Target/configFS

LinuxIO
	LinuxIO
Original author(s)	Nicholas Bellinger
Developer(s)	Datera, Inc.
Initial release	January 14, 2011
Stable release	4.1.0 / June 20, 2012; ; 9 years ago
Preview release	4.2.0-rc5 / June 28, 2012; ; 9 years ago
Development status	Production
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux
Type	Target engine
License	GNU General Public License
Website	datera.io

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Target/configFS describes the configFS kernel programming interface for the LinuxIO engine. ConfigFS is a RAM-based virtual file system provided by the 2.6 Linux kernel, originally based on sysfs code and developed as a hybrid control mechanism for OCFS2.

configFS uses symbolic links for inter- and intra-modules configuration.

Introduction

To setup the LinuxIO, targetcli should be used. targetcli is a comprehensive, powerful, yet easy storage management tool from Datera that can efficiently handle complex LIO installations.

This page describes the resulting low-level user-space configuration of the LIO configFS object tree. The LIO core is mapped into configFS at /sys/kernel/config/target/. A $TARGET shell variable is defined to point to it:

export TARGET=/sys/kernel/config/target/core/

Setup

The following examples show the setup for each LIO backstore storage object respectively: IBLOCK, PSCSI, RAMDISK, and FILEIO. In these examples, the LinuxIO is configured by directly poking its configFS interface. In production, of course, targetcli provides management tool that is much more convenient and usable.

Generic

# BEGIN CONFIGFS CODE FOR GENERIC TARGET ENGINE
modprobe target_core_mod

# Set up our shell variables
export CONFIGFS=/sys/kernel/config/
export TARGET=/sys/kernel/config/target/core/
export FABRIC=/sys/kernel/config/target/iscsi/

# END CONFIGFS CODE FOR GENERIC TARGET ENGINE

Setting up IBLOCK

# BEGIN IBLOCK SUBSYSTEM PLUGIN EXPORT

mkdir -p $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0

# This enabled NAA WWN 0x83 VPN descriptors
echo a97e4ce21c0711de829b000c2943d57b > $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0/wwn/vpd_unit_serial

# Either major/minor method for referencing struct block_device, or
# echo iblock_major=254,iblock_minor=2 > $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0/control
# echo 1 > $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0/enable

# Locate the struct block_device from passed file descriptor..
exec 3<>/dev/lio-test/test0
echo 3 > $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0/fd
exec 3>&-

# Enable 4096 sector size emulation
echo 4096 > $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0/attrib/block_size

# More tunables for target_core_mod
# echo 0 > $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0/attrib/emulate_tas
echo 0 > $TARGET/iblock_0/lvm_test0/attrib/emulate_ua_intlck_ctrl

# END IBLOCK SUBSYSTEM PLUGIN EXPORT

Setting up PSCSI

# EBGIN PSCSI SUBSYSTEM PLUGIN EXPORT
mkdir -p $TARGET/pscsi_0/sdd

# This is only limited to T10 vendor type WWN naming..
echo 66e418b4-e9ab-11dd-8f51-000c2943d57b > $TARGET/pscsi_0/sdd/wwn/vpd_unit_serial

# Either, Linux/SCSI HCTL method of locating struct scsi_device, or
# echo scsi_channel_id=0,scsi_target_id=3,scsi_lun_id=0 > $TARGET/pscsi_0/sdd/control
# echo 1 > $TARGET/pscsi_0/sdd/enable

# Locate the struct scsi_device from file descriptor (only for TYPE_DISK+TYPE_ROM)
exec 3<>/dev/sdd
echo 3 > $TARGET/pscsi_0/sdd/fd
exec 3>&-

# END PSCSI SUBSYSTEM PLUGIN EXPORT

Setting up a RAMDISK

# START RAMDISK SUBSYSTEM PLUGIN OBJECTS

mkdir -p $TARGET/rd_mcp_0/ramdisk
echo rd_pages=32768 > $TARGET/rd_mcp_0/ramdisk/control
echo 1 > $TARGET/rd_mcp_0/ramdisk/enable

# END RAMDISK SUBSYSTEM PLUGIN OBJECTS

Setting up FILEIO

# START FILEIO SUBSYSTEM PLUGIN OBJECTS
mkdir -p $TARGET/fileio_0/fileio

# Note that using a backing struct block_device for fd_dev_name will automatically
# locate fd_dev_size, otherwise this value is in bytes..
echo "fd_dev_name=/dev/sde,fd_dev_size=134217728" > $TARGET/fileio_0/fileio/control
echo 1 > $TARGET/fileio_0/fileio/enable

