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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt index 736540045dc7..23a181074f94 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Shared Subtrees Contents: 1) Overview 2) Features - 3) smount command + 3) Setting mount states 4) Use-case 5) Detailed semantics 6) Quiz @@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Here is an example: - Lets say /mnt has a mount that is shared. + Let's say /mnt has a mount that is shared. mount --make-shared /mnt - note: mount command does not yet support the --make-shared flag. - I have included a small C program which does the same by executing - 'smount /mnt shared' + Note: mount(8) command now supports the --make-shared flag, + so the sample 'smount' program is no longer needed and has been + removed. - #mount --bind /mnt /tmp + # mount --bind /mnt /tmp The above command replicates the mount at /mnt to the mountpoint /tmp and the contents of both the mounts remain identical. @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. #ls /tmp a b c - Now lets say we mount a device at /tmp/a - #mount /dev/sd0 /tmp/a + Now let's say we mount a device at /tmp/a + # mount /dev/sd0 /tmp/a #ls /tmp/a t1 t2 t2 @@ -80,21 +80,20 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Here is an example: - Lets say /mnt has a mount which is shared. - #mount --make-shared /mnt + Let's say /mnt has a mount which is shared. + # mount --make-shared /mnt - Lets bind mount /mnt to /tmp - #mount --bind /mnt /tmp + Let's bind mount /mnt to /tmp + # mount --bind /mnt /tmp the new mount at /tmp becomes a shared mount and it is a replica of the mount at /mnt. - Now lets make the mount at /tmp; a slave of /mnt - #mount --make-slave /tmp - [or smount /tmp slave] + Now let's make the mount at /tmp; a slave of /mnt + # mount --make-slave /tmp - lets mount /dev/sd0 on /mnt/a - #mount /dev/sd0 /mnt/a + let's mount /dev/sd0 on /mnt/a + # mount /dev/sd0 /mnt/a #ls /mnt/a t1 t2 t3 @@ -104,9 +103,9 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Note the mount event has propagated to the mount at /tmp - However lets see what happens if we mount something on the mount at /tmp + However let's see what happens if we mount something on the mount at /tmp - #mount /dev/sd1 /tmp/b + # mount /dev/sd1 /tmp/b #ls /tmp/b s1 s2 s3 @@ -124,12 +123,11 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. 2d) A unbindable mount is a unbindable private mount - lets say we have a mount at /mnt and we make is unbindable + let's say we have a mount at /mnt and we make is unbindable - #mount --make-unbindable /mnt - [ smount /mnt unbindable ] + # mount --make-unbindable /mnt - Lets try to bind mount this mount somewhere else. + Let's try to bind mount this mount somewhere else. # mount --bind /mnt /tmp mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /mnt, or too many mounted file systems @@ -137,149 +135,15 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Binding a unbindable mount is a invalid operation. -3) smount command +3) Setting mount states - Currently the mount command is not aware of shared subtree features. - Work is in progress to add the support in mount ( util-linux package ). - Till then use the following program. + The mount command (util-linux package) can be used to set mount + states: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - // - //this code was developed my Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> - //and modified by Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com> - // sample usage: - // smount /tmp shared - // - #include <stdio.h> - #include <stdlib.h> - #include <unistd.h> - #include <string.h> - #include <sys/mount.h> - #include <sys/fsuid.h> - - #ifndef MS_REC - #define MS_REC 0x4000 /* 16384: Recursive loopback */ - #endif - - #ifndef MS_SHARED - #define MS_SHARED 1<<20 /* Shared */ - #endif - - #ifndef MS_PRIVATE - #define MS_PRIVATE 1<<18 /* Private */ - #endif - - #ifndef MS_SLAVE - #define MS_SLAVE 1<<19 /* Slave */ - #endif - - #ifndef MS_UNBINDABLE - #define MS_UNBINDABLE 1<<17 /* Unbindable */ - #endif - - int main(int argc, char *argv[]) - { - int type; - if(argc != 3) { - fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s dir " - "<rshared|rslave|rprivate|runbindable|shared|slave" - "|private|unbindable>\n" , argv[0]); - return 1; - } - - fprintf(stdout, "%s %s %s\n", argv[0], argv[1], argv[2]); - - if (strcmp(argv[2],"rshared")==0) - type=(MS_SHARED|MS_REC); - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"rslave")==0) - type=(MS_SLAVE|MS_REC); - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"rprivate")==0) - type=(MS_PRIVATE|MS_REC); - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"runbindable")==0) - type=(MS_UNBINDABLE|MS_REC); - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"shared")==0) - type=MS_SHARED; - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"slave")==0) - type=MS_SLAVE; - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"private")==0) - type=MS_PRIVATE; - else if (strcmp(argv[2],"unbindable")==0) - type=MS_UNBINDABLE; - else { - fprintf(stderr, "invalid operation: %s\n", argv[2]); - return 1; - } - setfsuid(getuid()); - - if(mount("", argv[1], "dontcare", type, "") == -1) { - perror("mount"); - return 1; - } - return 0; - } - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - Copy the above code snippet into