From: Miklos Szeredi Uniformly use MAJOR:MINOR in /sys/class/bdi/ for both block devices and non-block device backed filesystems: FUSE and NFS. Add symlink for block devices: /sys/block//bdi -> /sys/class/bdi/ Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi --- Index: linux/block/genhd.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/block/genhd.c 2008-02-02 22:41:03.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/block/genhd.c 2008-02-02 22:50:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -178,13 +178,17 @@ static int exact_lock(dev_t devt, void * */ void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk) { + struct backing_dev_info *bdi; + disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_UP; blk_register_region(MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor), disk->minors, NULL, exact_match, exact_lock, disk); register_disk(disk); blk_register_queue(disk); - bdi_register(&disk->queue->backing_dev_info, NULL, - "blk-%s", disk->disk_name); + + bdi = &disk->queue->backing_dev_info; + bdi_register_dev(bdi, MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor)); + sysfs_create_link(&disk->dev.kobj, &bdi->dev->kobj, "bdi"); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_disk); @@ -192,8 +196,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(del_gendisk); /* in partit void unlink_gendisk(struct gendisk *disk) { - blk_unregister_queue(disk); + sysfs_remove_link(&disk->dev.kobj, "bdi"); bdi_unregister(&disk->queue->backing_dev_info); + blk_unregister_queue(disk); blk_unregister_region(MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor), disk->minors); } Index: linux/include/linux/backing-dev.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/include/linux/backing-dev.h 2008-02-02 22:41:03.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/include/linux/backing-dev.h 2008-02-02 22:50:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ void bdi_destroy(struct backing_dev_info int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent, const char *fmt, ...); +int bdi_register_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, dev_t dev); void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi); static inline void __add_bdi_stat(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, Index: linux/mm/backing-dev.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/mm/backing-dev.c 2008-02-02 22:43:36.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/mm/backing-dev.c 2008-02-02 22:50:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ exit: } EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_register); +int bdi_register_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, dev_t dev) +{ + return bdi_register(bdi, NULL, "%u:%u", MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev)); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_register_dev); + void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { if (bdi->dev) { Index: linux/fs/fuse/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/fuse/inode.c 2008-02-02 22:41:03.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/fs/fuse/inode.c 2008-02-02 22:50:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -472,8 +472,7 @@ static struct fuse_conn *new_conn(struct err = bdi_init(&fc->bdi); if (err) goto error_kfree; - err = bdi_register(&fc->bdi, NULL, "fuse-%u:%u", - MAJOR(fc->dev), MINOR(fc->dev)); + err = bdi_register_dev(&fc->bdi, fc->dev); if (err) goto error_bdi_destroy; fc->reqctr = 0; Index: linux/fs/nfs/super.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/nfs/super.c 2008-02-02 22:41:03.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/fs/nfs/super.c 2008-02-02 22:50:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -1477,8 +1477,7 @@ static int nfs_compare_super(struct supe static int nfs_bdi_register(struct nfs_server *server) { - return bdi_register(&server->backing_dev_info, NULL, "nfs-%u:%u", - MAJOR(server->s_dev), MINOR(server->s_dev)); + return bdi_register_dev(&server->backing_dev_info, server->s_dev); } static int nfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, Index: linux/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi =================================================================== --- linux.orig/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi 2008-02-02 22:41:03.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-bdi 2008-02-02 22:50:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -6,17 +6,13 @@ Description: Provide a place in sysfs for the backing_dev_info object. This allows us to see and set the various BDI specific variables. -The identifyer can take the following forms: +The identifier can be either of the following: -blk-NAME +MAJOR:MINOR - Block devices, NAME is 'sda', 'loop0', etc... - -FSTYPE-MAJOR:MINOR - - Non-block device backed filesystems which provide their own - BDI, such as NFS and FUSE. MAJOR:MINOR is the value of st_dev - for files on this filesystem. + Device number for block devices, or value of st_dev on + non-block filesystems which provide their own BDI, such as NFS + and FUSE. default -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/