[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>
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 9d96749..680d913 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@
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_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 *);