[PATCH] relay: migrate from relayfs to a generic relay API

Original patch from Paul Mundt, sysfs parts removed by me since they
were broken.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>

2 files changed, 920 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 4ae0fbde815..aebd7a78984 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP) += softlockup.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS) += irq/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECCOMP) += seccomp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST) += rcutorture.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_RELAY) += relay.o
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_NO_NO_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER),y)
 # According to Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9358e8eb847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -0,0 +1,919 @@
+/*
+ * Public API and common code for kernel->userspace relay file support.
+ *
+ * See Documentation/filesystems/relayfs.txt for an overview of relayfs.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2005 - Tom Zanussi (zanussi@us.ibm.com), IBM Corp
+ * Copyright (C) 1999-2005 - Karim Yaghmour (karim@opersys.com)
+ *
+ * Moved to kernel/relay.c by Paul Mundt, 2006.
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPL.
+ */
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/relay.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+
+/*
+ * close() vm_op implementation for relay file mapping.
+ */
+static void relay_file_mmap_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct rchan_buf *buf = vma->vm_private_data;
+	buf->chan->cb->buf_unmapped(buf, vma->vm_file);
+}
+
+/*
+ * nopage() vm_op implementation for relay file mapping.
+ */
+static struct page *relay_buf_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				     unsigned long address,
+				     int *type)
+{
+	struct page *page;
+	struct rchan_buf *buf = vma->vm_private_data;
+	unsigned long offset = address - vma->vm_start;
+
+	if (address > vma->vm_end)
+		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS; /* Disallow mremap */
+	if (!buf)
+		return NOPAGE_OOM;
+
+	page = vmalloc_to_page(buf->start + offset);
+	if (!page)
+		return NOPAGE_OOM;
+	get_page(page);
+
+	if (type)
+		*type = VM_FAULT_MINOR;
+
+	return page;
+}
+
+/*
+ * vm_ops for relay file mappings.
+ */
+static struct vm_operations_struct relay_file_mmap_ops = {
+	.nopage = relay_buf_nopage,
+	.close = relay_file_mmap_close,
+};
+
+/**
+ *	relay_mmap_buf: - mmap channel buffer to process address space
+ *	@buf: relay channel buffer
+ *	@vma: vm_area_struct describing memory to be mapped
+ *
+ *	Returns 0 if ok, negative on error
+ *
+ *	Caller should already have grabbed mmap_sem.
+ */
+int relay_mmap_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	unsigned long length = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
+	struct file *filp = vma->vm_file;
+
+	if (!buf)
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	if (length != (unsigned long)buf->chan->alloc_size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	vma->vm_ops = &relay_file_mmap_ops;
+	vma->vm_private_data = buf;
+	buf->chan->cb->buf_mapped(buf, filp);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_alloc_buf - allocate a channel buffer
+ *	@buf: the buffer struct
+ *	@size: total size of the buffer
+ *
+ *	Returns a pointer to the resulting buffer, NULL if unsuccessful
+ */
+static void *relay_alloc_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf, unsigned long size)
+{
+	void *mem;
+	unsigned int i, j, n_pages;
+
+	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
+	n_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	buf->page_array = kcalloc(n_pages, sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf->page_array)
+		return NULL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n_pages; i++) {
+		buf->page_array[i] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (unlikely(!buf->page_array[i]))
+			goto depopulate;
+	}
+	mem = vmap(buf->page_array, n_pages, VM_MAP, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	if (!mem)
+		goto depopulate;
+
+	memset(mem, 0, size);
+	buf->page_count = n_pages;
+	return mem;
+
+depopulate:
+	for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
+		__free_page(buf->page_array[j]);
+	kfree(buf->page_array);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_create_buf - allocate and initialize a channel buffer
+ *	@alloc_size: size of the buffer to allocate
+ *	@n_subbufs: number of sub-buffers in the channel
+ *
+ *	Returns channel buffer if successful, NULL otherwise
+ */
+struct rchan_buf *relay_create_buf(struct rchan *chan)
+{
+	struct rchan_buf *buf = kcalloc(1, sizeof(struct rchan_buf), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return NULL;
+
+	buf->padding = kmalloc(chan->n_subbufs * sizeof(size_t *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf->padding)
+		goto free_buf;
+
+	buf->start = relay_alloc_buf(buf, chan->alloc_size);
+	if (!buf->start)
+		goto free_buf;
+
+	buf->chan = chan;
+	kref_get(&buf->chan->kref);
+	return buf;
+
+free_buf:
+	kfree(buf->padding);
+	kfree(buf);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_destroy_channel - free the channel struct
+ *
+ *	Should only be called from kref_put().
