snitzer [Sat, 1 Aug 2009 17:11:02 +0000 (17:11 +0000)]
Retrieve MD sysfs attributes for MD partitions
Rename private _primary_dev() to a public get_primary_dev() and reuse it
to allow retrieval of the MD sysfs attributes (raid level, etc) for MD
partitions.
snitzer [Sat, 1 Aug 2009 17:09:48 +0000 (17:09 +0000)]
Improve ability to lookup primary device associated with a partition
Improve lib/device/device.c:_primary_dev()'s ability to look up the
primary device associated with all partitions; including blkext
(e.g. partitions directly on MD). The same will also work for obscure
sysfs paths; e.g.: paths with mangled names like the HP cciss driver
uses: /sys/block/cciss!c0d0/cciss!c0d0p1/
snitzer [Sat, 1 Aug 2009 17:08:43 +0000 (17:08 +0000)]
Add devices/data_alignment_detection to lvm.conf.
Adds 'data_alignment_detection' config option to the devices section of
lvm.conf. If your kernel provides topology information in sysfs (linux
>= 2.6.31) for the Physical Volume, the start of data area will be
aligned on a multiple of the ’minimum_io_size’ or ’optimal_io_size’
exposed in sysfs.
minimum_io_size is used if optimal_io_size is undefined (0). If both
md_chunk_alignment and data_alignment_detection are enabled the result
of data_alignment_detection is used.
snitzer [Sat, 1 Aug 2009 17:07:36 +0000 (17:07 +0000)]
Add devices/data_alignment_offset_detection to lvm.conf.
If the pvcreate --dataalignmentoffset option is not specified the start
of a PV's aligned data area will be shifted by the associated
'alignment_offset' exposed in sysfs (unless
devices/data_alignment_offset_detection is disabled in lvm.conf).
Documented which use-cases force the reinstatement of the nuanced
handling of pe_start. As soon as orphan PVs are eliminated much of this
will no longer be a concern ('preserve_pe_start' can be reenabled in
.pv_setup).
Added defensive 'if (pv->pe_align)' check in _text_pv_write()'s pe_start
loop.
Revert 'preserve_pe_start' related code in _text_pv_setup
If pv_setup was given a non-zero pe_start it would short-circuit
establishing a default pv->pe_align. pv->pe_align=0 would result
in a divide by zero in _mda_setup(). 'vgconvert -M2 $vgname' hit this.
.pv_write still properly preserves pe_start if it was supplied.
Add --dataalignmentoffset to pvcreate to shift start of aligned data area
Adds pe_align_offset to 'struct physical_volume'; is initialized with
set_pe_align_offset(). After pe_start is established pe_align_offset is
added to it.
Remove legacy support for preserving pe_start if a PV already has data
areas.
This preserved pe_start would quickly be readjusted to follow the first
mda anyway. An example use-case that hit this code path is: running
pvcreate on an already existing PV _without_ a preceeding pvremove.
Formalize pe_start policy as split between .pv_setup and .pv_write.
Document existing pe_start policy.
Fix issue in _text_pv_setup() where existing pe_start case could have
the pv->pe_start set to pv->pe_align even though pe_start shouldn't ever
change.
vgconvert and pvcreate have a facility to preserve the existing start
of the on-disk data extents, known as pe_start.
They indicate this by passing the existing value to the pvsetup function
which must preserve it.
This patch avoids one particular case where the value could get
changed incorrectly now that the alignment settings are configurable.
Making adjustments to go along with the changes to the kernel.
A patch to the kernel, adding the 'luid' field to dm_ulog_request,
will allow us to properly identify log instances. We will now
be able to definitively identify which logs are to be removed/
suspended/resumed. This replaces the old faulty behavior of
assuming the logs were the same if they had the same UUID and
incrementing/decrementing a reference count.
Dave Wysochanski [Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:14:56 +0000 (15:14 +0000)]
Add an open_mode to the vg struct for liblvm - enforce read / write semantics.
For now, a simple way to enforce the read/write semantics is to just save the
open mode of the VG. If the caller uses lvm_vg_create, the mode is write.
The caller using lvm_vg_open can use either read or write to open the VG.
Once we have this, we enforce the permissions on each API call and don't allow
a caller to modify a VG that has not been opened properly.
This may be better combined with the locking mode, but I view that as future
cleanup, past this initial release. The intial release should enforce the
basic object semantics though, as described in the lvm.h file.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Dave Wysochanski [Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:17:04 +0000 (13:17 +0000)]
Add lvm_vg_get_seqno, updating lvm.h and unit test.
Adding the ability to get the seqno is important for an application to
determine if something has changed in a VG. Otherwise, the only way to
know is to open the VG with write permission and hold the handle.
Dave Wysochanski [Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:36:58 +0000 (00:36 +0000)]
Update lvm.h to address feeback.
This addresses a a large amount of Alasdair's review. Subsequent patches
will address remaining issues.
Addressed:
// FIXME Mention that's also required on error.
// FIXME Be consistent in terminology. It's called "system_dir" then last sentence says "system directory setting". Is it referring to "system_dir" there or something else?
// FIXME Mention it frees all resources and cannot be used subsequently?
// FIXME What does "any system configuration" mean?
// FIXME Expand on that explanation a bit, now that we know what the other fns look like.
// FIXME Not sure about that - it needs to scan sometimes. "will not" or "might not" ?
// FIXME: That's a FIXME in the code!!!
// FIXME What does "copied" mean in this context???
// FIXME Say what struct the returned struct dm_list is a list of...
// FIXME "This API" ? This function creates an object in memory?
// FIXME This function commits the Volume Group object referenced by the VG handle to disk?
