Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753970AbYJARgt (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:36:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752386AbYJARgk (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:36:40 -0400 Received: from mail-relay-03.mailcluster.net ([77.221.130.215]:46623 "EHLO mail-relay-01.mailcluster.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751642AbYJARgj (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:36:39 -0400 Message-ID: <48E3B529.4060406@vlnb.net> Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:36:41 +0400 From: Vladislav Bolkhovitin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Nicholas A. Bellinger" CC: LKML , linux-scsi , "Linux-iSCSI.org Target Dev" , SCST-Devel , iet-dev , Joel Becker , Jerome Martin , Greg KH , James Bottomley , FUJITA Tomonori , Mike Christie , "H. Peter Anvin" , Ming Zhang Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE]: ConfigFS enabled Generic Target Mode and iSCSI Target Stack on v2.6.27-rc7 References: <1222716101.4296.41.camel@haakon2.linux-iscsi.org> In-Reply-To: <1222716101.4296.41.camel@haakon2.linux-iscsi.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 7023 Lines: 183 Hi Nicholas, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote: > Greetings all, > > I am happy to announce that the first ConfigFS configurable generic > target engine (target_core_mod) and iSCSI Target Stack > (iscsi_target_mod) are now able to use ConfigFS symlinks for the > creation of Linux Storage Objects from drivers/scsi, block, or fs/ > storage objects to iSCSI Target Port Endpoints. > > The code is available currently running on v2.6.27-rc7 and has been > broken up into a number of commits at: > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/nab/lio-core-2.6.git;a=summary > > Now that the primary configfs functionality is up and allowing iSCSI > Initiator Traffic to the symlinked storage objects from a generic target > engine, I will be continuing work on the complete logic for configfs > enabled iscsi_target_mod, as well as removing the legacy IOCTL control > path as equivalent functionality is added with ConfigFS. > > Also, one of the next major steps for the upstream generic target engine > and iSCSI target stack is to include SCST's target mode API between > Engine / Fabric to give target_core_mod a proper Fabric API to allow > other SCST fabric modules to access target_core_mod's configfs enabled > storage objects. Also, allowing STGT to use the configfs interface to > allow for userspace fabrics to the same target_core_mod storage objects > is also on the list, but I imagine interest from those communities will > certainly help drive those efforts. > > Here are the shell variables required to make it all go: > > export CONFIGFS=/sys/kernel/config/ > export TARGET=/sys/kernel/config/target/core/ > export FABRIC=/sys/kernel/config/target/iscsi/ > > The storage objects registered with target_core_mod via $TARGET may be > mapped from $TARGET/$HBA/$STORAGE_OBJECT any number of times to: > > $FABRIC/$IQN/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0/$PORT_LINK > $FABRIC/$IQN/tpgt_1/lun/lun_1/$PORT_LINK > $FABRIC/$IQN/tpgt_2/lun/lun_0/$PORT_LINK > $FABRIC/$ANOTHER_IQN/tpgt_1/lun_0/$PORT_LINK > .... > .... > > Here are the shell commands to bring storage objects online.. > > # Create a IBLOCK HBA and virtual storage object > mkdir -p $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0 > # Tell the virtual storage object what struct block_device we want > echo iblock_major=254,iblock_minor=2 > $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0/dev_control > # Enable the virtual storage object and call bd_claim() > echo 1 > $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0/dev_enable > > DEF_IQN="iqn.2003-01.org.linux-iscsi.target.i686:sn.e475ed6fcdd0" > > # Create the network portal on $DEF_IQN/tpgt_1 > mkdir -p "$FABRIC/$DEF_IQN/tpgt_1/np/172.16.201.137:3260" > # Create LUN 0 on $DEF_IQN/tpgt_1 > mkdir -p "$FABRIC/$DEF_IQN/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0" > # Create the iSCSI Target Port Mapping for $DEF_IN/tpgt_1 LUN 0 > # to lvm_test0 and give it the port symbolic name of lio_west_port > ln -s $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0 "$FABRIC/$DEF_IQN/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0/lio_west_port" > > # Allow iSCSI Initiators to login to $DEF_IQN/tpgt_1 > #warning Currently uses generate_node_acls=1,cache_dynamic_acls=1,demo_mode_lun_access=1 > echo 1 > $FABRIC/$DEF_IQN/tpgt_1/tpg_enable > > target:~# tree $CONFIGFS > /sys/kernel/config/ > `-- target > |-- core > | `-- iblock_0 > | |-- hba_info > | `-- lvm_test0 > | |-- dev_control > | |-- dev_enable > | `-- dev_info > |-- iscsi > | |-- iqn.2003-01.org.linux-iscsi.target.i686:sn.e475ed6fcdd0 > | | `-- tpgt_1 > | | |-- lun > | | | `-- lun_0 > | | | |-- lio_west_port -> ../../../../../../target/core/iblock_0/lvm_test0 > | | | |-- port_control > | | | `-- port_info > | | |-- np > | | | `-- 172.16.201.137:3260 > | | | `-- portal_info > | | |-- tpg_control > | | `-- tpg_enable > | `-- lio_version > `-- version > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > # Add some more HBA and storage Objects > target:~# mkdir -p $TARGET/fileio_0/file_object > target:~# mkdir -p $TARGET/rd_mcp_0/ramdisk0 > target:~# mkdir -p $TARGET/rd_dr_0/ramdisk0 > > target:~# mkdir -p $TARGET/pscsi_0/sdd > target:~# echo scsi_channel_id=0,scsi_target_id=3,scsi_lun_id=0 > $TARGET/pscsi_0/sdd/dev_control > target:~# echo 1 > $TARGET/pscsi_0/sdd/dev_enable > > # Now, create LUN 1 and another Port Symlink to a new device on the same $IQN/tpgt_1 > mkdir -p "$FABRIC/$DEF_IQN/tpgt_1/lun/lun_1" > # Create the iSCSI Target Port Mapping for $DEF_IN/tpgt_1 LUN 1 > # to lvm_test0 and give it the port symbolic name of lio_east_port > ln -s $TARGET/pscsi_0/sdd/ "$FABRIC/$DEF_IQN/tpgt_1/lun/lun_1/lio_east_port" > > target:~# tree $CONFIGFS > /sys/kernel/config/ > `-- target > |-- core > | |-- fileio_0 > | | |-- file_object > | | | |-- dev_control > | | | |-- dev_enable > | | | `-- dev_info > | | `-- hba_info > | |-- iblock_0 > | | |-- hba_info > | | `-- lvm_test0 > | | |-- dev_control > | | |-- dev_enable > | | `-- dev_info > | |-- pscsi_0 > | | |-- hba_info > | | `-- sdd > | | |-- dev_control > | | |-- dev_enable > | | `-- dev_info > | |-- rd_dr_0 > | | |-- hba_info > | | `-- ramdisk0 > | | |-- dev_control > | | |-- dev_enable > | | `-- dev_info > | `-- rd_mcp_0 > | |-- hba_info > | `-- ramdisk0 > | |-- dev_control > | |-- dev_enable > | `-- dev_info > |-- iscsi > | |-- iqn.2003-01.org.linux-iscsi.target.i686:sn.e475ed6fcdd0 > | | `-- tpgt_1 > | | |-- lun > | | | |-- lun_0 > | | | | |-- lio_west_port -> ../../../../../../target/core/iblock_0/lvm_test0 > | | | | |-- port_control > | | | | `-- port_info > | | | `-- lun_1 > | | | |-- lio_east_port -> ../../../../../../target/core/pscsi_0/sdd > | | | |-- port_control > | | | `-- port_info > | | |-- np > | | | `-- 172.16.201.137:3260 > | | | `-- portal_info > | | |-- tpg_control > | | `-- tpg_enable > | `-- lio_version > `-- version > > 22 directories, 29 files It's good, I like it. The only thing concerns me that, considering how much time *I* spent to understand it, for an average user understanding it can be an unbearable nightmare ;) In a few days I'll write a proposed configfs hierarchy for existing SCST /proc interface. Vlad -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/