Re: [PATCH nfs-utils v2 4/4] rpcctl: Add support for `rpcctl switch add-xprt`

[Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>]

Hi Steve,

On 2/5/25 5:23 PM, Steve Dickson wrote:
> 
> 
> On 1/27/25 4:50 PM, Anna Schumaker wrote:
>> From: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
>>
>> This is used to add an xprt to the switch at runtime.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
>> ---
>>   tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.man |  4 ++++
>>   tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.py  | 11 +++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.man b/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.man
>> index b87ba0df41c0..2ee168c8f3c5 100644
>> --- a/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.man
>> +++ b/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.man
>> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ rpcctl \- Displays SunRPC connection information
>>   .BR "rpcctl client show " "\fR[ \fB\-h \f| \fB\-\-help \fR] [ \fIXPRT \fR]"
>>   .P
>>   .BR "rpcctl switch" " \fR[ \fB\-h \fR| \fB\-\-help \fR] { \fBset \fR| \fBshow \fR}"
>> +.BR "rpcctl switch add-xprt" " \fR[ \fB\-h \fR| \fB\-\-help \fR] [ \fISWITCH \fR]"
>>   .BR "rpcctl switch set" " \fR[ \fB\-h \fR| \fB\-\-help \fR] \fISWITCH \fBdstaddr \fINEWADDR"
>>   .BR "rpcctl switch show" " \fR[ \fB\-h \fR| \fB\-\-help \fR] [ \fISWITCH \fR]"
>>   .P
>> @@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ Show detailed information about the RPC clients on this system.
>>   If \fICLIENT \fRwas provided, then only show information about a single RPC client.
>>   .P
>>   .SS rpcctl switch \fR- \fBCommands operating on groups of transports
>> +.IP "\fBadd-xprt \fISWITCH"
>> +Add an aditional transport to the \fISWITCH\fR.
>> +Note that the new transport will take its values from the "main" transport.
>>   .IP "\fBset \fISWITCH \fBdstaddr \fINEWADDR"
>>   Change the destination address of all transports in the \fISWITCH \fRto \fINEWADDR\fR.
>>   \fINEWADDR \fRcan be an IP address, DNS name, or anything else resolvable by \fBgethostbyname\fR(3).
>> diff --git a/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.py b/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.py
>> index 130f245a64e8..29ae7d26f50e 100755
>> --- a/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.py
>> +++ b/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.py
>> @@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ class XprtSwitch:
>>           parser.set_defaults(func=XprtSwitch.show, switch=None)
>>           subparser = parser.add_subparsers()
>>   +        add = subparser.add_parser("add-xprt",
>> +                                   help="Add an xprt to the switch")
>> +        add.add_argument("switch", metavar="SWITCH", nargs=1,
>> +                         help="Name of a specific xprt switch to modify")
>> +        add.set_defaults(func=XprtSwitch.add_xprt)
>> +
>>           show = subparser.add_parser("show", help="Show xprt switches")
>>           show.add_argument("switch", metavar="SWITCH", nargs='?',
>>                             help="Name of a specific switch to show")
>> @@ -236,6 +242,11 @@ class XprtSwitch:
>>               return [XprtSwitch(xprt_switches / name)]
>>           return [XprtSwitch(f) for f in sorted(xprt_switches.iterdir())]
>>   +    def add_xprt(args):
>> +        """Handle the `rpcctl switch add-xprt` command."""
>> +        for switch in XprtSwitch.get_by_name(args.switch[0]):
>> +            write_sysfs_file(switch.path / "add_xprt", "1")
>> +
>>       def show(args):
>>           """Handle the `rpcctl switch show` command."""
>>           for switch in XprtSwitch.get_by_name(args.switch):
> Question... is this support needed by a kernel patch? if so is
> it in a public kernel?

I'm about to post v3 of the patchset adding the kernel side of this. I'm hopeful it'll go in with the next merge window.

Anna

> 
> steved.
>