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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-07-12 16:47:50 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-07-16 07:04:28 -0400
commit43fdf27470b216ebdef47e09ff83bed2f2894b13 (patch)
tree76b9b838089e5679471026037c93325c228df84a /arch/sparc64/kernel/ldc.c
parent133f09a169f3022be3de671b29658b7ecb375022 (diff)
[SPARC64]: Abstract out mdesc accesses for better MD update handling.
Since we have to be able to handle MD updates, having an in-tree set of data structures representing the MD objects actually makes things more painful. The MD itself is easy to parse, and we can implement the existing interfaces using direct parsing of the MD binary image. The MD is now reference counted, so accesses have to now take the form: handle = mdesc_grab(); ... operations on MD ... mdesc_release(handle); The only remaining issue are cases where code holds on to references to MD property values. mdesc_get_property() returns a direct pointer to the property value, most cases just pull in the information they need and discard the pointer, but there are few that use the pointer directly over a long lifetime. Those will be fixed up in a subsequent changeset. A preliminary handler for MD update events from domain services is there, it is rudimentry but it works and handles all of the reference counting. It does not check the generation number of the MDs, and it does not generate a "add/delete" list for notification to interesting parties about MD changes but that will be forthcoming. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/sparc64/kernel/ldc.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc64/kernel/ldc.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/ldc.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/ldc.c
index dbb65b674a67..85a2be0b0962 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/ldc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/ldc.c
@@ -2335,15 +2335,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ldc_free_exp_dring);
2335 2335
2336static int __init ldc_init(void) 2336static int __init ldc_init(void)
2337{ 2337{
2338 struct mdesc_node *mp;
2339 unsigned long major, minor; 2338 unsigned long major, minor;
2339 struct mdesc_handle *hp;
2340 const u64 *v; 2340 const u64 *v;
2341 u64 mp;
2341 2342
2342 mp = md_find_node_by_name(NULL, "platform"); 2343 hp = mdesc_grab();
2343 if (!mp) 2344 if (!hp)
2344 return -ENODEV; 2345 return -ENODEV;
2345 2346
2346 v = md_get_property(mp, "domaining-enabled", NULL); 2347 mp = mdesc_node_by_name(hp, MDESC_NODE_NULL, "platform");
2348 if (mp == MDESC_NODE_NULL)
2349 return -ENODEV;
2350
2351 v = mdesc_get_property(hp, mp, "domaining-enabled", NULL);
2347 if (!v) 2352 if (!v)
2348 return -ENODEV; 2353 return -ENODEV;
2349 2354