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33.Dd January 7, 1996
34.Dt DISK 9
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm disk ,
38.Nm disk_init ,
39.Nm disk_attach ,
40.Nm disk_detach ,
41.Nm disk_busy ,
42.Nm disk_unbusy ,
43.Nm disk_find ,
44.Nm disk_resetstat
45.Nd generic disk framework
46.Sh SYNOPSIS
47.Fd #include \*[Lt]sys/types.h\*[Gt]
48.Fd #include \*[Lt]sys/disklabel.h\*[Gt]
49.Fd #include \*[Lt]sys/disk.h\*[Gt]
50.Ft void
51.Fn disk_init "void"
52.Ft void
53.Fn disk_attach "struct disk *"
54.Ft void
55.Fn disk_detach "struct disk *"
56.Ft void
57.Fn disk_busy "struct disk *"
58.Ft void
59.Fn disk_unbusy "struct disk *"
60.Ft void
61.Fn disk_resetstat "struct disk *"
62.Ft struct disk *
63.Fn disk_find "char *"
64.Sh DESCRIPTION
65The
66.Nx
67generic disk framework is designed to provide flexible,
68scalable, and consistent handling of disk state and metrics information.
69The fundamental component of this framework is the
70.Nm disk
71structure, which is defined as follows:
72.Bd -literal
73struct disk {
74	TAILQ_ENTRY(disk) dk_link;	/* link in global disklist */
75	char	 *dk_name;	/* disk name */
76	int	 dk_bopenmask;	/* block devices open */
77	int	 dk_copenmask;	/* character devices open */
78	int	 dk_openmask;	/* composite (bopen|copen) */
79	int	 dk_state;	/* label state */
80	int	 dk_blkshift;	/* shift to convert DEV_BSIZE to blks */
81	int	 dk_byteshift;	/* shift to convert bytes to blks */
82
83	/*
84	 * Metrics data; note that some metrics may have no meaning
85	 * on certain types of disks.
86	 */
87	int	  dk_busy;	/* busy counter */
88	u_int64_t dk_xfer;	/* total number of transfers */
89	u_int64_t dk_seek;	/* total independent seek operations */
90	u_int64_t dk_bytes;	/* total bytes transfered */
91	struct timeval	dk_attachtime;	/* time disk was attached */
92	struct timeval	dk_timestamp;	/* timestamp of last unbusy */
93	struct timeval	dk_time;	/* total time spent busy */
94
95	struct	dkdriver *dk_driver;	/* pointer to driver */
96
97	/*
98	 * Disk label information.  Storage for the in-core disk label
99	 * must be dynamically allocated, otherwise the size of this
100	 * structure becomes machine-dependent.
101	 */
102	daddr_t	 dk_labelsector;	/* sector containing label */
103	struct disklabel *dk_label;	/* label */
104	struct cpu_disklabel *dk_cpulabel;
105};
106.Ed
107.Pp
108The system maintains a global linked-list of all disks attached to the
109system.
110This list, called
111.Nm disklist ,
112may grow or shrink over time as disks are dynamically added and removed
113from the system.
114Drivers which currently make use of the detachment
115capability of the framework are the
116.Nm ccd
117and
118.Nm vnd
119pseudo-device drivers.
120.Pp
121The following is a brief description of each function in the framework:
122.Bl -tag -width "disk_resetstat()"
123.It Fn disk_init
124Initialize the disklist and other data structures used by the framework.
125Called by
126.Fn main
127before autoconfiguration.
128.It Fn disk_attach
129Attach a disk; allocate storage for the disklabel, set the
130.Dq attached time
131timestamp, insert the disk into the disklist, and increment the
132system disk count.
133.It Fn disk_detach
134Detach a disk; free storage for the disklabel, remove the disk
135from the disklist, and decrement the system disk count.
136If the count drops below zero, panic.
137.It Fn disk_busy
138Increment the disk's
139.Dq busy counter .