+ */
+void relay_destroy_channel(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct rchan *chan = container_of(kref, struct rchan, kref);
+	kfree(chan);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_destroy_buf - destroy an rchan_buf struct and associated buffer
+ *	@buf: the buffer struct
+ */
+void relay_destroy_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf)
+{
+	struct rchan *chan = buf->chan;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	if (likely(buf->start)) {
+		vunmap(buf->start);
+		for (i = 0; i < buf->page_count; i++)
+			__free_page(buf->page_array[i]);
+		kfree(buf->page_array);
+	}
+	kfree(buf->padding);
+	kfree(buf);
+	kref_put(&chan->kref, relay_destroy_channel);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_remove_buf - remove a channel buffer
+ *
+ *	Removes the file from the fileystem, which also frees the
+ *	rchan_buf_struct and the channel buffer.  Should only be called from
+ *	kref_put().
+ */
+void relay_remove_buf(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct rchan_buf *buf = container_of(kref, struct rchan_buf, kref);
+	buf->chan->cb->remove_buf_file(buf->dentry);
+	relay_destroy_buf(buf);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_buf_empty - boolean, is the channel buffer empty?
+ *	@buf: channel buffer
+ *
+ *	Returns 1 if the buffer is empty, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int relay_buf_empty(struct rchan_buf *buf)
+{
+	return (buf->subbufs_produced - buf->subbufs_consumed) ? 0 : 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_buf_empty);
+
+/**
+ *	relay_buf_full - boolean, is the channel buffer full?
+ *	@buf: channel buffer
+ *
+ *	Returns 1 if the buffer is full, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int relay_buf_full(struct rchan_buf *buf)
+{
+	size_t ready = buf->subbufs_produced - buf->subbufs_consumed;
+	return (ready >= buf->chan->n_subbufs) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_buf_full);
+
+/*
+ * High-level relay kernel API and associated functions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * rchan_callback implementations defining default channel behavior.  Used
+ * in place of corresponding NULL values in client callback struct.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * subbuf_start() default callback.  Does nothing.
+ */
+static int subbuf_start_default_callback (struct rchan_buf *buf,
+					  void *subbuf,
+					  void *prev_subbuf,
+					  size_t prev_padding)
+{
+	if (relay_buf_full(buf))
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * buf_mapped() default callback.  Does nothing.
+ */
+static void buf_mapped_default_callback(struct rchan_buf *buf,
+					struct file *filp)
+{
+}
+
+/*
+ * buf_unmapped() default callback.  Does nothing.
+ */
+static void buf_unmapped_default_callback(struct rchan_buf *buf,
+					  struct file *filp)
+{
+}
+
+/*
+ * create_buf_file_create() default callback.  Does nothing.
+ */
+static struct dentry *create_buf_file_default_callback(const char *filename,
+						       struct dentry *parent,
+						       int mode,
+						       struct rchan_buf *buf,
+						       int *is_global)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * remove_buf_file() default callback.  Does nothing.
+ */
+static int remove_buf_file_default_callback(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+/* relay channel default callbacks */
+static struct rchan_callbacks default_channel_callbacks = {
+	.subbuf_start = subbuf_start_default_callback,
+	.buf_mapped = buf_mapped_default_callback,
+	.buf_unmapped = buf_unmapped_default_callback,
+	.create_buf_file = create_buf_file_default_callback,
+	.remove_buf_file = remove_buf_file_default_callback,
+};
+
+/**
+ *	wakeup_readers - wake up readers waiting on a channel
+ *	@private: the channel buffer
+ *
+ *	This is the work function used to defer reader waking.  The
+ *	reason waking is deferred is that calling directly from write
+ *	causes problems if you're writing from say the scheduler.
+ */
+static void wakeup_readers(void *private)
+{
+	struct rchan_buf *buf = private;
+	wake_up_interruptible(&buf->read_wait);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	__relay_reset - reset a channel buffer
+ *	@buf: the channel buffer
+ *	@init: 1 if this is a first-time initialization
+ *
+ *	See relay_reset for description of effect.
