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Message-ID: <20130509192420.GA13705@medulla>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 14:24:20 -0500
From: Seth Jennings <sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>,
Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com>,
Robert Jennings <rcj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Jenifer Hopper <jhopper@...ibm.com>,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
Johannes Weiner <jweiner@...hat.com>,
Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
Larry Woodman <lwoodman@...hat.com>,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
Cody P Schafer <cody@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Hugh Dickens <hughd@...gle.com>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
Heesub Shin <heesub.shin@...sung.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv10 1/4] debugfs: add get/set for atomic types
On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 11:58:49AM -0700, Greg Thelen wrote:
> On Wed, May 08 2013, Seth Jennings wrote:
>
> > debugfs currently lack the ability to create attributes
> > that set/get atomic_t values.
> >
> > This patch adds support for this through a new
> > debugfs_create_atomic_t() function.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
> > ---
> > fs/debugfs/file.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > include/linux/debugfs.h | 2 ++
> > 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
> > index c5ca6ae..fa26d5b 100644
> > --- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
> > +++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
> > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
> > #include <linux/debugfs.h>
> > #include <linux/io.h>
> > #include <linux/slab.h>
> > +#include <linux/atomic.h>
> >
> > static ssize_t default_read_file(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
> > size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> > @@ -403,6 +404,47 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_size_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_size_t);
> >
> > +static int debugfs_atomic_t_set(void *data, u64 val)
> > +{
> > + atomic_set((atomic_t *)data, val);
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +static int debugfs_atomic_t_get(void *data, u64 *val)
> > +{
> > + *val = atomic_read((atomic_t *)data);
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_atomic_t, debugfs_atomic_t_get,
> > + debugfs_atomic_t_set, "%llu\n");
> > +DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_atomic_t_ro, debugfs_atomic_t_get, NULL, "%llu\n");
> > +DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_atomic_t_wo, NULL, debugfs_atomic_t_set, "%llu\n");
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * debugfs_create_atomic_t - create a debugfs file that is used to read and
> > + * write an atomic_t value
> > + * @name: a pointer to a string containing the name of the file to create.
> > + * @mode: the permission that the file should have
> > + * @parent: a pointer to the parent dentry for this file. This should be a
> > + * directory dentry if set. If this parameter is %NULL, then the
> > + * file will be created in the root of the debugfs filesystem.
> > + * @value: a pointer to the variable that the file should read to and write
> > + * from.
> > + */
> > +struct dentry *debugfs_create_atomic_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> > + struct dentry *parent, atomic_t *value)
> > +{
> > + /* if there are no write bits set, make read only */
> > + if (!(mode & S_IWUGO))
> > + return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value,
> > + &fops_atomic_t_ro);
> > + /* if there are no read bits set, make write only */
> > + if (!(mode & S_IRUGO))
> > + return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value,
> > + &fops_atomic_t_wo);
> > +
> > + return debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_atomic_t);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_atomic_t);
> >
> > static ssize_t read_file_bool(struct file *file, char __user *user_buf,
> > size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> > diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
> > index 63f2465..d68b4ea 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
> > @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_x64(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> > struct dentry *parent, u64 *value);
> > struct dentry *debugfs_create_size_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> > struct dentry *parent, size_t *value);
> > +struct dentry *debugfs_create_atomic_t(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> > + struct dentry *parent, atomic_t *value);
> > struct dentry *debugfs_create_bool(const char *name, umode_t mode,
> > struct dentry *parent, u32 *value);
>
> Looking at v3.9 I see a conflicting definition of
> debugfs_create_atomic_t() in lib/fault-inject.c. A kernel with this
> patch and CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION=y and CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS=y
> will not build:
>
> lib/fault-inject.c:196:23: error: static declaration of 'debugfs_create_atomic_t' follows non-static declaration
> include/linux/debugfs.h:87:16: note: previous declaration of 'debugfs_create_atomic_t' was here
>
Wow... didn't think to look for debugfs functions _outside_ the debugfs code :-/
Great find though, thanks Greg!
Seth
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