[PATCH] dm/md dependency tree in sysfs: bd_claim_by_kobject

Adding bd_claim_by_kobject() function which takes kobject as additional
signature of holder device and creates sysfs symlinks between holder device
and claimed device.  bd_release_from_kobject() is a counterpart of
bd_claim_by_kobject.

Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Jun'ichi Nomura 2006-03-27 01:17:57 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 100873687d
commit 641dc636b0
2 changed files with 307 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ struct block_device {
struct list_head bd_inodes;
void * bd_holder;
int bd_holders;
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
struct list_head bd_holder_list;
#endif
struct block_device * bd_contains;
unsigned bd_block_size;
struct hd_struct * bd_part;
@ -1399,6 +1402,13 @@ extern int blkdev_get(struct block_device *, mode_t, unsigned);
extern int blkdev_put(struct block_device *);
extern int bd_claim(struct block_device *, void *);
extern void bd_release(struct block_device *);
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
extern int bd_claim_by_disk(struct block_device *, void *, struct gendisk *);
extern void bd_release_from_disk(struct block_device *, struct gendisk *);
#else
#define bd_claim_by_disk(bdev, holder, disk) bd_claim(bdev, holder)
#define bd_release_from_disk(bdev, disk) bd_release(bdev)
#endif
/* fs/char_dev.c */
extern int alloc_chrdev_region(dev_t *, unsigned, unsigned, const char *);