[libvirt] [PATCHv2 02/11] storage: Fix implementation of no-overwrite for file system backend
John Ferlan
jferlan at redhat.com
Thu Dec 15 21:42:07 UTC 2016
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1363586
Commit id '27758859' introduced the "NO_OVERWRITE" flag check for
file system backends; however, the implementation, documentation,
and algorithm was inconsistent. For the "flag" description for the
API the flag was described as "Do not overwrite existing pool";
however, within the storage backend code the flag is described
as "it probes to determine if filesystem already exists on the
target device, renurning an error if exists".
The code itself was implemented using the paradigm to set up the
superblock probe by creating a filter that would cause the code
to only search for the provided format type. If that type wasn't
found, then the algorithm would return success allowing the caller
to format the device. If the format type already existed on the
device, then the code would fail indicating that the a filesystem
of the same type existed on the device.
The result is that if someone had a file system of one type on the
device, it was possible to overwrite it if a different format type
was specified in updated XML effectively trashing whatever was on
the device already.
This patch alters what NO_OVERWRITE does for a file system backend
to be more realistic and consistent with what should be expected when
the caller requests to not overwrite the data on the disk.
Rather than filter results based on the expected format type, the
code will allow success/failure be determined solely on whether the
blkid_do_probe calls finds some known format on the device. This
adjustment also allows removal of the virStoragePoolProbeResult
enum that was under utilized.
If it does find a formatted file system different errors will be
generated indicating a file system of a specific type already exists
or a file system of some other type already exists.
In the original virsh support commit id 'ddcd5674', the description
for '--no-overwrite' within the 'pool-build' command help output
has an ambiguous "of this type" included in the short description.
Compared to the longer description within the "Build a given pool."
section of the virsh.pod file it's more apparent that the meaning
of this flag would cause failure if a probe of the target already
has a filesystem.
So this patch also modifies the short description to just be the
antecedent of the 'overwrite' flag, which matches the API description.
This patch also modifies the grammar in virsh.pod for no-overwrite
as well as reworking the paragraph formats to make it easier to read.
Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com>
---
v1: http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2016-November/msg00784.html
Changes aplenty since v1 - the subsequent patches are a result of the
review comments from jtomko vis-a-vis using blkid for the partitions
src/storage/storage_backend.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++----------------------
src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c | 15 +++++----
src/storage/storage_backend_fs.h | 5 ---
tools/virsh-pool.c | 2 +-
tools/virsh.pod | 32 ++++++++++---------
5 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend.c b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
index 2432b54..108f2b9 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
@@ -2646,87 +2646,80 @@ virStorageBackendFindGlusterPoolSources(const char *host ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
* Use the blkid_ APIs in order to get details regarding whether a file
* system exists on the disk already.
*
- * Returns @virStoragePoolProbeResult value, where any error will also
- * set the error message.
+ * Returns:
+ * -1: An error was encountered, with error message set
+ * 0: No file system found
*/
-static virStoragePoolProbeResult
+static int
virStorageBackendBLKIDProbeFS(const char *device,
const char *format)
{
- virStoragePoolProbeResult ret = FILESYSTEM_PROBE_ERROR;
+ int ret = -1;
blkid_probe probe = NULL;
const char *fstype = NULL;
- char *names[2], *libblkid_format = NULL;
VIR_DEBUG("Probing for existing filesystem of type %s on device %s",
format, device);
if (blkid_known_fstype(format) == 0) {
virReportError(VIR_ERR_STORAGE_PROBE_FAILED,
- _("Not capable of probing for "
- "filesystem of type %s"),
+ _("Not capable of probing for filesystem of "
+ "type %s, requires --overwrite"),
format);
- goto error;
+ return -1;
}
- probe = blkid_new_probe_from_filename(device);
- if (probe == NULL) {
+ if (!(probe = blkid_new_probe_from_filename(device))) {
virReportError(VIR_ERR_STORAGE_PROBE_FAILED,
- _("Failed to create filesystem probe "
- "for device %s"),
+ _("Failed to create filesystem probe for device %s"),
device);
- goto error;
+ return -1;
}
- if (VIR_STRDUP(libblkid_format, format) < 0)
- goto error;
-
- names[0] = libblkid_format;
- names[1] = NULL;
-
- blkid_probe_filter_superblocks_type(probe,
- BLKID_FLTR_ONLYIN,
- names);
-
if (blkid_do_probe(probe) != 0) {
VIR_INFO("No filesystem of type '%s' found on device '%s'",
format, device);
- ret = FILESYSTEM_PROBE_NOT_FOUND;
} else if (blkid_probe_lookup_value(probe, "TYPE", &fstype, NULL) == 0) {
- virReportError(VIR_ERR_STORAGE_POOL_BUILT,
- _("Existing filesystem of type '%s' found on "
- "device '%s'"),
- fstype, device);
- ret = FILESYSTEM_PROBE_FOUND;
+ if (STREQ(fstype, format)) {
+ virReportError(VIR_ERR_STORAGE_POOL_BUILT,
+ _("Device '%s' already contains a filesystem "
+ "of type '%s'"),
+ device, fstype);
+ } else {
+ virReportError(VIR_ERR_STORAGE_POOL_BUILT,
+ _("Existing filesystem of type '%s' found on "
+ "device '%s', requires --overwrite"),
+ fstype, device);
+ }
+ goto cleanup;
}
if (blkid_do_probe(probe) != 1) {
virReportError(VIR_ERR_STORAGE_PROBE_FAILED, "%s",
_("Found additional probes to run, "
"filesystem probing may be incorrect"));
- ret = FILESYSTEM_PROBE_ERROR;
+ goto cleanup;
}
- error:
- VIR_FREE(libblkid_format);
+ ret = 0;
- if (probe != NULL)
- blkid_free_probe(probe);
+ cleanup:
+ blkid_free_probe(probe);
return ret;
}
#else /* #if WITH_BLKID */
-static virStoragePoolProbeResult
+static int
virStorageBackendBLKIDProbeFS(const char *device ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
const char *format ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
{
virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID, "%s",
_("probing for filesystems is unsupported "
"by this build"));
- return FILESYSTEM_PROBE_ERROR;
+ return -1;
}
#endif /* #if WITH_BLKID */
@@ -2746,8 +2739,7 @@ bool
virStorageBackendDeviceProbeEmpty(const char *devpath,
const char *format)
{
- if (virStorageBackendBLKIDProbeFS(devpath, format) ==
- FILESYSTEM_PROBE_NOT_FOUND)
+ if (virStorageBackendBLKIDProbeFS(devpath, format) == 0)
true;
return false;
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
index c29791b..c3986af 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.c
@@ -712,12 +712,15 @@ virStorageBackendMakeFileSystem(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
*
* Build a directory or FS based storage pool.
