From: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
To: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>,
hch@lst.de, kbusch@kernel.org, sagi@grimberg.me, axboe@fb.com,
martin.petersen@oracle.com,
james.bottomley@hansenpartnership.com
Cc: jmeneghi@redhat.com, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, michael.christie@oracle.com,
snitzer@kernel.org, bmarzins@redhat.com,
dm-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/24] scsi-multipath: introduce scsi_device head structure
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 07:50:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <79e229f5-703f-47d1-918e-192b4b12958b@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0809867c-796a-4bf1-a868-7ec64504723d@suse.com>
>> + if (!scsi_mpath_head)
>> + return NULL;
>> +
>> + ida_init(&scsi_mpath_head->ida);
>> + mutex_init(&scsi_mpath_head->lock);
>> +
>> + scsi_mpath_head->mpath_head = mpath_alloc_head();
>> + if (IS_ERR(scsi_mpath_head->mpath_head))
>> + goto out_free;
>> + scsi_mpath_head->mpath_head->mpdt = &smpdt_pr;
>
> mpdt?
> What's that supposed to mean?
multipath device template, like scsi host template
Please check it in the libmultipath series
> Seems to be like a persistent reservation thing, so why don't
> you introduce it together with PR suppoer?
>
>> + scsi_mpath_head->mpath_head->drvdata = scsi_mpath_head;
>> +
>> + scsi_mpath_head->index = ida_alloc(&scsi_multipath_dev_ida,
>> GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (scsi_mpath_head->index < 0)
>> + goto out_put_head;
>> +
>> + device_initialize(&scsi_mpath_head->dev);
>> + ret = dev_set_name(&scsi_mpath_head->dev, "%d", scsi_mpath_head-
>> >index);
>
> Huh? The name is just the number? So we will have a device
> /sys/devices/virtual/1 ?
>
> The sysfs registration looks decidedly odd.
> I guess we should add a scsi multipath class to sort the devices under.
We do, check the later patches.
I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of the naming, but it's hard to
find something very good.
There is no common host. Further more, if I wanted to use HCIL SCSI
naming, then the CIL may not be consistent or unique. I did consider
using the wwid/vpd id, but that seems so inconsistent.
>
>> + if (ret) {
>> + put_device(&scsi_mpath_head->dev);
>> + goto out_free_ida;
>> + }
>> +
>> + return scsi_mpath_head;
>> +
>> +out_free_ida:
>> + ida_free(&scsi_multipath_dev_ida, scsi_mpath_head->index);
>> +out_put_head:
>> + mpath_put_head(scsi_mpath_head->mpath_head);
>> +out_free:
>> + kfree(scsi_mpath_head);
>> + return NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static struct scsi_mpath_head *scsi_mpath_find_head(
>> + struct scsi_mpath_device *scsi_mpath_dev)
>> +{
>> + struct scsi_mpath_head *scsi_mpath_head;
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + mutex_lock(&scsi_mpath_heads_lock);
>> + list_for_each_entry(scsi_mpath_head, &scsi_mpath_heads_list,
>> entry) {
>> + ret = scsi_mpath_get_head(scsi_mpath_head);
>> + if (ret)
>> + continue;
>> + if (strncmp(scsi_mpath_head->wwid,
>> + scsi_mpath_dev->device_id_str,
>> + SCSI_MPATH_DEVICE_ID_LEN) == 0) {
>> +
>> + mutex_unlock(&scsi_mpath_heads_lock);
>> + return scsi_mpath_head;
>> + }
>> + scsi_mpath_put_head(scsi_mpath_head);
>> + }
>> +
>> + return NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> static void scsi_multipath_sdev_uninit(struct scsi_device *sdev)
>> {
>> kfree(sdev->scsi_mpath_dev);
>> @@ -107,6 +178,7 @@ static void scsi_multipath_sdev_uninit(struct
>> scsi_device *sdev)
>> int scsi_mpath_dev_alloc(struct scsi_device *sdev)
>> {
>> + struct scsi_mpath_head *scsi_mpath_head;
>> int ret;
>> if (!scsi_multipath)
>> @@ -127,13 +199,75 @@ int scsi_mpath_dev_alloc(struct scsi_device *sdev)
>> goto out_uninit;
>> }
>> + scsi_mpath_head = scsi_mpath_find_head(sdev->scsi_mpath_dev);
>> + if (scsi_mpath_head)
>> + goto found;
>> + /* scsi_mpath_disks_list lock held */
>> + scsi_mpath_head = scsi_mpath_alloc_head();
>> + if (!scsi_mpath_head)
>> + goto out_uninit;
>> +
>> + strcpy(scsi_mpath_head->wwid, sdev->scsi_mpath_dev->device_id_str);
>> +
>
> Do we have a sysfs attribute for this?
