linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio-pci: add softlinks between virtio and pci

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Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2011 10:51:52 +0200
From:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>,
	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>,
	Thomas Weber <swirl@....li>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-pci: add softlinks between virtio and pci

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 09:17:11PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> We sometimes need to map between the virtio device and
> the given pci device. One such use is OS installer that
> gets the boot pci device from BIOS and needs to
> find the relevant block device. Since it can't,
> installation fails.
> 
> Supply softlinks between these to make it possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> ---
> 
> Gleb, could you please ack that this patch below
> will be enough to fix the installer issue that
> you see?
> 
ACK. With this patch given PCI address from EDD I can find device node
by looking at /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:edd_bdf/virtio_device/block/

>  drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
> index ef8d9d5..06eb2f8 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>  #include <linux/virtio_pci.h>
>  #include <linux/highmem.h>
>  #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> +#include <linux/sysfs.h>
>  
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>");
>  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("virtio-pci");
> @@ -667,8 +668,21 @@ static int __devinit virtio_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
>  	if (err)
>  		goto out_set_drvdata;
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	err = sysfs_create_link(&pci_dev->dev.kobj, &vp_dev->vdev.dev.kobj,
> +				"virtio_device");
> +	if (err)
> +		goto out_register_device;
> +
> +	err = sysfs_create_link(&vp_dev->vdev.dev.kobj, &pci_dev->dev.kobj,
> +				"bus_device");
> +	if (err)
> +		goto out_create_link;
>  
> +	return 0;
> +out_create_link:
> +	sysfs_remove_link(&pci_dev->dev.kobj, "virtio_device");
> +out_register_device:
> +	unregister_virtio_device(&vp_dev->vdev);
>  out_set_drvdata:
>  	pci_set_drvdata(pci_dev, NULL);
>  	pci_iounmap(pci_dev, vp_dev->ioaddr);
> @@ -685,6 +699,8 @@ static void __devexit virtio_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
>  {
>  	struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = pci_get_drvdata(pci_dev);
>  
> +	sysfs_remove_link(&vp_dev->vdev.dev.kobj, "bus_device");
> +	sysfs_remove_link(&pci_dev->dev.kobj, "virtio_device");
>  	unregister_virtio_device(&vp_dev->vdev);
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.3.2.91.g446ac

--
			Gleb.
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