From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@kernel.org>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Hannes Reinecke <hare@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ublk: persistent device links
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:27:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260216122730.144092-1-hare@kernel.org> (raw)
Implement a 'uuid' parameter to export a device UUID in a sysfs
attribute 'uuid'. This allows udev to create persistent device
links for ublk devices:
KERNEL=="ublkb*", ATTRS{uuid}=="?*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-id/ublk-$attr{uuid}"
Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@kernel.org>
---
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
include/uapi/linux/ublk_cmd.h | 6 ++++
2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index aaf94d2fb789..859414065be0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
(UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_BASIC | UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_DISCARD | \
UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_DEVT | UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_ZONED | \
UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_DMA_ALIGN | UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_SEGMENT | \
- UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_INTEGRITY)
+ UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_INTEGRITY | UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_UUID)
struct ublk_uring_cmd_pdu {
/*
@@ -761,6 +761,16 @@ static int ublk_validate_params(const struct ublk_device *ub)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (ub->params.types & UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_UUID) {
+ const struct ublk_param_uuid *p = &ub->params.uuid;
+ uuid_t uuid;
+
+ import_uuid(&uuid, p->uuid);
+ if (uuid_is_null(&uuid)) {
+ printk("uuid is NULL\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
return 0;
}
@@ -2971,6 +2981,49 @@ static int ublk_add_chdev(struct ublk_device *ub)
return ret;
}
+static ssize_t uuid_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+ struct ublk_device *ub = disk->private_data;
+ const struct ublk_param_uuid *p = &ub->params.uuid;
+ uuid_t uuid;
+
+ import_uuid(&uuid, p->uuid);
+ return sprintf(buf, "%pU\n", &uuid);
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(uuid);
+
+static struct attribute *ublk_attrs[] = {
+ &dev_attr_uuid.attr,
+ NULL,
+};
+
+static umode_t ublk_attrs_are_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct attribute *a, int n)
+{
+ struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
+ struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+ struct ublk_device *ub = disk->private_data;
+
+ if (a == &dev_attr_uuid.attr &&
+ (ub->params.types & UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_UUID))
+ return S_IRUGO;
+
+ return a->mode;
+}
+
+static const struct attribute_group ublk_attr_group = {
+ .attrs = ublk_attrs,
+ .is_visible = ublk_attrs_are_visible,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *ublk_attr_groups[] = {
+ &ublk_attr_group,
+ NULL,
+};
+
/* align max io buffer size with PAGE_SIZE */
static void ublk_align_max_io_size(struct ublk_device *ub)
{
@@ -3149,7 +3202,7 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_start_dev(struct ublk_device *ub,
goto out_put_cdev;
}
- ret = add_disk(disk);
+ ret = device_add_disk(NULL, disk, ublk_attr_groups);
if (ret)
goto out_put_cdev;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ublk_cmd.h b/include/uapi/linux/ublk_cmd.h
index 90f47da4f435..b30a0de44b85 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ublk_cmd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ublk_cmd.h
@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@ struct ublk_param_integrity {
__u8 pad[5];
};
+struct ublk_param_uuid {
+ __u8 uuid[16];
+};
+
struct ublk_params {
/*
* Total length of parameters, userspace has to set 'len' for both
@@ -645,6 +649,7 @@ struct ublk_params {
#define UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_DMA_ALIGN (1 << 4)
#define UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_SEGMENT (1 << 5)
#define UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_INTEGRITY (1 << 6) /* requires UBLK_F_INTEGRITY */
+#define UBLK_PARAM_TYPE_UUID (1 << 7)
__u32 types; /* types of parameter included */
struct ublk_param_basic basic;
@@ -654,6 +659,7 @@ struct ublk_params {
struct ublk_param_dma_align dma;
struct ublk_param_segment seg;
struct ublk_param_integrity integrity;
+ struct ublk_param_uuid uuid;
};
#endif
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-16 12:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-16 12:27 Hannes Reinecke [this message]
2026-02-20 4:54 ` [PATCH] ublk: persistent device links Ming Lei
2026-02-20 7:33 ` Hannes Reinecke
2026-02-20 11:35 ` Ming Lei
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