[PATCH] nbd: show nbd client pid in sysfs
Allow nbd to expose the nbd-client daemon's PID in /sys/block/nbd<x>/pid.
This is helpful for tracking connection status of a device and for
determining which nbd devices are currently in use.
Signed-off-by: Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 9d1035e..7bf2cfb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -355,14 +355,30 @@
return NULL;
}
+static ssize_t pid_show(struct gendisk *disk, char *page)
+{
+ return sprintf(page, "%ld\n",
+ (long) ((struct nbd_device *)disk->private_data)->pid);
+}
+
+static struct disk_attribute pid_attr = {
+ .attr = { .name = "pid", .mode = S_IRUGO },
+ .show = pid_show,
+};
+
static void nbd_do_it(struct nbd_device *lo)
{
struct request *req;
BUG_ON(lo->magic != LO_MAGIC);
+ lo->pid = current->pid;
+ sysfs_create_file(&lo->disk->kobj, &pid_attr.attr);
+
while ((req = nbd_read_stat(lo)) != NULL)
nbd_end_request(req);
+
+ sysfs_remove_file(&lo->disk->kobj, &pid_attr.attr);
return;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/nbd.h b/include/linux/nbd.h
index d6b6dc0..0f3e693 100644
--- a/include/linux/nbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nbd.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
struct gendisk *disk;
int blksize;
u64 bytesize;
+ pid_t pid; /* pid of nbd-client, if attached */
};
#endif