Add kernel module auto-loading

Historically a dynamic misc minor number was registered for the
/dev/zfs device in order to prevent minor number collisions.  This
was fine but it prevented us from being able to use the kernel
module auto-loaded which requires a known reserved value.

Resolve this issue by adding a configure test to find an available
misc minor number which can then be used in MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV at
build time.  By adding this alias the zfs kmod is added to the list
of known static-nodes and the systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev service
will create a /dev/zfs character device at boot time.

This in turn allows us to update the 90-zfs.rules file to make it
aware this is a static node.  The upshot of this is that whenever
a process (zpool, zfs, zed) opens the /dev/zfs the kmods will be
automatic loaded.  This even works for unprivileged users so there
is no longer a need to manually load the modules at boot time.

As an additional bonus the zed now no longer needs to start after
the zfs-import.service since it will trigger the module load.

In the unlikely event the minor number we selected conflicts with
another out of tree unregistered minor number the code falls back
to dynamically allocating it.  In this case the modules again
must be manually loaded.

Note that due to the change in the method of registering the minor
number the zimport.sh test case may incorrectly fail when the
static node for the installed packages is created instead of the
dynamic one.  This issue will only transiently impact zimport.sh
for this single commit when we transition and are mixing and
matching methods.

Reviewed-by: Fabian Grünbichler <f.gruenbichler@proxmox.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
TEST_ZIMPORT_SKIP="yes"
Closes #7287

config/kernel-misc-minor.m4

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+dnl #
+dnl # Determine an available miscellaneous minor number which can be used
+dnl # for the /dev/zfs device.  This is needed because kernel module
+dnl # auto-loading depends on registering a reserved non-conflicting minor
+dnl # number.  Start with a large known available unreserved minor and work
+dnl # our way down to lower value if a collision is detected.
+dnl #
+AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_MISC_MINOR], [
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for available /dev/zfs minor])
+
+	for i in $(seq 249 -1 200); do
+		if ! grep -q "^#define\s\+.*_MINOR\s\+.*$i" \
+		    ${LINUX}/include/linux/miscdevice.h; then
+			ZFS_MINOR="$i"
+			AC_MSG_RESULT($ZFS_MINOR)
+			AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([ZFS_MINOR], [$ZFS_MINOR],
+			    [/dev/zfs minor])
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+
+	AS_IF([ test -z "$ZFS_MINOR"], [
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([
+	*** No available misc minor numbers available for use.])
+	])
+])

config/kernel.m4

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_CONFIG_KERNEL], [
 	ZFS_AC_SPL
 	ZFS_AC_QAT
 	ZFS_AC_TEST_MODULE
+	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_MISC_MINOR
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_OBJTOOL
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_CONFIG
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS

etc/modules-load.d/zfs.conf.in

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# Always load kernel modules at boot.  The default behavior is to load the
+# The default behavior is to allow udev to load the kernel modules on demand.
-# kernel modules in the zfs-import-*.service or when blkid(8) detects a pool.
+# Uncomment the following line to unconditionally load them at boot.
 #zfs

etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ ConditionPathExists=@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe zfs
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/zpool import -c @sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache -aN
 
 [Install]

etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ ConditionPathExists=!@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe zfs
 ExecStart=@sbindir@/zpool import -aN -o cachefile=none
 
 [Install]

lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c

@@ -963,13 +963,14 @@ libzfs_load_module(const char *module)
 				load = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (load && libzfs_run_process("/sbin/modprobe", argv, 0))
+		if (load) {
-			return (ENOEXEC);
+			if (libzfs_run_process("/sbin/modprobe", argv, 0))
-	}
+				return (ENOEXEC);
 
-	/* Module loading is synchronous it must be available */
+			if (!libzfs_module_loaded(module))
-	if (!libzfs_module_loaded(module))
+				return (ENXIO);
-		return (ENXIO);
+		}
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Device creation by udev is asynchronous and waiting may be

module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c

@@ -6634,11 +6634,14 @@ static const struct file_operations zfsdev_fops = {
 };
 
 static struct miscdevice zfs_misc = {
-	.minor		= MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
+	.minor		= ZFS_MINOR,
 	.name		= ZFS_DRIVER,
 	.fops		= &zfsdev_fops,
 };
 
+MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(ZFS_MINOR);
+MODULE_ALIAS("devname:zfs");
+
 static int
 zfs_attach(void)
 {
@@ -6649,12 +6652,24 @@ zfs_attach(void)
 	zfsdev_state_list->zs_minor = -1;
 
 	error = misc_register(&zfs_misc);
-	if (error != 0) {
+	if (error == -EBUSY) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "ZFS: misc_register() failed %d\n", error);
+		/*
-		return (error);
+		 * Fallback to dynamic minor allocation in the event of a
+		 * collision with a reserved minor in linux/miscdevice.h.
+		 * In this case the kernel modules must be manually loaded.
+		 */
+		printk(KERN_INFO "ZFS: misc_register() with static minor %d "
+		    "failed %d, retrying with MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR\n",
+		    ZFS_MINOR, error);
+
+		zfs_misc.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
+		error = misc_register(&zfs_misc);
 	}
 
-	return (0);
+	if (error)
+		printk(KERN_INFO "ZFS: misc_register() failed %d\n", error);
+
+	return (error);
 }
 
 static void

rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in

@@ -283,6 +283,15 @@ fi
 %endif
 exit 0
 
+# On RHEL/CentOS 7 the static nodes aren't refreshed by default after
+# installing a package.  This is the default behavior for Fedora.
+%posttrans
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 7 || 0%{?centos} == 7
+systemctl restart kmod-static-nodes
+systemctl restart systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev
+udevadm trigger
+%endif
+
 %preun
 %if 0%{?_systemd}
 %if 0%{?systemd_preun:1}

udev/rules.d/90-zfs.rules.in

@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="zfs_member", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe zfs"
 KERNEL=="null", SYMLINK+="root"
 SYMLINK=="null", SYMLINK+="root"
 
-SUBSYSTEM=="misc", KERNEL=="zfs", MODE="0666"
+KERNEL=="zfs", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=zfs"
 
 LABEL="zfs_end"