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docs: target: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 

Convert the TCM docs to ReST format and add them to the
bookset.

This has a mix of userspace-faced and Kernelspace faced
docs. Still, it sounds a better candidate to be added at
the kernel API set of docs.

The conversion is actually:
  - add blank lines and identation in order to identify paragraphs;
  - fix tables markups;
  - add some lists markups;
  - mark literal blocks;
  - adjust title markups.

At its new index.rst, let's add a :orphan: while this is not linked to
the main index.rst file, in order to avoid build warnings.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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==================
TCM Virtual Device
==================
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
tcmu-design
tcm_mod_builder
scripts
.. only:: subproject and html
Indices
=======
* :ref:`genindex`

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TCM mod builder script
----------------------
.. literalinclude:: tcm_mod_builder.py
:language: perl
Target export device script
---------------------------
.. literalinclude:: target-export-device
:language: shell

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=========================================
The TCM v4 fabric module script generator
=========================================
Greetings all,
This document is intended to be a mini-HOWTO for using the tcm_mod_builder.py
script to generate a brand new functional TCM v4 fabric .ko module of your very own,
that once built can be immediately be loaded to start access the new TCM/ConfigFS
fabric skeleton, by simply using::
modprobe $TCM_NEW_MOD
mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/target/$TCM_NEW_MOD
This script will create a new drivers/target/$TCM_NEW_MOD/, and will do the following
1) Generate new API callers for drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configs.c logic
->make_tpg(), ->drop_tpg(), ->make_wwn(), ->drop_wwn(). These are created
into $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_configfs.c
2) Generate basic infrastructure for loading/unloading LKMs and TCM/ConfigFS fabric module
using a skeleton struct target_core_fabric_ops API template.
3) Based on user defined T10 Proto_Ident for the new fabric module being built,
the TransportID / Initiator and Target WWPN related handlers for
SPC-3 persistent reservation are automatically generated in $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_fabric.c
using drivers/target/target_core_fabric_lib.c logic.
4) NOP API calls for all other Data I/O path and fabric dependent attribute logic
in $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_fabric.c
tcm_mod_builder.py depends upon the mandatory '-p $PROTO_IDENT' and '-m
$FABRIC_MOD_name' parameters, and actually running the script looks like::
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target# python tcm_mod_builder.py -p iSCSI -m tcm_nab5000
tcm_dir: /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../
Set fabric_mod_name: tcm_nab5000
Set fabric_mod_dir:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000
Using proto_ident: iSCSI
Creating fabric_mod_dir:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_base.h
Using tcm_mod_scan_fabric_ops:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../include/target/target_core_fabric_ops.h
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_fabric.c
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_fabric.h
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_configfs.c
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kbuild
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kconfig
Would you like to add tcm_nab5000to drivers/target/Kbuild..? [yes,no]: yes
Would you like to add tcm_nab5000to drivers/target/Kconfig..? [yes,no]: yes
At the end of tcm_mod_builder.py. the script will ask to add the following
line to drivers/target/Kbuild::
obj-$(CONFIG_TCM_NAB5000) += tcm_nab5000/
and the same for drivers/target/Kconfig::
source "drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kconfig"
#) Run 'make menuconfig' and select the new CONFIG_TCM_NAB5000 item::
<M> TCM_NAB5000 fabric module
#) Build using 'make modules', once completed you will have::
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# ls -la drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/
total 1348
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-10-05 03:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2010-10-05 03:22 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 282 2010-10-05 03:22 Kbuild
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 2010-10-05 03:22 Kconfig
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 2010-10-05 03:23 modules.order
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 738 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_base.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9096 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_configfs.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191200 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000_configfs.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40504 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000_configfs.o.cmd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5414 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_fabric.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2016 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_fabric.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190932 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000_fabric.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40713 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000_fabric.o.cmd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 401861 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.ko.cmd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 459 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.mod.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23896 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.mod.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22655 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.mod.o.cmd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 379022 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 211 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.o.cmd
#) Load the new module, create a lun_0 configfs group, and add new TCM Core
IBLOCK backstore symlink to port::
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# insmod drivers/target/tcm_nab5000.ko
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# cd /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0/
target:/sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0# ln -s /sys/kernel/config/target/core/iblock_0/lvm_test0 nab5000_port
target:/sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0# cd -
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# tree /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/
/sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/
|-- discovery_auth
|-- iqn.foo
| `-- tpgt_1
| |-- acls
| |-- attrib
| |-- lun
| | `-- lun_0
| | |-- alua_tg_pt_gp
| | |-- alua_tg_pt_offline
| | |-- alua_tg_pt_status
| | |-- alua_tg_pt_write_md
| | `-- nab5000_port -> ../../../../../../target/core/iblock_0/lvm_test0
| |-- np
| `-- param
`-- version
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# lsmod
Module Size Used by
tcm_nab5000 3935 4
iscsi_target_mod 193211 0
target_core_stgt 8090 0
target_core_pscsi 11122 1
target_core_file 9172 2
target_core_iblock 9280 1
target_core_mod 228575 31
tcm_nab5000,iscsi_target_mod,target_core_stgt,target_core_pscsi,target_core_file,target_core_iblock
libfc 73681 0
scsi_debug 56265 0
scsi_tgt 8666 1 target_core_stgt
configfs 20644 2 target_core_mod
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Future TODO items
=================
1) Add more T10 proto_idents
2) Make tcm_mod_dump_fabric_ops() smarter and generate function pointer
defs directly from include/target/target_core_fabric_ops.h:struct target_core_fabric_ops
structure members.
October 5th, 2010
Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>

