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* Allow mounting datasets more than onceSeth Forshee2018-04-131-20/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently mounting an already mounted zfs dataset results in an error, whereas it is typically allowed with other filesystems. This causes some bad interactions with mount namespaces. Take this sequence for example: - Create a dataset - Create a snapshot of the dataset - Create a clone of the snapshot - Create a new mount namespace - Rename the original dataset The rename results in unmounting and remounting the clone in the original mount namespace, however the remount fails because the dataset is still mounted in the new mount namespace. (Note that this means the mount in the new mount namespace is never being unmounted, so perhaps the unmount/remount of the clone isn't actually necessary.) The problem here is a result of the way mounting is implemented in the kernel module. Since it is not mounting block devices it uses mount_nodev() instead of the usual mount_bdev(). However, mount_nodev() is written for filesystems for which each mount is a new instance (i.e. a new super block), and zfs should be able to detect when a mount request can be satisfied using an existing super block. Change zpl_mount() to call sget() directly with it's own test callback. Passing the objset_t object as the fs data allows checking if a superblock already exists for the dataset, and in that case we just need to return a new reference for the sb's root dentry. Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tom Caputi <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Alek Pinchuk <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <[email protected]> Closes #5796 Closes #7207
* When checking for symbol exports, try compiling.Etienne Dechamps2012-07-261-7/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds a new autoconf function: ZFS_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE_SYMBOL. This new function does the following: - Call LINUX_TRY_COMPILE with the specified parameters. - If unsuccessful, return false. - If successful and we're configuring with --enable-linux-builtin, return true. - Else, call CHECK_SYMBOL_EXPORT with the specified parameters and return the result. All calls to CHECK_SYMBOL_EXPORT are converted to LINUX_TRY_COMPILE_SYMBOL so that the tests work even when configuring for builtin on a kernel which doesn't have loadable module support, or hasn't been built yet. Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> Issue #851
* Linux compat 2.6.39: mount_nodev()Brian Behlendorf2011-07-011-0/+15
The .get_sb callback has been replaced by a .mount callback in the file_system_type structure. When using the new interface the caller must now use the mount_nodev() helper. Unfortunately, the new interface no longer passes the vfsmount down to the zfs layers. This poses a problem for the existing implementation because we currently save this pointer in the super block for latter use. It provides our only entry point in to the namespace layer for manipulating certain mount options. This needed to be done originally to allow commands like 'zfs set atime=off tank' to work properly. It also allowed me to keep more of the original Solaris code unmodified. Under Solaris there is a 1-to-1 mapping between a mount point and a file system so this is a fairly natural thing to do. However, under Linux they many be multiple entries in the namespace which reference the same filesystem. Thus keeping a back reference from the filesystem to the namespace is complicated. Rather than introduce some ugly hack to get the vfsmount and continue as before. I'm leveraging this API change to update the ZFS code to do things in a more natural way for Linux. This has the upside that is resolves the compatibility issue for the long term and fixes several other minor bugs which have been reported. This commit updates the code to remove this vfsmount back reference entirely. All modifications to filesystem mount options are now passed in to the kernel via a '-o remount'. This is the expected Linux mechanism and allows the namespace to properly handle any options which apply to it before passing them on to the file system itself. Aside from fixing the compatibility issue, removing the vfsmount has had the benefit of simplifying the code. This change which fairly involved has turned out nicely. Closes #246 Closes #217 Closes #187 Closes #248 Closes #231