+ */
+static inline void __relay_reset(struct rchan_buf *buf, unsigned int init)
+{
+	size_t i;
+
+	if (init) {
+		init_waitqueue_head(&buf->read_wait);
+		kref_init(&buf->kref);
+		INIT_WORK(&buf->wake_readers, NULL, NULL);
+	} else {
+		cancel_delayed_work(&buf->wake_readers);
+		flush_scheduled_work();
+	}
+
+	buf->subbufs_produced = 0;
+	buf->subbufs_consumed = 0;
+	buf->bytes_consumed = 0;
+	buf->finalized = 0;
+	buf->data = buf->start;
+	buf->offset = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < buf->chan->n_subbufs; i++)
+		buf->padding[i] = 0;
+
+	buf->chan->cb->subbuf_start(buf, buf->data, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_reset - reset the channel
+ *	@chan: the channel
+ *
+ *	This has the effect of erasing all data from all channel buffers
+ *	and restarting the channel in its initial state.  The buffers
+ *	are not freed, so any mappings are still in effect.
+ *
+ *	NOTE: Care should be taken that the channel isn't actually
+ *	being used by anything when this call is made.
+ */
+void relay_reset(struct rchan *chan)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	struct rchan_buf *prev = NULL;
+
+	if (!chan)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
+		if (!chan->buf[i] || chan->buf[i] == prev)
+			break;
+		__relay_reset(chan->buf[i], 0);
+		prev = chan->buf[i];
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_reset);
+
+/**
+ *	relay_open_buf - create a new relay channel buffer
+ *
+ *	Internal - used by relay_open().
+ */
+static struct rchan_buf *relay_open_buf(struct rchan *chan,
+					const char *filename,
+					struct dentry *parent,
+					int *is_global)
+{
+	struct rchan_buf *buf;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+
+	if (*is_global)
+		return chan->buf[0];
+
+	buf = relay_create_buf(chan);
+	if (!buf)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Create file in fs */
+	dentry = chan->cb->create_buf_file(filename, parent, S_IRUSR,
+					   buf, is_global);
+	if (!dentry) {
+		relay_destroy_buf(buf);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	buf->dentry = dentry;
+	__relay_reset(buf, 1);
+
+	return buf;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_close_buf - close a channel buffer
+ *	@buf: channel buffer
+ *
+ *	Marks the buffer finalized and restores the default callbacks.
+ *	The channel buffer and channel buffer data structure are then freed
+ *	automatically when the last reference is given up.
+ */
+static inline void relay_close_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf)
+{
+	buf->finalized = 1;
+	cancel_delayed_work(&buf->wake_readers);
+	flush_scheduled_work();
+	kref_put(&buf->kref, relay_remove_buf);
+}
+
+static inline void setup_callbacks(struct rchan *chan,
+				   struct rchan_callbacks *cb)
+{
+	if (!cb) {
+		chan->cb = &default_channel_callbacks;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!cb->subbuf_start)
+		cb->subbuf_start = subbuf_start_default_callback;
+	if (!cb->buf_mapped)
+		cb->buf_mapped = buf_mapped_default_callback;
+	if (!cb->buf_unmapped)
+		cb->buf_unmapped = buf_unmapped_default_callback;
+	if (!cb->create_buf_file)
+		cb->create_buf_file = create_buf_file_default_callback;
+	if (!cb->remove_buf_file)
+		cb->remove_buf_file = remove_buf_file_default_callback;
+	chan->cb = cb;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_open - create a new relay channel
+ *	@base_filename: base name of files to create
+ *	@parent: dentry of parent directory, NULL for root directory
+ *	@subbuf_size: size of sub-buffers
+ *	@n_subbufs: number of sub-buffers
+ *	@cb: client callback functions
+ *
+ *	Returns channel pointer if successful, NULL otherwise.
+ *
+ *	Creates a channel buffer for each cpu using the sizes and
+ *	attributes specified.  The created channel buffer files
+ *	will be named base_filename0...base_filenameN-1.  File
+ *	permissions will be S_IRUSR.
