Move the documentation about the sysfs attributes of the SCST virtual device to Documentation/ABI/stable. Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> Cc: Vladislav Bolkhovitin <vst@xxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-scst | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/scst/README.scst | 71 ------------- 2 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-scst diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-scst b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-scst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..80bc258 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-devices-scst @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@ +What: /sys/devices/scst/mgmt +Date: December 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +Description: + Interface through which SCST management commands can be issued. + The documentation of the syntax of these commands can be + obtained by reading this file: + + # cat mgmt + in device/<dev> <dev_cmd> + in device_driver/<devt> <devt_cmd> + in target_driver/<tgtt> <tgtt_cmd> + in target_driver/<tgtt>/<target>/luns <tgt_cmd> + in target_driver/<tgtt>/<target>/luns <luns_cmd> + in target_driver/<tgtt>/<target>/ini_groups <acg_mgmt_cmd> + in target_driver/<tgtt>/<target>/ini_groups/<acg> <acg_cmd> + in target_driver/<tgtt>/<target>/ini_groups/<acg>/luns <luns_cmd> + in target_driver/<tgtt>/<target>/ini_groups/<acg>/initiators <acg_ini_cmd> + + dev_cmd syntax: + + set_filename <filename> + set_threads_num <n> + set_thread_pool_type <thread_pool_type> + + devt_cmd syntax: + + add_device device_name [parameters] + del_device device_name + add_attribute <attribute> <value> + del_attribute <attribute> <value> + add_device_attribute device_name <attribute> <value> + del_device_attribute device_name <attribute> <value> + + devt_cmd syntax for pass-through device types: + + add_device H:C:I:L + del_device H:C:I:L + + tgtt_cmd syntax: + + add_target target_name [parameters] + del_target target_name + add_attribute <attribute> <value> + del_attribute <attribute> <value> + add_target_attribute target_name <attribute> <value>" + del_target_attribute target_name <attribute> <value>" + + where parameters is one or more <name>=<value> pairs separated by ';' + + tgt_cmd syntax: + + enable + disable + set_cpu_mask <mask> + + luns_cmd syntax: + + add|del H:C:I:L lun [parameters] + add VNAME lun [parameters] + del lun + replace H:C:I:L lun [parameters] + replace VNAME lun [parameters] + clear + + where parameters is either 'read_only' or empty. + + acg_mgmt_cmd syntax: + + create <group_name> + del <group_name> + + acg_cmd syntax: + set_cpu_mask <mask> + + acg_ini_cmd syntax: + + add <initiator_name> + del <initiator_name> + move <initiator_name> <dest_group_name> + clear + +What: /sys/devices/scst/setup_id +Date: December 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +Description: + SCST setup ID. Allows to identify otherwise identical SCST + setups on different systems. Makes the IDs and SNs of + otherwise identical SCST devices unique. As an example, the + vdisk device handler uses this to generate the T10 vendor + specific identifier and SN of vdisk devices. Read-write. + +What: /sys/devices/scst/sgv/global_stats +Date: December 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +Description: + Global SGV (scatter/gather vector) cache statistics. Read-only. + An example: + + $ cat sgv/global_stats + Inactive/active pages 0/0 + Hi/lo watermarks [pages] 62208/0 + Hi watermark releases/failures 0/0 + Other allocs 0 + +What: /sys/devices/scst/sgv/sgv/stats +Date: December 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +Description: + Statistics for the regular SGV cache. Read-only. + +What: /sys/devices/scst/sgv/sgv-clust/stats +Date: December 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +Description: + Statistics for the clustering SGV cache. Read-only. + +What: /sys/devices/scst/sgv/sgv-dma/stats +Date: December 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +Description: + Statistics for the DMA SGV cache. Read-only. + +What: /sys/devices/scst/threads +Date: December 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +Description: + Number of global I/O threads. Global I/O threads are used by + asynchronous device handlers, e.g. the vdisk blockio handler. + Read-write. + +What: /sys/devices/scst/version +Date: December 2010 +KernelVersion: 2.6.38 +Contact: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +Description: + SCST version (first line) and compile-time configuration + (subsequent lines). Read-only. An example: + + $ cat /sys/devices/scst/version + 2.0.0 + TRACING + DEBUG diff --git a/Documentation/scst/README.scst b/Documentation/scst/README.scst index 7c16d5c..d098c3b 100644 --- a/Documentation/scst/README.scst +++ b/Documentation/scst/README.scst @@ -253,45 +253,6 @@ SCST sysfs interface Root of SCST sysfs interface is /sys/kernel/scst_tgt. It has the following entries: - - devices - this is a root subdirectory for all SCST devices - - - handlers - this is a root subdirectory for all SCST dev handlers - - - sgv - this is a root subdirectory for all SCST SGV caches - - - targets - this is a root subdirectory for all SCST targets - - - setup_id - allows to read and write SCST setup ID. This ID can be - used in cases, when the same SCST configuration should be installed - on several targets, but exported from those targets devices should - have different IDs and SNs. For instance, VDISK dev handler uses this - ID to generate T10 vendor specific identifier and SN of the devices. - - - threads - allows to read and set number of global SCST I/O threads. - Those threads used with async. dev handlers, for instance, vdisk - BLOCKIO or NULLIO. - - - trace_level - allows to enable and disable various tracing - facilities. See content of this file for help how to use it. - - - version - read-only attribute, which allows to see version of - SCST and enabled optional features. - - - last_sysfs_mgmt_res - read-only attribute returning completion status - of the last management command. In the sysfs implementation there are - some problems between internal sysfs and internal SCST locking. To - avoid them in some cases sysfs calls can return error with errno - EAGAIN. This doesn't mean the operation failed. It only means that - the operation queued and not yet completed. To wait for it to - complete, an management tool should poll this file. If the operation - hasn't yet completed, it will also return EAGAIN. But after it's - completed, it will return the result of this operation (0 for success - or -errno for error). - -Each SCST sysfs file (attribute) can contain in the last line mark -"[key]". It is automatically added mark used to allow scstadmin to see -which attributes it should save in the config file. You can ignore it. - "Devices" subdirectory contains subdirectories for each SCST devices. Content of each device's subdirectory is dev handler specific. See @@ -325,38 +286,6 @@ SCST dev handlers can have the following common entries: See below for more information about other entries of this subdirectory of the standard SCST dev handlers. -"Handlers" subdirectory contains subdirectories for each SCST dev -handler. - -Content of each handler's subdirectory is dev handler specific. See -documentation for your dev handlers for more info about it as well as -SysfsRules file for more info about common to all dev handlers rules. -SCST dev handlers can have the following common entries: - - - mgmt - this entry allows to create virtual devices and their - attributes (for virtual devices dev handlers) or assign/unassign real - SCSI devices to/from this dev handler (for pass-through dev - handlers). - - - trace_level - allows to enable and disable various tracing - facilities. See content of this file for help how to use it. - - - type - SCSI type of devices served by this dev handler. - -See below for more information about other entries of this subdirectory -of the standard SCST dev handlers. - -"Sgv" subdirectory contains statistic information of SCST SGV caches. It -has the following entries: - - - None, one or more subdirectories for each existing SGV cache. - - - global_stats - file containing global SGV caches statistics. - -Each SGV cache's subdirectory has the following item: - - - stats - file containing statistics for this SGV caches. - Access and devices visibility management (LUN masking) ------------------------------------------------------ -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