yes, it's introduced later
>
>> + ret = device_add(&scsi_mpath_head->dev);
>> + if (ret)
>> + goto out_put_head;
>> +
>> + list_add_tail(&scsi_mpath_head->entry, &scsi_mpath_heads_list);
>> +
>> + mutex_unlock(&scsi_mpath_heads_lock);
>> + sdev->scsi_mpath_dev->scsi_mpath_head = scsi_mpath_head;
>> +
>> +found:
>> + sdev->scsi_mpath_dev->index = ida_alloc(&scsi_mpath_head->ida,
>> GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (sdev->scsi_mpath_dev->index < 0) {
>> + ret = sdev->scsi_mpath_dev->index;
>> + goto out_put_head;
>> + }
>> +
>> + mutex_lock(&scsi_mpath_head->lock);
>> + scsi_mpath_head->dev_count++;
>> + mutex_unlock(&scsi_mpath_head->lock);
>> +
>> + sdev->scsi_mpath_dev->scsi_mpath_head = scsi_mpath_head;
>> return 0;
>> +out_put_head:
>> + scsi_mpath_put_head(scsi_mpath_head);
>> out_uninit:
>> + mutex_unlock(&scsi_mpath_heads_lock);
>> scsi_multipath_sdev_uninit(sdev);
>> return ret;
>> }
>> +static void scsi_mpath_remove_head(struct scsi_mpath_device
>> *scsi_mpath_dev)
>> +{
>> + struct scsi_mpath_head *scsi_mpath_head =
>> + scsi_mpath_dev->scsi_mpath_head;
>> + bool last_path = false;
>> +
>> + mutex_lock(&scsi_mpath_head->lock);
>> + scsi_mpath_head->dev_count--;
>> + if (scsi_mpath_head->dev_count == 0)
>> + last_path = true;
>> + mutex_unlock(&scsi_mpath_head->lock);
>> +
>> + if (last_path)
>> + device_del(&scsi_mpath_head->dev);
>> +
>> + scsi_mpath_dev->scsi_mpath_head = NULL;
>> + scsi_mpath_put_head(scsi_mpath_head);
>> +}
>> +
>> +void scsi_mpath_remove_device(struct scsi_mpath_device *scsi_mpath_dev)
>> +{
>> + struct scsi_mpath_head *scsi_mpath_head = scsi_mpath_dev-
>> >scsi_mpath_head;
>> +
>> + ida_free(&scsi_mpath_head->ida, scsi_mpath_dev->index);
>> +
>> + scsi_mpath_remove_head(scsi_mpath_dev);
>> +}
>> +
>> void scsi_mpath_dev_release(struct scsi_device *sdev)
>> {
>> struct scsi_mpath_device *scsi_mpath_dev = sdev->scsi_mpath_dev;
>> @@ -142,8 +276,21 @@ void scsi_mpath_dev_release(struct scsi_device
>> *sdev)
>> return;
>> scsi_multipath_sdev_uninit(sdev);
>> +}
>> +
>> +int scsi_mpath_get_head(struct scsi_mpath_head *scsi_mpath_head)
>> +{
>> + if (!get_device(&scsi_mpath_head->dev))
>> + return -ENXIO;
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scsi_mpath_get_head);
>> +void scsi_mpath_put_head(struct scsi_mpath_head *scsi_mpath_head)
>> +{
>> + put_device(&scsi_mpath_head->dev);
>> }
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scsi_mpath_put_head);
>> int __init scsi_multipath_init(void)
>> {
>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
>> index 0d69e27600a7a..287a683e89ae5 100644
>> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
>> @@ -1447,6 +1447,9 @@ void __scsi_remove_device(struct scsi_device *sdev)
>> } else
>> put_device(&sdev->sdev_dev);
>> + if (sdev->scsi_mpath_dev)
>> + scsi_mpath_remove_device(sdev->scsi_mpath_dev);
>> +
>> /*
>> * Stop accepting new requests and wait until all queuecommand()
>> and
>> * scsi_run_queue() invocations have finished before tearing
>> down the
>> diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_multipath.h b/include/scsi/
>> scsi_multipath.h
>> index ca00ea10cd5db..38953b05a44dc 100644
>> --- a/include/scsi/scsi_multipath.h
>> +++ b/include/scsi/scsi_multipath.h
>> @@ -19,9 +19,22 @@
>> #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_MULTIPATH
>> #define SCSI_MPATH_DEVICE_ID_LEN 40
>> +struct scsi_mpath_head {
>> + char wwid[SCSI_MPATH_DEVICE_ID_LEN];
>
> Don't name it WWID. That's an ATA thing. Make it vpd_id.