+ */
+struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
+			 struct dentry *parent,
+			 size_t subbuf_size,
+			 size_t n_subbufs,
+			 struct rchan_callbacks *cb)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	struct rchan *chan;
+	char *tmpname;
+	int is_global = 0;
+
+	if (!base_filename)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!(subbuf_size && n_subbufs))
+		return NULL;
+
+	chan = kcalloc(1, sizeof(struct rchan), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!chan)
+		return NULL;
+
+	chan->version = RELAYFS_CHANNEL_VERSION;
+	chan->n_subbufs = n_subbufs;
+	chan->subbuf_size = subbuf_size;
+	chan->alloc_size = FIX_SIZE(subbuf_size * n_subbufs);
+	setup_callbacks(chan, cb);
+	kref_init(&chan->kref);
+
+	tmpname = kmalloc(NAME_MAX + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tmpname)
+		goto free_chan;
+
+	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
+		sprintf(tmpname, "%s%d", base_filename, i);
+		chan->buf[i] = relay_open_buf(chan, tmpname, parent,
+					      &is_global);
+		if (!chan->buf[i])
+			goto free_bufs;
+
+		chan->buf[i]->cpu = i;
+	}
+
+	kfree(tmpname);
+	return chan;
+
+free_bufs:
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
+		if (!chan->buf[i])
+			break;
+		relay_close_buf(chan->buf[i]);
+		if (is_global)
+			break;
+	}
+	kfree(tmpname);
+
+free_chan:
+	kref_put(&chan->kref, relay_destroy_channel);
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_open);
+
+/**
+ *	relay_switch_subbuf - switch to a new sub-buffer
+ *	@buf: channel buffer
+ *	@length: size of current event
+ *
+ *	Returns either the length passed in or 0 if full.
+ *
+ *	Performs sub-buffer-switch tasks such as invoking callbacks,
+ *	updating padding counts, waking up readers, etc.
+ */
+size_t relay_switch_subbuf(struct rchan_buf *buf, size_t length)
+{
+	void *old, *new;
+	size_t old_subbuf, new_subbuf;
+
+	if (unlikely(length > buf->chan->subbuf_size))
+		goto toobig;
+
+	if (buf->offset != buf->chan->subbuf_size + 1) {
+		buf->prev_padding = buf->chan->subbuf_size - buf->offset;
+		old_subbuf = buf->subbufs_produced % buf->chan->n_subbufs;
+		buf->padding[old_subbuf] = buf->prev_padding;
+		buf->subbufs_produced++;
+		if (waitqueue_active(&buf->read_wait)) {
+			PREPARE_WORK(&buf->wake_readers, wakeup_readers, buf);
+			schedule_delayed_work(&buf->wake_readers, 1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	old = buf->data;
+	new_subbuf = buf->subbufs_produced % buf->chan->n_subbufs;
+	new = buf->start + new_subbuf * buf->chan->subbuf_size;
+	buf->offset = 0;
+	if (!buf->chan->cb->subbuf_start(buf, new, old, buf->prev_padding)) {
+		buf->offset = buf->chan->subbuf_size + 1;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	buf->data = new;
+	buf->padding[new_subbuf] = 0;
+
+	if (unlikely(length + buf->offset > buf->chan->subbuf_size))
+		goto toobig;
+
+	return length;
+
+toobig:
+	buf->chan->last_toobig = length;
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_switch_subbuf);
+
+/**
+ *	relay_subbufs_consumed - update the buffer's sub-buffers-consumed count
+ *	@chan: the channel
+ *	@cpu: the cpu associated with the channel buffer to update
+ *	@subbufs_consumed: number of sub-buffers to add to current buf's count
+ *
+ *	Adds to the channel buffer's consumed sub-buffer count.
+ *	subbufs_consumed should be the number of sub-buffers newly consumed,
+ *	not the total consumed.
+ *
+ *	NOTE: kernel clients don't need to call this function if the channel
+ *	mode is 'overwrite'.
+ */
+void relay_subbufs_consumed(struct rchan *chan,
+			    unsigned int cpu,
+			    size_t subbufs_consumed)
+{
+	struct rchan_buf *buf;
+
+	if (!chan)
+		return;
+
+	if (cpu >= NR_CPUS || !chan->buf[cpu])
+		return;
+
+	buf = chan->buf[cpu];
+	buf->subbufs_consumed += subbufs_consumed;
+	if (buf->subbufs_consumed > buf->subbufs_produced)
+		buf->subbufs_consumed = buf->subbufs_produced;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_subbufs_consumed);
+
+/**
+ *	relay_close - close the channel
+ *	@chan: the channel
+ *
+ *	Closes all channel buffers and frees the channel.