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>>>>>>>>>> The TCM v4 fabric module script generator <<<<<<<<<<
Greetings all,
This document is intended to be a mini-HOWTO for using the tcm_mod_builder.py
script to generate a brand new functional TCM v4 fabric .ko module of your very own,
that once built can be immediately be loaded to start access the new TCM/ConfigFS
fabric skeleton, by simply using:
modprobe $TCM_NEW_MOD
mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/target/$TCM_NEW_MOD
This script will create a new drivers/target/$TCM_NEW_MOD/, and will do the following
*) Generate new API callers for drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configs.c logic
->make_tpg(), ->drop_tpg(), ->make_wwn(), ->drop_wwn(). These are created
into $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_configfs.c
*) Generate basic infrastructure for loading/unloading LKMs and TCM/ConfigFS fabric module
using a skeleton struct target_core_fabric_ops API template.
*) Based on user defined T10 Proto_Ident for the new fabric module being built,
the TransportID / Initiator and Target WWPN related handlers for
SPC-3 persistent reservation are automatically generated in $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_fabric.c
using drivers/target/target_core_fabric_lib.c logic.
*) NOP API calls for all other Data I/O path and fabric dependent attribute logic
in $TCM_NEW_MOD/$TCM_NEW_MOD_fabric.c
tcm_mod_builder.py depends upon the mandatory '-p $PROTO_IDENT' and '-m
$FABRIC_MOD_name' parameters, and actually running the script looks like:
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target# python tcm_mod_builder.py -p iSCSI -m tcm_nab5000
tcm_dir: /mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../
Set fabric_mod_name: tcm_nab5000
Set fabric_mod_dir:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000
Using proto_ident: iSCSI
Creating fabric_mod_dir:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_base.h
Using tcm_mod_scan_fabric_ops:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../include/target/target_core_fabric_ops.h
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_fabric.c
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_fabric.h
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/tcm_nab5000_configfs.c
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kbuild
Writing file:
/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target/../../drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kconfig
Would you like to add tcm_nab5000to drivers/target/Kbuild..? [yes,no]: yes
Would you like to add tcm_nab5000to drivers/target/Kconfig..? [yes,no]: yes
At the end of tcm_mod_builder.py. the script will ask to add the following
line to drivers/target/Kbuild:
obj-$(CONFIG_TCM_NAB5000) += tcm_nab5000/
and the same for drivers/target/Kconfig:
source "drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/Kconfig"
*) Run 'make menuconfig' and select the new CONFIG_TCM_NAB5000 item:
<M> TCM_NAB5000 fabric module
*) Build using 'make modules', once completed you will have:
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# ls -la drivers/target/tcm_nab5000/
total 1348
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-10-05 03:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 2010-10-05 03:22 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 282 2010-10-05 03:22 Kbuild
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 2010-10-05 03:22 Kconfig
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 2010-10-05 03:23 modules.order
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 738 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_base.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9096 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_configfs.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191200 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000_configfs.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40504 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000_configfs.o.cmd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5414 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_fabric.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2016 2010-10-05 03:22 tcm_nab5000_fabric.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190932 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000_fabric.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40713 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000_fabric.o.cmd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 401861 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.ko.cmd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 459 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.mod.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23896 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.mod.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22655 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.mod.o.cmd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 379022 2010-10-05 03:23 tcm_nab5000.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 211 2010-10-05 03:23 .tcm_nab5000.o.cmd
*) Load the new module, create a lun_0 configfs group, and add new TCM Core
IBLOCK backstore symlink to port:
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# insmod drivers/target/tcm_nab5000.ko
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# cd /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0/
target:/sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0# ln -s /sys/kernel/config/target/core/iblock_0/lvm_test0 nab5000_port
target:/sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/iqn.foo/tpgt_1/lun/lun_0# cd -
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# tree /sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/
/sys/kernel/config/target/nab5000/
|-- discovery_auth
|-- iqn.foo
| `-- tpgt_1
| |-- acls
| |-- attrib
| |-- lun
| | `-- lun_0
| | |-- alua_tg_pt_gp
| | |-- alua_tg_pt_offline
| | |-- alua_tg_pt_status
| | |-- alua_tg_pt_write_md
| | `-- nab5000_port -> ../../../../../../target/core/iblock_0/lvm_test0
| |-- np
| `-- param
`-- version
target:/mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git# lsmod
Module Size Used by
tcm_nab5000 3935 4
iscsi_target_mod 193211 0
target_core_stgt 8090 0
target_core_pscsi 11122 1
target_core_file 9172 2
target_core_iblock 9280 1
target_core_mod 228575 31
tcm_nab5000,iscsi_target_mod,target_core_stgt,target_core_pscsi,target_core_file,target_core_iblock
libfc 73681 0
scsi_debug 56265 0
scsi_tgt 8666 1 target_core_stgt
configfs 20644 2 target_core_mod
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Future TODO items:
*) Add more T10 proto_idents
*) Make tcm_mod_dump_fabric_ops() smarter and generate function pointer
defs directly from include/target/target_core_fabric_ops.h:struct target_core_fabric_ops
structure members.
October 5th, 2010
Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>

