注册bdev文件系统
//fs/block_dev.c
static struct file_system_type bd_type = {
.name = "bdev",
.mount = bd_mount,
.kill_sb = kill_anon_super,
};
//init/main.c
start_kernel
vfs_caches_init
bdev_cache_init
register_filesystem(&bd_type);
bdev文件系统只能被内核使用,,用于构造内部数据结构之间的关联。
inode与block_device关系
//fs/block-dev.c
blkdev_open
//struct block_device *bdev,从inode中取出block_device
bdev = bd_acquire(inode);
bdev = bdget(inode->i_rdev);
通过bd_acquire从inode中取出block_device,一个block_device对应/dev/目录下一个设备节点,为什么能从inode中取出block_device,看下面这段代码:
struct bdev_inode {
struct block_device bdev;
struct inode vfs_inode;
};
static struct inode *bdev_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
{
struct bdev_inode *ei = kmem_cache_alloc(bdev_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ei)
return NULL;
return &ei->vfs_inode;
}
const struct super_operations bdev_sops = {
.statfs = simple_statfs,
.alloc_inode = bdev_alloc_inode,
.destroy_inode = bdev_destroy_inode,
.drop_inode = generic_delete_inode,
.evict_inode = bdev_evict_inode,
};
static struct dentry *bd_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)
{
return mount_pseudo(fs_type, "bdev:", &bdev_sops, NULL, BDEVFS_MAGIC);
}
static struct file_system_type bd_type = {
.name = "bdev",
.mount = bd_mount,
.kill_sb = kill_anon_super,
};
在super_block的ops->alloc_inode实现函数bdev_alloc_inode中分配的是struct bdev_inode,里面的struct block_device和struct inode是一一对应的。
block_device和gendisk关系
//fs/block_dev.c
blkdev_open
struct block_device *bdev = bd_acquire(inode);//inode与block_device之间的关系
blkdev_get(bdev, filp->f_mode, filp);//block_device与gendisk之间的关系
__blkdev_get(bdev, mode, 0);
struct gendisk *disk = get_gendisk(bdev->bd_dev, &partno);
对于字符设备,一个物理字符设备由一个cdev表示,所以一个cdev里面内嵌了一个device,
对于块设备,一个物理块设备由一个gendisk表示,所以一个gendisk里面内嵌了一个device,
block_device对应/dev/目录下的一个块设备节点,比如/dev/sda1和/dev/sda2分别对应一个block_device。通过对block_device的访问最终都转换为对对应gendisk的访问。block_device可以有多个,而gendisk只有一个,他包含了对设备的操作的方法。并且hd_struct是gendisk下面用于表示分区的结构体。