1. 27 Aug, 2008 1 commit
    • FUJITA Tomonori's avatar
      block: move cmdfilter from gendisk to request_queue · abf54393
      FUJITA Tomonori authored
      cmd_filter works only for the block layer SG_IO with SCSI block
      devices. It breaks scsi/sg.c, bsg, and the block layer SG_IO with SCSI
      character devices (such as st). We hit a kernel crash with them.
      
      The problem is that cmd_filter code accesses to gendisk (having struct
      blk_scsi_cmd_filter) via inode->i_bdev->bd_disk. It works for only
      SCSI block device files. With character device files, inode->i_bdev
      leads you to struct cdev. inode->i_bdev->bd_disk->blk_scsi_cmd_filter
      isn't safe.
      
      SCSI ULDs don't expose gendisk; they keep it private. bsg needs to be
      independent on any protocols. We shouldn't change ULDs to expose their
      gendisk.
      
      This patch moves struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter from gendisk to
      request_queue, a common object, which eveyone can access to.
      
      The user interface doesn't change; users can change the filters via
      /sys/block/. gendisk has a pointer to request_queue so the cmd_filter
      code accesses to struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarFUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      abf54393
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