ocfs2: export ocfs2_kset for online file check

When there are errors in the ocfs2 filesystem, they are usually
accompanied by the inode number which caused the error.  This inode
number would be the input to fixing the file.  One of these options
could be considered:

A file in the sys filesytem which would accept inode numbers.  This
could be used to communication back what has to be fixed or is fixed.
You could write:

  $# echo "<inode>" > /sys/fs/ocfs2/devname/filecheck/check

or

  $# echo "<inode>" > /sys/fs/ocfs2/devname/filecheck/fix

Compare with second version, I re-design filecheck sysfs interfaces,
there are three sysfs files (check, fix and set) under filecheck
directory (see above), sysfs will accept only one argument <inode>.
Second, I adjust some code in ocfs2_filecheck_repair_inode_block()
function according to upstream feedback, we cannot just add VALID_FL
flag back as a inode block fix, then we will not fix this field
corruption currently until having a complete solution.  Compare with
first version, I use strncasecmp instead of double strncmp functions.
Second, update the source file contribution vendor.

This patch (of 4):

Export ocfs2_kset object from ocfs2_stackglue kernel module, then online
file check code will create the related sysfiles under ocfs2_kset
object.  We're exporting this because it's built in ocfs2_stackglue.ko.

Signed-off-by: Gang He <ghe@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.de>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@oracle.com>
Cc: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
index 5d965e83bd43e4eedbb7df078f92dcb34ab6a4b4..13219ed73e1d6f188f4b237a56259ff05b09a0bd 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
@@ -629,7 +629,8 @@ static struct attribute_group ocfs2_attr_group = {
        .attrs = ocfs2_attrs,
 };
 
-static struct kset *ocfs2_kset;
+struct kset *ocfs2_kset;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ocfs2_kset);
 
 static void ocfs2_sysfs_exit(void)
 {

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
index 66334a30cea80b2555dc9658a7a4b71d2284d480..f2dce10fae543c254dcb4e6628d357b60a3ac16c 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.h
@@ -298,4 +298,6 @@ void ocfs2_stack_glue_set_max_proto_version(struct ocfs2_protocol_version *max_p
 int ocfs2_stack_glue_register(struct ocfs2_stack_plugin *plugin);
 void ocfs2_stack_glue_unregister(struct ocfs2_stack_plugin *plugin);
 
+extern struct kset *ocfs2_kset;
+
 #endif  /* STACKGLUE_H */