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loop: add ioctl to resize a loop device
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loop-add-ioctl-to-resize-a-loop-device.patch
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Subject: loop: add ioctl to resize a loop device
From: J. R. Okajima <hooanon05@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Add the ability to 'resize' the loop device on the fly.
One practical application is a loop file with XFS filesystem, already
mounted: You can easily enlarge the file (append some bytes) and then call
ioctl(fd, LOOP_SET_CAPACITY, new); The loop driver will learn about the
new size and you can use xfs_growfs later on, which will allow you to use
full capacity of the loop file without the need to unmount.
Test app:
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Junjiro Okajima
*
* This program, aufs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
/*
* $Id: logrow.c,v 1.1 2008/11/17 01:59:40 sfjro Exp $
*/
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/loop.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <getopt.h>
char *me;
void usage(FILE *f)
{
fprintf(f, "%s [options] loop_dev [backend_file]\n"
"-s, --set new_size_in_bytes\n"
"\twhen backend_file is given, "
"it will be expanded too while keeping the original contents\n",
me);
}
struct option opts[] = {
{
.name = "set",
.has_arg = 1,
.flag = NULL,
.val = 's'
},
{
.name = "help",
.has_arg = 0,
.flag = NULL,
.val = 'h'
}
};
void err_size(char *name, __u64 old)
{
fprintf(stderr, "size must be larger than current %s (%llu)\n",
name, old);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int fd, err, c, i, bfd;
ssize_t ssz;
size_t sz;
__u64 old, new, append;
char a[BUFSIZ];
struct stat st;
FILE *out;
char *backend, *dev;
err = EINVAL;
out = stderr;
me = argv[0];
new = 0;
while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "s:h", opts, &i)) != -1) {
switch (c) {
case 's':
errno = 0;
new = strtoull(optarg, NULL, 0);
if (errno) {
err = errno;
perror(argv[i]);
goto out;
}
break;
case 'h':
err = 0;
out = stdout;
goto err;
default:
perror(argv[i]);
goto err;
}
}
if (optind < argc)
dev = argv[optind++];
else
goto err;
fd = open(dev, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0) {
err = errno;
perror(dev);
goto out;
}
err = ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE64, &old);
if (err) {
err = errno;
perror("ioctl BLKGETSIZE64");
goto out;
}
if (!new) {
printf("%llu\n", old);
goto out;
}
if (new < old) {
err = EINVAL;
err_size(dev, old);
goto out;
}
if (optind < argc) {
backend = argv[optind++];
bfd = open(backend, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND);
if (bfd < 0) {
err = errno;
perror(backend);
goto out;
}
err = fstat(bfd, &st);
if (err) {
err = errno;
perror(backend);
goto out;
}
if (new < st.st_size) {
err = EINVAL;
err_size(backend, st.st_size);
goto out;
}
append = new - st.st_size;
sz = sizeof(a);
while (append > 0) {
if (append < sz)
sz = append;
ssz = write(bfd, a, sz);
if (ssz != sz) {
err = errno;
perror(backend);
goto out;
}
append -= sz;
}
err = fsync(bfd);
if (err) {
err = errno;
perror(backend);
goto out;
}
}
err = ioctl(fd, LOOP_SET_CAPACITY, new);
if (err) {
err = errno;
perror("ioctl LOOP_SET_CAPACITY");
}
goto out;
err:
usage(out);
out:
return err;
}
Signed-off-by: J. R. Okajima <hooanon05@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tomas Matejicek <tomas@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: <util-linux-ng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/loop.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
diff -puN drivers/block/loop.c~loop-add-ioctl-to-resize-a-loop-device drivers/block/loop.c
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c~loop-add-ioctl-to-resize-a-loop-device
+++ a/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1139,6 +1139,28 @@ loop_get_status64(struct loop_device *lo
return err;
}
+static int loop_set_capacity(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+ int err;
+ sector_t sec;
+ loff_t sz;
+
+ err = -ENXIO;
+ if (unlikely(lo->lo_state != Lo_bound))
+ goto out;
+ err = figure_loop_size(lo);
+ if (unlikely(err))
+ goto out;
+ sec = get_capacity(lo->lo_disk);
+ sz = sec << 9;
+ mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+ bd_set_size(bdev, sz);
+ mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+
+ out:
+ return err;
+}
+
static int lo_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
@@ -1168,6 +1190,9 @@ static int lo_ioctl(struct block_device
case LOOP_GET_STATUS64:
err = loop_get_status64(lo, (struct loop_info64 __user *) arg);
break;
+ case LOOP_SET_CAPACITY:
+ err = loop_set_capacity(lo, bdev);
+ break;
default:
err = lo->ioctl ? lo->ioctl(lo, cmd, arg) : -EINVAL;
}
@@ -1313,6 +1338,7 @@ static int lo_compat_ioctl(struct block_
lo, (struct compat_loop_info __user *) arg);
mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
break;
+ case LOOP_SET_CAPACITY:
case LOOP_CLR_FD:
case LOOP_GET_STATUS64:
case LOOP_SET_STATUS64:
diff -puN include/linux/loop.h~loop-add-ioctl-to-resize-a-loop-device include/linux/loop.h
--- a/include/linux/loop.h~loop-add-ioctl-to-resize-a-loop-device
+++ a/include/linux/loop.h
@@ -160,5 +160,6 @@ int loop_unregister_transfer(int number)
#define LOOP_SET_STATUS64 0x4C04
#define LOOP_GET_STATUS64 0x4C05
#define LOOP_CHANGE_FD 0x4C06
+#define LOOP_SET_CAPACITY 0x4C07
#endif
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hooanon05@xxxxxxxxxxx are
nfsd-fix-vm-overcommit-crash-fix-2.patch
loop-add-ioctl-to-resize-a-loop-device.patch
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