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Message-ID: <91E08FAD-3C57-40D2-B981-85F4758C7A0F@coraid.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 05:30:18 -0500
From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
To: "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] aoe: support more AoE addresses with dynamic block
device minor numbers
I should have mentioned that these seven patches were made for linux-next/akpm, which contains the last 14-patch series for aoe.
On Oct 1, 2012, at 9:59 PM, "Ed Cashin" <ecashin@...aid.com> wrote:
> The ATA over Ethernet protocol uses a major (shelf) and
> minor (slot) address to identify a particular storage target.
> These changes remove an artificial limitation the aoe driver
> imposes on the use of AoE addresses. For example, without these
> changes, the slot address has a maximum of 15, but users commonly
> use slot numbers much greater than that.
>
> The AoE shelf and slot address space is often used sparsely.
> Instead of using a static mapping between AoE addresses and the
> block device minor number, the block device minor numbers are now
> allocated on demand.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
> ---
> drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h | 6 ++--
> drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c | 2 +-
> drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c | 2 +-
> drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c | 25 ++++---------
> drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> 5 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
> index 27d0a21..7b694f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
> +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
> @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ struct aoe_hdr {
> __be32 tag;
> };
>
> +#define AOE_MAXSHELF (0xffff-1) /* one less than the broadcast shelf address */
> +
> struct aoe_atahdr {
> unsigned char aflags;
> unsigned char errfeat;
> @@ -211,8 +213,7 @@ void aoe_ktstop(struct ktstate *k);
>
> int aoedev_init(void);
> void aoedev_exit(void);
> -struct aoedev *aoedev_by_aoeaddr(int maj, int min);
> -struct aoedev *aoedev_by_sysminor_m(ulong sysminor);
> +struct aoedev *aoedev_by_aoeaddr(ulong maj, int min, int do_alloc);
> void aoedev_downdev(struct aoedev *d);
> int aoedev_flush(const char __user *str, size_t size);
> void aoe_failbuf(struct aoedev *, struct buf *);
> @@ -223,4 +224,3 @@ void aoenet_exit(void);
> void aoenet_xmit(struct sk_buff_head *);
> int is_aoe_netif(struct net_device *ifp);
> int set_aoe_iflist(const char __user *str, size_t size);
> -
> diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
> index 83160ab..00dfc50 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
> @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ aoeblk_gdalloc(void *vp)
> q->queuedata = d;
> d->gd = gd;
> gd->major = AOE_MAJOR;
> - gd->first_minor = d->sysminor * AOE_PARTITIONS;
> + gd->first_minor = d->sysminor;
> gd->fops = &aoe_bdops;
> gd->private_data = d;
> set_capacity(gd, d->ssize);
> diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
> index deb30c1..ed57a89 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
> @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ revalidate(const char __user *str, size_t size)
> pr_err("aoe: invalid device specification %s\n", buf);
> return -EINVAL;
> }
> - d = aoedev_by_aoeaddr(major, minor);
> + d = aoedev_by_aoeaddr(major, minor, 0);
> if (!d)
> return -EINVAL;
> spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
> diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> index 39dacdb..94e810c 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
> @@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ aoecmd_ata_rsp(struct sk_buff *skb)
>
> h = (struct aoe_hdr *) skb->data;
> aoemajor = be16_to_cpu(get_unaligned(&h->major));
> - d = aoedev_by_aoeaddr(aoemajor, h->minor);
> + d = aoedev_by_aoeaddr(aoemajor, h->minor, 0);
> if (d == NULL) {
> snprintf(ebuf, sizeof ebuf, "aoecmd_ata_rsp: ata response "
> "for unknown device %d.%d\n",
> @@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ aoecmd_cfg_rsp(struct sk_buff *skb)
> struct aoe_hdr *h;
> struct aoe_cfghdr *ch;
> struct aoetgt *t;
> - ulong flags, sysminor, aoemajor;
> + ulong flags, aoemajor;
> struct sk_buff *sl;
> struct sk_buff_head queue;
> u16 n;
> @@ -1349,18 +1349,15 @@ aoecmd_cfg_rsp(struct sk_buff *skb)
> "Check shelf dip switches.\n");
> return;
> }
> - if (h->minor >= NPERSHELF) {
> - pr_err("aoe: e%ld.%d %s, %d\n",
> - aoemajor, h->minor,
> - "slot number larger than the maximum",
> - NPERSHELF-1);
> + if (aoemajor > AOE_MAXSHELF) {
> + pr_info("aoe: e%ld.%d: shelf number too large\n",
> + aoemajor, (int) h->minor);
> return;
> }
>
> - sysminor = SYSMINOR(aoemajor, h->minor);
> - if (sysminor * AOE_PARTITIONS + AOE_PARTITIONS > MINORMASK) {
> - printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: e%ld.%d: minor number too large\n",
> - aoemajor, (int) h->minor);
> + d = aoedev_by_aoeaddr(aoemajor, h->minor, 1);
> + if (d == NULL) {
> + pr_info("aoe: device allocation failure\n");
> return;
> }
>
> @@ -1368,12 +1365,6 @@ aoecmd_cfg_rsp(struct sk_buff *skb)
> if (n > aoe_maxout) /* keep it reasonable */
> n = aoe_maxout;
>
> - d = aoedev_by_sysminor_m(sysminor);
> - if (d == NULL) {
> - printk(KERN_INFO "aoe: device sysminor_m failure\n");
> - return;
> - }
> -
> spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
>
> t = gettgt(d, h->src);
> diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
> index ccaecff..68a7a5a 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
> #include <linux/netdevice.h>
> #include <linux/delay.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/bitmap.h>
> +#include <linux/kdev_t.h>
> #include "aoe.h"
>
> static void dummy_timer(ulong);
> @@ -19,35 +21,63 @@ static void skbpoolfree(struct aoedev *d);
> static struct aoedev *devlist;
> static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(devlist_lock);
>
> -/*
> - * Users who grab a pointer to the device with aoedev_by_aoeaddr or
> - * aoedev_by_sysminor_m automatically get a reference count and must
> - * be responsible for performing a aoedev_put. With the addition of
> - * async kthread processing I'm no longer confident that we can
> - * guarantee consistency in the face of device flushes.
