From 021e2230d6c04d80289fceb2d21c9ce93a615b32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boaz Harrosh Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 20:05:05 +0300 Subject: [SCSI] osduld: use filp_open() when looking up an osd-device This patch was inspired by Al Viro, for simplifying and fixing the retrieval of osd-devices by in-kernel users, eg: file systems. In-Kernel users, now, go through the same path user-mode does by opening a file on the osd char-device and though holding a reference to both the device and the Module. A file pointer was added to the osd_dev structure which is now allocated for each user. The internal osd_dev is no longer exposed outside of the uld. I wanted to do that for a long time so each libosd user can have his own defaults on the device. The API is left the same, so user code need not change. It is no longer needed to open/close a file handle on the osd char-device from user-mode, before mounting an exofs on it. Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh CC: Al Viro Signed-off-by: James Bottomley --- include/scsi/osd_initiator.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/scsi') diff --git a/include/scsi/osd_initiator.h b/include/scsi/osd_initiator.h index b44dc53..02bd9f7 100644 --- a/include/scsi/osd_initiator.h +++ b/include/scsi/osd_initiator.h @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ enum osd_std_version { */ struct osd_dev { struct scsi_device *scsi_device; + struct file *file; unsigned def_timeout; #ifdef OSD_VER1_SUPPORT -- cgit v1.1