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| author | Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> | 2006-12-08 11:36:12 +0100 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.osdl.org> | 2006-12-08 17:28:38 +0100 |
| commit | 32694850a91bd4fedcdd4a46292f870588be81d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 370e1f97c9dff8f4feb71b8a1cf03cfe37b15d8b /Documentation/ABI | |
| parent | [PATCH] pktcdvd: bio write congestion using congestion_wait() (diff) | |
| download | linux-32694850a91bd4fedcdd4a46292f870588be81d1.tar.xz linux-32694850a91bd4fedcdd4a46292f870588be81d1.zip | |
[PATCH] pktcdvd: add sysfs and debugfs interface
Add a sysfs and debugfs interface to the pktcdvd driver.
Look into the Documentation/ABI/testing/* files in the patch for more info.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/ABI')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-pktcdvd | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-pktcdvd | 72 |
2 files changed, 92 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-pktcdvd b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-pktcdvd new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..03dbd883cc41 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/debugfs-pktcdvd @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +What: /debug/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7] +Date: Oct. 2006 +KernelVersion: 2.6.19 +Contact: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> +Description: + +debugfs interface +----------------- + +The pktcdvd module (packet writing driver) creates +these files in debugfs: + +/debug/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/ + info (0444) Lots of human readable driver + statistics and infos. Multiple lines! + +Example: +------- + +cat /debug/pktcdvd/pktcdvd0/info diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-pktcdvd b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-pktcdvd new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c4c55edc9a5c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-pktcdvd @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +What: /sys/class/pktcdvd/ +Date: Oct. 2006 +KernelVersion: 2.6.19 +Contact: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> +Description: + +sysfs interface +--------------- + +The pktcdvd module (packet writing driver) creates +these files in the sysfs: +(<devid> is in format major:minor ) + +/sys/class/pktcdvd/ + add (0200) Write a block device id (major:minor) + to create a new pktcdvd device and map + it to the block device. + + remove (0200) Write the pktcdvd device id (major:minor) + to it to remove the pktcdvd device. + + device_map (0444) Shows the device mapping in format: + pktcdvd[0-7] <pktdevid> <blkdevid> + +/sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/ + dev (0444) Device id + uevent (0200) To send an uevent. + +/sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/stat/ + packets_started (0444) Number of started packets. + packets_finished (0444) Number of finished packets. + + kb_written (0444) kBytes written. + kb_read (0444) kBytes read. + kb_read_gather (0444) kBytes read to fill write packets. + + reset (0200) Write any value to it to reset + pktcdvd device statistic values, like + bytes read/written. + +/sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd[0-7]/write_queue/ + size (0444) Contains the size of the bio write + queue. + + congestion_off (0644) If bio write queue size is below + this mark, accept new bio requests + from the block layer. + + congestion_on (0644) If bio write queue size is higher + as this mark, do no longer accept + bio write requests from the block + layer and wait till the pktcdvd + device has processed enough bio's + so that bio write queue size is + below congestion off mark. + A value of <= 0 disables congestion + control. + + +Example: +-------- +To use the pktcdvd sysfs interface directly, you can do: + +# create a new pktcdvd device mapped to /dev/hdc +echo "22:0" >/sys/class/pktcdvd/add +cat /sys/class/pktcdvd/device_map +# assuming device pktcdvd0 was created, look at stat's +cat /sys/class/pktcdvd/pktcdvd0/stat/kb_written +# print the device id of the mapped block device +fgrep pktcdvd0 /sys/class/pktcdvd/device_map +# remove device, using pktcdvd0 device id 253:0 +echo "253:0" >/sys/class/pktcdvd/remove |