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Currently, the directory name used to create a nullb device through sysfs is not used as the device name, potentially causing headaches for users if devices are already created through the modprobe operation withe the nr_device module parameter not set to 0. E.g. a user can do "mkdir /sys/kernel/config/nullb/nullb0" to create a nullb device even though /dev/nullb0 was already created by modprobe. In this case, the configfs nullb device will be named nullb1, causing confusion for the user. Simplify this by using the configfs directory name as the nullb device name, always, unless another nullb device is already using the same name. E.g. if modprobe created nullb0, then: $ mkdir /sys/kernel/config/nullb/nullb0 mkdir: cannot create directory '/sys/kernel/config/nullb/nullb0': File exists will be reported to the user. To implement this, the function null_find_dev_by_name() is added to check for the existence of a nullb device with the name used for a new configfs device directory. nullb_group_make_item() uses this new function to check if the directory name can be used as the disk name. Finally, null_add_dev() is modified to use the device config item name as the disk name for a new nullb device created using configfs. The naming of devices created though modprobe remains unchanged. Of note is that it is possible for a user to create through configfs a nullb device with the same name as an existing device. E.g. $ mkdir /sys/kernel/config/nullb/null will successfully create the nullb device named "null" but this block device will however not appear under /dev/ since /dev/null already exists. Suggested-by: Joseph Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com> Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com> Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220420005718.3780004-5-damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.