# END FILEIO SUBSYSTEM PLUGIN OBJECTS

Object tree

Here is what a running LIO looks like for configFS via tree:

/sys/kernel/config/target/core/
|-- alua
|   |-- lu_gps
|   |   `-- default_lu_gp
|   |       |-- alua_access_state
|   |       |-- lu_gp_id
|   |       `-- members
|   `-- tg_pt_gps
|       `-- default_tg_pt_gp
|           |-- alua_access_state
|           |-- members
|           `-- tg_pt_gp_id
|-- fileio_0
|   |-- fileio
|   |   |-- alua_lu_gp
|   |   |-- attrib
|   |   |   |-- block_size
|   |   |   |-- emulate_tas
|   |   |   |-- emulate_ua_intlck_ctrl
|   |   |   |-- hw_block_size
|   |   |   |-- hw_max_sectors
|   |   |   |-- hw_queue_depth
|   |   |   |-- max_sectors
|   |   |   |-- queue_depth
|   |   |   `-- task_timeout
|   |   |-- control
|   |   |-- enable
|   |   |-- fd
|   |   |-- info
|   |   |-- pr
|   |   |   |-- res_holder
|   |   |   |-- res_pr_all_tgt_pts
|   |   |   |-- res_pr_generation
|   |   |   |-- res_pr_holder_tg_port
|   |   |   |-- res_pr_registered_i_pts
|   |   |   |-- res_pr_type
|   |   |   `-- res_type
|   |   `-- wwn
|   |       |-- vpd_assoc_logical_unit
|   |       |-- vpd_assoc_scsi_target_device
|   |       |-- vpd_assoc_target_port
|   |       |-- vpd_protocol_identifier
|   |       `-- vpd_unit_serial
|   `-- hba_info
|-- iblock_0
|   |-- hba_info
|   `-- lvm_test0
|       |-- alua_lu_gp
|       |-- attrib
|       |   |-- block_size
|       |   |-- emulate_tas
|       |   |-- emulate_ua_intlck_ctrl
|       |   |-- hw_block_size
|       |   |-- hw_max_sectors
|       |   |-- hw_queue_depth
|       |   |-- max_sectors
|       |   |-- queue_depth
|       |   `-- task_timeout
|       |-- control
|       |-- enable
|       |-- fd
|       |-- info
|       |-- pr
|       |   |-- res_holder
|       |   |-- res_pr_all_tgt_pts
|       |   |-- res_pr_generation
|       |   |-- res_pr_holder_tg_port
|       |   |-- res_pr_registered_i_pts
|       |   |-- res_pr_type
|       |   `-- res_type
|       `-- wwn
|           |-- vpd_assoc_logical_unit
|           |-- vpd_assoc_scsi_target_device
|           |-- vpd_assoc_target_port
|           |-- vpd_protocol_identifier
|           `-- vpd_unit_serial
|-- pscsi_0
|   |-- hba_info
|   `-- sdd
|       |-- alua_lu_gp
|       |-- attrib
|       |   |-- block_size
|       |   |-- emulate_tas
|       |   |-- emulate_ua_intlck_ctrl
|       |   |-- hw_block_size
|       |   |-- hw_max_sectors
|       |   |-- hw_queue_depth
|       |   |-- max_sectors
|       |   |-- queue_depth
|       |   `-- task_timeout
|       |-- control
|       |-- enable
|       |-- fd
|       |-- info
|       |-- pr
|       |   |-- res_holder
|       |   |-- res_pr_all_tgt_pts
|       |   |-- res_pr_generation
|       |   |-- res_pr_holder_tg_port
|       |   |-- res_pr_registered_i_pts
|       |   |-- res_pr_type
|       |   `-- res_type
|       `-- wwn
|           |-- vpd_assoc_logical_unit
|           |-- vpd_assoc_scsi_target_device
|           |-- vpd_assoc_target_port
|           |-- vpd_protocol_identifier
|           `-- vpd_unit_serial
`-- rd_mcp_0
    |-- hba_info
    `-- ramdisk
        |-- alua_lu_gp
        |-- attrib
        |   |-- block_size
        |   |-- emulate_tas
        |   |-- emulate_ua_intlck_ctrl
        |   |-- hw_block_size
        |   |-- hw_max_sectors
        |   |-- hw_queue_depth
        |   |-- max_sectors
        |   |-- queue_depth
        |   `-- task_timeout
        |-- control
        |-- enable
        |-- fd
        |-- info
        |-- pr
        |   |-- res_holder
        |   |-- res_pr_all_tgt_pts
        |   |-- res_pr_generation
        |   |-- res_pr_holder_tg_port
        |   |-- res_pr_registered_i_pts
        |   |-- res_pr_type
        |   `-- res_type
        `-- wwn
            |-- vpd_assoc_logical_unit
            |-- vpd_assoc_scsi_target_device
            |-- vpd_assoc_target_port
            |-- vpd_protocol_identifier
            `-- vpd_unit_serial

