Re: [RFT] Support for ~2144 SCSI discs

Eric Youngdale (eric@andante.org)
Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:10:59 -0400


FYI - At some point in the 2.5 series I would like to do some serious
surgery on the sd datastructures - this will mainly remove load order
dependencies and eliminate the need for CONFIG_SD_EXTRA. I believe that
some of the work that Jens has already started on the blk device layer will
make support for very large numbers of disks much easier.

-Eric

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Gooch" <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <devfs-announce-list@mobilix.ras.ucalgary.ca>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:30 PM
Subject: [RFT] Support for ~2144 SCSI discs

> Hi, all. Below is a patch that adds support for large numbers of
> SCSI discs (approximately 2144). I'd like people to try this out. I'm
> not doing my normal devfs-patch-v??? thing because this is completely
> untested (I'm away from my SCSI boxes), and I don't want to put a
> possibly FS-corrupting patch on my ftp archive. The code does compile
> and link, though.
>
> There are 3 cases I'd like to have tested:
> - people with 1 to 16 SCSI discs
> - people with 17 to 128 SCSI discs
> - people with >128 SCSI discs
>
> because each of these exercises a slightly different setup path.
> Please send success or failure reports to me.
>
> REMINDER: be careful with this patch. It could corrupt your FS.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard....
> Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
> Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
>
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/Documentation/Configure.help
linux/Documentation/Configure.help
> --- linux-2.4.7/Documentation/Configure.help Thu Jul 19 20:48:15 2001
> +++ linux/Documentation/Configure.help Mon Jul 23 01:19:24 2001
> @@ -5410,6 +5410,17 @@
> located on a SCSI disk. In this case, do not compile the driver for
> your SCSI host adapter (below) as a module either.
>
> +Many SCSI Discs support
> +CONFIG_SD_MANY
> + This allows you to support a very large number of SCSI discs
> + (approximately 2144). You will also need to set CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
> + later. This option may consume all unassigned block majors
> + (i.e. those which do not have an allocation in
> + Documentation/devices.txt). Enabling this will consume a few extra
> + kilobytes of kernel memory.
> +
> + Unless you have a large storage array, say N.
> +
> Extra SCSI Disks
> CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS
> This controls the amount of additional space allocated in tables for
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/ChangeLog
linux/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/ChangeLog
> --- linux-2.4.7/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/ChangeLog Wed Jul 11
17:55:41 2001
> +++ linux/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/ChangeLog Mon Jul 30 19:13:00
2001
> @@ -1675,3 +1675,13 @@
> - Fixed number leak for /dev/cdroms/cdrom%d
>
> - Fixed number leak for /dev/discs/disc%d
>
+===========================================================================
====
> +Changes for patch v183
> +
> +- Fixed bug in <devfs_setup> which could hang boot process
>
+===========================================================================
====
> +Changes for patch v184
> +
> +- Support large numbers of SCSI discs (~2144)
> +
> +- Documentation typo fix for fs/devfs/util.c
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/Config.in linux/drivers/scsi/Config.in
> --- linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/Config.in Thu Jul 5 14:28:16 2001
> +++ linux/drivers/scsi/Config.in Mon Jul 23 01:19:47 2001
> @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
> dep_tristate ' SCSI disk support' CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD $CONFIG_SCSI
>