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Contents:
====================
TCM Userspace Design
====================
.. Contents:
1) TCM Userspace Design
a) Background
@ -19,7 +24,7 @@ Contents:
TCM Userspace Design
--------------------
====================
TCM is another name for LIO, an in-kernel iSCSI target (server).
Existing TCM targets run in the kernel. TCMU (TCM in Userspace)
@ -32,7 +37,8 @@ modules for file, block device, RAM or using another SCSI device as
storage. These are called "backstores" or "storage engines". These
built-in modules are implemented entirely as kernel code.
Background:
Background
----------
In addition to modularizing the transport protocol used for carrying
SCSI commands ("fabrics"), the Linux kernel target, LIO, also modularizes
@ -60,7 +66,8 @@ kernel, another approach is to create a userspace pass-through
backstore for LIO, "TCMU".
Benefits:
Benefits
--------
In addition to allowing relatively easy support for RBD and GLFS, TCMU
will also allow easier development of new backstores. TCMU combines
@ -72,21 +79,25 @@ The disadvantage is there are more distinct components to configure, and
potentially to malfunction. This is unavoidable, but hopefully not
fatal if we're careful to keep things as simple as possible.
Design constraints:
Design constraints
------------------
- Good performance: high throughput, low latency
- Cleanly handle if userspace:
1) never attaches
2) hangs
3) dies
4) misbehaves
- Allow future flexibility in user & kernel implementations
- Be reasonably memory-efficient
- Simple to configure & run
- Simple to write a userspace backend
Implementation overview:
Implementation overview
-----------------------
The core of the TCMU interface is a memory region that is shared
between kernel and userspace. Within this region is: a control area
@ -108,7 +119,8 @@ the region mapped at a different virtual address.
See target_core_user.h for the struct definitions.
The Mailbox:
The Mailbox
-----------
The mailbox is always at the start of the shared memory region, and
contains a version, details about the starting offset and size of the
@ -117,19 +129,27 @@ userspace (respectively) to put commands on the ring, and indicate
when the commands are completed.
version - 1 (userspace should abort if otherwise)
flags:
- TCMU_MAILBOX_FLAG_CAP_OOOC: indicates out-of-order completion is
supported. See "The Command Ring" for details.
cmdr_off - The offset of the start of the command ring from the start
- TCMU_MAILBOX_FLAG_CAP_OOOC:
indicates out-of-order completion is supported.
See "The Command Ring" for details.
cmdr_off
The offset of the start of the command ring from the start
of the memory region, to account for the mailbox size.
cmdr_size - The size of the command ring. This does *not* need to be a
cmdr_size
The size of the command ring. This does *not* need to be a
power of two.
cmd_head - Modified by the kernel to indicate when a command has been
cmd_head
Modified by the kernel to indicate when a command has been
placed on the ring.
cmd_tail - Modified by userspace to indicate when it has completed
cmd_tail
Modified by userspace to indicate when it has completed
processing of a command.
The Command Ring:
The Command Ring
----------------
Commands are placed on the ring by the kernel incrementing
mailbox.cmd_head by the size of the command, modulo cmdr_size, and