>
ok
Thanks!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-03 7:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-25 15:36 [PATCH 00/24] Native SCSI multipath support John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 01/24] scsi: core: add SCSI_MAX_QUEUE_DEPTH John Garry
2026-03-03 6:52 ` Hannes Reinecke
2026-03-03 7:45 ` John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 02/24] scsi-multipath: introduce basic SCSI device support John Garry
2026-03-02 2:16 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-02 11:33 ` John Garry
2026-03-02 2:22 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-02 11:39 ` John Garry
2026-03-03 5:39 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-03 8:01 ` Hannes Reinecke
2026-03-03 14:20 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-05 15:59 ` John Garry
2026-03-03 6:57 ` Hannes Reinecke
2026-03-03 7:45 ` John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 03/24] scsi-multipath: introduce scsi_device head structure John Garry
2026-03-02 2:50 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-02 12:00 ` John Garry
2026-03-03 7:13 ` Hannes Reinecke
2026-03-03 7:50 ` John Garry [this message]
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 04/24] scsi-multipath: introduce scsi_mpath_device_class John Garry
2026-03-02 2:54 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-02 12:01 ` John Garry
2026-03-03 7:16 ` Hannes Reinecke
2026-03-03 10:53 ` John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 05/24] scsi-multipath: provide sysfs link from to scsi_device John Garry
2026-03-03 7:19 ` Hannes Reinecke
2026-03-03 10:49 ` John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 06/24] scsi-multipath: support iopolicy John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 07/24] scsi-multipath: clone each bio John Garry
2026-03-02 3:21 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-02 12:12 ` John Garry
2026-03-02 16:27 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-02 17:16 ` John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 08/24] scsi-multipath: clear path when decide is blocked John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 09/24] scsi-multipath: failover handling John Garry
2026-03-02 3:57 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-02 12:20 ` John Garry
2026-03-04 5:46 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-04 11:11 ` John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 10/24] scsi-multipath: add scsi_mpath_{start,end}_request() John Garry
2026-03-02 4:08 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-02 12:20 ` John Garry
2026-03-04 6:13 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-04 11:11 ` John Garry
2026-03-05 2:37 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 11/24] scsi-multipath: add scsi_mpath_ioctl() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 12/24] scsi-multipath: provide callbacks for path state John Garry
2026-03-03 5:31 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 13/24] scsi-multipath: set disk device_groups John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 14/24] scsi-multipath: add PR support John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 15/24] scsi: sd: refactor PR ops John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 16/24] scsi: sd: add multipath disk class John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 17/24] scsi: sd: add sd_mpath_{start,end}_command() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 18/24] scsi: sd: add sd_mpath_ioctl() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 19/24] scsi: sd: add multipath PR support John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 20/24] scsi: sd: add sd_mpath_to_disk() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 21/24] scsi: sd: support multipath disk John Garry
2026-03-10 2:40 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-03-10 10:12 ` John Garry
2026-03-10 15:19 ` Benjamin Marzinski
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 22/24] scsi: sd: add mpath_dev file John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 23/24] scsi: sd: add mpath_numa_nodes dev attribute John Garry
2026-02-25 15:36 ` [PATCH 24/24] scsi: sd: add mpath_queue_depth " John Garry
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