---

yaml
---
r: 16942
b: refs/heads/master
c: e6c0836
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 03d78d11d92b5ed688bb18167b05d9d01493e175
+refs/heads/master: e6c08367b8fc6dce6dfd1106f53f6ef28215b313

trunk/fs/relayfs/relay.c

@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ static void buf_unmapped_default_callback(struct rchan_buf *buf,
 static struct dentry *create_buf_file_default_callback(const char *filename,
 						       struct dentry *parent,
 						       int mode,
-						       struct rchan_buf *buf)
+						       struct rchan_buf *buf,
+						       int *is_global)
 {
 	return relayfs_create_file(filename, parent, mode,
 				   &relayfs_file_operations, buf);
@@ -170,14 +171,16 @@ static inline void __relay_reset(struct rchan_buf *buf, unsigned int init)
 void relay_reset(struct rchan *chan)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
+	struct rchan_buf *prev = NULL;
 
 	if (!chan)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
-		if (!chan->buf[i])
-			continue;
+		if (!chan->buf[i] || chan->buf[i] == prev)
+			break;
 		__relay_reset(chan->buf[i], 0);
+		prev = chan->buf[i];
 	}
 }
 
@@ -188,18 +191,22 @@ void relay_reset(struct rchan *chan)
  */
 static struct rchan_buf *relay_open_buf(struct rchan *chan,
 					const char *filename,
-					struct dentry *parent)
+					struct dentry *parent,
+					int *is_global)
 {
 	struct rchan_buf *buf;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 
+	if (*is_global)
+		return chan->buf[0];
+
  	buf = relay_create_buf(chan);
  	if (!buf)
  		return NULL;
 
 	/* Create file in fs */
  	dentry = chan->cb->create_buf_file(filename, parent, S_IRUSR,
- 					   buf);
+ 					   buf, is_global);
  	if (!dentry) {
  		relay_destroy_buf(buf);
 		return NULL;
@@ -273,6 +280,7 @@ struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
 	unsigned int i;
 	struct rchan *chan;
 	char *tmpname;
+	int is_global = 0;
 
 	if (!base_filename)
 		return NULL;
@@ -297,7 +305,8 @@ struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		sprintf(tmpname, "%s%d", base_filename, i);
-		chan->buf[i] = relay_open_buf(chan, tmpname, parent);
+		chan->buf[i] = relay_open_buf(chan, tmpname, parent,
+					      &is_global);
 		chan->buf[i]->cpu = i;
 		if (!chan->buf[i])
 			goto free_bufs;
@@ -311,6 +320,8 @@ struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
 		if (!chan->buf[i])
 			break;
 		relay_close_buf(chan->buf[i]);
+		if (is_global)
+			break;
 	}
 	kfree(tmpname);
 
@@ -420,14 +431,16 @@ void relay_destroy_channel(struct kref *kref)
 void relay_close(struct rchan *chan)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
+	struct rchan_buf *prev = NULL;
 
 	if (!chan)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
-		if (!chan->buf[i])
-			continue;
+		if (!chan->buf[i] || chan->buf[i] == prev)
+			break;
 		relay_close_buf(chan->buf[i]);
+		prev = chan->buf[i];
 	}
 
 	if (chan->last_toobig)
@@ -447,14 +460,16 @@ void relay_close(struct rchan *chan)
 void relay_flush(struct rchan *chan)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
+	struct rchan_buf *prev = NULL;
 
 	if (!chan)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
-		if (!chan->buf[i])
-			continue;
+		if (!chan->buf[i] || chan->buf[i] == prev)
+			break;
 		relay_switch_subbuf(chan->buf[i], 0);
+		prev = chan->buf[i];
 	}
 }
 

trunk/include/linux/relayfs_fs.h

@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ struct rchan_callbacks
 	 * @parent: the parent of the file to create
 	 * @mode: the mode of the file to create
 	 * @buf: the channel buffer
+	 * @is_global: outparam - set non-zero if the buffer should be global
 	 *
 	 * Called during relay_open(), once for each per-cpu buffer,
 	 * to allow the client to create a file to be used to
@@ -126,12 +127,17 @@ struct rchan_callbacks
 	 * The callback should return the dentry of the file created
 	 * to represent the relay buffer.
 	 *
+	 * Setting the is_global outparam to a non-zero value will
+	 * cause relay_open() to create a single global buffer rather
+	 * than the default set of per-cpu buffers.
+	 *
 	 * See Documentation/filesystems/relayfs.txt for more info.
 	 */
 	struct dentry *(*create_buf_file)(const char *filename,
 					  struct dentry *parent,
 					  int mode,
-					  struct rchan_buf *buf);
+					  struct rchan_buf *buf,
+					  int *is_global);
 
 	/*
 	 * remove_buf_file - remove file representing a relayfs channel buffer