> if [ "$CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD" != "n" ]; then
> - int 'Maximum number of SCSI disks that can be loaded as modules'
CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS 40
> + bool ' Many (~2144) SCSI discs support (requires devfs)'
CONFIG_SD_MANY
> + int ' Maximum number of SCSI disks that can be loaded as modules'
CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS 40
> fi
>
> dep_tristate ' SCSI tape support' CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST $CONFIG_SCSI
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/hosts.h linux/drivers/scsi/hosts.h
> --- linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/hosts.h Fri Jul 20 15:55:46 2001
> +++ linux/drivers/scsi/hosts.h Mon Jul 30 19:20:27 2001
> @@ -506,9 +506,8 @@
> const char * tag;
> struct module * module; /* Used for loadable modules */
> unsigned char scsi_type;
> - unsigned int major;
> - unsigned int min_major; /* Minimum major in range. */
> - unsigned int max_major; /* Maximum major in range. */
> + unsigned int *majors; /* Array of majors used by driver */
> + unsigned int num_majors; /* Number of majors used by driver */
> unsigned int nr_dev; /* Number currently attached */
> unsigned int dev_noticed; /* Number of devices detected. */
> unsigned int dev_max; /* Current size of arrays */
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/osst.c linux/drivers/scsi/osst.c
> --- linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/osst.c Fri Jul 20 00:18:15 2001
> +++ linux/drivers/scsi/osst.c Mon Jul 30 17:57:27 2001
> @@ -160,7 +160,6 @@
> name: "OnStream tape",
> tag: "osst",
> scsi_type: TYPE_TAPE,
> - major: OSST_MAJOR,
> detect: osst_detect,
> init: osst_init,
> attach: osst_attach,
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
linux/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
> --- linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c Thu Jul 19 23:48:04 2001
> +++ linux/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c Mon Jul 30 17:52:35 2001
> @@ -769,25 +769,10 @@
> * Search for a block device driver that supports this
> * major.
> */
> - if (spnt->blk && spnt->major == major) {
> - return spnt;
> - }
> - /*
> - * I am still not entirely satisfied with this solution,
> - * but it is good enough for now. Disks have a number of
> - * major numbers associated with them, the primary
> - * 8, which we test above, and a secondary range of 7
> - * different consecutive major numbers. If this ever
> - * becomes insufficient, then we could add another function
> - * to the structure, and generalize this completely.
> - */
> - if( spnt->min_major != 0
> - && spnt->max_major != 0
> - && major >= spnt->min_major
> - && major <= spnt->max_major )
> - {
> - return spnt;
> - }
> + int i;
> + if (!spnt->blk || !spnt->majors) continue;
> + for (i = 0; i < spnt->num_majors; ++i)
> + if (spnt->majors[i] == major) return spnt;
> }
> return NULL;
> }
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/sd.c linux/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> --- linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/sd.c Thu Jul 5 14:28:17 2001
> +++ linux/drivers/scsi/sd.c Mon Jul 30 20:10:58 2001
> @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
> *
> * Modified by Alex Davis <letmein@erols.com>
> * Fix problem where removable media could be ejected after
sd_open.
> + *
> + * Modified by Richard Gooch rgooch@atnf.csiro.au to support >128
discs.
> */
>
> #include <linux/config.h>
> @@ -65,7 +67,7 @@
> * static const char RCSid[] = "$Header:";
> */
>
> -#define SD_MAJOR(i) (!(i) ? SCSI_DISK0_MAJOR : SCSI_DISK1_MAJOR-1+(i))
> +#define SD_MAJOR(i) sd_template.majors[(i)]
>
> #define SCSI_DISKS_PER_MAJOR 16
> #define SD_MAJOR_NUMBER(i) SD_MAJOR((i) >> 8)
> @@ -108,12 +110,6 @@
> name:"disk",
> tag:"sd",
> scsi_type:TYPE_DISK,
> - major:SCSI_DISK0_MAJOR,
> - /*
> - * Secondary range of majors that this driver handles.
