linux-kernel - [GIT PULL?] RBD sysfs interface snafu

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Date:	Wed, 1 Dec 2010 16:15:35 -0800 (PST)
From:	Sage Weil <sage@...dream.net>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	greg@...ah.com
Subject: [GIT PULL?] RBD sysfs interface snafu

Hi Linus,

The sysfs interface for RBD (rados block device, merged in 2.6.37-rc1) was 
based on that of osdblk.  After seeing the SCST sysfs thread, though, I 
realized that was a poor example and that the existing RBD sysfs interface 
was bad news (multiple lines/items per file, incorrectly placed in 
/sys/class, etc.).  The sysfs portion of RBD really should have been 
explicitly reviewed by Greg KH beforehand--that was my fault for not 
involving him sooner.

We've fixed the interface, and now have an Acked-by from Greg, but it's 
pretty late in the cycle.  You could

 1- pull in the updated interface (changelog/diffstat below) from

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client.git rbd-sysfs

 2- make RBD depend on CONFIG_BROKEN (Greg's suggestion)
 3- drop RBD altogether and pull it again for .38

I don't think keeping the current interface for .37 is an option.  I 
obviously prefer #1 (we're still in CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL territory here), 
but it's clearly your call.

Thanks!
sage

---

Yehuda Sadeh (1):
      rbd: replace the rbd sysfs interface

 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rbd |   83 ++++
 drivers/block/rbd.c                     |  748 +++++++++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 554 insertions(+), 277 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rbd

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