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    libfcoe: Make fcoe_sysfs optional / fix fnic NULL exception · 9d34876f
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    fnic doesn't use any of the create/destroy/enable/disable interfaces
    either from the (legacy) module paramaters or the (new) fcoe_sysfs
    interfaces. When fcoe_sysfs was introduced fnic wasn't changed since
    it wasn't using the interfaces. libfcoe incorrectly assumed that that
    all of its users were using fcoe_sysfs and when adding and deleting
    FCFs would assume the existance of a fcoe_ctlr_device. fnic was not
    allocating this structure because it doesn't care about the standard
    user interfaces (fnic starts on link only). If/When libfcoe tried to use
    the fcoe_ctlr_device's lock for the first time a NULL pointer exception
    would be triggered.
    
    Since fnic doesn't care about sysfs or user interfaces, the solution
    is to drop libfcoe's assumption that all drivers are using fcoe_sysfs.
    
    This patch accomplishes this by changing some of the structure
    relationships.
    
    We need a way to determine when a LLD is using fcoe_sysfs or not and
    we can do that by checking for the existance of the fcoe_ctlr_device.
    Prior to this patch, it was assumed that the fcoe_ctlr structure was
    allocated with the fcoe_ctlr_device and immediately followed it in
    memory. To reach the fcoe_ctlr_device we would simply go back in memory
    from the fcoe_ctlr to get the fcoe_ctlr_device.
    
    Since fnic doesn't allocate the fcoe_ctlr_device, we cannot keep that
    assumption. This patch adds a pointer from the fcoe_ctlr to the
    fcoe_ctlr_device. For bnx2fc and fcoe we will continue to allocate the
    two structures together, but then we'll set the ctlr->cdev pointer
    to point at the fcoe_ctlr_device. fnic will not change and will continue
    to allocate the fcoe_ctlr itself, and ctlr->cdev will remain NULL.
    
    When libfcoe adds fcoe_fcf's to the fcoe_ctlr it will check if ctlr->cdev
    is set and only if so will it continue to interact with fcoe_sysfs.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRobert Love <robert.w.love@intel.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarNeil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarHiral Patel <hiralpat@cisco.com>
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