Add write_uint() helper method for cgroup subsystems
This helper is analagous to the read_uint() helper method for
reporting u64 values to userspace. It's designed to reduce the amount
of boilerplate requierd for creating new cgroup subsystems.
Signed-off-by: Paul Menage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
include/linux/cgroup.h | 8 ++++++++
kernel/cgroup.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Index: container-2.6.23-rc8-mm1/include/linux/cgroup.h
===================================================================
--- container-2.6.23-rc8-mm1.orig/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ container-2.6.23-rc8-mm1/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ struct cftype {
ssize_t (*write) (struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
struct file *file,
const char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos);
+
+ /*
+ * write_uint() is a shortcut for the common case of accepting
+ * a single integer (as parsed by simple_strtoull) from
+ * userspace. Use in place of write(); return 0 or error.
+ */
+ int (*write_uint) (struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft, u64 val);
+
int (*release) (struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
};
Index: container-2.6.23-rc8-mm1/kernel/cgroup.c
===================================================================
--- container-2.6.23-rc8-mm1.orig/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ container-2.6.23-rc8-mm1/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -1274,6 +1274,39 @@ enum cgroup_filetype {
FILE_RELEASE_AGENT,
};
+static ssize_t cgroup_write_uint(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
+ struct file *file,
+ const char __user *userbuf,
+ size_t nbytes, loff_t *unused_ppos)
+{
+ char buffer[64];
+ int retval = 0;
+ u64 val;
+ char *end;
+
+ if (!nbytes)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (nbytes >= sizeof(buffer))
+ return -E2BIG;
+ if (copy_from_user(buffer, userbuf, nbytes))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ buffer[nbytes] = 0; /* nul-terminate */
+
+ /* strip newline if necessary */
+ if (nbytes && (buffer[nbytes-1] == '\n'))
+ buffer[nbytes-1] = 0;
+ val = simple_strtoull(buffer, &end, 0);
+ if (*end)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* Pass to subsystem */
+ retval = cft->write_uint(cont, cft, val);
+ if (!retval)
+ retval = nbytes;
+ return retval;
+}
+
static ssize_t cgroup_common_file_write(struct cgroup *cont,
struct cftype *cft,
struct file *file,
@@ -1357,10 +1390,11 @@ static ssize_t cgroup_file_write(struct
if (!cft)
return -ENODEV;
- if (!cft->write)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- return cft->write(cont, cft, file, buf, nbytes, ppos);
+ if (cft->write)
+ return cft->write(cont, cft, file, buf, nbytes, ppos);
+ if (cft->write_uint)
+ return cgroup_write_uint(cont, cft, file, buf, nbytes, ppos);
+ return -EINVAL;
}
static ssize_t cgroup_read_uint(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
-
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