From: Benjamin Block <bblock@linux.ibm.com>
To: Steffen Maier <maier@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: jwi@linux.ibm.com, bvanassche@acm.org,
martin.petersen@oracle.com, jejb@linux.ibm.com,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] scsi: core: Fix early registration of sysfs attributes for scsi_device
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 19:56:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YXw1zXmIHxgpyNeA@t480-pf1aa2c2.linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211026014240.4098365-1-maier@linux.ibm.com>
On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 03:42:40AM +0200, Steffen Maier wrote:
> v4.17 commit 86b87cde0b55 ("scsi: core: host template attribute groups")
> introduced explicit sysfs_create_groups() in scsi_sysfs_add_sdev()
> and sysfs_remove_groups() in __scsi_remove_device(), both for sdev_gendev,
> based on a new field const struct attribute_group **sdev_groups
> of struct scsi_host_template.
>
> Commit 92c4b58b15c5 ("scsi: core: Register sysfs attributes earlier")
> removed above explicit (de)registration of scsi_device attribute groups.
> It also converted all scsi_device attributes and attribute_groups to
> end up in a new field const struct attribute_group *gendev_attr_groups[6]
> of struct scsi_device. However, that new field was not used anywhere.
>
> Surprisingly, this only caused missing LLDD specific scsi_device sysfs
> attributes. Whereas, scsi core attributes from scsi_sdev_attr_groups
> did continue to exist because of scsi_dev_type.groups.
>
> We separate scsi core attibutes from LLDD specific attributes.
> Hence, we keep the initializing assignment scsi_dev_type =
> { .groups = scsi_sdev_attr_groups, } as this takes care of core
> attributes. Without the separation, it would cause attribute double
> registration due to scsi_dev_type.groups and sdev_gendev.groups.
>
> Julian suggested to assign the sdev_groups pointer of the
> scsi_host_template directly to the groups pointer of sdev_gendev.
> This way we can delete the container scsi_device.gendev_attr_groups
> and the loop copying each entry from hostt->sdev_groups to
> sdev->gendev_attr_groups.
>
> Alternative approaches ruled out:
> Assigning gendev_attr_groups to sdev_dev has no visible effect.
> Assigning sdev->gendev_attr_groups to scsi_dev_type.groups
> caused scsi_device of all scsi host types to get LLDD specific
> attributes of the LLDD for which the last sdev alloc happened to occur,
> as that overwrote scsi_dev_type.groups,
> e.g. scsi_debug had zfcp-specific scsi_device attributes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steffen Maier <maier@linux.ibm.com>
> Fixes: 92c4b58b15c5 ("scsi: core: Register sysfs attributes earlier")
> Suggested-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>
> Notes:
> Changes in v3:
> * integrated Julian's feedback of dropping detour through
> gendev_attr_groups
>
> Changes in v2:
> * integrated Bart's feedback of updating the comment for
> the gendev_attr_groups declaration to match the code change
> * in that spirit also adapted the vector size of that field
> * eliminated the now unnecessary second loop counter 'j'
>
> drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c | 11 +----------
> include/scsi/scsi_device.h | 6 ------
> 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Benjamin Block <bblock@linux.ibm.com>
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Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-12 23:35 [PATCH v4 00/46] Register SCSI sysfs attributes earlier Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 01/46] scsi: core: Register " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 02/46] ata: Switch to attribute groups Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 03/46] firewire: sbp2: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 04/46] RDMA/srp: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 05/46] scsi: message: fusion: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 06/46] scsi: zfcp: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-13 17:34 ` Benjamin Block
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 07/46] scsi: 3w-9xxx: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 08/46] scsi: 3w-sas: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 09/46] scsi: 3w-xxxx: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 10/46] scsi: 53c700: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 11/46] scsi: aacraid: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 12/46] scsi: arcmsr: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 13/46] scsi: be2iscsi: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 14/46] scsi: bfa: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 15/46] scsi: bnx2fc: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 16/46] scsi: bnx2i: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 17/46] scsi: csiostor: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 18/46] scsi: cxlflash: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 19/46] scsi: fnic: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 20/46] scsi: hisi_sas: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-13 8:22 ` John Garry
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 21/46] scsi: hpsa: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 22/46] scsi: hptiop: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 23/46] scsi: ibmvscsi: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-14 18:30 ` Tyrel Datwyler
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 24/46] scsi: ibmvfc: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-14 18:31 ` Tyrel Datwyler
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 25/46] scsi: ipr: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 26/46] scsi: isci: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 27/46] scsi: lpfc: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 28/46] scsi: megaraid: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 29/46] scsi: mpt3sas: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 30/46] scsi: mvsas: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 31/46] scsi: myrb: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 32/46] scsi: myrs: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 33/46] scsi: ncr53c8xx: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 34/46] scsi: sym53c500_cs: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 35/46] scsi: pm8001: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 36/46] scsi: pmcraid: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 37/46] scsi: qedf: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 38/46] scsi: qedi: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 39/46] scsi: qla2xxx: Remove a declaration Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 40/46] scsi: qla2xxx: Switch to attribute groups Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 41/46] scsi: qla4xxx: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 42/46] scsi: smartpqi: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 43/46] scsi: snic: " Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 44/46] scsi: unisys: Remove the shost_attrs member Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 45/46] scsi: usb: Switch to attribute groups Bart Van Assche
2021-10-12 23:35 ` [PATCH v4 46/46] scsi: core: Remove two host template members that are no longer used Bart Van Assche
2021-10-17 1:48 ` [PATCH v4 00/46] Register SCSI sysfs attributes earlier Martin K. Petersen
2021-10-21 3:42 ` Martin K. Petersen
2021-10-23 20:54 ` Missing driver-specific sysfs attributes of scsi_device [was: Re: [PATCH v4 00/46] Register SCSI sysfs attributes earlier] Steffen Maier
2021-10-24 0:39 ` Steffen Maier
2021-10-24 2:55 ` Bart Van Assche
2021-10-24 11:18 ` [PATCH] scsi: core: Fix early registration of sysfs attributes for scsi_device Steffen Maier
2021-10-24 21:25 ` Bart Van Assche
2021-10-24 22:16 ` [PATCH v2] " Steffen Maier
2021-10-25 9:23 ` Julian Wiedmann
2021-10-25 16:00 ` Bart Van Assche
2021-10-26 1:42 ` [PATCH v3] " Steffen Maier
2021-10-26 10:00 ` Benjamin Block
2021-10-26 21:48 ` Bart Van Assche
2021-10-29 17:55 ` Benjamin Block
2021-10-26 18:31 ` Bart Van Assche
2021-10-29 17:56 ` Benjamin Block [this message]
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