"Randy.Dunlap" <[email protected]> writes:
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:02:12 -0400 Ed L Cashin wrote:
>
> Just a nit/typo:
>
> | + modprobe aoe_iflist="eth1 eth3"
>
> | static char aoe_iflist[IFLISTSZ];
> | +module_param_string(aoe_iflist, aoe_iflist, IFLISTSZ, 0600);
> | +MODULE_PARM_DESC(aoe_iflist, " aoe_iflist=\"dev1 [dev2 ...]\n");
>
> No leading space (" aoe_iflist=") and put a trailing \" in it:
>
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(aoe_iflist, "aoe_iflist=\"dev1 [dev2 ...]\"\n");
Thanks for catching that.
improve allowed interfaces configuration
Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin <[email protected]>
diff -uprN a/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt b/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt
--- a/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt 2005-04-20 11:40:55.000000000 -0400
+++ b/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt 2005-04-20 11:42:20.000000000 -0400
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ USING DEVICE NODES
"cat /dev/etherd/err" blocks, waiting for error diagnostic output,
like any retransmitted packets.
+ The /dev/etherd/interfaces special file is obsoleted by the
+ aoe_iflist boot option and module option (and its sysfs entry
+ described in the next section).
"echo eth2 eth4 > /dev/etherd/interfaces" tells the aoe driver to
limit ATA over Ethernet traffic to eth2 and eth4. AoE traffic from
untrusted networks should be ignored as a matter of security.
@@ -89,3 +92,24 @@ USING SYSFS
e4.7 eth1 up
e4.8 eth1 up
e4.9 eth1 up
+
+ When the aoe driver is a module, use
+ /sys/module/aoe/parameters/aoe_iflist instead of
+ /dev/etherd/interfaces to limit AoE traffic to the network
+ interfaces in the given whitespace-separated list. Unlike the old
+ character device, the sysfs entry can be read from as well as
+ written to.
+
+ It's helpful to trigger discovery after setting the list of allowed
+ interfaces. If your distro provides an aoe-discover script, you can
+ use that. Otherwise, you can directly use the /dev/etherd/discover
+ file described above.
+
+DRIVER OPTIONS
+
+ There is a boot option for the built-in aoe driver and a
+ corresponding module parameter, aoe_iflist. Without this option,
+ all network interfaces may be used for ATA over Ethernet. Here is a
+ usage example for the module parameter.
+
+ modprobe aoe_iflist="eth1 eth3"
diff -uprN a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c 2005-04-20 11:41:18.000000000 -0400
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c 2005-04-20 11:42:20.000000000 -0400
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/hdreg.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include "aoe.h"
#define NECODES 5
@@ -26,6 +27,19 @@ enum {
};
static char aoe_iflist[IFLISTSZ];
+module_param_string(aoe_iflist, aoe_iflist, IFLISTSZ, 0600);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(aoe_iflist, "aoe_iflist=\"dev1 [dev2 ...]\"\n");
+
+#ifndef MODULE
+static int __init aoe_iflist_setup(char *str)
+{
+ strncpy(aoe_iflist, str, IFLISTSZ);
+ aoe_iflist[IFLISTSZ - 1] = '\0';
+ return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("aoe_iflist=", aoe_iflist_setup);
+#endif
int
is_aoe_netif(struct net_device *ifp)
@@ -36,7 +50,8 @@ is_aoe_netif(struct net_device *ifp)
if (aoe_iflist[0] == '\0')
return 1;
- for (p = aoe_iflist; *p; p = q + strspn(q, WHITESPACE)) {
+ p = aoe_iflist + strspn(aoe_iflist, WHITESPACE);
+ for (; *p; p = q + strspn(q, WHITESPACE)) {
q = p + strcspn(p, WHITESPACE);
if (q != p)
len = q - p;
--
Ed L Cashin <[email protected]>
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