Hi, On Thursday, 5 January 2006 01:26, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 01:18:37AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > +static int __init snapshot_dev_init(void) > > > > +{ > > > > + int error; > > > > + > > > > + error = alloc_chrdev_region(&interface.devno, 0, 1, interface.name); > > > > + if (error) > > > > + return error; > > > > + cdev_init(&interface.cdev, &snapshot_fops); > > > > + interface.cdev.ops = &snapshot_fops; > > > > + error = cdev_add(&interface.cdev, interface.devno, 1); > > > > + if (error) > > > > + goto Unregister; > > > > + error = sysfs_create_file(&power_subsys.kset.kobj, &snapshot_attr.attr); > > > > > > Heh, that's a neat hack, register a sysfs file that contains the > > > major:minor (there is a function that will print that the correct way, > > > if you really want to do that), in sysfs. It's better to just register > > > a misc character device with the name "snapshot", and then udev will > > > create your userspace node with the proper major:minor all automatically > > > for you. > > > > > > Unless you want to turn these into syscalls :) > > > > Well, I think we simply want to get static major/minor allocated for > > this device. It really uses read/write, IIRC, so no, I do not think we > > want to make it a syscall. > > Ok, then I'd recommend using the misc device, dynamic for now, and > reserve one when you get a bit closer to merging into mainline. Do you mean something like in the appended patch? Rafael Index: linux-2.6.15-mm1/kernel/power/user.c =================================================================== --- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-2.6.15-mm1/kernel/power/user.c 2006-01-06 00:22:52.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,294 @@ +/* + * linux/kernel/power/user.c + * + * This file provides the user space interface for software suspend/resume. + * + * Copyright (C) 2005 Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> + * + * This file is released under the GPLv2. + * + */ + +#include <linux/suspend.h> +#include <linux/syscalls.h> +#include <linux/string.h> +#include <linux/device.h> +#include <linux/miscdevice.h> +#include <linux/mm.h> +#include <linux/swap.h> +#include <linux/swapops.h> +#include <linux/pm.h> +#include <linux/uaccess.h> +#include <linux/fs.h> + +#include "power.h" + +static struct snapshot_data { + struct snapshot_handle handle; + int swap; + struct bitmap_page *bitmap; + int mode; + char frozen; + char ready; +} snapshot_state; + +static atomic_t device_available = ATOMIC_INIT(1); + +int snapshot_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) +{ + struct snapshot_data *data; + + if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&device_available)) { + atomic_inc(&device_available); + return -EBUSY; + } + + if ((filp->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDWR) + return -ENOSYS; + + nonseekable_open(inode, filp); + data = &snapshot_state; + filp->private_data = data; + memset(&data->handle, 0, sizeof(struct snapshot_handle)); + if ((filp->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY) { + data->swap = swsusp_get_swap_index(); + data->mode = O_RDONLY; + } else { + data->swap = -1; + data->mode = O_WRONLY; + } + data->bitmap = NULL; + data->frozen = 0; + data->ready = 0; + + return 0; +} + +int snapshot_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) +{ + struct snapshot_data *data; + + swsusp_free(); + data = filp->private_data; + free_all_swap_pages(data->swap, data->bitmap); + free_bitmap(data->bitmap); + if (data->frozen) { + down(&pm_sem); + thaw_processes(); + enable_nonboot_cpus(); + up(&pm_sem); + } + atomic_inc(&device_available); + return 0; +} + +static ssize_t snapshot_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, + size_t count, loff_t *offp) +{ + struct snapshot_data *data; + ssize_t res; + + data = filp->private_data; + res = snapshot_read_next(&data->handle, count); + if (res > 0) { + if (copy_to_user(buf, data_of(data->handle), res)) + res = -EFAULT; + else + *offp = data->handle.offset; + } + return res; +} + +static ssize_t