[PATCH 08/13] libmultipath: Add sysfs helpers

From: John Garry

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 10:37:42 EST


Add helpers for driver sysfs code for the following functionality:
- get/set iopolicy with mpath_iopolicy_store() and mpath_iopolicy_show()
- show device path per NUMA node
- "multipath" attribute group, equivalent to nvme_ns_mpath_attr_group
- device groups attribute array, similar to nvme_ns_attr_groups but not
containing NVMe members.

Note that mpath_iopolicy_store() has a update callback to allow same
functionality as nvme_subsys_iopolicy_update() be run for clearing paths.

Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/multipath.h | 9 ++++
lib/multipath.c | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 119 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/multipath.h b/include/linux/multipath.h
index f7998de261899..9122560f71778 100644
--- a/include/linux/multipath.h
+++ b/include/linux/multipath.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@

extern const struct file_operations mpath_generic_chr_fops;
extern const struct block_device_operations mpath_ops;
+extern const struct attribute_group mpath_attr_group;
+extern const struct attribute_group *mpath_device_groups[];

enum mpath_iopolicy_e {
MPATH_IOPOLICY_NUMA,
@@ -145,6 +147,13 @@ struct mpath_disk *mpath_alloc_head_disk(struct queue_limits *lim,
void mpath_device_set_live(struct mpath_disk *mpath_disk,
struct mpath_device *mpath_device);
void mpath_unregister_disk(struct mpath_disk *mpath_disk);
+ssize_t mpath_numa_nodes_show(struct mpath_head *mpath_head,
+ struct mpath_device *mpath_device,
+ struct mpath_iopolicy *iopolicy, char *buf);
+ssize_t mpath_iopolicy_show(struct mpath_iopolicy *mpath_iopolicy, char *buf);
+ssize_t mpath_iopolicy_store(struct mpath_iopolicy *mpath_iopolicy,
+ const char *buf, size_t count,
+ void (*update)(void *data), void *);
ssize_t mpath_delayed_removal_secs_show(struct mpath_head *mpath_head,
char *buf);
ssize_t mpath_delayed_removal_secs_store(struct mpath_head *mpath_head,
diff --git a/lib/multipath.c b/lib/multipath.c
index 1ce57b9b14d2e..c05b4d25ca223 100644
--- a/lib/multipath.c
+++ b/lib/multipath.c
@@ -745,6 +745,116 @@ void mpath_device_set_live(struct mpath_disk *mpath_disk,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mpath_device_set_live);

+static struct attribute dummy_attr = {
+ .name = "dummy",
+};
+
+static struct attribute *mpath_attrs[] = {
+ &dummy_attr,
+ NULL
+};
+
+static bool multipath_sysfs_group_visible(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+ struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+ struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+
+ return is_mpath_head(disk);
+}
+
+static bool multipath_sysfs_attr_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct attribute *attr, int n)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+DEFINE_SYSFS_GROUP_VISIBLE(multipath_sysfs)
+
+const struct attribute_group mpath_attr_group = {
+ .name = "multipath",
+ .attrs = mpath_attrs,
+ .is_visible = SYSFS_GROUP_VISIBLE(multipath_sysfs),
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mpath_attr_group);
+
+const struct attribute_group *mpath_device_groups[] = {
+ &mpath_attr_group,
+ NULL
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mpath_device_groups);
+
+ssize_t mpath_iopolicy_show(struct mpath_iopolicy *mpath_iopolicy, char *buf)
+{
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n",
+ mpath_iopolicy_names[mpath_read_iopolicy(mpath_iopolicy)]);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mpath_iopolicy_show);
+
+static void mpath_iopolicy_update(struct mpath_iopolicy *mpath_iopolicy,
+ int iopolicy, void (*update)(void *), void *data)
+{
+ int old_iopolicy = READ_ONCE(mpath_iopolicy->iopolicy);
+
+ if (old_iopolicy == iopolicy)
+ return;
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(mpath_iopolicy->iopolicy, iopolicy);
+
+ /*
+ * iopolicy changes clear the mpath by design, which @update
+ * must do.
+ */
+ update(data);
+
+ pr_err("iopolicy changed from %s to %s\n",
+ mpath_iopolicy_names[old_iopolicy],
+ mpath_iopolicy_names[iopolicy]);
+}
+
+ssize_t mpath_iopolicy_store(struct mpath_iopolicy *mpath_iopolicy,
+ const char *buf, size_t count,
+ void (*update)(void *), void *data)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mpath_iopolicy_names); i++) {
+ if (sysfs_streq(buf, mpath_iopolicy_names[i])) {
+ mpath_iopolicy_update(mpath_iopolicy, i, update, data);
+ return count;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mpath_iopolicy_store);
+
+ssize_t mpath_numa_nodes_show(struct mpath_head *mpath_head,
+ struct mpath_device *mpath_device,
+ struct mpath_iopolicy *mpath_iopolicy, char *buf)
+{
+ int node, srcu_idx;
+ nodemask_t numa_nodes;
+ struct mpath_device *current_mpath_dev;
+
+ if (mpath_read_iopolicy(mpath_iopolicy) != MPATH_IOPOLICY_NUMA)
+ return 0;
+
+ nodes_clear(numa_nodes);
+
+ srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&mpath_head->srcu);
+ for_each_node(node) {
+ current_mpath_dev =
+ srcu_dereference(mpath_head->current_path[node],
+ &mpath_head->srcu);
+ if (current_mpath_dev == mpath_device)
+ node_set(node, numa_nodes);
+ }
+ srcu_read_unlock(&mpath_head->srcu, srcu_idx);
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%*pbl\n", nodemask_pr_args(&numa_nodes));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mpath_numa_nodes_show);
+
ssize_t mpath_delayed_removal_secs_show(struct mpath_head *mpath_head,
char *buf)
{
--
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