linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 0/3] usb: gadget: 9pfs transport

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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:56:03 +0100
From: Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@...gutronix.de>
To: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@...nel.org>, 
 Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@...kov.net>, 
 Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>, 
 Christian Schoenebeck <linux_oss@...debyte.com>, 
 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, 
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: v9fs@...ts.linux.dev, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, 
 kernel@...gutronix.de, Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@...gutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/3] usb: gadget: 9pfs transport

This series is adding support to mount usb hostside exported 9pfs
filesystems via the usb gadget interface. It also includes a simple tool
(p9_fwd.py) to translate an tcp 9pfs transport and reuse it via the usb
interface.

    +--------------------------+    |    +--------------------------+
    |  9PFS mounting client    |    |    |  9PFS exporting server   |
 SW |                          |    |    |                          |
    |   (this:trans_usbg)      |    |    |(e.g. diod or nfs-ganesha)|
    +-------------^------------+    |    +-------------^------------+
                  |                 |                  |
                  |                 |           +------v------+
                  |                 |           |  p9_fwd.py  |
                  |                 |           +------^------+
                  |                 |                  |
------------------|------------------------------------|-------------
                  |                 |                  |
    +-------------v------------+    |    +-------------v------------+
    |                          |    |    |                          |
 HW |   USB Device Controller  <--------->   USB Host Controller    |
    |                          |    |    |                          |
    +--------------------------+    |    +--------------------------+

The USB host exports a filesystem, while the gadget on the USB device
side makes it mountable.

Diod (9pfs server) and the forwarder are on the development host, where
the root filesystem is actually stored. The gadget is initialized during
boot (or later) on the embedded board. Then the forwarder will find it
on the USB bus and start forwarding requests.

In this case the 9p requests come from the device and are handled by the
host. The reason is that USB device ports are normally not available on
PCs, so a connection in the other direction would not work.

One use-case is to use it as an alternative to NFS root booting during
the development of embedded Linux devices.

Signed-off-by: Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@...gutronix.de>
---
Changes in v3:
- dropped patch "usb: gadget: legacy: add 9pfs multi gadget" as discussed with gregkh
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240116-ml-topic-u9p-v2-0-b46cbf592962@pengutronix.de

Changes in v2:
- improved the commit messages
- introduced an patch to move the header u_f.h to include/linux/usb to compile usb gadget functions treewide
- moved usbg gadget function to net/9p/
- adderessed several comments in function driver, like the cleanup path and kbuild errors
- improved the documentation in Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240116-ml-topic-u9p-v1-0-ad8c306f9a4e@pengutronix.de

---
Michael Grzeschik (3):
      usb: gadget: function: move u_f.h to include/linux/usb/
      net/9p/usbg: Add new usb gadget function transport
      tools: usb: p9_fwd: add usb gadget packet forwarder script

 Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst                |  47 ++
 drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c                   |   2 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c              |   2 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c             |   2 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_loopback.c        |   2 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_midi.c            |   2 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_midi2.c           |   2 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_sourcesink.c      |   2 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/u_f.c                        |   2 +-
 {drivers/usb/gadget => include/linux/usb}/u_f.h |   0
 net/9p/Kconfig                                  |   6 +
 net/9p/Makefile                                 |   4 +
 net/9p/trans_usbg.c                             | 871 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/usb/p9_fwd.py                             | 194 ++++++
 14 files changed, 1130 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 41bccc98fb7931d63d03f326a746ac4d429c1dd3
change-id: 20240116-ml-topic-u9p-895274530eb1

Best regards,
-- 
Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@...gutronix.de>