Re: [PATCH 2/2 V2] xfs_io: hook up statx

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On 3/27/17 3:58 PM, Eric Biggers wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 11:45:45PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> Wire up the statx syscall to xfs_io.
>>
> 
> I haven't reviewed these patches in detail, but just a few nits:
> 
> Given that the command operates on an open file, wouldn't it make more sense to
> call statx() with the file descriptor and a NULL path?

Yeah, good point.  Not sure why I did what I did ;)

> It wouldn't be ideal for
> test coverage, but it seems xfs_io isn't currently designed to work otherwise.
> And note that the 'stat' xfs_io command already calls fstat(), not stat().
> 
> (In particular think about what should happen if you open a file through a
> symlink, then execute both the 'stat' and 'statx' commands... with the current
> proposal 'stat' would operate on the file, while 'statx' would operate on the
> symlink by default.  Seems inconsistent.)

*nod*

> 
>> diff --git a/io/init.c b/io/init.c
>> index 06002e6..c15a1e1 100644
>> --- a/io/init.c
>> +++ b/io/init.c
>> @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ init_commands(void)
>>  	seek_init();
>>  	sendfile_init();
>>  	shutdown_init();
>> +	stat_init();
>>  	sync_init();
> 
> The call to stat_init() should be added in patch 1 instead of patch 2, since
> otherwise the 'stat' command is unavailable after applying just patch 1.

Yup!

>> diff --git a/man/man8/xfs_io.8 b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
>> index 19e1ae4..022f0ea 100644
>> --- a/man/man8/xfs_io.8
>> +++ b/man/man8/xfs_io.8
>> @@ -880,6 +880,32 @@ and the XFS_IOC_GETXATTR system call on the current file. If the
>>  option is specified, the atime (last access), mtime
>>  (last modify), and ctime (last change) timestamps are also displayed.
>>  .TP
>> +.BR statx " [ " \-O " | " "\-m mask" " ][ \-" FDLA " ]"
>> +Extended information from the statx syscall.
>> +.RS 1.0i
>> +.PD 0
>> +.TP 0.4i
>> +.B \-m mask
>> +Specify the field mask for the statx call (default STATX_ALL)
>> +.TP
>> +.B \-O
>> +Add only basic stats (STATX_BASIC_STATS) to default mask
>> +.TP
>> +.B \-F
>> +Force the attributes to be sync'd with the server
>> +.TP
>> +.B \-D
>> +Don't sync attributes with the server
>> +.TP
>> +.B \-L
>> +Follow symlinks (statx link target)
>> +.TP
>> +.B \-A
>> +Suppress terminal automount traversal
>> +.TP
>> +.RE
>> +.IP
>> +.TP
>>  .B statfs
>>  Selected statistics from
>>  .BR statfs (2)
> 
> This re-introduces the issue where the later text in the formatted man page is
> indented too much.  Removing the extra .TP and .IP, so that the source looks
> like the following, appears to fix it:

Ugh, thanks.  I'm not good at man pages.

Will fix all these, thanks!

-Eric

> .TP
> .B \-A
> Suppress terminal automount traversal
> .RE
> .TP
> .B statfs
> 
> 
> - Eric
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