> - */
> - min_major:SCSI_DISK1_MAJOR,
> - max_major:SCSI_DISK7_MAJOR,
> blk:1,
> detect:sd_detect,
> init:sd_init,
> @@ -123,6 +119,19 @@
> init_command:sd_init_command,
> };
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SD_MANY
> +static inline int sd_devnum_to_index (int devnum)
> +{
> + int i, major = MAJOR (devnum);
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < sd_template.num_majors; ++i)
> + {
> + if (sd_template.majors[i] != major) continue;
> + return (i << 4) | (MINOR (i) >> 4);
> + }
> + return -ENODEV;
> +}
> +#endif
>
> static void rw_intr(Scsi_Cmnd * SCpnt);
>
> @@ -1043,6 +1052,41 @@
> return i;
> }
>
> +static int sd_alloc_majors (void)
> +/* Allocate as many majors as required
> + */
> +{
> + int i, major;
> +
> + if ( ( sd_template.majors =
> + kmalloc (sizeof sd_template.majors * N_USED_SD_MAJORS,
> + GFP_ATOMIC) ) == NULL ) {
> + printk ("sd.c: unable to allocate major array\n");
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> + sd_template.majors[0] = SCSI_DISK0_MAJOR;
> + for (i = 1; (i < N_USED_SD_MAJORS) && (i <N_SD_PREASSIGNED_MAJORS);++i)
> + sd_template.majors[i] = SCSI_DISK1_MAJOR + i - 1;
> + for (; (i >= N_SD_PREASSIGNED_MAJORS) && (i < N_USED_SD_MAJORS); ++i) {
> + if ( ( major = devfs_alloc_major (DEVFS_SPECIAL_BLK) ) < 0 )
> + break;
> + sd_template.majors[i] = major;
> + }
> + sd_template.dev_max = i * SCSI_DISKS_PER_MAJOR;
> + sd_template.num_majors = i;
> + return 0;
> +} /* End Function sd_alloc_majors */
> +
> +static void sd_dealloc_majors (void)
> +/* Deallocate all the allocated majors
> + */
> +{
> + int i;
> +
> + for (i = sd_template.num_majors - 1; i >= N_SD_PREASSIGNED_MAJORS; --i)
> + devfs_dealloc_major (DEVFS_SPECIAL_BLK, sd_template.majors[i]);
> +} /* End Function sd_dealloc_majors */
> +
> /*
> * The sd_init() function looks at all SCSI drives present, determines
> * their size, and reads partition table entries for them.
> @@ -1057,16 +1101,16 @@
> if (sd_template.dev_noticed == 0)
> return 0;
>
> - if (!rscsi_disks)
> + if (!rscsi_disks) {
> sd_template.dev_max = sd_template.dev_noticed + SD_EXTRA_DEVS;
> -
> - if (sd_template.dev_max > N_SD_MAJORS * SCSI_DISKS_PER_MAJOR)
> - sd_template.dev_max = N_SD_MAJORS * SCSI_DISKS_PER_MAJOR;
> + if ( !sd_alloc_majors() ) return 1;
> + }
>
> if (!sd_registered) {
> for (i = 0; i < N_USED_SD_MAJORS; i++) {
> if (devfs_register_blkdev(SD_MAJOR(i), "sd", &sd_fops)) {
> printk("Unable to get major %d for SCSI disk\n", SD_MAJOR(i));
> + sd_dealloc_majors();
> return 1;
> }
> }
> @@ -1166,6 +1210,7 @@
> for (i = 0; i < N_USED_SD_MAJORS; i++) {
> devfs_unregister_blkdev(SD_MAJOR(i), "sd");
> }
> + sd_dealloc_majors();
> sd_registered--;
> return 1;
> }
> @@ -1373,6 +1418,7 @@
>
> scsi_unregister_module(MODULE_SCSI_DEV, &sd_template);
>
> + sd_dealloc_majors();
> for (i = 0; i < N_USED_SD_MAJORS; i++)
> devfs_unregister_blkdev(SD_MAJOR(i), "sd");
>
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/sd.h linux/drivers/scsi/sd.h
> --- linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/sd.h Fri Jul 20 15:55:46 2001
> +++ linux/drivers/scsi/sd.h Mon Jul 30 20:09:12 2001
> @@ -42,10 +42,14 @@
> */
> extern kdev_t sd_find_target(void *host, int tgt);
>
> -#define N_SD_MAJORS 8
> +#define N_SD_PREASSIGNED_MAJORS 8
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SD_MANY
> +#define SD_PARTITION(i) ((sd_devnum_to_index((i)) << 4) | ((i)&0x0f))
> +#else
> #define SD_MAJOR_MASK (N_SD_MAJORS - 1)
> #define SD_PARTITION(i) (((MAJOR(i) & SD_MAJOR_MASK) << 8) | (MINOR(i) &
