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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 13:53:12 -0400
From: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>
To: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
"Elliott, Robert (Servers)" <elliott@....com>,
Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@...e.fr>,
James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
Martin Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc: SCSI <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] scsi: Don't select SCSI_PROC_FS by default
On 2019-07-05 3:22 a.m., Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> On 6/18/19 7:43 PM, Elliott, Robert (Servers) wrote:
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Bart
>>> Van Assche
>>> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2019 10:28 PM
>>> To: dgilbert@...erlog.com; Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@...e.fr>; James Bottomley
>>> <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>; Martin Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
>>> Cc: SCSI <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>; LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>; Christoph Hellwig
>>> <hch@....de>
>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] scsi: Don't select SCSI_PROC_FS by default
>>>
>>> On 6/17/19 5:35 PM, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
>>>> For sg3_utils:
>>>>
>>>> $ find . -name '*.c' -exec grep "/proc/scsi" {} \; -print
>>>> static const char * proc_allow_dio = "/proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio";
>>>> ./src/sg_read.c
>>>> static const char * proc_allow_dio = "/proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio";
>>>> ./src/sgp_dd.c
>>>> static const char * proc_allow_dio = "/proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio";
>>>> ./src/sgm_dd.c
>>>> static const char * proc_allow_dio = "/proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio";
>>>> ./src/sg_dd.c
>>>> "'echo 1 > /proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio'\n", q_len,
>>>> dirio_count);
>>>> ./testing/sg_tst_bidi.c
>>>> static const char * proc_allow_dio = "/proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio";
>>>> ./examples/sgq_dd.c
>>>>
>>>> That is 6 (not 38) by my count.
>>>
>>> Hi Doug,
>>>
>>> This is the command I ran:
>>>
>>> $ git grep /proc/scsi | wc -l
>>> 38
>>>
>>> I think your query excludes scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh.
>>>
>>> Bart.
>>
>> Here's the full list to ensure the discussion doesn't overlook anything:
>>
>> sg3_utils-1.44$ grep -R /proc/scsi .
>> ./src/sg_read.c:static const char * proc_allow_dio = "/proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio";
>> ./src/sgp_dd.c:static const char * proc_allow_dio = "/proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio";
>> ./src/sgm_dd.c:static const char * proc_allow_dio = "/proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio";
>> ./src/sg_dd.c:static const char * proc_allow_dio = "/proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio";
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh:# Return hosts. /proc/scsi/HOSTADAPTER/? must exist
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: for driverdir in /proc/scsi/*; do
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: driver=${driverdir#/proc/scsi/}
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: name=${hostdir#/proc/scsi/*/}
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh:# Get /proc/scsi/scsi info for device $host:$channel:$id:$lun
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: SCSISTR=$(grep -A "$LN" -e "$grepstr" /proc/scsi/scsi)
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: DRV=`grep 'Attached drivers:' /proc/scsi/scsi 2>/dev/null`
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: echo "scsi report-devs 1" >/proc/scsi/scsi
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: DRV=`grep 'Attached drivers:' /proc/scsi/scsi 2>/dev/null`
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: echo "scsi report-devs 0" >/proc/scsi/scsi
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh:# Outputs description from /proc/scsi/scsi (unless arg passed)
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: echo "scsi remove-single-device $devnr" > /proc/scsi/scsi
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: echo "scsi add-single-device $devnr" > /proc/scsi/scsi
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: echo "scsi add-single-device $devnr" > /proc/scsi/scsi
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: echo "scsi add-single-device $devnr" > /proc/scsi/scsi
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh: echo "scsi add-single-device $host $channel $id $SCAN_WILD_CARD" > /proc/scsi/scsi
>> ./scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh:if test ! -d /sys/class/scsi_host/ -a ! -d /proc/scsi/; then
>> ./ChangeLog: /proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio is '0'
>> ./ChangeLog: - change sg_debug to call system("cat /proc/scsi/sg/debug");
>> ./suse/sg3_utils.changes: * Support systems without /proc/scsi
>> ./examples/sgq_dd.c:static const char * proc_allow_dio = "/proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio";
>> ./doc/sg_read.8:If direct IO is selected and /proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio
>> ./doc/sg_read.8:"echo 1 > /proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio". An alternate way to avoid the
>> ./doc/sg_map.8:observing the output of the command: "cat /proc/scsi/scsi".
>> ./doc/sgp_dd.8:at completion. If direct IO is selected and /proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio
>> ./doc/sgp_dd.8:this at completion. If direct IO is selected and /proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio
>> ./doc/sgp_dd.8:mapping to SCSI block devices should be checked with 'cat /proc/scsi/scsi'
>> ./doc/sg_dd.8:notes this at completion. If direct IO is selected and /proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio
>> ./doc/sg_dd.8:this at completion. If direct IO is selected and /proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio
>> ./doc/sg_dd.8:with 'echo 1 > /proc/scsi/sg/allow_dio'.
>> ./doc/sg_dd.8:mapping to SCSI block devices should be checked with 'cat /proc/scsi/scsi',
>>
>>
> As mentioned, rescan-scsi-bus.sh is keeping references to /proc/scsi as
> a fall back only, as it's meant to work kernel independent. Per default
> it'll be using /sys, and will happily work without /proc/scsi.
>
> So it's really only /proc/scsi/sg which carries some meaningful
> information; maybe we should move/copy it to somewhere else.
>
> I personally like getting rid of /proc/scsi.
/proc/scsi/device_info doesn't seem to be in sysfs.
Could the contents of /proc/scsi/sg/* be placed in
/sys/class/scsi_generic/* ? Currently that directory only has symlinks
to the sg devices.
Doug Gilbert
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