smount.c - gcc -o smount smount.c - - - (i) To mark all the mounts under /mnt as shared execute the following - command: - - smount /mnt rshared - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-rshared /mnt - - just to mark a mount /mnt as shared, execute the following - command: - smount /mnt shared - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-shared /mnt - - (ii) To mark all the shared mounts under /mnt as slave execute the - following - - command: - smount /mnt rslave - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-rslave /mnt - - just to mark a mount /mnt as slave, execute the following - command: - smount /mnt slave - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-slave /mnt - - (iii) To mark all the mounts under /mnt as private execute the - following command: - - smount /mnt rprivate - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-rprivate /mnt - - just to mark a mount /mnt as private, execute the following - command: - smount /mnt private - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-private /mnt - - NOTE: by default all the mounts are created as private. But if - you want to change some shared/slave/unbindable mount as - private at a later point in time, this command can help. - - (iv) To mark all the mounts under /mnt as unbindable execute the - following - - command: - smount /mnt runbindable - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-runbindable /mnt - - just to mark a mount /mnt as unbindable, execute the following - command: - smount /mnt unbindable - the corresponding syntax planned for mount command is - mount --make-unbindable /mnt + mount --make-shared mountpoint + mount --make-slave mountpoint + mount --make-private mountpoint + mount --make-unbindable mountpoint 4) Use cases @@ -350,7 +214,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. mount --rbind / /view/v3 mount --rbind / /view/v4 - and if /usr has a versioning filesystem mounted, than that + and if /usr has a versioning filesystem mounted, then that mount appears at /view/v1/usr, /view/v2/usr, /view/v3/usr and /view/v4/usr too @@ -390,7 +254,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. For example: mount --make-shared /mnt - mount --bin /mnt /tmp + mount --bind /mnt /tmp The mount at /mnt and that at /tmp are both shared and belong to the same peer group. Anything mounted or unmounted under @@ -558,7 +422,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. then the subtree under the unbindable mount is pruned in the new location. - eg: lets say we have the following mount tree. + eg: let's say we have the following mount tree. A / \ @@ -566,7 +430,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. / \ / \ D E F G - Lets say all the mount except the mount C in the tree are + Let's say all the mount except the mount C in the tree are of a type other than unbindable. If this tree is rbound to say Z @@ -683,13 +547,13 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. 'b' on mounts that receive propagation from mount 'B' and does not have sub-mounts within them are unmounted. - Example: Lets say 'B1', 'B2', 'B3' are shared mounts that propagate to + Example: Let's say 'B1', 'B2', 'B3' are shared mounts that propagate to each other. - lets say 'A1', 'A2', 'A3' are first mounted at dentry 'b' on mount + let's say 'A1', 'A2', 'A3' are first mounted at dentry 'b' on mount 'B1', 'B2' and 'B3' respectively. - lets say 'C1', 'C2', 'C3' are next mounted at the same dentry 'b' on + let's say 'C1', 'C2', 'C3' are next mounted at the same dentry 'b' on mount 'B1', 'B2' and 'B3' respectively. if 'C1' is unmounted, all the mounts that are most-recently-mounted on @@ -710,7 +574,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. A cloned namespace contains all the mounts as that of the parent namespace. - Lets say 'A' and 'B' are the corresponding mounts in the parent and the + Let's say 'A' and 'B' are the corresponding mounts in the parent and the child namespace. If 'A' is shared, then 'B' is also shared and 'A' and 'B' propagate to @@ -759,11 +623,11 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. mount --make-slave /mnt At this point we have the first mount at /tmp and - its root dentry is 1. Lets call this mount 'A' + its root dentry is 1. Let's call this mount 'A' And then we have a second mount at /tmp1 with root - dentry 2. Lets call this mount 'B' + dentry 2. Let's call this mount 'B' Next we have a third mount at /mnt with root dentry - mnt. Lets call this mount 'C' + mnt. Let's call this mount 'C' 'B' is the slave of 'A' and 'C' is a slave of 'B' A -> B -> C @@ -794,7 +658,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Q3 Why is unbindable mount needed? - Lets say we want to replicate the mount tree at multiple + Let's say we want to replicate the mount tree at multiple locations within the same subtree. if one rbind mounts a tree within the same subtree 'n' times @@ -803,7 +667,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. mounts. Here is a example. step 1: - lets say the root tree has just two directories with + let's say the root tree has just two directories with one vfsmount. root / \ @@ -875,7 +739,7 @@ replicas continue to be exactly same. Unclonable mounts come in handy here. step 1: - lets say the root tree has just two directories with + let's say the root tree has just two directories with one vfsmount. root / \ |