+ */
+void relay_close(struct rchan *chan)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	struct rchan_buf *prev = NULL;
+
+	if (!chan)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
+		if (!chan->buf[i] || chan->buf[i] == prev)
+			break;
+		relay_close_buf(chan->buf[i]);
+		prev = chan->buf[i];
+	}
+
+	if (chan->last_toobig)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "relay: one or more items not logged "
+		       "[item size (%Zd) > sub-buffer size (%Zd)]\n",
+		       chan->last_toobig, chan->subbuf_size);
+
+	kref_put(&chan->kref, relay_destroy_channel);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_close);
+
+/**
+ *	relay_flush - close the channel
+ *	@chan: the channel
+ *
+ *	Flushes all channel buffers i.e. forces buffer switch.
+ */
+void relay_flush(struct rchan *chan)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	struct rchan_buf *prev = NULL;
+
+	if (!chan)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
+		if (!chan->buf[i] || chan->buf[i] == prev)
+			break;
+		relay_switch_subbuf(chan->buf[i], 0);
+		prev = chan->buf[i];
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_flush);
+
+/**
+ *	relay_file_open - open file op for relay files
+ *	@inode: the inode
+ *	@filp: the file
+ *
+ *	Increments the channel buffer refcount.
+ */
+static int relay_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct rchan_buf *buf = inode->u.generic_ip;
+	kref_get(&buf->kref);
+	filp->private_data = buf;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_file_mmap - mmap file op for relay files
+ *	@filp: the file
+ *	@vma: the vma describing what to map
+ *
+ *	Calls upon relay_mmap_buf to map the file into user space.
+ */
+static int relay_file_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+	struct rchan_buf *buf = filp->private_data;
+	return relay_mmap_buf(buf, vma);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_file_poll - poll file op for relay files
+ *	@filp: the file
+ *	@wait: poll table
+ *
+ *	Poll implemention.
+ */
+static unsigned int relay_file_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
+{
+	unsigned int mask = 0;
+	struct rchan_buf *buf = filp->private_data;
+
+	if (buf->finalized)
+		return POLLERR;
+
+	if (filp->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
+		poll_wait(filp, &buf->read_wait, wait);
+		if (!relay_buf_empty(buf))
+			mask |= POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
+	}
+
+	return mask;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_file_release - release file op for relay files
+ *	@inode: the inode
+ *	@filp: the file
+ *
+ *	Decrements the channel refcount, as the filesystem is
+ *	no longer using it.
+ */
+static int relay_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
+{
+	struct rchan_buf *buf = filp->private_data;
+	kref_put(&buf->kref, relay_remove_buf);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_file_read_consume - update the consumed count for the buffer
+ */
+static void relay_file_read_consume(struct rchan_buf *buf,
+				    size_t read_pos,
+				    size_t bytes_consumed)
+{
+	size_t subbuf_size = buf->chan->subbuf_size;
+	size_t n_subbufs = buf->chan->n_subbufs;
+	size_t read_subbuf;
+
+	if (buf->bytes_consumed + bytes_consumed > subbuf_size) {
+		relay_subbufs_consumed(buf->chan, buf->cpu, 1);
+		buf->bytes_consumed = 0;
+	}
+
+	buf->bytes_consumed += bytes_consumed;
+	read_subbuf = read_pos / buf->chan->subbuf_size;
+	if (buf->bytes_consumed + buf->padding[read_subbuf] == subbuf_size) {
+		if ((read_subbuf == buf->subbufs_produced % n_subbufs) &&
+		    (buf->offset == subbuf_size))
+			return;
+		relay_subbufs_consumed(buf->chan, buf->cpu, 1);
+		buf->bytes_consumed = 0;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_file_read_avail - boolean, are there unconsumed bytes available?
