This change adds base infrastructure for implementing internal device
attributes. In the context of the zdev tools, an internal device
attribute is a new type of device attribute with the following
characteristics:
- Can be set and removed like normal device attributes
- Affects zdev-internal handling only
- Does not correspond to an actual device attribute, that is
it has no representation in SysFS
- Can not be set in the active configuration
- Name starts with "zdev:" to prevent conflicts with actual
device attributes
Values for internal device attributes are stored in udev rules alongside
the normal persistent configuration of a device. They are encoded as
udev environment variables. Note that they have no further effect on
udev processing.
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>
Auto-configuration is the name of a new configuration target that is
supported by chzdev and lszdev besides the existing active and
persistent configuration targets. Directives created in this new
configuration are stored as udev rules in the /run/udev/rules.d
directory.
Auto-configuration directives are only in effect if there are no
directives for the same device in the user-provided persistent
configuration. This allows users to override auto-configuration
directives if necessary.
Due to the volatile nature of the /run directory, auto-configuration
directives are cleared on reboot. Therefore mechanisms that generate
auto-configuration directives must recreate them on every boot.
The lszdev tool displays auto-configuration data both in list view
as well as in detail view. Users can specify the new option --auto-conf
to only show data from this configuration target.
Mechanisms that generate automated configuration directives can use
chzdev together with the --auto-conf option to create the corresponding
udev rules.
Note: This change does not include a mechanism that generates
auto-configuration directives.
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>
There are some situations where running "udevadm settle" can result in
a deadlock, such as in the early stages of initial RAM-disk processing.
Introduce a new command-line option --no-settle that can be used to
suppress calling "udevadm settle" to allow chzdev to be run in such
situations.
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>
This commit is based on the s390-tools-1.39.0 version.
Changes on top of s390-tools-1.39.0:
- Add MIT license to all source files
- Add LICENSE file
- Transform REAMDE to README.md (markdown)
- Add AUTHORS.md file
- Add CONTRIBUTING.md file
- Move changelog from README to CHANGELOG.md file
Reviewed-by: Stefan Haberland <sth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
