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Hi,

I like this approach: it is nice that you don't require a special tool
like losetup with it, and that virblk can handle partitioned disks is
a nice bonus.

Some minor remarks below.
[ disclaimer: I am not an expert in this and might talk nonsense ]

2008/8/24 jassi brar <jassi_singh_brar@yahoo.com>:
> [root@localhost jmod]# cat /sys/devices/virblk/manage
> /home/jassi/jmod/image' as 'v0blk'

Shouldn't this output be replaced by some format which is easier to
parse? This would make it easier for tools like mount to
automatically allocated virblk devices.

> /*
> * Kernel module to emulate a user space file as a block device transparently.
> *
> * Copyright (C) 2008 Jaswinder Singh Brar <jassi_singh_brar AT yahoo DOT com>
> *
> * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
> * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
> * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> *
> * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> * GNU General Public License for more details.
> *
> * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
> */
>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> #include <linux/hdreg.h>
> #include <linux/blkdev.h>
> #include <linux/kthread.h>
>
> #define VBD_MAJOR 121 /* Just some available */
> #define VBD_NAME "vblk"
>
> #define NUM_SPC_BITS 5 /* == 32 */
> #define NUM_HEADS_BITS 6 /* == 64 */
> #define SECT_SIZE_BITS 9 /* == 512 */
> #define NUM_MINORS 16
>
> #define REGBLKDEV (1<<0)
> #define REGPDEV (1<<1)
> #define CRTDEVFL (1<<2)
>
> /*
> * Various parameters could be configured at module load time or 'echo +' command.
> */
> struct vir_blk_dev{
> int index;
> int heads_bits;
> int cylinders;
> int sectspercyl_bits;
> int sect_size_bits;
> int use_count;
> int md_change;
> int ro;
> loff_t sects;
> struct file *filp;
> struct gendisk *gd;
> struct request_queue *rq;
> struct bio *vbd_biotail;
> struct bio *vbd_bio;
> struct list_head vbd_list;
> struct task_struct *vbd_thread;
> struct semaphore sem;
> spinlock_t vbd_lock;
> wait_queue_head_t vbd_event;
> };
>
> static LIST_HEAD(vbd_head);
>
> static struct device vir_dev = {
> .bus_id = "virblk",
> };
>
> static int data_xfer(struct vir_blk_dev *vbd, struct page *page, unsigned int len,
> unsigned int off, int wr, sector_t sector)

strange indentation

> {
> ssize_t ret;
> loff_t pos = sector * (1<<(vbd->sect_size_bits));
> void *buf = kmap(page) + off;
>
> if(sector + (len >> vbd->sect_size_bits) > get_capacity(vbd->gd)){

Kernel coding style seems to prefer spaces after "if" and before "{"
(more instances below).

> printk("Trying to move past the end!\n");
> kunmap(page);
> return -EIO;
> }
>
> if(wr)
> ret = vbd->filp->f_op->write(vbd->filp, buf, len, &pos);
> else
> ret = vbd->filp->f_op->read(vbd->filp, buf, len, &pos);
>
> kunmap(page);
>
> if(likely(ret == len))
> return 0;
>
> if(ret >= 0)
> ret = -EIO;
>
> return ret;
> }
>
> static void handle_bio(struct vir_blk_dev *vbd, struct bio *bio)
> {
> int i, ret = -EIO;
> struct bio_vec *bvec;
> sector_t sector;
>
> sector = bio->bi_sector;
> bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, i){
>
> ret = data_xfer(vbd, bvec->bv_page, bvec->bv_len, bvec->bv_offset,
> bio_data_dir(bio) == WRITE, sector);

strange indentation

> if(ret){
> break;

