[PATCH] md: Allow raid 'layout' to be read and set via sysfs
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt
index 4cf5972..80f1587 100644
--- a/Documentation/md.txt
+++ b/Documentation/md.txt
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@
This can be written only while the array is being assembled, not
after it is started.
+ layout
+ The "layout" for the array for the particular level. This is
+ simply a number that is interpretted differently by different
+ levels. It can be written while assembling an array.
+
new_dev
This file can be written but not read. The value written should
be a block device number as major:minor. e.g. 8:0
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 4b74c77..e3261c4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2155,6 +2155,32 @@
static struct md_sysfs_entry md_level =
__ATTR(level, 0644, level_show, level_store);
+
+static ssize_t
+layout_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
+{
+ /* just a number, not meaningful for all levels */
+ return sprintf(page, "%d\n", mddev->layout);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+layout_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+ char *e;
+ unsigned long n = simple_strtoul(buf, &e, 10);
+ if (mddev->pers)
+ return -EBUSY;
+
+ if (!*buf || (*e && *e != '\n'))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ mddev->layout = n;
+ return len;
+}
+static struct md_sysfs_entry md_layout =
+__ATTR(layout, 0655, layout_show, layout_store);
+
+
static ssize_t
raid_disks_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
{
@@ -2741,6 +2767,7 @@
static struct attribute *md_default_attrs[] = {
&md_level.attr,
+ &md_layout.attr,
&md_raid_disks.attr,
&md_chunk_size.attr,
&md_size.attr,