*
- * If no flag is set, it only makes the directory; If
- * VIR_STORAGE_POOL_BUILD_NO_OVERWRITE set, it probes to determine if
- * filesystem already exists on the target device, renurning an error
- * if exists, or using mkfs to format the target device if not; If
- * VIR_STORAGE_POOL_BUILD_OVERWRITE is set, mkfs is always executed,
- * any existed data on the target device is overwritten unconditionally.
+ * If no flag is set, it only makes the directory.
+ *
+ * If VIR_STORAGE_POOL_BUILD_NO_OVERWRITE set, it probes to determine if
+ * any filesystem already exists on the target device, returning an error
+ * if one exists. If no filesystem already exists, use mkfs to format the
+ * target device.
+ *
+ * If VIR_STORAGE_POOL_BUILD_OVERWRITE is set, mkfs is always executed and
+ * any existing data on the target device is overwritten unconditionally.
*
* The underlying source device is mounted for FS based pools.
*
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.h b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.h
index 347ea9b..94fe111 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.h
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend_fs.h
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ extern virStorageBackend virStorageBackendFileSystem;
extern virStorageBackend virStorageBackendNetFileSystem;
# endif
-typedef enum {
- FILESYSTEM_PROBE_FOUND,
- FILESYSTEM_PROBE_NOT_FOUND,
- FILESYSTEM_PROBE_ERROR,
-} virStoragePoolProbeResult;
extern virStorageBackend virStorageBackendDirectory;
extern virStorageFileBackend virStorageFileBackendFile;
diff --git a/tools/virsh-pool.c b/tools/virsh-pool.c
index 8313be8..45b538e 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-pool.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-pool.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
{.name = "no-overwrite", \
.type = VSH_OT_BOOL, \
.flags = 0, \
- .help = N_("do not overwrite an existing pool of this type") \
+ .help = N_("do not overwrite any existing data") \
} \
#define VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_POOL_OVERWRITE \
diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index 74c05c9..b00fc8d 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -3452,20 +3452,24 @@ Configure whether I<pool> should automatically start at boot.
Build a given pool.
Options I<--overwrite> and I<--no-overwrite> can only be used for
-B<pool-build> a filesystem or disk pool. For a file system pool if
-neither of them is specified, B<pool-build> makes the directory. If
-I<--no-overwrite> is specified, it probes to determine if a
-filesystem already exists on the target device, returning an error
-if exists, or using mkfs to format the target device if not. If
-I<--overwrite> is specified, mkfs is always executed and any existing
-data on the target device is overwritten unconditionally. For a disk
-pool, if neither of them is specified or I<--no-overwrite> is specified,
-B<pool-build> will use 'parted --print' in order to determine if the
-disk already has a label before attempting to create one. Only if a disk
-does not already have one will a label be created. If I<--overwrite> is
-specified or it's been determined that the disk doesn't already have one,
-'parted mklabel' will be used to create a label of the format specified
-by the pool source format type or "dos" if not specified for the pool.
+B<pool-build> a filesystem or disk pool.
+
+For a file system pool if neither flag is specified, then B<pool-build>
+just makes the target path directory and no attempt to run mkfs on the
+target volume device. If I<--no-overwrite> is specified, it probes to
+determine if a filesystem already exists on the target device, returning
+an error if one exists or using mkfs to format the target device if not.
+If I<--overwrite> is specified, mkfs is always executed and any existing
+data on the target device is overwritten unconditionally.
+
+For a disk pool, if neither of them is specified or I<--no-overwrite>
+is specified, B<pool-build> will use 'parted --print' in order to
+determine if the disk already has a label before attempting to create
+one. Only if a disk does not already have one will a label be created.
+If I<--overwrite> is specified or it's been determined that the disk
+doesn't already have one, 'parted mklabel' will be used to create a
+label of the format specified by the pool source format type or "dos"
+if not specified for the pool.
=item B<pool-create> I<file>
[I<--build>] [[I<--overwrite>] | [I<--no-overwrite>]]
--
2.7.4
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