. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think this will need input from Greg. He should be best versed in
>>>>>> sysfs attributes. The problem with KERNEL_ATTR_* to me seems that it's
>>>>>> supposed to be kernel internal. Now, that might just be a matter of
>>>>>> renaming the macro but let's see whether Greg has any better idea or
>>>>>> more questions. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> The big question is, why are you needing this?
>>>>>
>>>>> No driver or driver subsystem should EVER be messing with a "raw"
>>>>> kobject like this.  Just use the existing DEVICE_* macros instead
>>>>> please.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are using a raw kobject, please ask me how to do this properly,
>>>>> as that is something that should NEVER show up in the /sys/devices/*
>>>>> tree.  Otherwise userspace tools will break.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> greg k-h
>>>>
>>>> Hi Greg,
>>>>
>>>> this is for an architecture specific but global i.e. not device bound PCI
>>>> attribute. That's why DEVICE_ATTR_* does not work. BUS_ATTR_* would work
>>>> but only if we place the attribute directly under /sys/bus/pci/new_attr.
>>>
>>> Then you are doing something wrong :)
>>
>> That is very possible.
>>
>>>
>>> Where _exactly_ are you wanting to put this attribute?
>>
>> I'm trying for /sys/bus/pci/zpci/uid_checking, I'm using
>> the below code and the attribute even shows up but reading
>> it gives me two 0 bytes only.
>> The relevant code is only a slight alteration of the original patch
>> as follows:
>>
>> static ssize_t uid_checking_show(struct bus_type *bus, char *buf)
>> {
>> 	return sprintf(buf, "%i\n", zpci_unique_uid);
>> }
>> static BUS_ATTR_RO(uid_checking);
>>
>> static struct kset *zpci_global_kset;
>>
>> static struct attribute *zpci_attrs_global[] = {
>> 	&bus_attr_uid_checking.attr,
>> 	NULL,
>> };
>>
>> static struct attribute_group zpci_attr_group_global = {
>> 	.attrs = zpci_attrs_global,
>> };
> 
> Name your attribute group, and then you do not have to mess with a
> "raw" kobject like you are below:

Thanks for this tip and sorry for bothering you again.

> 
>>
>> int __init zpci_sysfs_init(void)
>> {
>> 	struct kset *pci_bus_kset;
>>
>> 	pci_bus_kset = bus_get_kset(&pci_bus_type);
>>
>> 	zpci_global_kset = kset_create_and_add("zpci", NULL, &pci_bus_kset->kobj);
> 
> No, do not mess with at kset, just set the default attribute group for
> the bus to the above, and you should be fine.

Oh ok, I got this idea from the code adding /sys/bus/pci/slots/ in
drivers/pci/slot.c:pci_slot_init(). See below maybe we can clean that up too.

> 
>> 	if (!zpci_global_kset)
>> 		return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> 	return sysfs_create_group(&zpci_global_kset->kobj, &zpci_attr_group_global);
> 
> Huge hint, if in a driver, or bus subsystem, and you call sysfs_*,
> that's usually a huge clue that you are doing something wrong.
> 
> Try the above again, with a simple attribute group, and name for it, and
> it should "just work".

I'm probably missing something but I don't get how this could work in
this case. If I'm seeing this right the default attribute group here
is pci_bus_type.bus_groups and that is already set in drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
so I don't think I should set that.

I did however find bus_create_file() which does work when using the path
/sys/bus/pci/uid_checking instead. This would work for us if Bjorn is okay with
that path and the code is really clean and simple too.

That said, I think we could also add something like bus_create_group().
Then we could use that to also clean up drivers/pci/slot.c:pci_slot_init()
and get the original path /sys/bus/pci/zpci/uid_checking.

I think this would also allow us to get rid of pci_bus_get_kset() which is
only used in that function and seems to me like it encourages use of raw ksets.
Or I'm completely off the mark and just missing something important.

thanks,
Niklas