// FIXME Where is "Name" defined? Absolute pathname?
Outstanding:
// FIXME Version function first? No structs or handles needed for that.
// FIXME Sort out this alignment. "Set an" directly below "system_dir" looks awful. Indent differently? More blank lines?
// FIXME Check how doxygen processes this. E.g. "return: LVM handle. You must use lvm_error() to check there were no errors and confirm that the handle is valid for passing to other functions."
// FIXME Find a better name. lvm_init.
// FIXME Consider renaming according to the new name for lvm_create.
// FIXME Please can we use dm_malloc throughout?
Dave Wysochanski [Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:02:17 +0000 (21:02 +0000)]
Add lvm_config_override - allow caller to override config, similar to --config.
Allowing the caller to override the LVM configuration with an API will
enable them to use things such as device filters.
While very flexible, there is some danger to this API in that it will
make it harder to debug setups that have a changing config and deduce
what might have happened. At some point we may want to limit the scope
of this API but for now it is as open as the --config option to lvm commands.
Update exported symbols. When I renamed lvm_reload_config to lvm_config_reload
I forgot to rename so I renamed that one here.
This I believe is the last liblvm API for now. ;-)
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Dave Wysochanski [Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:44:29 +0000 (17:44 +0000)]
Add lvm_vg_reduce to liblvm2app
Extend lvm_vg_write to remove pvs removed in lvm_vg_reduce. The lvm
volume_group internal structure removed_pvs is used for that. The list is
empty afterwards.
Add new test for vg->pvs emptyness to lvm_vg_write to prevent to write empty
vgs. This is needed because of lvm_vg_reduce and lv_vg_create, which creates
empty vgs.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Woerner <twoerner@redhat.com> Acked-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Author: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Dave Wysochanski [Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:43:39 +0000 (17:43 +0000)]
Add vg_reduce to metadata.c and metadata-exported.h
This function behaves a little bit different than vg_reduce_single, because
it allowes to remove even the latest pv. This has been done to be consistent
to lvm_vg_create, which creates an empty vg.
removed_pvs has been added to the volume_group struct. vg_reduce adds remove
pvs to this list to be able to commit the changes for the pvs in lvm_vg_comm
in liblvm2app.
Initialize removed_pvs list in format-specific volume_group constructors.
Ideally, we should have a base constructor here that initializes the general
non-format specific members of struct volume_group. But until then, there
are multiple places to initialize these members. Maybe a better patch would
be a base constructor patch for struct volume_group. That is more work
though.
Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Woerner <twoerner@redhat.com>
Author: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Dave Wysochanski [Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:00:17 +0000 (11:00 +0000)]
Update error return and comments for lvm_list_vg_names/uuids.
The two liblvm functions that return a list of vgnames and vguuids use
cmd->mem to allocate the list. Make it clear to the caller that this
memory will be freed when the LVM handle is freed.
Clean up and clarify the return value of the functions. In the
case of a memory allocation error, add a couple log_errnos to the internal
code, and make it clear that memory allocation returns a NULL pointer.
If there are no VGs in the system, the list returned is an empty list.
Make a note of the fact that currently we return hidden VG names, how
these can be detected (always start with "#"), and that they should
not be used.
Dave Wysochanski [Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:29:56 +0000 (20:29 +0000)]
Update test/api/*.c to use consistent liblvm error returns.
For now, liblvm will return -1 (fail) / 0 (success) or
NULL (fail) / non-NULL (success). Upon failure, lvm_errno and
lvm_errmsg should be used to determine the precise error.
Dave Wysochanski [Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:28:59 +0000 (20:28 +0000)]
Update liblvm status return codes to be consistent.
For now, we use the following scheme.
For APIs that return an int, success is 0, fail is -1.
APIs that return handles, success is non-NULL, fail is NULL.
At this early stage, liblvm error handling mechanism is subject to change,
but for now we go with this simple scheme consistent with system
programming.
Dave Wysochanski [Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:35:57 +0000 (16:35 +0000)]
Update lvm.h - comments describing function behavior, divide into sections.
Hard to divide into smaller patches because of the moving around and
commenting, so just put in the new file diffs. We will review and can
update as necessary.
Dave Wysochanski [Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:36:52 +0000 (14:36 +0000)]
Add lvm_vg_remove_lv liblvm function.
Add a very simple version of lvm_vg_remove_lv.
Since we currently can only create linear LVs, this simple remove function
is adequate. We must refactor lvremove_single a bit.
Dave Wysochanski [Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:06:59 +0000 (13:06 +0000)]
Add most all liblvm 'get' functions needed for anaconda.
Add the most straightforward 'get' functions required for anaconda.
These are the ones that return simple uint64_t values.
The other more complex ones involve the lv_attr bits. These will
come in a separate patch series since each lv_attr bit will be returned
in a separate API instred of returning the string and requiring the
user to parse it.
Dave Wysochanski [Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:41:09 +0000 (12:41 +0000)]
Refactor a few report field calculations into separate functions.
For liblvm 'get' functions, we should share code with the reporting functions.
This means we need common code to return the values for the fields.
In this patch we refactor a few of the fields needed in liblvm.
Unfortunately, for the simple fields that do derefernces of structure
members (for example, vg_extent_count), we cannot call the common function
from the reporting infrastructure without more refactoring. The reason is
that the dereference of the simple fields is done deep inside the reporting
code (to get the generic "data" pointer), and the display function is a
generic 'size32' function. We can fix these issues later with more
refactoring.
Should be no functional change and the testsuite should cover any possible
regressions. The only fields in the report affected by this patch are:
vg_size, vg_free, and pv_mda_count.
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