unnecessary brackets

> }
> sector += (bvec->bv_len >> vbd->sect_size_bits);
> }
>
> bio_endio(bio, ret);
> }
>
> static int vbd_make_request(struct request_queue *rq, struct bio *bio)
> {
> struct vir_blk_dev *vbd = (struct vir_blk_dev *)rq->queuedata;
>
> spin_lock_irq(&vbd->vbd_lock);
>
> if(vbd->vbd_biotail != NULL){
> vbd->vbd_biotail->bi_next = bio;
> vbd->vbd_biotail = bio;
> }else{
> vbd->vbd_bio = vbd->vbd_biotail = bio;
> }
>
> wake_up(&vbd->vbd_event);
> spin_unlock_irq(&vbd->vbd_lock);
> return 0;
> }
>
> static int jmod_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> {
> struct vir_blk_dev *vbd = (struct vir_blk_dev *)inode->i_bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
>
> down(&vbd->sem);
> filp->private_data = (void *)vbd;
> vbd->use_count++;
> up(&vbd->sem);
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> static int jmod_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> {
> struct vir_blk_dev *vbd = (struct vir_blk_dev *)inode->i_bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
>
> down(&vbd->sem);
> vbd->filp->f_op->fsync(vbd->filp, vbd->filp->f_path.dentry, 1);
> vbd->use_count--;
> up(&vbd->sem);
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> static int jmod_getgeo(struct block_device *bdev, struct hd_geometry *gm)
> {
> struct vir_blk_dev *vbd = bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
>
> down(&vbd->sem);
> gm->heads = 1<<(vbd->heads_bits);
> gm->sectors = 1<<(vbd->sectspercyl_bits);
> gm->cylinders = get_capacity(bdev->bd_disk) >> (vbd->heads_bits + vbd->sectspercyl_bits);
> up(&vbd->sem);

Is locking required here?

>
> return 0;
> }
>
> static int jmod_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> {
> return 0;
> }

Probably you can just omit this method?

>
>
> static int jmod_mediachanged(struct gendisk *gd)
> {
> struct vir_blk_dev *vbd = gd->private_data;
>
> return vbd->md_change;
> }
>
> static int jmod_revalidatedisk(struct gendisk *gd)
> {
> struct vir_blk_dev *vbd = gd->private_data;
>
> down(&vbd->sem);
> if(vbd->md_change)
> vbd->md_change = 0;

Maybe just set "vbd->md_change = 0" unconditionally?

> up(&vbd->sem);
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> static struct block_device_operations vbd_fops = {
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .open = jmod_open,
> .release = jmod_release,
> .ioctl = jmod_ioctl,
> .getgeo = jmod_getgeo,
> .media_changed = jmod_mediachanged,
> .revalidate_disk = jmod_revalidatedisk,
> };
>
> /*
> * ind : First minor number of the disk
> * */
> static struct vir_blk_dev *vblk_alloc(int ind)
> {
> struct gendisk *disk;
> struct vir_blk_dev *vbd;
>
> vbd = kzalloc(sizeof(*vbd), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (vbd == NULL)
> goto out;
>
> vbd->filp = NULL;
> vbd->vbd_thread = NULL;
> vbd->use_count = 0;
> vbd->md_change = 1;
> vbd->index = ind;
> vbd->vbd_bio = NULL;
> vbd->vbd_biotail = NULL;
>
> vbd->rq = blk_alloc_queue(GFP_KERNEL);
> if(vbd->rq == NULL){
> goto out;
> }
> blk_queue_make_request(vbd->rq, vbd_make_request);
> blk_queue_bounce_limit(vbd->rq, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
>
> disk = vbd->gd = alloc_disk(NUM_MINORS);
> if(disk == NULL){
> goto out;
> }
> disk->major = VBD_MAJOR;
> disk->first_minor = ind*NUM_MINORS;
> disk->fops = &vbd_fops;
> disk->private_data = (void *)vbd;
> vbd->rq->queuedata = (void *)vbd;
> disk->queue = vbd->rq;
> disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE;

inconsistent indentation in this block

> sprintf(disk->disk_name, "v%dblk", ind);

Maybe snprintf?

