linux-kernel - [PATCH] blkfront: add uevent for size change

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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:24:09 -0700
From:   Marc Olson <marcolso@...zon.com>
To:     <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
CC:     Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] blkfront: add uevent for size change

When a blkfront device is resized from dom0, emit a KOBJ_CHANGE uevent to
notify the guest about the change. This allows for custom udev rules, such
as automatically resizing a filesystem, when an event occurs.

Signed-off-by: Marc Olson <marcolso@...zon.com>
---
 drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 2fee2ee..66abf9c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -1996,6 +1996,7 @@ static void blkfront_connect(struct blkfront_info *info)
 	unsigned long sector_size;
 	unsigned int physical_sector_size;
 	unsigned int binfo;
+	char *envp[] = { "RESIZE=1", NULL };
 	int err;
 
 	switch (info->connected) {
@@ -2012,6 +2013,8 @@ static void blkfront_connect(struct blkfront_info *info)
 		       sectors);
 		set_capacity(info->gd, sectors);
 		revalidate_disk(info->gd);
+		kobject_uevent_env(&disk_to_dev(info->gd)->kobj,
+				   KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
 
 		return;
 	case BLKIF_STATE_SUSPENDED:
-- 
2.7.4