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James Smart 22447be7d1 [SCSI] scsi_netlink: Add transport and LLD recieve and event support
This patch adds scsi netlink recieve and event support for transport
and scsi LLDD's.  It is a reimplementation of the patch posted last
week by David Somayajulu.
http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=121745486221819&w=2

There are a few things done differently:

- Transport support is included

- Event delivery is included

- The vendor message is now its own unique message type, considered
  part of the generic "SCSI Transport".

- LLDD entry points are now registered rather than included in the
  scsi_host_template.

  Background: When I started to implement the event handler via template,
  I had to either: muck up scsi_add_host and scsi_remove_host;  or have
  the event handler search all possible shosts. Neither was acceptable.
  Moving to a registration solves this, and also limits the scope of
  the changes to something that could be backported to a distro without
  breaking an already-released-distro kabi. However, I admit it isn't
  as elegant, as the passing of the LLDD host template in the
  registration and the complexity around dynamic add/remove shows.

- The receive path was augmented to require a unique identifier for
  the LLDD before the message was allowed to be handed off to the
  driver. Given how quickly very fatal errors occur if there's msg
  mismatches (which I saw in testing my own tools :), I believe this
  to be a very good thing. The id plays off the vendor id scheme already
  introduced for the vendor unique event messages used by FC.
  Additionally, the id use as the basis of the registration/deregistration.

- Send assist functions, for both the transport and LLDDs are included.

[fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp: fix missing cast]
Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
2008-10-03 11:46:13 -05:00
James Smart f14e2e29cd [SCSI] SCSI & FC transport: extend event vendor id's to 64bits
During discussions with Mike Christie, I became convinced that we needed
a larger vendor id. This patch extends the id from 32 to 64 bits.

This applies on top of the prior patches that add SCSI transport events
via netlink.

Signed-off-by: James Smart <James.Smart@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2006-09-02 15:35:15 -05:00
James Smart 84314fd474 [SCSI] SCSI and FC Transport: add netlink support for posting of transport events
This patch formally adds support for the posting of FC events via netlink.
It is a followup to the original RFC at:
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=114530667923464&w=2
and the initial posting at:
  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=115507374832500&w=2

The patch has been updated to optimize the send path, per the discussions
in the initial posting.

Per discussions at the Storage Summit and at OLS, we are to use netlink for
async events from transports. Also per discussions, to avoid a netlink
protocol per transport, I've create a single NETLINK_SCSITRANSPORT protocol,
which can then be used by all transports.

This patch:
- Creates new files scsi_netlink.c and scsi_netlink.h, which contains the
  single and shared definitions for the SCSI Transport. It is tied into the
  base SCSI subsystem intialization.
  Contains a single interface routine, scsi_send_transport_event(), for a
  transport to send an event (via multicast to a protocol specific group).
- Creates a new scsi_netlink_fc.h file, which contains the FC netlink event
  messages
- Adds 3 new routines to the fc transport:
   fc_get_event_number() -  to get a FC event #
   fc_host_post_event()  -  to send a simple FC event (32 bits of data)
   fc_host_post_vendor_event() - to send a Vendor unique event, with
                                 arbitrary amounts of data.

   Note: the separation of event number allows for a LLD to send a standard
     event, followed by vendor-specific data for the event.

Note: This patch assumes 2 prior fc transport patches have been installed:
   http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=115555807316329&w=2
   http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=115581614930261&w=2

   Sorry - next time I'll do something like making these individual
   patches of the same posting when I know they'll be posted closely
   together.

Signed-off-by: James Smart <James.Smart@emulex.com>

Tidy up configuration not to make SCSI always select NET

Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2006-09-02 15:33:49 -05:00