Remove vn_rename and vn_remove dependency

The only place vn_rename and vn_remove are used is when writing
out an updated pool configuration file.  By truncating the file
instead of renaming and removing it we can avoid having to implement
these interfaces entirely.  Functionally an empty cache file is
treated the same as a missing cache file.  This is particularly
advantageous because the Linux kernel has never provided a way
to reliably implement vn_rename and vn_remove.

The cachefile_004_pos.ksh test case was updated to understand
that an empty cache file is the same as a missing one.

The zfs-import-* systemd service files were not updated to use
ConditionFileNotEmpty in place of ConditionPathExists.  This
means that after exporting all pools and rebooting new pools
will not the scanned for on the next boot.  This small change
should not impact normal usage since pools are not exported
as part of a normal shutdown.

Documentation was updated accordingly.

Reviewed-by: George Melikov <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Arkadiusz Bubała <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]>
Closes zfsonlinux/spl#648 
Closes #6753 

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/module/zfs/spa_config.c b/module/zfs/spa_config.c
index 8459e7362..0ee46c2f2 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa_config.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa_config.c
@@ -148,6 +148,26 @@ out:
 }
 
 static int
+spa_config_remove(spa_config_dirent_t *dp)
+{
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(_KERNEL)
+	int error, flags = FWRITE | FTRUNC;
+	uio_seg_t seg = UIO_SYSSPACE;
+	vnode_t *vp;
+
+	error = vn_open(dp->scd_path, seg, flags, 0644, &vp, 0, 0);
+	if (error == 0) {
+		(void) VOP_FSYNC(vp, FSYNC, kcred, NULL);
+		(void) VOP_CLOSE(vp, 0, 1, 0, kcred, NULL);
+	}
+
+	return (error);
+#else
+	return (vn_remove(dp->scd_path, UIO_SYSSPACE, RMFILE));
+#endif
+}
+
+static int
 spa_config_write(spa_config_dirent_t *dp, nvlist_t *nvl)
 {
 	size_t buflen;
@@ -161,12 +181,10 @@ spa_config_write(spa_config_dirent_t *dp, nvlist_t *nvl)
 	 * If the nvlist is empty (NULL), then remove the old cachefile.
 	 */
 	if (nvl == NULL) {
-		err = vn_remove(dp->scd_path, UIO_SYSSPACE, RMFILE);
-		/*
-		 * Don't report an error when the cache file is already removed
-		 */
+		err = spa_config_remove(dp);
 		if (err == ENOENT)
 			err = 0;
+
 		return (err);
 	}
 
@@ -179,9 +197,9 @@ spa_config_write(spa_config_dirent_t *dp, nvlist_t *nvl)
 #if defined(__linux__) && defined(_KERNEL)
 	/*
 	 * Write the configuration to disk.  Due to the complexity involved
-	 * in performing a rename from within the kernel the file is truncated
-	 * and overwritten in place.  In the event of an error the file is
-	 * unlinked to make sure we always have a consistent view of the data.
+	 * in performing a rename and remove from within the kernel the file
+	 * is instead truncated and overwritten in place.  This way we always
+	 * have a consistent view of the data or a zero length file.
 	 */
 	err = vn_open(dp->scd_path, UIO_SYSSPACE, oflags, 0644, &vp, 0, 0);
 	if (err == 0) {
@@ -191,9 +209,8 @@ spa_config_write(spa_config_dirent_t *dp, nvlist_t *nvl)
 			err = VOP_FSYNC(vp, FSYNC, kcred, NULL);
 
 		(void) VOP_CLOSE(vp, oflags, 1, 0, kcred, NULL);
-
 		if (err)
-			(void) vn_remove(dp->scd_path, UIO_SYSSPACE, RMFILE);
+			(void) spa_config_remove(dp);
 	}
 #else
 	/*