[dm-devel] [PATCH v4 03/22] libmultipath/checkers: replace message by msgid

Benjamin Marzinski bmarzins at redhat.com
Thu Nov 1 19:48:18 UTC 2018


On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 11:59:38AM +0100, Martin Wilck wrote:
> Replace the character array "message" in struct checker with
> a "message ID" field.
> 
> The generic checker code defines a couple of standard message IDs
> and corresponding messages. Checker-specific message IDs start
> at CHECKER_FIRST_MSG. Checkers that implement specific message
> IDs must provide a table for converting the IDs into actual log
> messages.
> 
> This simplifies the checker data structure and the handling of
> checker messages in the critical checker code path. It comes at
> the cost that only constant message strings are supported. It
> turns out that only a single checker log message (in the emc_clariion
> checker) was dynamically generated, and the missing information can
> be provided with a standard condlog message.
> 
> Follow-up patches implement this for the existing checkers.
> checker_message() isn't thread-safe in its current form.
> This will be fixed in another follow-up patch.

Reviewed-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins at redhat.com>

> ---
>  libmultipath/checkers.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  libmultipath/checkers.h | 39 +++++++++++++++++++----
>  2 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/libmultipath/checkers.c b/libmultipath/checkers.c
> index 0bacc864..96086686 100644
> --- a/libmultipath/checkers.c
> +++ b/libmultipath/checkers.c
> @@ -141,6 +141,22 @@ struct checker * add_checker (char *multipath_dir, char * name)
>  	if (!c->free)
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	c->msgtable_size = 0;
> +	c->msgtable = dlsym(c->handle, "libcheck_msgtable");
> +
> +	if (c->msgtable != NULL) {
> +		const char **p;
> +
> +		for (p = c->msgtable;
> +		     *p && (p - c->msgtable) < CHECKER_MSGTABLE_SIZE; p++)
> +			/* nothing */;
> +
> +		c->msgtable_size = p - c->msgtable;
> +	} else
> +		c->msgtable_size = 0;
> +	condlog(3, "checker %s: message table size = %d",
> +		c->name, c->msgtable_size);
> +
>  done:
>  	c->fd = -1;
>  	c->sync = 1;
> @@ -222,16 +238,16 @@ int checker_check (struct checker * c, int path_state)
>  	if (!c)
>  		return PATH_WILD;
>  
> -	c->message[0] = '\0';
> +	c->msgid = CHECKER_MSGID_NONE;
>  	if (c->disable) {
> -		MSG(c, "checker disabled");
> +		c->msgid = CHECKER_MSGID_DISABLED;
>  		return PATH_UNCHECKED;
>  	}
>  	if (!strncmp(c->name, NONE, 4))
>  		return path_state;
>  
>  	if (c->fd < 0) {
> -		MSG(c, "no usable fd");
> +		c->msgid = CHECKER_MSGID_NO_FD;
>  		return PATH_WILD;
>  	}
>  	r = c->check(c);
> @@ -248,25 +264,59 @@ int checker_selected (struct checker * c)
>  	return (c->check) ? 1 : 0;
>  }
>  
> -char * checker_name (struct checker * c)
> +const char *checker_name(const struct checker *c)
>  {
>  	if (!c)
>  		return NULL;
>  	return c->name;
>  }
>  
> -char * checker_message (struct checker * c)
> +static const char *generic_msg[CHECKER_GENERIC_MSGTABLE_SIZE] = {
> +	[CHECKER_MSGID_NONE] = "",
> +	[CHECKER_MSGID_DISABLED] = " is disabled",
> +	[CHECKER_MSGID_NO_FD] = " has no usable fd",
> +	[CHECKER_MSGID_INVALID] = " provided invalid message id",
> +	[CHECKER_MSGID_UP] = " reports path is up",
> +	[CHECKER_MSGID_DOWN] = " reports path is down",
> +	[CHECKER_MSGID_GHOST] = " reports path is ghost",
> +};
> +
> +static const char *_checker_message(const struct checker *c)
>  {
> -	if (!c)
> +	int id;
> +
> +	if (!c || c->msgid < 0 ||
> +	    (c->msgid >= CHECKER_GENERIC_MSGTABLE_SIZE &&
> +	     c->msgid < CHECKER_FIRST_MSGID))
>  		return NULL;
> -	return c->message;
> +
> +	if (c->msgid < CHECKER_GENERIC_MSGTABLE_SIZE)
> +		return generic_msg[c->msgid];
> +
> +	id = c->msgid - CHECKER_FIRST_MSGID;
> +	if (id < c->msgtable_size)
> +		return c->msgtable[id];
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +char *checker_message(const struct checker *c)