255))
> +#endif
>
> #endif
>
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/sg.c linux/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> --- linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/sg.c Wed Jul 4 18:39:28 2001
> +++ linux/drivers/scsi/sg.c Mon Jul 30 17:57:52 2001
> @@ -123,7 +123,6 @@
> {
> tag:"sg",
> scsi_type:0xff,
> - major:SCSI_GENERIC_MAJOR,
> detect:sg_detect,
> init:sg_init,
> finish:sg_finish,
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/sr.c linux/drivers/scsi/sr.c
> --- linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/sr.c Thu Jul 5 14:28:17 2001
> +++ linux/drivers/scsi/sr.c Mon Jul 30 17:59:33 2001
> @@ -69,12 +69,15 @@
>
> static int sr_init_command(Scsi_Cmnd *);
>
> +static unsigned int sr_major = SCSI_CDROM_MAJOR;
> +
> static struct Scsi_Device_Template sr_template =
> {
> name:"cdrom",
> tag:"sr",
> scsi_type:TYPE_ROM,
> - major:SCSI_CDROM_MAJOR,
> + majors:&sr_major,
> + num_majors:1,
> blk:1,
> detect:sr_detect,
> init:sr_init,
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/st.c linux/drivers/scsi/st.c
> --- linux-2.4.7/drivers/scsi/st.c Fri Jul 20 00:16:32 2001
> +++ linux/drivers/scsi/st.c Mon Jul 30 17:58:22 2001
> @@ -160,7 +160,6 @@
> name:"tape",
> tag:"st",
> scsi_type:TYPE_TAPE,
> - major:SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR,
> detect:st_detect,
> init:st_init,
> attach:st_attach,
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/fs/devfs/base.c linux/fs/devfs/base.c
> --- linux-2.4.7/fs/devfs/base.c Wed Jul 11 17:55:41 2001
> +++ linux/fs/devfs/base.c Mon Jul 30 19:10:41 2001
> @@ -511,6 +511,9 @@
> Removed broken devnum allocation and use <devfs_alloc_devnum>.
> Fixed old devnum leak by calling new <devfs_dealloc_devnum>.
> v0.107
> + 20010712 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
> + Fixed bug in <devfs_setup> which could hang boot process.
> + v0.108
> */
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/errno.h>
> @@ -543,7 +546,7 @@
> #include <asm/bitops.h>
> #include <asm/atomic.h>
>
> -#define DEVFS_VERSION "0.107 (20010709)"
> +#define DEVFS_VERSION "0.108 (20010712)"
>
> #define DEVFS_NAME "devfs"
>
> @@ -1342,12 +1345,12 @@
> return NULL;
> }
> }
> - de->u.fcb.autogen = 0;
> + de->u.fcb.autogen = FALSE;
> if ( S_ISCHR (mode) || S_ISBLK (mode) )
> {
> de->u.fcb.u.device.major = major;
> de->u.fcb.u.device.minor = minor;
> - de->u.fcb.autogen = (devnum == NODEV) ? 0 : 1;
> + de->u.fcb.autogen = (devnum == NODEV) ? FALSE : TRUE;
> }
> else if ( S_ISREG (mode) ) de->u.fcb.u.file.size = 0;
> else
> @@ -1418,7 +1421,7 @@
> MKDEV (de->u.fcb.u.device.major,
> de->u.fcb.u.device.minor) );
> }
> - de->u.fcb.autogen = 0;
> + de->u.fcb.autogen = FALSE;
> return;
> }
> if (S_ISLNK (de->mode) && de->registered)
> @@ -2063,6 +2066,7 @@
> {"show", OPTION_SHOW, &boot_options},
> {"only", OPTION_ONLY, &boot_options},
> {"mount", OPTION_MOUNT, &boot_options},
> + {NULL, 0, NULL}
> };
>
> while ( (*str != '\0') && !isspace (*str) )
> @@ -2074,7 +2078,7 @@
> invert = 1;
> str += 2;
> }
> - for (i = 0; i < sizeof (devfs_options_tab); i++)
> + for (i = 0; devfs_options_tab[i].name != NULL; i++)
> {
> int len = strlen (devfs_options_tab[i].name);
>
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/fs/devfs/util.c linux/fs/devfs/util.c
> --- linux-2.4.7/fs/devfs/util.c Wed Jul 11 17:55:41 2001
> +++ linux/fs/devfs/util.c Mon Jul 30 18:28:12 2001
> @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
> Created <devfs_*alloc_major> and <devfs_*alloc_devnum>.