@ -180,27 +200,29 @@ opcode it does not handle, it must set UNKNOWN_OP bit (bit 0) in
hdr.uflags, update cmd_tail, and proceed with processing additional
commands, if any.
The Data Area:
The Data Area
-------------
This is shared-memory space after the command ring. The organization
of this area is not defined in the TCMU interface, and userspace
should access only the parts referenced by pending iovs.
Device Discovery:
Device Discovery
----------------
Other devices may be using UIO besides TCMU. Unrelated user processes
may also be handling different sets of TCMU devices. TCMU userspace
processes must find their devices by scanning sysfs
class/uio/uio*/name. For TCMU devices, these names will be of the
format:
format::
tcm-user/<hba_num>/<device_name>/<subtype>/<path>
where "tcm-user" is common for all TCMU-backed UIO devices. <hba_num>
and <device_name> allow userspace to find the device's path in the
kernel target's configfs tree. Assuming the usual mount point, it is
found at:
found at::
/sys/kernel/config/target/core/user_<hba_num>/<device_name>
@ -214,7 +236,7 @@ configure the device, if needed. The name cannot contain ':', due to
LIO limitations.
For all devices so discovered, the user handler opens /dev/uioX and
calls mmap():
calls mmap()::
mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0)
@ -222,7 +244,8 @@ where size must be equal to the value read from
/sys/class/uio/uioX/maps/map0/size.
Device Events:
Device Events
-------------
If a new device is added or removed, a notification will be broadcast
over netlink, using a generic netlink family name of "TCM-USER" and a
@ -233,7 +256,8 @@ the LIO device, so that after determining the device is supported
(based on subtype) it can take the appropriate action.
Other contingencies:
Other contingencies
-------------------
Userspace handler process never attaches:
@ -258,7 +282,7 @@ Userspace handler process is malicious:
Writing a user pass-through handler (with example code)
-------------------------------------------------------
=======================================================
A user process handing a TCMU device must support the following:
@ -277,9 +301,9 @@ TCMU is designed so that multiple unrelated processes can manage TCMU
devices separately. All handlers should make sure to only open their
devices, based opon a known subtype string.
a) Discovering and configuring TCMU UIO devices:
a) Discovering and configuring TCMU UIO devices::
(error checking omitted for brevity)
/* error checking omitted for brevity */
int fd, dev_fd;
char buf[256];
@ -319,7 +343,7 @@ while (1) {
}
c) Managing the command ring
c) Managing the command ring::
#include <linux/target_core_user.h>
@ -373,7 +397,7 @@ int handle_device_events(int fd, void *map)
A final note
------------
============
Please be careful to return codes as defined by the SCSI
specifications. These are different than some values defined in the

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@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ while (<IN>) {
# Remove sched-pelt false-positive
next if ($fulref =~ m,^Documentation/scheduler/sched-pelt$,);
# Discard some build examples from Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.txt
# Discard some build examples from Documentation/target/tcm_mod_builder.rst
next if ($fulref =~ m,mnt/sdb/lio-core-2.6.git/Documentation/target,);
# Check if exists, evaluating wildcards