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authorMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>2018-01-08 22:01:13 -0500
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2018-01-15 08:41:38 -0700
commitfa70d2e2c4a0a54ced98260c6a176cc94c876d27 (patch)
tree76c502acc8e87e03abc499aedd78150ce8703641 /block/blk-sysfs.c
parent667257e8b2988c0183ba23e2bcd6900e87961606 (diff)
downloadlinux-fa70d2e2c4a0a54ced98260c6a176cc94c876d27.tar.bz2
block: allow gendisk's request_queue registration to be deferred
Since I can remember DM has forced the block layer to allow the allocation and initialization of the request_queue to be distinct operations. Reason for this is block/genhd.c:add_disk() has requires that the request_queue (and associated bdi) be tied to the gendisk before add_disk() is called -- because add_disk() also deals with exposing the request_queue via blk_register_queue(). DM's dynamic creation of arbitrary device types (and associated request_queue types) requires the DM device's gendisk be available so that DM table loads can establish a master/slave relationship with subordinate devices that are referenced by loaded DM tables -- using bd_link_disk_holder(). But until these DM tables, and their associated subordinate devices, are known DM cannot know what type of request_queue it needs -- nor what its queue_limits should be. This chicken and egg scenario has created all manner of problems for DM and, at times, the block layer. Summary of changes: - Add device_add_disk_no_queue_reg() and add_disk_no_queue_reg() variant that drivers may use to add a disk without also calling blk_register_queue(). Driver must call blk_register_queue() once its request_queue is fully initialized. - Return early from blk_unregister_queue() if QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED is not set. It won't be set if driver used add_disk_no_queue_reg() but driver encounters an error and must del_gendisk() before calling blk_register_queue(). - Export blk_register_queue(). These changes allow DM to use add_disk_no_queue_reg() to anchor its gendisk as the "master" for master/slave relationships DM must establish with subordinate devices referenced in DM tables that get loaded. Once all "slave" devices for a DM device are known its request_queue can be properly initialized and then advertised via sysfs -- important improvement being that no request_queue resource initialization performed by blk_register_queue() is missed for DM devices anymore. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'block/blk-sysfs.c')
-rw-r--r--block/blk-sysfs.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 9272452ff456..4a6a40ffd78e 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ unlock:
mutex_unlock(&q->sysfs_lock);
return ret;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_register_queue);
void blk_unregister_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
{
@@ -929,6 +930,10 @@ void blk_unregister_queue(struct gendisk *disk)
if (WARN_ON(!q))
return;
+ /* Return early if disk->queue was never registered. */
+ if (!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED, &q->queue_flags))
+ return;
+
/*
* Protect against the 'queue' kobj being accessed
* while/after it is removed.