Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:39:20 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -mm 1/3] swsusp: Add ioctl for swap files support |
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On Fri 2006-09-29 01:35:33, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Friday, 29 September 2006 01:03, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi! > > > > > On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:13:38 +0200 > > > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote: > > > > > > > To be able to use swap files as suspend storage from the userland suspend > > > > tools we need an additional ioctl() that will allow us to provide the kernel > > > > with both the swap header's offset and the identification of the resume > > > > partition. > > > > > > > > The new ioctl() should be regarded as a replacement for the > > > > SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_FILE ioctl() that from now on will be considered as > > > > obsolete, but has to stay for backwards compatibility of the interface. > > > > > > > > + > > > > +/* > > > > + * This structure is used to pass the values needed for the identification > > > > + * of the resume swap area from a user space to the kernel via the > > > > + * SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA ioctl > > > > + */ > > > > +struct resume_swap_area { > > > > + u_int16_t dev; > > > > + loff_t offset; > > > > +} __attribute__((packed)); > > > > > > > > hmm. Asking the compiler to pack 16-bit and 64-bit quantities in this > > > manner is a bit risky. I guess it'll do the right thing, consistently, > > > across all compiler versions and vendors and 32-bit-on-64-bit-kernel, etc. > > > > > > But from a defensiveness/paranoia POV it'd be better to use a u32 here, I > > > suspect. (Will access to that loff_t cause an alignment trap on ia64? Any > > > other CPUs? Dunno). > > > > Perhaps just loff_t offset; u32 dev; ? If 64-bit variable is first, we > > should avoid most problems, no? > > Done. Updated patch follows.
Looks okay to me.
> Greetings, > Rafael > > > --- > To be able to use swap files as suspend storage from the userland suspend > tools we need an additional ioctl() that will allow us to provide the kernel > with both the swap header's offset and the identification of the resume > partition. > > The new ioctl() should be regarded as a replacement for the > SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_FILE ioctl() that from now on will be considered as > obsolete, but has to stay for backwards compatibility of the interface. > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> > --- > kernel/power/power.h | 13 ++++++++++++- > kernel/power/user.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > Index: linux-2.6.18-mm2/kernel/power/power.h > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.18-mm2.orig/kernel/power/power.h > +++ linux-2.6.18-mm2/kernel/power/power.h > @@ -119,7 +119,18 @@ extern int snapshot_image_loaded(struct > #define SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_FILE _IOW(SNAPSHOT_IOC_MAGIC, 10, unsigned int) > #define SNAPSHOT_S2RAM _IO(SNAPSHOT_IOC_MAGIC, 11) > #define SNAPSHOT_PMOPS _IOW(SNAPSHOT_IOC_MAGIC, 12, unsigned int) > -#define SNAPSHOT_IOC_MAXNR 12 > +#define SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA _IOW(SNAPSHOT_IOC_MAGIC, 13, void *) > +#define SNAPSHOT_IOC_MAXNR 13 > + > +/* > + * This structure is used to pass the values needed for the identification > + * of the resume swap area from a user space to the kernel via the > + * SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA ioctl > + */ > +struct resume_swap_area { > + loff_t offset; > + u_int32_t dev; > +} __attribute__((packed)); > > #define PMOPS_PREPARE 1 > #define PMOPS_ENTER 2 > Index: linux-2.6.18-mm2/kernel/power/user.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.18-mm2.orig/kernel/power/user.c > +++ linux-2.6.18-mm2/kernel/power/user.c > @@ -343,6 +343,37 @@ OutS3: > } > break; > > + case SNAPSHOT_SET_SWAP_AREA: > + if (data->bitmap) { > + error = -EPERM; > + } else { > + struct resume_swap_area swap_area; > + dev_t swdev; > + > + error = copy_from_user(&swap_area, (void __user *)arg, > + sizeof(struct resume_swap_area)); > + if (error) { > + error = -EFAULT; > + break; > + } > + > + /* > + * User space encodes device types as two-byte values, > + * so we need to recode them > + */ > + swdev = old_decode_dev(swap_area.dev); > + if (swdev) { > + offset = swap_area.offset; > + data->swap = swap_type_of(swdev, offset); > + if (data->swap < 0) > + error = -ENODEV; > + } else { > + data->swap = -1; > + error = -EINVAL; > + } > + } > + break; > + > default: > error = -ENOTTY; >
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