Hi, [cc Tejun] On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 07:43:01AM +0530, Muneendra wrote: > This Patch added a unique application identifier i.e > blkio.app_identifier knob to blkio controller which > allows identification of traffic sources at an > individual cgroup based Applications > (ex:virtual machine (VM))level in both host and > fabric infrastructure. Is there any specific reason the commit message is formatted in this way? It looks a bit strange not using a bit more of horizontal space. > Also provided an interface blkcg_get_app_identifier to > grab the app identifier associated with a bio. > > Added a sysfs interface blkio.app_identifier to get/set the appid. > > This capability can be utilized by multiple block transport infrastructure > like fc,iscsi,roce .. > > Signed-off-by: Muneendra <muneendra.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > block/blk-cgroup.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/linux/blk-cgroup.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c > index 0ecc897b225c..697eccb3ba7a 100644 > --- a/block/blk-cgroup.c > +++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c > @@ -492,6 +492,33 @@ static int blkcg_reset_stats(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, > return 0; > } > > +static int blkcg_read_appid(struct seq_file *sf, void *v) > +{ > + struct blkcg *blkcg = css_to_blkcg(seq_css(sf)); > + > + seq_printf(sf, "%s\n", blkcg->app_identifier); > + return 0; > +} > + > +static ssize_t blkcg_write_appid(struct kernfs_open_file *of, > + char *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t off) > +{ > + struct cgroup_subsys_state *css = of_css(of); > + struct blkcg *blkcg = css_to_blkcg(css); > + struct blkcg_gq *blkg; > + int i; > + > + buf = strstrip(buf); > + if (blkcg) { > + if (nbytes < APPID_LEN) > + strlcpy(blkcg->app_identifier, buf, nbytes); strstrip() shortens the string but you still copy nbytes. > + else > + return -EINVAL; > + } > + return nbytes; > +} > + > + > const char *blkg_dev_name(struct blkcg_gq *blkg) > { > /* some drivers (floppy) instantiate a queue w/o disk registered */ > @@ -844,6 +871,11 @@ static struct cftype blkcg_legacy_files[] = { > .name = "reset_stats", > .write_u64 = blkcg_reset_stats, > }, > + { > + .name = "app_identifier", > + .write = blkcg_write_appid, > + .seq_show = blkcg_read_appid, > + }, I am no expert with cgroups. Isn't this just adding it to cgroup v1 only? > { } /* terminate */ > }; > > diff --git a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h > index a57ebe2f00ab..3676d7ebb19f 100644 > --- a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h > +++ b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h > @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ > > /* Max limits for throttle policy */ > #define THROTL_IOPS_MAX UINT_MAX > +#define APPID_LEN 128 > > #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP > > @@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ struct blkcg { > struct blkcg_policy_data *cpd[BLKCG_MAX_POLS]; > > struct list_head all_blkcgs_node; > + char app_identifier[APPID_LEN]; > #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK > struct list_head cgwb_list; > #endif > @@ -239,6 +241,23 @@ static inline struct blkcg *css_to_blkcg(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css) > return css ? container_of(css, struct blkcg, css) : NULL; > } > > +/** > + * blkcg_get_app_identifier - grab the app identifier associated with a bio > + * @bio: target bio > + * > + * This returns the app identifier associated with a bio, > + * %NULL if not associated. > + * Callers are expected to either handle %NULL or know association has been > + * done prior to calling this. > + */ > +static inline char *blkcg_get_app_identifier(struct bio *bio) > +{ > + if (bio && (bio->bi_blkg) && > + (strlen(bio->bi_blkg->blkcg->app_identifier))) > + return bio->bi_blkg->blkcg->app_identifier; Too many brackets Thanks, Daniel