+ */
+static int relay_file_read_avail(struct rchan_buf *buf, size_t read_pos)
+{
+	size_t bytes_produced, bytes_consumed, write_offset;
+	size_t subbuf_size = buf->chan->subbuf_size;
+	size_t n_subbufs = buf->chan->n_subbufs;
+	size_t produced = buf->subbufs_produced % n_subbufs;
+	size_t consumed = buf->subbufs_consumed % n_subbufs;
+
+	write_offset = buf->offset > subbuf_size ? subbuf_size : buf->offset;
+
+	if (consumed > produced) {
+		if ((produced > n_subbufs) &&
+		    (produced + n_subbufs - consumed <= n_subbufs))
+			produced += n_subbufs;
+	} else if (consumed == produced) {
+		if (buf->offset > subbuf_size) {
+			produced += n_subbufs;
+			if (buf->subbufs_produced == buf->subbufs_consumed)
+				consumed += n_subbufs;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (buf->offset > subbuf_size)
+		bytes_produced = (produced - 1) * subbuf_size + write_offset;
+	else
+		bytes_produced = produced * subbuf_size + write_offset;
+	bytes_consumed = consumed * subbuf_size + buf->bytes_consumed;
+
+	if (bytes_produced == bytes_consumed)
+		return 0;
+
+	relay_file_read_consume(buf, read_pos, 0);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_file_read_subbuf_avail - return bytes available in sub-buffer
+ */
+static size_t relay_file_read_subbuf_avail(size_t read_pos,
+					   struct rchan_buf *buf)
+{
+	size_t padding, avail = 0;
+	size_t read_subbuf, read_offset, write_subbuf, write_offset;
+	size_t subbuf_size = buf->chan->subbuf_size;
+
+	write_subbuf = (buf->data - buf->start) / subbuf_size;
+	write_offset = buf->offset > subbuf_size ? subbuf_size : buf->offset;
+	read_subbuf = read_pos / subbuf_size;
+	read_offset = read_pos % subbuf_size;
+	padding = buf->padding[read_subbuf];
+
+	if (read_subbuf == write_subbuf) {
+		if (read_offset + padding < write_offset)
+			avail = write_offset - (read_offset + padding);
+	} else
+		avail = (subbuf_size - padding) - read_offset;
+
+	return avail;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_file_read_start_pos - find the first available byte to read
+ *
+ *	If the read_pos is in the middle of padding, return the
+ *	position of the first actually available byte, otherwise
+ *	return the original value.
+ */
+static size_t relay_file_read_start_pos(size_t read_pos,
+					struct rchan_buf *buf)
+{
+	size_t read_subbuf, padding, padding_start, padding_end;
+	size_t subbuf_size = buf->chan->subbuf_size;
+	size_t n_subbufs = buf->chan->n_subbufs;
+
+	read_subbuf = read_pos / subbuf_size;
+	padding = buf->padding[read_subbuf];
+	padding_start = (read_subbuf + 1) * subbuf_size - padding;
+	padding_end = (read_subbuf + 1) * subbuf_size;
+	if (read_pos >= padding_start && read_pos < padding_end) {
+		read_subbuf = (read_subbuf + 1) % n_subbufs;
+		read_pos = read_subbuf * subbuf_size;
+	}
+
+	return read_pos;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_file_read_end_pos - return the new read position
+ */
+static size_t relay_file_read_end_pos(struct rchan_buf *buf,
+				      size_t read_pos,
+				      size_t count)
+{
+	size_t read_subbuf, padding, end_pos;
+	size_t subbuf_size = buf->chan->subbuf_size;
+	size_t n_subbufs = buf->chan->n_subbufs;
+
+	read_subbuf = read_pos / subbuf_size;
+	padding = buf->padding[read_subbuf];
+	if (read_pos % subbuf_size + count + padding == subbuf_size)
+		end_pos = (read_subbuf + 1) * subbuf_size;
+	else
+		end_pos = read_pos + count;
+	if (end_pos >= subbuf_size * n_subbufs)
+		end_pos = 0;
+
+	return end_pos;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_file_read - read file op for relay files
+ *	@filp: the file
+ *	@buffer: the userspace buffer
+ *	@count: number of bytes to read
+ *	@ppos: position to read from
+ *
+ *	Reads count bytes or the number of bytes available in the
+ *	current sub-buffer being read, whichever is smaller.
+ */
+static ssize_t relay_file_read(struct file *filp,
+			       char __user *buffer,
+			       size_t count,
+			       loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct rchan_buf *buf = filp->private_data;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	size_t read_start, avail;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
+	void *from;
+
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	if(!relay_file_read_avail(buf, *ppos))
+		goto out;
+
+	read_start = relay_file_read_start_pos(*ppos, buf);
+	avail = relay_file_read_subbuf_avail(read_start, buf);
+	if (!avail)
+		goto out;
+
+	from = buf->start + read_start;
+	ret = count = min(count, avail);
+	if (copy_to_user(buffer, from, count)) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	relay_file_read_consume(buf, read_start, count);
+	*ppos = relay_file_read_end_pos(buf, read_start, count);
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+struct file_operations relay_file_operations = {
+	.open		= relay_file_open,
+	.poll		= relay_file_poll,
+	.mmap		= relay_file_mmap,
+	.read		= relay_file_read,
+	.llseek		= no_llseek,
+	.release	= relay_file_release,
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_file_operations);