[PATCH 1/1] target_core_iblock: Allow iblock devices to be shared

[PATCH 1/1] target_core_iblock: Allow iblock devices to be shared

[Mike Christie]

We might be running a local application that also interacts with the
backing device. In this setup we have some clustering type of
software that manages the ownwer of it, so we don't want the kernel
to restrict us. This patch allows the user to control if the driver
gets exclusive access.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com>
---
 drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 drivers/target/target_core_iblock.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c b/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
index 73564efd11d2..66c292b7d74b 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static struct se_device *iblock_alloc_device(struct se_hba *hba, const char *nam
 		pr_err("Unable to allocate struct iblock_dev\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	ib_dev->ibd_exclusive = true;
 
 	ib_dev->ibd_plug = kcalloc(nr_cpu_ids, sizeof(*ib_dev->ibd_plug),
 				   GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ static int iblock_configure_device(struct se_device *dev)
 	struct block_device *bd;
 	struct blk_integrity *bi;
 	blk_mode_t mode = BLK_OPEN_READ;
+	void *holder = ib_dev;
 	unsigned int max_write_zeroes_sectors;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -109,15 +111,18 @@ static int iblock_configure_device(struct se_device *dev)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	pr_debug( "IBLOCK: Claiming struct block_device: %s\n",
-			ib_dev->ibd_udev_path);
+	pr_debug("IBLOCK: Claiming struct block_device: %s: %d\n",
+		 ib_dev->ibd_udev_path, ib_dev->ibd_exclusive);
 
 	if (!ib_dev->ibd_readonly)
 		mode |= BLK_OPEN_WRITE;
 	else
 		dev->dev_flags |= DF_READ_ONLY;
 
-	bdev_file = bdev_file_open_by_path(ib_dev->ibd_udev_path, mode, ib_dev,
+	if (!ib_dev->ibd_exclusive)
+		holder = NULL;
+
+	bdev_file = bdev_file_open_by_path(ib_dev->ibd_udev_path, mode, holder,
 					NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(bdev_file)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(bdev_file);
@@ -560,13 +565,14 @@ iblock_execute_write_same(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 }
 
 enum {
-	Opt_udev_path, Opt_readonly, Opt_force, Opt_err
+	Opt_udev_path, Opt_readonly, Opt_force, Opt_exclusive, Opt_err,
 };
 
 static match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_udev_path, "udev_path=%s"},
 	{Opt_readonly, "readonly=%d"},
 	{Opt_force, "force=%d"},
+	{Opt_exclusive, "exclusive=%d"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -576,7 +582,7 @@ static ssize_t iblock_set_configfs_dev_params(struct se_device *dev,
 	struct iblock_dev *ib_dev = IBLOCK_DEV(dev);
 	char *orig, *ptr, *arg_p, *opts;
 	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
-	int ret = 0, token;
+	int ret = 0, token, tmp_exclusive;
 	unsigned long tmp_readonly;
 
 	opts = kstrdup(page, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -623,6 +629,22 @@ static ssize_t iblock_set_configfs_dev_params(struct se_device *dev,
 			ib_dev->ibd_readonly = tmp_readonly;
 			pr_debug("IBLOCK: readonly: %d\n", ib_dev->ibd_readonly);
 			break;
+		case Opt_exclusive:
+			arg_p = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+			if (!arg_p) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				break;
+			}
+			ret = kstrtoint(arg_p, 0, &tmp_exclusive);
+			kfree(arg_p);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				pr_err("kstrtoul() failed for exclusive=\n");
+				goto out;
+			}
+			ib_dev->ibd_exclusive = tmp_exclusive;
+			pr_debug("IBLOCK: exclusive: %d\n",
+				 ib_dev->ibd_exclusive);
+			break;
 		case Opt_force:
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -647,6 +669,7 @@ static ssize_t iblock_show_configfs_dev_params(struct se_device *dev, char *b)
 		bl += sprintf(b + bl, "  UDEV PATH: %s",
 				ib_dev->ibd_udev_path);
 	bl += sprintf(b + bl, "  readonly: %d\n", ib_dev->ibd_readonly);
+	bl += sprintf(b + bl, "  exclusive: %d\n", ib_dev->ibd_exclusive);
 
 	bl += sprintf(b + bl, "        ");
 	if (bd) {
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.h b/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.h
index 91f6f4280666..e2f28a69a11c 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.h
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct iblock_dev {
 	struct block_device *ibd_bd;
 	struct file *ibd_bdev_file;
 	bool ibd_readonly;
+	bool ibd_exclusive;
 	struct iblock_dev_plug *ibd_plug;
 } ____cacheline_aligned;
 
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2.47.1

Re: [PATCH 1/1] target_core_iblock: Allow iblock devices to be shared

[Martin K. Petersen]

Mike,

> We might be running a local application that also interacts with the
> backing device. In this setup we have some clustering type of software
> that manages the ownwer of it, so we don't want the kernel to restrict
> us. This patch allows the user to control if the driver gets exclusive
> access.

Applied to 6.17/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen

Re: [PATCH 1/1] target_core_iblock: Allow iblock devices to be shared

[Martin K. Petersen]

On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:51:45 -0500, Mike Christie wrote:

> We might be running a local application that also interacts with the
> backing device. In this setup we have some clustering type of
> software that manages the ownwer of it, so we don't want the kernel
> to restrict us. This patch allows the user to control if the driver
> gets exclusive access.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied to 6.17/scsi-queue, thanks!

[1/1] target_core_iblock: Allow iblock devices to be shared
      https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/7ffbf335e325

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering