[PATCH v4 4/5] block: export diskseq in sysfs

[Matteo Croce]

From: Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Add a new sysfs handle to export the new diskseq value.
Place it in <sysfs>/block/<disk>/diskseq and document it.

    $ grep . /sys/class/block/*/diskseq
    /sys/class/block/loop0/diskseq:13
    /sys/class/block/loop1/diskseq:14
    /sys/class/block/loop2/diskseq:5
    /sys/class/block/loop3/diskseq:6
    /sys/class/block/ram0/diskseq:1
    /sys/class/block/ram1/diskseq:2
    /sys/class/block/vda/diskseq:7

Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block | 12 ++++++++++++
 block/genhd.c                         | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block
index e34cdeeeb9d4..a0ed87386639 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ Description:
 		For more details refer Documentation/admin-guide/iostats.rst
 
 
+What:		/sys/block/<disk>/diskseq
+Date:		February 2021
+Contact:	Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+Description:
+		The /sys/block/<disk>/diskseq files reports the disk
+		sequence number, which is a monotonically increasing
+		number assigned to every drive.
+		Some devices, like the loop device, refresh such number
+		every time the backing file is changed.
+		The value type is 64 bit unsigned.
+
+
 What:		/sys/block/<disk>/<part>/stat
 Date:		February 2008
 Contact:	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 3d9c9d189ff7..422c0dbc6ce2 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -985,6 +985,14 @@ static ssize_t disk_discard_alignment_show(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", queue_discard_alignment(disk->queue));
 }
 
+static ssize_t diskseq_show(struct device *dev,
+			    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", disk->diskseq);
+}
+
 static DEVICE_ATTR(range, 0444, disk_range_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(ext_range, 0444, disk_ext_range_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(removable, 0444, disk_removable_show, NULL);
@@ -997,6 +1005,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(capability, 0444, disk_capability_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(stat, 0444, part_stat_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(inflight, 0444, part_inflight_show, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(badblocks, 0644, disk_badblocks_show, disk_badblocks_store);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(diskseq, 0444, diskseq_show, NULL);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
 ssize_t part_fail_show(struct device *dev,
@@ -1042,6 +1051,7 @@ static struct attribute *disk_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_events.attr,
 	&dev_attr_events_async.attr,
 	&dev_attr_events_poll_msecs.attr,
+	&dev_attr_diskseq.attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
 	&dev_attr_fail.attr,
 #endif
-- 
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