140If this counter goes from 0 to 1, set the timestamp corresponding to
141this transfer.
142.It Fn disk_unbusy
143Decrement a disk's busy counter.
144If the count drops below zero, panic.
145Get the current time, subtract it from the disk's timestamp, and add
146the difference to the disk's running total.
147Set the disk's timestamp to the current time.
148If the provided byte count is greater than 0, add it to the disk's
149running total and increment the number of transfers performed by the disk.
150.It Fn disk_resetstat
151Reset the running byte, transfer, and time totals.
152.It Fn disk_find
153Return a pointer to the disk structure corresponding to the name provided,
154or NULL if the disk does not exist.
155.El
156.Pp
157The functions typically called by device drivers are
158.Fn disk_attach ,
159.Fn disk_detach ,
160.Fn disk_busy ,
161.Fn disk_unbusy ,
162and
163.Fn disk_resetstat .
164The function
165.Fn disk_find
166is provided as a utility function.
167.Sh USING THE FRAMEWORK
168This section includes a description on basic use of the framework
169and example usage of its functions.
170Actual implementation of a device driver which utilizes the framework
171may vary.
172.Pp
173A special routine,
174.Fn disk_init ,
175is provided to perform basic initialization of data structures used by
176the framework.
177It is called exactly once by the system, in
178.Fn main ,
179before device autoconfiguration.
180.Pp
181Each device in the system uses a
182.Dq softc
183structure which contains autoconfiguration and state information for that
184device.
185In the case of disks, the softc should also contain one instance
186of the disk structure, e.g.:
187.Bd -literal
188struct foo_softc {
189	struct	device sc_dev;		/* generic device information */
190	struct	disk sc_dk;		/* generic disk information */
191	[ . . . more . . . ]
192};
193.Ed
194.Pp
195In order for the system to gather metrics data about a disk, the disk must
196be registered with the system.
197The
198.Fn disk_attach
199routine performs all of the functions currently required to register a disk
200with the system including allocation of disklabel storage space,
201recording of the time since boot that the disk was attached, and insertion
202into the disklist.
203Note that since this function allocates storage space for the disklabel,
204it must be called before the disklabel is read from the media or used in
205any other way.
206Before
207.Fn disk_attach
208is called, a portions of the disk structure must be initialized with
209data specific to that disk.
210For example, in the
211.Dq foo
212disk driver, the following would be performed in the autoconfiguration
213.Dq attach
214routine:
215.Bd -literal
216void
217fooattach(parent, self, aux)
218	struct device *parent, *self;
219	void *aux;
220{
221	struct foo_softc *sc = (struct foo_softc *)self;
222	[ . . . ]
223
224	/* Initialize and attach the disk structure. */
225	sc-\*[Gt]sc_dk.dk_driver = \*[Am]foodkdriver;
226	sc-\*[Gt]sc_dk.dk_name = sc-\*[Gt]sc_dev.dv_xname;
227	disk_attach(\*[Am]sc-\*[Gt]sc_dk);
228
229	/* Read geometry and fill in pertinent parts of disklabel. */
230	[ . . . ]
231}
232.Ed
233.Pp
234The
235.Nm foodkdriver
236above is the disk's
237.Dq driver
238switch.
239This switch currently includes a pointer to the disk's
240.Dq strategy
241routine.
242This switch needs to have global scope and should be initialized as follows:
243.Bd -literal
244void	foostrategy(struct buf *);
245struct	dkdriver foodkdriver = { foostrategy };
246.Ed
247.Pp
248Once the disk is attached, metrics may be gathered on that disk.
249In order to gather metrics data, the driver must tell the framework when
250the disk starts and stops operations.
251This functionality is provided by the
252.Fn disk_busy
253and
254.Fn disk_unbusy
255routines.