> init_waitqueue_head(&vbd->vbd_event);
>
> return vbd;
>
> out:
> if(vbd && vbd->rq){
> blk_cleanup_queue(vbd->rq);
> }
> if(vbd){
> kfree(vbd);
> }

The "if(vbd)" is not neede, kfree can deal with NULL pointers.

> return NULL;
> }
>
> static struct file* open_backing_file(const char *filename, int *ro, loff_t *size)
> {
> struct file *filp = NULL;
> struct inode *inode = NULL;
>
> *ro = 0;
> *size = 0;
>
> filp = filp_open(filename, O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE, 0);
> if (-EROFS == PTR_ERR(filp))
> *ro = 1;
> if (*ro)
> filp = filp_open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_LARGEFILE, 0);
> if (IS_ERR(filp)) {
> printk("unable to open backing file: %s\n", filename);
> return NULL;
> }
>
> if(!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
> *ro = 1;
>
> if(filp->f_path.dentry)
> inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
>
> if(inode && S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)){
> if (bdev_read_only(inode->i_bdev))
> *ro = 1;
> }else if(!inode || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)){
> printk("invalid file type: %s\n", filename);
> filp_close(filp, current->files);
> return NULL;
> }
>
> if (!filp->f_op || !(filp->f_op->read || filp->f_op->aio_read)) {
> printk("file not readable: %s\n", filename);
> filp_close(filp, current->files);
> return NULL;
> }
> if (!(filp->f_op->write || filp->f_op->aio_write))
> *ro = 1;
>
> *size = i_size_read(inode->i_mapping->host);
> if (*size < 0) {
> printk("unable to find file size: %s\n", filename);
> filp_close(filp, current->files);
> return NULL;
> }
>
> get_file(filp);
>
> filp_close(filp, current->files);
> return filp;
> }
>
> static int io_handler(void *data)
> {
> struct vir_blk_dev* vbd = (struct vir_blk_dev *)data;
> struct bio *bio;
>
> allow_signal(SIGINT);
> allow_signal(SIGTERM);
> allow_signal(SIGKILL);
> allow_signal(SIGUSR1);
>
> set_user_nice(current, -20);
> set_fs(get_ds());
>
> while(!kthread_should_stop()){
>
> down(&vbd->sem);
> while(vbd->vbd_bio != NULL){
> spin_lock_irq(&vbd->vbd_lock);
> bio = vbd->vbd_bio;
> if(bio == vbd->vbd_biotail){
> vbd->vbd_biotail = NULL;
> }

unneeded brackets

> vbd->vbd_bio = bio->bi_next;
> bio->bi_next = NULL;
> spin_unlock_irq(&vbd->vbd_lock);
>
> handle_bio(vbd, bio);
> }
> up(&vbd->sem);
>
> wait_event_interruptible(vbd->vbd_event, (vbd->vbd_bio!=NULL) || kthread_should_stop());

Maybe break long lines into two (in this case after the comma)?

> }
>
> down(&vbd->sem);
>
> /* Flush any pending bio's */
> while(vbd->vbd_bio != NULL){
> spin_lock_irq(&vbd->vbd_lock);
>
> bio = vbd->vbd_bio;
> if(bio == vbd->vbd_biotail)
> vbd->vbd_biotail = NULL;
>
> vbd->vbd_bio = bio->bi_next;
> bio->bi_next = NULL;
>
> spin_unlock_irq(&vbd->vbd_lock);
>
> bio_endio(bio, -EIO);
> }
>
> if(vbd->gd)
> del_gendisk(vbd->gd);
>
> if(vbd->rq)
> blk_cleanup_queue(vbd->rq);
>
> if(vbd->gd)
> put_disk(vbd->gd);
>
> vbd->vbd_thread = NULL;
>
> up(&vbd->sem);
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> static struct vir_blk_dev* create_vbd(int ind, const char *filename)
> {
> int ro = 0;
> loff_t size = 0;
> struct file* fl;
> struct vir_blk_dev *vbd = NULL;
>
> fl = open_backing_file(filename, &ro, &size);
> if(fl == NULL)
> goto retnull;
>
> /* Check if the file is already being emulated */
> list_for_each_entry(vbd, &vbd_head, vbd_list){
> if(vbd->filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.hash == fl->f_path.dentry->d_name.hash){
> printk("File already being emulated\n");

Use KERN_ERR?

