Managing a peripheral component interface express device hotplug

1. A system for managing a Peripheral Component Interface Express (PCIE) device hotplug, the system comprising:

a user command interface module, on a data storage system including one or more processors, configured to provide an interface for a user to input an operation command, wherein the operation command is inputted by the user via the user command interface module and is sent to a hotplug management module by invoking, by a user command service module, a corresponding interface provided by a hotplug interface library;

the hotplug interface library configured to provide an interface for interacting with the hotplug management module on the data storage system, wherein the hotplug interface library is configured to provide sets of application programming interfaces that are configured for interaction between the user command interface module, the hotplug management module, and at least one of a corresponding plurality of hotplug service modules;

the hotplug management module configured to perform, in response to the operation command from the user, execute the operation command by means of at least one of an interface provided by an operating system, and the at least one of a corresponding plurality of hotplug group service modules, wherein the hotplug management module is enabled to configure and unconfigure a PCIE device in the data storage system, wherein the plurality of hotplug group service modules comprises:

a hotplug group service module corresponding to only one device type and a platform hotplug group service module that is common to all device types.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the platform hotplug group service module is configured to provide basic services to all the device types.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the hotplug management module is configured to subscribe, in response to a subscription request from the plurality of hotplug group service modules, a device of interest for the hotplug management module, and to invoke

a corresponding hotplug group service module based on the device type to which the operation command is directed; and

subscriptions of the plurality of hotplug group service module.

4. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the hotplug management module comprises:

a client management module configured to manage interaction between the hotplug management module and the user command interface module;

a channel management module configured to manage interaction between the hotplug management module and the plurality of hotplug group service modules;

an event management module configured to monitor a PCIE device hotplug-related event from a kernel of the operating system; and

a central control module configured to perform a correspond operation by invoking, in response to a request from the client management module, the channel management module or the event management module, at least one of an interface provided by the operating system, the kernel of the operating system, and a corresponding hotplug group service module.

5. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the hotplug management module performs hotplug related operations to the PCIE device via an interface provided by an intelligent platform management interface library in the Operating system, an interface provided by a peripheral component interface library, a kernel invoking interface, and a kernel event.

6. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the hotplug management module interacts with at least one of the user command interface module and the plurality of hotplug group service modules based on a socket interface.

7. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the operation command includes one or more consisting from the group of: a show command, a power-on command, a power-off command, a configuration command, and an un-configuration command.

8. The system according to claim 2 , the PCIE device hotplug comprises at least one of the following states of:

a. empty state, indicating no card is inserted in a slot;

b. unpowered state, indicating a card is inserted into the slot but has not been powered yet;

c. powered state, indicating the card inserted in the slot has been powered but has not been configured yet;

d. configured state, indicating that the card in the slot has been configured; and

e. maintenance state, indicating a failure in a configuration operation or un-configuration operation on the card inserted in the slot, wherein after successfully retrying the configuration operation or un-configuration operation, the state will be changed to the configured state or the powered state.

9. A method for managing a peripheral component interface express (PCIE) device hotplug, comprising:

receiving, at a data storage system including one or more processors, an operation command from a user through a user command interface module, wherein the operation command is inputted by the user via the user command interface module and is sent to a hotplug management module by invoking, by a user command service module, a corresponding interface provided by a hotplug interface library;

sending, in response to reception of the operation command, the operation command to the hotplug management module via an interface provided by the hotplug interface library wherein the hotplug interface library is configured to provide sets of application programming interfaces that are configured for interaction between the user command interface module, the hotplug management module, and at least one of a corresponding plurality of hotplug service modules; and

performing, by the hotplug management module, the operation command by means of at least one of an interface provided by an operating system, and the at least one of a corresponding plurality of hotplug group service modules, in response to receiving the operation command, wherein the hotplug management module is enabled to configure and unconfigure a PCIE device in the data storage system, wherein the plurality of hotplug group service modules comprises:

a hotplug group service module corresponding to only one device type and a platform hotplug group service module that is common to all device types.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the platform hotplug group service module is configured to provide basic services to all the device types.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising, subscribing, in response to a subscription request from the plurality of hotplug group service modules, a device of interest for the hotplug management module, and

wherein the hotplug group service module is invoked, by the hotplug management module, based on a device type to which the operation command is directed and subscriptions of the plurality of hotplug group service modules.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the hotplug management module further comprises

a channel management module, an event management module and a central control module, wherein the hotplug management module respectively manages interactions with the user command interface modules through the client management module, and manage interactions with the plurality of hotplug group service modules through the channel management module;

listens to PCIE device hotplug-related events from a kernel of the operating system through the event management module; and

performs a corresponding operation by invoking at least one of the interface provided by the operating system, the kernel of the operating system and the corresponding hotplug group service module through the central control module, in response to a request from the client management module, the channel management module, or the event management module.

13. The method according to claim 10 , hotplug management module performs a hotplug related operation on the PCIE device via an interface provided by an intelligent platform interface library in the operating system, an interface provided by an external component interface library, a kernel invoking interface, and a kernel event.

14. A non-transitory computer program product including a program code embodied thereon, which, when executed on a processor, causes the processor to perform the method for managing a peripheral component interface express (PCIE) device hotplug, comprising:

receiving, on a data storage system including one or more processors, an operation command from a user through a user command interface module, wherein the operation command is inputted by the user via the user command interface module and is sent to a hotplug management module by invoking, by a user command service module, a corresponding interface provided by the hotplug interface library;

sending, in response to reception of the operation command, the operation command to the hotplug management module via an interface provided by a hotplug interface library, wherein the hotplug interface library is configured to provide sets of application programming interfaces that are configured for interaction between the user command interface module, the hotplug management module, and at least one of a corresponding plurality of hotplug service modules; and

performing, by the hotplug management module, the operation command by means of at least one of an interface provided by an operating system, and the at least one of a corresponding plurality of hotplug group service modules, in response to receiving the operation command, wherein the hotplug management module is enabled to configure and unconfigure a PCIE device in the data storage system, wherein the plurality of hotplug group service modules comprises:

a hotplug group service module corresponding to only one device type and a platform hotplug group service module that is common to all device types.

15. The non-transitory computer program product according to claim 14 , wherein the platform hotplug group service module is configured to provide basic services to all the device types.

16. The non-transitory computer program product according to claim 15 , further comprising, subscribing, in response to a subscription request from the plurality of hotplug group service modules, a device of interest for the hotplug management module, and

wherein the hotplug group service module is invoked, by the hotplug management module, based on a device type to which the operation command is directed and subscriptions of the plurality of hotplug group service modules.

17. The non-transitory computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein the hotplug management module further comprises

a channel management module, an event management module and a central control module, wherein the hotplug management module respectively manages interactions with the user command interface modules through the client management module, and manage interactions with the plurality of hotplug group service modules through the channel management module;

listens to PCIE device hotplug-related events from a kernel of the operating system through the event management module; and

performs a corresponding operation by invoking at least one of the interface provided by the operating system, the kernel of the operating system and the corresponding hotplug group service module through the central control module, in response to a request from the client management module, the channel management module, or the event management module.

18. The non-transitory computer program product according to claim 15 , hotplug management module performs a hotplug related operation on the PCIE device via an interface provided by an intelligent platform interface library in the operating system, an interface provided by an external component interface library, a kernel invoking interface, and a kernel event.