snapshot_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, + size_t count, loff_t *offp) +{ + struct snapshot_data *data; + ssize_t res; + + data = filp->private_data; + res = snapshot_write_next(&data->handle, count); + if (res > 0) { + if (copy_from_user(data_of(data->handle), buf, res)) + res = -EFAULT; + else + *offp = data->handle.offset; + } + return res; +} + +static int snapshot_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp, + unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) +{ + int error = 0; + struct snapshot_data *data; + unsigned long offset; + unsigned int n; + + if (_IOC_TYPE(cmd) != SNAPSHOT_IOC_MAGIC) + return -ENOTTY; + if (_IOC_NR(cmd) > SNAPSHOT_IOC_MAXNR) + return -ENOTTY; + if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + return -EPERM; + + data = filp->private_data; + + switch (cmd) { + + case SNAPSHOT_IOCFREEZE: + if (data->frozen) + break; + sys_sync(); + down(&pm_sem); + disable_nonboot_cpus(); + if (freeze_processes()) + error = -EBUSY; + up(&pm_sem); + if (!error) + data->frozen = 1; + break; + + case SNAPSHOT_IOCUNFREEZE: + if (!data->frozen) + break; + down(&pm_sem); + thaw_processes(); + enable_nonboot_cpus(); + up(&pm_sem); + data->frozen = 0; + break; + + case SNAPSHOT_IOCATOMIC_SNAPSHOT: + if (data->mode != O_RDONLY || !data->frozen || data->ready) { + error = -EPERM; + break; + } + down(&pm_sem); + pm_prepare_console(); + /* Free memory before shutting down devices. */ + error = swsusp_shrink_memory(); + if (!error) { + error = device_suspend(PMSG_FREEZE); + if (!error) { + in_suspend = 1; + error = swsusp_suspend(); + device_resume(); + } + } + pm_restore_console(); + up(&pm_sem); + if (!error) + error = put_user(in_suspend, (unsigned int __user *)arg); + if (!error) + data->ready = 1; + break; + + case SNAPSHOT_IOCATOMIC_RESTORE: + if (data->mode != O_WRONLY || !data->frozen || + !snapshot_image_loaded(&data->handle)) { + error = -EPERM; + break; + } + down(&pm_sem); + pm_prepare_console(); + error = device_suspend(PMSG_FREEZE); + if (!error) { + mb(); + error = swsusp_resume(); + device_resume(); + } + pm_restore_console(); + up(&pm_sem); + break; + + case SNAPSHOT_IOCFREE: + swsusp_free(); + memset(&data->handle, 0, sizeof(struct snapshot_handle)); + data->ready = 0; + break; + + case SNAPSHOT_IOCSET_IMAGE_SIZE: + image_size = arg; + break; + + case SNAPSHOT_IOCAVAIL_SWAP: + n = swsusp_available_swap(data->swap); + error = put_user(n, (unsigned int __user *)arg); + break; + + case SNAPSHOT_IOCGET_SWAP_PAGE: + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, (unsigned long __user *)arg, _IOC_SIZE(cmd))) { + error = -EINVAL; + break; + } + if (data->swap < 0 || data->swap >= MAX_SWAPFILES) { + error = -ENODEV; + break; + } + if (!data->bitmap) { + data->bitmap = alloc_bitmap(swsusp_total_swap(data->swap)); + if (!data->bitmap) { + error = -ENOMEM; + break; + } + } + offset = alloc_swap_page(data->swap, data->bitmap); + if (offset) + __put_user(offset, (unsigned long __user *)arg); + else + error = -ENOSPC; + break; + + case SNAPSHOT_IOCFREE_SWAP_PAGES: + if (data->swap >= 0 && data->swap < MAX_SWAPFILES) { + error = -ENODEV; + break; + } + free_all_swap_pages(data->swap, data->bitmap); + free_bitmap(data->bitmap); + data->bitmap = NULL; + break; + + case SNAPSHOT_IOCSET_SWAP_FILE: + if (!data->bitmap) { + /* + * User space encodes device types as two-byte values, + * so we need to recode them + */ + data->swap = swsusp_get_swap_index_of(old_decode_dev(arg)); + if (data->swap < 0) + error = -ENODEV; + } else { + error = -EPERM; + } + break; + + default: + error = -ENOTTY; + + } + + return error; +} + +static struct file_operations snapshot_fops = { + .open = snapshot_open, + .release = snapshot_release, + .read = snapshot_read, + .write = snapshot_write, + .llseek = no_llseek, + .ioctl = snapshot_ioctl, +}; + +static struct miscdevice snapshot_device = { + .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR, + .name = "snapshot", + .fops = &snapshot_fops, +}; + +static int __init snapshot_device_init(void) +{ + return misc_register(&snapshot_device); +}; + +device_initcall(snapshot_device_init);