> return NULL;
> }
> }
>
> vbd = vblk_alloc(ind);
> if(vbd == NULL){
> printk(KERN_ALERT "Couldn't create anymore VBD!\n");

Is KERN_ALERT ("action must be taken immediately") appropriate here?

> goto retnull;
> }
>
> vbd->filp = fl;
> vbd->ro = ro;
>
> vbd->sectspercyl_bits = NUM_SPC_BITS;
> vbd->heads_bits = NUM_HEADS_BITS;
> vbd->sect_size_bits = SECT_SIZE_BITS;
> vbd->sects = size >> (vbd->sect_size_bits);
>
> set_capacity(vbd->gd, vbd->sects);
> vbd->cylinders = get_capacity(vbd->gd) >> (vbd->heads_bits + vbd->sectspercyl_bits);
> spin_lock_init(&vbd->vbd_lock);
> init_MUTEX(&vbd->sem);
>
> /* Create a thread to handle Read/Write */
> vbd->vbd_thread = kthread_create(io_handler, vbd, "vblk%d_thread", vbd->index);
> if(IS_ERR(vbd->vbd_thread)){
> printk(KERN_ALERT "Unable to create thread for %s!\n", vbd->gd->disk_name);
> goto retnull;
> }
> wake_up_process(vbd->vbd_thread);
> printk("File(%s) is being emulated as block device %s\n", filename, vbd->gd->disk_name);

Use KERN_INFO?

> add_disk(vbd->gd);
>
> return vbd;
>
> retnull:
> if(vbd != NULL){
> if(vbd->rq != NULL)
> blk_cleanup_queue(vbd->rq);
>
> if(vbd->gd != NULL)
> put_disk(vbd->gd);
>
> kfree(vbd);
> }
> return NULL;
> }
>
> static void pdev_release(struct device *dev)
> {
> return;
> }
>
> static int detach_vbd(const char *filename)
> {
> struct file *filp;
> struct vir_blk_dev *next, *vbd;
>
> filp = filp_open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_LARGEFILE, 0);
> if(IS_ERR(filp))
> return 0;
>
> list_for_each_entry_safe(vbd, next, &vbd_head, vbd_list){
> if(vbd->filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.hash == filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.hash){
> if(vbd->use_count != 0){
> printk("Can't unload busy device(%s)\n", vbd->gd->disk_name);

KERN_ERR?

> filp_close(filp, current->files);
> return 0;
> }
> kthread_stop(vbd->vbd_thread);
> while(vbd->vbd_thread != NULL)
> schedule();
> printk("Killed thread 'vblk%d_thread'\n", vbd->index);

KERN_DEBUG?

> list_del(&vbd->vbd_list);

Is some kind of locking needed here?

> kfree(vbd);
> filp_close(filp, current->files);
> return 1;
> }
> }
> printk("File(%s) not being emulated\n", filename);

KERN_DEBUG?

> filp_close(filp, current->files);
> return 0;
> }
>
> static int attach_vbd(char *filename)
> {
> int ind, i;
> struct vir_blk_dev *vbd = NULL;
>
> /* Find an available Ind */
> ind = i = 0;
> do{
> i = ind;
> list_for_each_entry(vbd, &vbd_head, vbd_list){

Can the list change while we are iterating over it? If so, do wee
need locking here?

> if(vbd->index == ind){
> ind++;
> break;
> }
> }
> }while(ind != i);
>
> vbd = create_vbd(ind, filename);
> if(vbd != NULL){
> list_add_tail(&vbd->vbd_list, &vbd_head);
> return 1;
> }else{
> printk("Unable to load(%s)\n", filename);

KERN_ERR?

