From 03607ace807b414eab46323c794b6fb8fcc2d48c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pantelis Antoniou Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 23:30:04 +0300 Subject: configfs: implement binary attributes ConfigFS lacked binary attributes up until now. This patch introduces support for binary attributes in a somewhat similar manner of sysfs binary attributes albeit with changes that fit the configfs usage model. Problems that configfs binary attributes fix are everything that requires a binary blob as part of the configuration of a resource, such as bitstream loading for FPGAs, DTBs for dynamically created devices etc. Look at Documentation/filesystems/configfs/configfs.txt for internals and howto use them. This patch is against linux-next as of today that contains Christoph's configfs rework. Signed-off-by: Pantelis Antoniou [hch: folded a fix from Geert Uytterhoeven ] [hch: a few tiny updates based on review feedback] Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig --- fs/configfs/dir.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fs/configfs/dir.c') diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c index a7a1b218f308..7ae97e83f121 100644 --- a/fs/configfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c @@ -255,6 +255,12 @@ static void configfs_init_file(struct inode * inode) inode->i_fop = &configfs_file_operations; } +static void configfs_init_bin_file(struct inode *inode) +{ + inode->i_size = 0; + inode->i_fop = &configfs_bin_file_operations; +} + static void init_symlink(struct inode * inode) { inode->i_op = &configfs_symlink_inode_operations; @@ -423,7 +429,9 @@ static int configfs_attach_attr(struct configfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * den spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock); error = configfs_create(dentry, (attr->ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG, - configfs_init_file); + (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_ITEM_BIN_ATTR) ? + configfs_init_bin_file : + configfs_init_file); if (error) { configfs_put(sd); return error; @@ -583,6 +591,7 @@ static int populate_attrs(struct config_item *item) { struct config_item_type *t = item->ci_type; struct configfs_attribute *attr; + struct configfs_bin_attribute *bin_attr; int error = 0; int i; @@ -594,6 +603,13 @@ static int populate_attrs(struct config_item *item) break; } } + if (t->ct_bin_attrs) { + for (i = 0; (bin_attr = t->ct_bin_attrs[i]) != NULL; i++) { + error = configfs_create_bin_file(item, bin_attr); + if (error) + break; + } + } if (error) detach_attrs(item); -- cgit v1.2.3