256The
257.Fn disk_busy
258routine should be called immediately before a command to the disk is
259sent, e.g.:
260.Bd -literal
261void
262foostart(sc)
263	struct foo_softc *sc;
264{
265	[ . . . ]
266
267	/* Get buffer from drive's transfer queue. */
268	[ . . . ]
269
270	/* Build command to send to drive. */
271	[ . . . ]
272
273	/* Tell the disk framework we're going busy. */
274	disk_busy(\*[Am]sc-\*[Gt]sc_dk);
275
276	/* Send command to the drive. */
277	[ . . . ]
278}
279.Ed
280.Pp
281When
282.Fn disk_busy
283is called, a timestamp is taken if the disk's busy counter moves from
2840 to 1, indicating the disk has gone from an idle to non-idle state.
285Note that
286.Fn disk_busy
287must be called at
288.Fn splbio .
289At the end of a transaction, the
290.Fn disk_unbusy
291routine should be called.
292This routine performs some consistency checks,
293such as ensuring that the calls to
294.Fn disk_busy
295and
296.Fn disk_unbusy
297are balanced.
298This routine also performs the actual metrics calculation.
299A timestamp is taken, and the difference from the timestamp taken in
300.Fn disk_busy
301is added to the disk's total running time.
302The disk's timestamp is then updated in case there is more than one
303pending transfer on the disk.
304A byte count is also added to the disk's running total, and if greater than
305zero, the number of transfers the disk has performed is incremented.
306.Bd -literal
307void
308foodone(xfer)
309	struct foo_xfer *xfer;
310{
311	struct foo_softc = (struct foo_softc *)xfer-\*[Gt]xf_softc;
312	struct buf *bp = xfer-\*[Gt]xf_buf;
313	long nbytes;
314	[ . . . ]
315
316	/*
317	 * Get number of bytes transfered.  If there is no buf
318	 * associated with the xfer, we are being called at the
319	 * end of a non-I/O command.
320	 */
321	if (bp == NULL)
322		nbytes = 0;
323	else
324		nbytes = bp-\*[Gt]b_bcount - bp-\*[Gt]b_resid;
325
326	[ . . . ]
327
328	/* Notify the disk framework that we've completed the transfer. */
329	disk_unbusy(\*[Am]sc-\*[Gt]sc_dk, nbytes);
330
331	[ . . . ]
332}
333.Ed
334.Pp
335Like
336.Fn disk_busy ,
337.Fn disk_unbusy
338must be called at
339.Fn splbio .
340.Pp
341At some point a driver may wish to reset the metrics data gathered on a
342particular disk.
343For this function, the
344.Fn disk_resetstat
345routine is provided.
346.Sh CODE REFERENCES
347This section describes places within the
348.Nx
349source tree where actual
350code implementing or utilizing the disk framework can be found.
351All pathnames are relative to
352.Pa /usr/src .
353.Pp
354The disk framework itself is implemented within the file
355.Pa sys/kern/subr_disk.c .
356Data structures and function prototypes for the framework are located in
357.Pa sys/sys/disk.h .
358.Pp
359The
360.Nx
361machine-independent SCSI disk and CD-ROM drivers utilize the
362disk framework.
363They are located in
364.Pa sys/scsi/sd.c
365and
366.Pa sys/scsi/cd.c .
367.Pp
368The
369.Nx
370.Nm ccd
371and
372.Nm vnd
373drivers utilize the detachment capability of the framework.
374They are located in
375.Pa sys/dev/ccd.c
376and
377.Pa sys/dev/vnd.c .
378.Sh SEE ALSO
379.Xr ccd 4 ,
380.Xr vnd 4 ,
381.Xr spl 9
382.Sh HISTORY
383The
384.Nx
385generic disk framework appeared in
386.Nx 1.2 .
387.Sh AUTHORS
388The
389.Nx
390generic disk framework was architected and implemented by
391Jason R. Thorpe \*[Lt]thorpej@NetBSD.ORG\*[Gt].
392