Expose mdev alias as string in a sysfs tree so that such attribute can be used to generate netdevice name by systemd/udev or can be used to match other kernel objects based on the alias of the mdev.
Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <[email protected]> --- drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c index 43afe0e80b76..59f4e3cc5233 100644 --- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c @@ -246,7 +246,20 @@ static ssize_t remove_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(remove); +static ssize_t alias_show(struct device *device, + struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) +{ + struct mdev_device *dev = mdev_from_dev(device); + + if (!dev->alias) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + + return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", dev->alias); +} +static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(alias); + static const struct attribute *mdev_device_attrs[] = { + &dev_attr_alias.attr, &dev_attr_remove.attr, NULL, }; -- 2.19.2