> 20010710 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
> Created <devfs_*alloc_unique_number>.
> + 20010730 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
> + Documentation typo fix.
> */
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> @@ -214,7 +216,7 @@
>
> /**
> * devfs_alloc_major - Allocate a major number.
> - * @type: The type of the major (DEVFS_SPECIAL_CHR or
DEVFS_SPECIAL_BLOCK)
> + * @type: The type of the major (DEVFS_SPECIAL_CHR or DEVFS_SPECIAL_BLK)
>
> * Returns the allocated major, else -1 if none are available.
> * This routine is thread safe and does not block.
> @@ -238,7 +240,7 @@
>
> /**
> * devfs_dealloc_major - Deallocate a major number.
> - * @type: The type of the major (DEVFS_SPECIAL_CHR or
DEVFS_SPECIAL_BLOCK)
> + * @type: The type of the major (DEVFS_SPECIAL_CHR or DEVFS_SPECIAL_BLK)
> * @major: The major number.
> * This routine is thread safe and does not block.
> */
> @@ -282,7 +284,7 @@
>
> /**
> * devfs_alloc_devnum - Allocate a device number.
> - * @type: The type (DEVFS_SPECIAL_CHR or DEVFS_SPECIAL_BLOCK).
> + * @type: The type (DEVFS_SPECIAL_CHR or DEVFS_SPECIAL_BLK).
> *
> * Returns the allocated device number, else NODEV if none are available.
> * This routine is thread safe and may block.
> @@ -347,7 +349,7 @@
>
> /**
> * devfs_dealloc_devnum - Dellocate a device number.
> - * @type: The type (DEVFS_SPECIAL_CHR or DEVFS_SPECIAL_BLOCK).
> + * @type: The type (DEVFS_SPECIAL_CHR or DEVFS_SPECIAL_BLK).
> * @devnum: The device number.
> *
> * This routine is thread safe and does not block.
> diff -urN linux-2.4.7/include/linux/blk.h linux/include/linux/blk.h
> --- linux-2.4.7/include/linux/blk.h Mon Jul 30 19:20:01 2001
> +++ linux/include/linux/blk.h Mon Jul 30 20:05:18 2001
> @@ -144,7 +144,11 @@
>
> #define DEVICE_NAME "scsidisk"
> #define TIMEOUT_VALUE (2*HZ)
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SD_MANY
> +#define DEVICE_NR(device) sd_devnum_to_index((device))
> +#else
> #define DEVICE_NR(device) (((MAJOR(device) & SD_MAJOR_MASK) << (8 - 4)) +
(MINOR(device) >> 4))
> +#endif
>
> /* Kludge to use the same number for both char and block major numbers */
> #elif (MAJOR_NR == MD_MAJOR) && defined(MD_DRIVER)
> -
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