Re: [PATCH] mdev: Send uevents around parent device registration

[Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:42:32 +0530
Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com> wrote:

> On 6/27/2019 1:51 PM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 00:33:59 +0530
> > Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 6/26/2019 11:35 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:  
> >>> On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 23:23:00 +0530
> >>> Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com> wrote:
> >>>     
> >>>> On 6/26/2019 7:57 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:    
> >>>>> This allows udev to trigger rules when a parent device is registered
> >>>>> or unregistered from mdev.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>  drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c |   10 ++++++++--
> >>>>>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> >>>>> index ae23151442cb..ecec2a3b13cb 100644
> >>>>> --- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> >>>>> +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> >>>>> @@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops)
> >>>>>  {
> >>>>>  	int ret;
> >>>>>  	struct mdev_parent *parent;
> >>>>> +	char *env_string = "MDEV_STATE=registered";
> >>>>> +	char *envp[] = { env_string, NULL };
> >>>>>  
> >>>>>  	/* check for mandatory ops */
> >>>>>  	if (!ops || !ops->create || !ops->remove || !ops->supported_type_groups)
> >>>>> @@ -196,7 +198,8 @@ int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops)
> >>>>>  	list_add(&parent->next, &parent_list);
> >>>>>  	mutex_unlock(&parent_list_lock);
> >>>>>  
> >>>>> -	dev_info(dev, "MDEV: Registered\n");
> >>>>> +	kobject_uevent_env(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
> >>>>> +      
> >>>>
> >>>> Its good to have udev event, but don't remove debug print from dmesg.
> >>>> Same for unregister.    
> >>>
> >>> Who consumes these?  They seem noisy.  Thanks,
> >>>     
> >>
> >> I don't think its noisy, its more of logging purpose. This is seen in
> >> kernel log only when physical device is registered to mdev.  
> > 
> > Yes; but why do you want to log success? If you need to log it
> > somewhere, wouldn't a trace event be a much better choice?
> >   
> 
> Trace events are not always collected in production environment, there
> kernel log helps.

I'm with you for *errors*, but I'm not sure you should rely on
*success* messages, though. If you want to be able to figure out the
sequence of registering etc. in all cases, I think it makes more sense
to invest in an infrastructure like tracing and make sure that is it
turned on for any system that matters.