25 directories, 114 files

Kernel ring buffer

Here is the kernel ring buffer output of a successfully starting LIO engine (see /sys/kernel/config/):

TARGET_CORE[0]: Loading Generic Kernel Storage Engine: v3.0.0 on Linux/i686 on 2.6.29
TARGET_CORE[0]: Initialized ConfigFS Fabric Infrastructure: v1.0.0 on Linux/i686 on 2.6.29
SE_PC[0] - Registered Plugin Class: TRANSPORT
PLUGIN_TRANSPORT[1] - pscsi registered
PLUGIN_TRANSPORT[4] - iblock registered
PLUGIN_TRANSPORT[5] - rd_dr registered
PLUGIN_TRANSPORT[6] - rd_mcp registered
PLUGIN_TRANSPORT[7] - fileio registered
SE_PC[1] - Registered Plugin Class: OBJ
PLUGIN_OBJ[1] - dev registered
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Located se_plugin: def1d890 plugin_name: iblock hba_type: 4 plugin_dep_id: 0
CORE_HBA[0] - Linux-iSCSI.org iBlock HBA Driver 3.0 on Generic Target Core Stack v3.0
CORE_HBA[0] - Attached iBlock HBA: 0 to Generic Target Core TCQ Depth: 512
CORE_HBA[0] - Attached HBA to Generic Target Core
IBLOCK: Allocated ib_dev for lvm_test0
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Allocated se_subsystem_dev_t: def1e800 se_dev_su_ptr: df3e8400
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Set emulated VPD Unit Serial: a97e4ce21c0711de829b000c2943d57b
IBLOCK: Claiming struct block_device: df64f740
bio: create slab <bio-1> at 1
IBLOCK: Created bio_set() for major/minor: 254:2
iblock: Using SPC3_PERSISTENT_RESERVATIONS emulation
iblock: Enabling ALUA Emulation for SPC-3 device
iblock: Adding to default ALUA LU Group: core/alua/lu_gps/default_lu_gp
CORE_iBLOCK[0] - Activating Device with TCQ: 0 at Major: 254 Minor 2
   Vendor: LIO-ORG   Model: IBLOCK            Revision: 3.0 
   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 05
T10 VPD Unit Serial Number: a97e4ce21c0711de829b000c2943d57b
T10 VPD Page Length: 72
T10 VPD Identifer Length: 16
T10 VPD Identifier Association: addressed logical unit
T10 VPD Identifier Type: NAA
T10 VPD Binary Device Identifier: 36001405a97e4ce21c0711de829b000c2
T10 VPD Identifer Length: 48
T10 VPD Identifier Association: addressed logical unit
T10 VPD Identifier Type: T10 Vendor ID based
T10 VPD ASCII Device Identifier: LIO-ORG
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Registered iblock se_dev->se_dev_ptr: d4354000 from fd
dev[d4354000]: SE Device block_size changed to 4096
dev[d4354000]: SE Device UA_INTRLCK_CTRL flag: 0
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Located se_plugin: def1d824 plugin_name: pscsi hba_type: 1 plugin_dep_id: 0
CORE_HBA[1] - Linux-iSCSI.org SCSI HBA Driver v3.0 on Generic Target Core Stack v3.0
CORE_HBA[1] - MPT SPI Host
CORE_HBA[1] - Attached SCSI HBA to Generic Target Core with TCQ Depth: 127 MaxSectors: 8192
CORE_HBA[1] - Attached HBA to Generic Target Core
PSCSI: Allocated pdv: d4384e60 for sdd
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Allocated se_subsystem_dev_t: def1e000 se_dev_su_ptr: d4384e60
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Set emulated VPD Unit Serial: 66e418b4-e9ab-11dd-8f51-000c2943d57b
PSCSI: Claiming def68800 Major:Minor - 8:48
pscsi: Using SPC_PASSTHROUGH, no reservation emulation
pscsi: Using SPC_ALUA_PASSTHROUGH, no ALUA emulation
CORE_PSCSI[0] - Activating Device with TCQ: 32 at SCSI Location (Channel/Target/LUN) 0/3/0
  Vendor: VMware,   Model: VMware Virtual S  Revision: 1.0 
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
