linux/drivers/scsi/fcoe
Robert Love 9d34876f82 libfcoe: Make fcoe_sysfs optional / fix fnic NULL exception
fnic doesn't use any of the create/destroy/enable/disable interfaces
either from the (legacy) module paramaters or the (new) fcoe_sysfs
interfaces. When fcoe_sysfs was introduced fnic wasn't changed since
it wasn't using the interfaces. libfcoe incorrectly assumed that that
all of its users were using fcoe_sysfs and when adding and deleting
FCFs would assume the existance of a fcoe_ctlr_device. fnic was not
allocating this structure because it doesn't care about the standard
user interfaces (fnic starts on link only). If/When libfcoe tried to use
the fcoe_ctlr_device's lock for the first time a NULL pointer exception
would be triggered.

Since fnic doesn't care about sysfs or user interfaces, the solution
is to drop libfcoe's assumption that all drivers are using fcoe_sysfs.

This patch accomplishes this by changing some of the structure
relationships.

We need a way to determine when a LLD is using fcoe_sysfs or not and
we can do that by checking for the existance of the fcoe_ctlr_device.
Prior to this patch, it was assumed that the fcoe_ctlr structure was
allocated with the fcoe_ctlr_device and immediately followed it in
memory. To reach the fcoe_ctlr_device we would simply go back in memory
from the fcoe_ctlr to get the fcoe_ctlr_device.

Since fnic doesn't allocate the fcoe_ctlr_device, we cannot keep that
assumption. This patch adds a pointer from the fcoe_ctlr to the
fcoe_ctlr_device. For bnx2fc and fcoe we will continue to allocate the
two structures together, but then we'll set the ctlr->cdev pointer
to point at the fcoe_ctlr_device. fnic will not change and will continue
to allocate the fcoe_ctlr itself, and ctlr->cdev will remain NULL.

When libfcoe adds fcoe_fcf's to the fcoe_ctlr it will check if ctlr->cdev
is set and only if so will it continue to interact with fcoe_sysfs.

Signed-off-by: Robert Love <robert.w.love@intel.com>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Tested-by: Hiral Patel <hiralpat@cisco.com>
2013-10-11 13:25:40 -07:00
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fcoe_ctlr.c libfcoe: Make fcoe_sysfs optional / fix fnic NULL exception 2013-10-11 13:25:40 -07:00
fcoe_sysfs.c fcoe: Add missing newlines in debug messages 2013-09-04 14:07:13 -07:00
fcoe_transport.c SCSI for-linus on 20130713 2013-07-13 17:41:21 -07:00
fcoe.c libfcoe: Make fcoe_sysfs optional / fix fnic NULL exception 2013-10-11 13:25:40 -07:00
fcoe.h libfc, libfcoe, fcoe: Convert debug_logging macros to pr_info 2012-12-14 10:38:55 -08:00
libfcoe.h libfc, libfcoe, fcoe: Convert debug_logging macros to pr_info 2012-12-14 10:38:55 -08:00
Makefile [SCSI] libfcoe: Add fcoe_sysfs 2012-05-23 09:40:09 +01:00