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Message-ID: <20190627101914.32829440.cohuck@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:19:14 +0200
From: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc: kwankhede@...dia.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mdev: Send uevents around parent device registration
On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 08:27:58 -0600
Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com> wrote:
> This allows udev to trigger rules when a parent device is registered
> or unregistered from mdev.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
> ---
> drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 10 ++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> index ae23151442cb..ecec2a3b13cb 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> @@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops)
> {
> int ret;
> struct mdev_parent *parent;
> + char *env_string = "MDEV_STATE=registered";
This string is probably reasonable enough.
> + char *envp[] = { env_string, NULL };
>
> /* check for mandatory ops */
> if (!ops || !ops->create || !ops->remove || !ops->supported_type_groups)
> @@ -196,7 +198,8 @@ int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops)
> list_add(&parent->next, &parent_list);
> mutex_unlock(&parent_list_lock);
>
> - dev_info(dev, "MDEV: Registered\n");
> + kobject_uevent_env(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
I also agree with the positioning here.
> +
> return 0;
>
> add_dev_err:
> @@ -220,6 +223,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdev_register_device);
> void mdev_unregister_device(struct device *dev)
> {
> struct mdev_parent *parent;
> + char *env_string = "MDEV_STATE=unregistered";
Ok.
> + char *envp[] = { env_string, NULL };
>
> mutex_lock(&parent_list_lock);
> parent = __find_parent_device(dev);
> @@ -228,7 +233,6 @@ void mdev_unregister_device(struct device *dev)
> mutex_unlock(&parent_list_lock);
> return;
> }
> - dev_info(dev, "MDEV: Unregistering\n");
>
> list_del(&parent->next);
> mutex_unlock(&parent_list_lock);
> @@ -243,6 +247,8 @@ void mdev_unregister_device(struct device *dev)
> up_write(&parent->unreg_sem);
>
> mdev_put_parent(parent);
> +
> + kobject_uevent_env(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
I'm wondering whether we should indicate this uevent earlier: Once we
have detached from the parent list, we're basically done for all
practical purposes. So maybe move this right before we grab the
unreg_sem?
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdev_unregister_device);
>
>
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