PSCSI Status Byte exception at task: ded5c000 CDB: 0x12 Result: 0x08000002
CORE_PSCSI[0] - Added TYPE_DISK for 0:3:0
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Registered pscsi se_dev->se_dev_ptr: d4354400 from fd
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Located se_plugin: def1d8d8 plugin_name: rd_mcp hba_type: 6 plugin_dep_id: 0
CORE_HBA[2] - Linux-iSCSI.org Ramdisk HBA Driver v3.0 on Generic Target Core Stack v3.0
CORE_HBA[2] - Attached Ramdisk HBA: 0 to Generic Target Core TCQ Depth: 256 MaxSectors: 1024
CORE_HBA[2] - Attached HBA to Generic Target Core
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Allocated se_subsystem_dev_t: def1c000 se_dev_su_ptr: d3541500
RAMDISK: Referencing Page Count: 32768
CORE_RD[0] - Built Ramdisk Device ID: 0 space of 32768 pages in 11 tables
rd_mcp: Using SPC3_PERSISTENT_RESERVATIONS emulation
rd_mcp: Enabling ALUA Emulation for SPC-3 device
rd_mcp: Adding to default ALUA LU Group: core/alua/lu_gps/default_lu_gp
CORE_RD[0] - Activating Device with TCQ: 0 at Ramdisk Device ID: 0
  Vendor: LIO-ORG   Model: RAMDISK-MCP       Revision: 3.0 
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 05
T10 VPD Unit Serial Number: 1234567890:2_0
T10 VPD Page Length: 39
T10 VPD Identifer Length: 35
T10 VPD Identifier Association: addressed logical unit
T10 VPD Identifier Type: T10 Vendor ID based
T10 VPD ASCII Device Identifier: LIO-ORG
CORE_RD[0] - Added LIO MEMCPY Ramdisk Device ID: 0 of 32768 pages in 11 tables, 134217728 total bytes
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Registered se_dev->se_dev_ptr: d4355800
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Located se_plugin: def1d8fc plugin_name: fileio hba_type: 7 plugin_dep_id: 0
CORE_HBA[3] - Linux-iSCSI.org FILEIO HBA Driver 3.0 on Generic Target Core Stack v3.0
CORE_HBA[3] - Attached FILEIO HBA: 0 to Generic Target Core with TCQ Depth: 256 MaxSectors: 1024
CORE_HBA[3] - Attached HBA to Generic Target Core
FILEIO: Allocated fd_dev for d436f448
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Allocated se_subsystem_dev_t: de984000 se_dev_su_ptr: d4385400
FILEIO: Referencing Path: /dev/sde
FILEIO: Referencing Size: 134217728 bytes
FILEIO: Claiming d4385400 Major:Minor - 8:64
FILEIO: Using size: 428867072 bytes from struct block_device blocks: 837631 hardsect_size: 512
fileio: Using SPC3_PERSISTENT_RESERVATIONS emulation
fileio: Enabling ALUA Emulation for SPC-3 device
fileio: Adding to default ALUA LU Group: core/alua/lu_gps/default_lu_gp
CORE_FILE[0] - Activating Device with TCQ: 0 at FILEIO Device ID: 0
  Vendor: LIO-ORG   Model: FILEIO            Revision: 3.0 
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 05
T10 VPD Unit Serial Number: 1234567890:3_0
T10 VPD Page Length: 34
T10 VPD Identifer Length: 30
T10 VPD Identifier Association: addressed logical unit
T10 VPD Identifier Type: T10 Vendor ID based
T10 VPD ASCII Device Identifier: LIO-ORG
CORE_FILE[0] - Added LIO FILEIO Device ID: 0 at /dev/sde, 428867072 total bytes
Target_Core_ConfigFS: Registered se_dev->se_dev_ptr: d4355c00

External links

sysfs Wikipedia entry
OCFS2 Wikipedia entry

Target/configFS

The Linux SCSI Target Wiki

Contents

Introduction

Setup

Generic

Setting up IBLOCK

Setting up PSCSI

Setting up a RAMDISK

Setting up FILEIO

Object tree

Kernel ring buffer

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