Re: [PATCH] virtio-blk: emit udev event when device is resized

[Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>]

Milos Vyletel <milos.vyletel@sde.cz> writes:

> When virtio-blk device is resized from host (using block_resize from QEMU) emit
> KOBJ_CHANGE uevent to notify guest about such change. This allows user to have
> custom udev rules which would take whatever action if such event occurs. As a
> proof of concept I've created simple udev rule that automatically resize
> filesystem on virtio-blk device.
>
> ACTION=="change", KERNEL=="vd*", \
>         ENV{RESIZE}=="1", \
>         ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="ext[3-4]", \
>         RUN+="/sbin/resize2fs /dev/%k"
> ACTION=="change", KERNEL=="vd*", \
>         ENV{RESIZE}=="1", \
>         ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="LVM2_member", \
>         RUN+="/sbin/pvresize /dev/%k"

This looks fine to me, but I like to check with Greg before adding udev
callouts.... Greg?

BTW, if this is good, it's good for stable IMHO.

Cheers,
Rusty.

> Signed-off-by: Milos Vyletel <milos.vyletel@sde.cz>
> ---
>  drivers/block/virtio_blk.c |    3 +++
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> index 8ad21a2..5990382 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> @@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ static void virtblk_config_changed_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  	struct virtio_device *vdev = vblk->vdev;
>  	struct request_queue *q = vblk->disk->queue;
>  	char cap_str_2[10], cap_str_10[10];
> +	char event[] = "RESIZE=1";
> +	char *envp[] = { event, NULL };
>  	u64 capacity, size;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&vblk->config_lock);
> @@ -568,6 +570,7 @@ static void virtblk_config_changed_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  
>  	set_capacity(vblk->disk, capacity);
>  	revalidate_disk(vblk->disk);
> +	kobject_uevent_env(&disk_to_dev(vblk->disk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
>  done:
>  	mutex_unlock(&vblk->config_lock);
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.1