> - *
> - * For the time being, we only bother to add extra references for
> - * frames sitting on the iocq. When the kthreads finish processing
> - * these frames, they will aoedev_put the device.
> +/* Because some systems will have one, many, or no
> + * - partitions,
> + * - slots per shelf,
> + * - or shelves,
> + * we need some flexibility in the way the minor numbers
> + * are allocated. So they are dynamic.
> */
> -struct aoedev *
> -aoedev_by_aoeaddr(int maj, int min)
> +#define N_DEVS ((1U<<MINORBITS)/AOE_PARTITIONS)
> +
> +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(used_minors_lock);
> +static DECLARE_BITMAP(used_minors, N_DEVS);
> +
> +static int
> +minor_get(ulong *minor)
> {
> - struct aoedev *d;
> ulong flags;
> + ulong n;
> + int error = 0;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&used_minors_lock, flags);
> + n = find_first_zero_bit(used_minors, N_DEVS);
> + if (n < N_DEVS)
> + set_bit(n, used_minors);
> + else
> + error = -1;
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&used_minors_lock, flags);
> +
> + *minor = n * AOE_PARTITIONS;
> + return error;
> +}
>
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&devlist_lock, flags);
> +static void
> +minor_free(ulong minor)
> +{
> + ulong flags;
>
> - for (d=devlist; d; d=d->next)
> - if (d->aoemajor == maj && d->aoeminor == min) {
> - d->ref++;
> - break;
> - }
> + minor /= AOE_PARTITIONS;
> + BUG_ON(minor >= N_DEVS);
>
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devlist_lock, flags);
> - return d;
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&used_minors_lock, flags);
> + BUG_ON(!test_bit(minor, used_minors));
> + clear_bit(minor, used_minors);
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&used_minors_lock, flags);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Users who grab a pointer to the device with aoedev_by_aoeaddr
> + * automatically get a reference count and must be responsible
> + * for performing a aoedev_put. With the addition of async
> + * kthread processing I'm no longer confident that we can
> + * guarantee consistency in the face of device flushes.
> + *
> + * For the time being, we only bother to add extra references for
> + * frames sitting on the iocq. When the kthreads finish processing
> + * these frames, they will aoedev_put the device.
> + */
> +
> void
> aoedev_put(struct aoedev *d)
> {
> @@ -159,6 +189,7 @@ aoedev_freedev(struct aoedev *d)
> if (d->bufpool)
> mempool_destroy(d->bufpool);
> skbpoolfree(d);
> + minor_free(d->sysminor);
> kfree(d);
> }
>
> @@ -246,22 +277,23 @@ skbpoolfree(struct aoedev *d)
> __skb_queue_head_init(&d->skbpool);
> }
>
> -/* find it or malloc it */
> +/* find it or allocate it */
> struct aoedev *
> -aoedev_by_sysminor_m(ulong sysminor)
> +aoedev_by_aoeaddr(ulong maj, int min, int do_alloc)
> {
> struct aoedev *d;
> int i;
> ulong flags;
> + ulong sysminor;
>
> spin_lock_irqsave(&devlist_lock, flags);
>
> for (d=devlist; d; d=d->next)
> - if (d->sysminor == sysminor) {
> + if (d->aoemajor == maj && d->aoeminor == min) {
> d->ref++;
> break;
> }
> - if (d)
> + if (d || !do_alloc || minor_get(&sysminor) < 0)
> goto out;
> d = kcalloc(1, sizeof *d, GFP_ATOMIC);
> if (!d)
> @@ -280,8 +312,8 @@ aoedev_by_sysminor_m(ulong sysminor)
> for (i = 0; i < NFACTIVE; i++)
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&d->factive[i]);
> d->sysminor = sysminor;
> - d->aoemajor = AOEMAJOR(sysminor);
> - d->aoeminor = AOEMINOR(sysminor);
> + d->aoemajor = maj;
> + d->aoeminor = min;
> d->mintimer = MINTIMER;
> d->next = devlist;
> devlist = d;
> --
> 1.7.1
>
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