> +{
> +	static char buf[CHECKER_MSG_LEN];
> +	const char *msg = _checker_message(c);
> +
> +	if (msg == NULL || *msg == '\0')
> +		*buf = '\0';
> +	else
> +		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s checker%s",
> +			 c->name, msg);
> +	return buf;
>  }
>  
>  void checker_clear_message (struct checker *c)
>  {
>  	if (!c)
>  		return;
> -	c->message[0] = '\0';
> +	c->msgid = CHECKER_MSGID_NONE;
>  }
>  
>  void checker_get (char *multipath_dir, struct checker * dst, char * name)
> @@ -288,10 +338,12 @@ void checker_get (char *multipath_dir, struct checker * dst, char * name)
>  	dst->fd = src->fd;
>  	dst->sync = src->sync;
>  	strncpy(dst->name, src->name, CHECKER_NAME_LEN);
> -	strncpy(dst->message, src->message, CHECKER_MSG_LEN);
> +	dst->msgid = CHECKER_MSGID_NONE;
>  	dst->check = src->check;
>  	dst->init = src->init;
>  	dst->free = src->free;
> +	dst->msgtable = src->msgtable;
> +	dst->msgtable_size = src->msgtable_size;
>  	dst->handle = NULL;
>  	src->refcount++;
>  }
> diff --git a/libmultipath/checkers.h b/libmultipath/checkers.h
> index 7b18a1ac..60b1321b 100644
> --- a/libmultipath/checkers.h
> +++ b/libmultipath/checkers.h
> @@ -97,6 +97,22 @@ enum path_check_state {
>  #define CHECKER_DEV_LEN 256
>  #define LIB_CHECKER_NAMELEN 256
>  
> +/*
> + * Generic message IDs for use in checkers.
> + */
> +enum {
> +	CHECKER_MSGID_NONE = 0,
> +	CHECKER_MSGID_DISABLED,
> +	CHECKER_MSGID_NO_FD,
> +	CHECKER_MSGID_INVALID,
> +	CHECKER_MSGID_UP,
> +	CHECKER_MSGID_DOWN,
> +	CHECKER_MSGID_GHOST,
> +	CHECKER_GENERIC_MSGTABLE_SIZE,
> +	CHECKER_FIRST_MSGID = 100,	/* lowest msgid for checkers */
> +	CHECKER_MSGTABLE_SIZE = 100,	/* max msg table size for checkers */
> +};
> +
>  struct checker {
>  	struct list_head node;
>  	void *handle;
> @@ -106,7 +122,7 @@ struct checker {
>  	unsigned int timeout;
>  	int disable;
>  	char name[CHECKER_NAME_LEN];
> -	char message[CHECKER_MSG_LEN];       /* comm with callers */
> +	short msgid;		             /* checker-internal extra status */
>  	void * context;                      /* store for persistent data */
>  	void ** mpcontext;                   /* store for persistent data shared
>  						multipath-wide. Use MALLOC if
> @@ -114,10 +130,10 @@ struct checker {
>  	int (*check)(struct checker *);
>  	int (*init)(struct checker *);       /* to allocate the context */
>  	void (*free)(struct checker *);      /* to free the context */
> +	const char**msgtable;
> +	short msgtable_size;
>  };
>  
> -#define MSG(c, fmt, args...) snprintf((c)->message, CHECKER_MSG_LEN, fmt, ##args);
> -
>  char * checker_state_name (int);
>  int init_checkers (char *);
>  void cleanup_checkers (void);
> @@ -134,14 +150,25 @@ void checker_enable (struct checker *);
>  void checker_disable (struct checker *);
>  int checker_check (struct checker *, int);
>  int checker_selected (struct checker *);
> -char * checker_name (struct checker *);
> -char * checker_message (struct checker *);
> +const char *checker_name (const struct checker *);
> +char *checker_message (const struct checker *);
>  void checker_clear_message (struct checker *c);
>  void checker_get (char *, struct checker *, char *);
>  
> -/* Functions exported by path checker dynamic libraries (.so) */
> +/* Prototypes for symbols exported by path checker dynamic libraries (.so) */
>  int libcheck_check(struct checker *);
>  int libcheck_init(struct checker *);
>  void libcheck_free(struct checker *);
> +/*
> + * msgid => message map.
> + *
> + * It only needs to be provided if the checker defines specific
> + * message IDs.
> + * Message IDs available to checkers start at CHECKER_FIRST_MSG.
> + * The msgtable array is 0-based, i.e. msgtable[0] is the message
> + * for msgid == __CHECKER_FIRST_MSG.
> + * The table ends with a NULL element.
> + */
> +extern const char *libcheck_msgtable[];
>  
>  #endif /* _CHECKERS_H */
> -- 
> 2.19.1




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