> return 0;
> }
> }
>
> static ssize_t nodes_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)

Maybe break the long line?

> {
> if(count>0 && buf[count-1] == '\n')
> ((char *) buf)[count-1] = 0;
>
> if(buf[0] == '-' && detach_vbd(buf+1))
> return count;
> else if(buf[0] == '+' && attach_vbd(buf+1))
> return count;
> else
> return -EINVAL;
> }

Maybe return more informative error codes here, e.g. -EBUSY if
detach_vdb fails due to a busy device?

>
> static ssize_t nodes_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> {
> ssize_t ret = 0;
> struct vir_blk_dev *vbd;
> char *fname;
>
> list_for_each_entry(vbd, &vbd_head, vbd_list){

Can the list change while we are iterating over it? If so, do we need
to take the lock outside the loop?

> down(&vbd->sem);
> fname = d_path(&vbd->filp->f_path, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
>
> if(IS_ERR(fname)){
> ret = PTR_ERR(fname);
> up(&vbd->sem);
> break;
> }
> ret += sprintf(buf+ret, "%s' as '%s'\n", fname, vbd->gd->disk_name);

Can buf overflow?

> up(&vbd->sem);
> }
>
> return ret;
> }
>
> static DEVICE_ATTR(manage, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, nodes_show, nodes_store);
>
> static int __init vb_init(void)
> {
> int ret = 0;
> int op_done = 0;
>
> ret = register_blkdev(VBD_MAJOR, VBD_NAME);
> if(ret){
> printk(KERN_NOTICE "Could not register_blkdev!\n");
> ret = -EIO;
> goto cleanup;

The example code in "Linux Device Drivers", third edition, p.469 uses
KERN_WARNING and returns -EBUSY in this case. No idea whether this is
important.

> }else{
> op_done |= REGBLKDEV;
> }
>
> vir_dev.release = pdev_release;

Should this be in the initialiser alongside .bus_id?

> if(device_register(&vir_dev)){
> ret = -EIO;
> printk(KERN_NOTICE "Could not device_register!\n");
> goto cleanup;
> }else{
> op_done |= REGPDEV;
> }
>
> if(device_create_file(&vir_dev, &dev_attr_manage)){
> ret = -EIO;
> printk(KERN_NOTICE "Could not device_create_file!\n");
> goto cleanup;
> }else{
> op_done |= CRTDEVFL;
> }
>
> return ret;
>
> cleanup:
> if(op_done & CRTDEVFL){
> device_remove_file(&vir_dev, &dev_attr_manage);

Can this ever be called?

> op_done &= ~CRTDEVFL;
> }
>
> if(op_done & REGPDEV){
> device_unregister(&vir_dev);
> op_done &= ~REGPDEV;
> }
>
> if(op_done & REGBLKDEV){
> unregister_blkdev(VBD_MAJOR, VBD_NAME);
> op_done &= ~REGBLKDEV;
> }
>
> return ret;
> }
>
> static void __exit vb_exit(void)
> {
> struct vir_blk_dev *vbd, *next;
>
> list_for_each_entry_safe(vbd, next, &vbd_head, vbd_list){
> kthread_stop(vbd->vbd_thread);
> while(vbd->vbd_thread != NULL)
> schedule();
> printk("Killed thread 'vblk%d_thread'\n", vbd->index);

KERN_INFO?

> list_del(&vbd->vbd_list);
> kfree(vbd);
> }
>
> device_remove_file(&vir_dev, &dev_attr_manage);
> device_unregister(&vir_dev);
>
> unregister_blkdev(VBD_MAJOR, VBD_NAME);
> }
>
> module_init(vb_init);
> module_exit(vb_exit);
>
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("A Block Device Emulator");

I hope this helps,
Jochen
--
http://seehuhn.de/


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