From 2b891ceef355ce2d6532d65f8febbe3833d4399e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:03:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mke2fs: Use e4fsprogs programs if available. On RHEL 5, mke2fs is ancient, and there is a non-standard "mke4fs" binary which acts like the more recent mke2fs on Fedora. Since there are several annoyances and actual bugs in the ancient RHEL 5 mke2fs, use mke4fs instead if it's available. --- appliance/packagelist.in | 2 ++ daemon/ext2.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/appliance/packagelist.in b/appliance/packagelist.in index abcd429..559fc1f 100644 --- a/appliance/packagelist.in +++ b/appliance/packagelist.in @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ #if REDHAT == 1 augeas-libs + /* e4fsprogs only exists on RHEL 5, will be ignored everywhere else. */ + e4fsprogs iputils kernel MAKEDEV diff --git a/daemon/ext2.c b/daemon/ext2.c index 956c719..a26891b 100644 --- a/daemon/ext2.c +++ b/daemon/ext2.c @@ -335,6 +335,40 @@ do_mke2journal_U (int blocksize, const char *uuid, const char *device) return 0; } +/* Run mke2fs to create a filesystem of type fstype, where fstype + * is the string "ext2", "ext3" or "ext4". + * + * This is more complex than it seems. + * + * On RHEL 5, the -t option was deprecated. Moreover RHEL <= 5.4 + * systems have a bug where the -t option doesn't work (it doesn't + * correctly ignore the following argument). + * + * On RHEL 5, to create an ext4dev filesystem you have to use + * the special command /sbin/mke4fs. This can also create ext2/3 + * using the '-t fstype' option. + * + * On Fedora 11+, mke4fs was renamed mke2fs, and it can use the + * '-t fstype' option to specify the filesystem type. + * + * So it seems best to run /sbin/mke4fs if it exists, or /sbin/mke2fs + * otherwise. We specify e4fsprogs in the package list to ensure it + * is loaded if it exists. + */ +static const char * +get_mke2fs (void) +{ + static const char *const progs[] = { "/sbin/mke4fs", "/sbin/mke2fs", NULL }; + int i; + + for (i = 0; progs[i]; ++i) + if (access (progs[i], F_OK) == 0) + return progs[i]; + + reply_with_error ("mke2fs: no mke2fs binary found in appliance"); + return NULL; +} + int do_mke2fs_J (const char *fstype, int blocksize, const char *device, const char *journal) @@ -342,6 +376,9 @@ do_mke2fs_J (const char *fstype, int blocksize, const char *device, char *err; int r; + const char *prog = get_mke2fs (); + if (!prog) return -1; + char blocksize_s[32]; snprintf (blocksize_s, sizeof blocksize_s, "%d", blocksize); @@ -350,7 +387,7 @@ do_mke2fs_J (const char *fstype, int blocksize, const char *device, snprintf (jdev, len+32, "device=%s", journal); r = command (NULL, &err, - "/sbin/mke2fs", "-t", fstype, "-J", jdev, "-b", blocksize_s, + prog, "-t", fstype, "-J", jdev, "-b", blocksize_s, device, NULL); if (r == -1) { reply_with_error ("mke2fs_J: %s", err); @@ -369,6 +406,9 @@ do_mke2fs_JL (const char *fstype, int blocksize, const char *device, char *err; int r; + const char *prog = get_mke2fs (); + if (!prog) return -1; + char blocksize_s[32]; snprintf (blocksize_s, sizeof blocksize_s, "%d", blocksize); @@ -377,7 +417,7 @@ do_mke2fs_JL (const char *fstype, int blocksize, const char *device, snprintf (jdev, len+32, "device=LABEL=%s", label); r = command (NULL, &err, - "/sbin/mke2fs", "-t", fstype, "-J", jdev, "-b", blocksize_s, + prog, "-t", fstype, "-J", jdev, "-b", blocksize_s, device, NULL); if (r == -1) { reply_with_error ("mke2fs_JL: %s", err); @@ -396,6 +436,9 @@ do_mke2fs_JU (const char *fstype, int blocksize, const char *device, char *err; int r; + const char *prog = get_mke2fs (); + if (!prog) return -1; + char blocksize_s[32]; snprintf (blocksize_s, sizeof blocksize_s, "%d", blocksize); @@ -404,7 +447,7 @@ do_mke2fs_JU (const char *fstype, int blocksize, const char *device, snprintf (jdev, len+32, "device=UUID=%s", uuid); r = command (NULL, &err, - "/sbin/mke2fs", "-t", fstype, "-J", jdev, "-b", blocksize_s, + prog, "-t", fstype, "-J", jdev, "-b", blocksize_s, device, NULL); if (r == -1) { reply_with_error ("mke2fs_JU: %s", err); -- 1.8.3.1