cvs commit: src/lib/libufs type.c

[Pawel Jakub Dawidek]

On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 11:16:12AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 03:13:29AM +0000, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> > pjd         2007-03-16 03:13:29 UTC
> > 
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     lib/libufs           type.c 
> >   Log:
> >   The ufs_disk_fillout(3) can take special device name (with or without /dev/
> >   prefix) as an argument and mount point path. At the end it has to find
> >   device name file system is stored on, which means when mount point path is
> >   given, it tries to look into /etc/fstab and find special device
> >   corresponding to the given mount point. This is not perfect, because it
> >   doesn't handle the case when file system is mounted by hand and mount point
> >   is given as an argument.
> >   
> >   I found this problem while trying to use snapinfo(8), which passes mount
> >   points to the ufs_disk_fillout(3) function, but I had file system mounted
> >   manually, so snapinfo(8) was exiting with the error below:
> >   
> >           ufs_disk_fillout: No such file or directory
> >   
> >   I modified libufs(3) to handle those arguments (the order is important):
> >   
> >   1. special device with /dev/ prefix
> >   2. special device without /dev/ prefix
> >   3. mount point listed in /etc/fstab, directory exists
> >   4. mount point listed in /etc/fstab, directory doesn't exist
> >   5. mount point of a file system mounted by hand
> 
> Is there any chance that this, or the related snapinfo commit, fixes
> PR 94635?

I'm quite sure this should be fixed now, yes. Can we ask submitter to
retest?

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
pjd at FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer                         Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!
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