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UKFS(3) Library Functions Manual UKFS(3)
NAME
ukfs - user kernel file system library interface
LIBRARY
ukfs Library (libukfs, -lukfs)
SYNOPSIS
#include <rump/ukfs.h>
DESCRIPTION
The ukfs library provides direct access to file systems without having to
specially mount a file system. Therefore, accessing a file system
through ukfs requires no special kernel support apart from standard POSIX
functionality. As ukfs is built upon rump(3) kernels, all kernel file
systems which are supported by rump kernels are available. It allows to
write utilities for accessing file systems without having to duplicate
file system internals knowledge already present in kernel file system
drivers.
ukfs provides a high-level pathname based interface for accessing file
systems. If a lower level interface it desired, rump(3) kernels should
be used directly. However, much like system calls, the interfaces of
ukfs are self-contained and require no tracking and release of resources.
The only exception is the file system handle struct ukfs which should be
released after use.
INITIALIZATION
int
ukfs_init()
int
ukfs_modload(const char *fname)
int
ukfs_modload_dir(const char *dirname)
ssize_t
ukfs_vfstypes(char *buf, size_t buflen)
struct ukfs *
ukfs_mount(const char *vfsname, const char *devpath, const char
*mountpath, int mntflags, void *arg, size_t alen)
struct ukfs *
ukfs_mount_disk(const char *vfsname, const char *devpath, int partition,
const char *mountpath, int mntflags, void *arg, size_t alen)
int
ukfs_release(struct ukfs *ukfs, int flags)
ukfs_init() initializes the library and must be called once per process
using ukfs.
ukfs_modload() is used at runtime to dynamically load a library which
contains a file system module. For this to succeed, the rump(3) kernel
and the module targeted must be compiled with compatible kernel versions
and the application must be dynamically linked. Additionally, since this
routine does not handle dependencies, all the dependencies of the library
must be loaded beforehand. The routine returns -1 for fatal error, 0 for
dependency failure and 1 for success.
ukfs_modload_dir() loads all rump(3) kernel file system components in
directory dirname. It looks for libraries which begin with librumpfs_
and end in .so. The routine tries to handle dependencies by retrying to
load libraries which failed due to dependencies. ukfs_modload_dir()
returns the number of vfs modules loaded or sets errno and returns -1 in
case of a fatal error in directory searching. In case a fatal error
occurs after some modules have already been loaded, the number of loaded
module is returned. Fatal errors in loading the modules themselves are
ignored and ukfs_modload() should be used directly if finegrained error
reporting is desired.
It should be noted that the above routines affect the whole process, not
just a specific instance of ukfs. It is preferable to call them from
only one thread, as the underlying dynamic library interfaces may not be
threadsafe.
ukfs_vfstypes() queries the available file system types and returns a
nul-terminated list of types separated by spaces in buf. The format of
the list is equivalent to the one returned by sysctl(3) on the name
vfs.generic.fstypes. The function returns the length of the string
without the trailing nul or -1 for error. Notably, the return value 0
means there are no file systems available. If there is not enough room
in the caller's buffer for all file system types, as many as fit will be
returned.
ukfs_mount() initializes a file system image. The handle resulting from
the operation is passed to all other routines and identifies the instance
of the mount analogous to what a pathname specifies in a normally mounted
file system. The parameters are the following:
vfsname
Name of the file system to be used, e.g. MOUNT_FFS.
devpath
Path of file system image. It can be either a regular file,
device or, if the file system does not support the concept of
a device, an arbitrary string, e.g. network address.
mountpath
Path where the file system is mounted to. This parameter is
used only by the file system being mounted. Most of the time
UKFS_DEFAULTMP is the correct path.
mntflags
Flags as passed to the mount(2) system call, for example
MNT_RDONLY. In addition to generic parameters, file system
specific parameters such as MNT_LOG (ffs) may be passed here.
arg File system private argument structure. This is passed
directly to the file system. It must match what vfsname
expects.
alen
Size of said structure.
The ukfs_mount_disk() function must be used to mount disk-based file
systems. It takes the same arguments as ukfs_mount(), except for an
additional argument signifying the partition number. If the image
devpath contains a disklabel, this value specifies the number of the
partition within the image used as the file system backend. If devpath
does not contain a disklabel, the value UKFS_PARTITION_NONE must be used
to signal that the file system backend is the entire image.
ukfs_release() unmounts the file system and releases the resources
associated with ukfs. The return value signals the return value of the
unmount operation. If non-zero, ukfs will continue to remain valid. The
possible values for flags are:
UKFS_RELFLAG_NOUNMOUNT Do not unmount file system, just release
ukfs handle. Release always succeeds.
UKFS_RELFLAG_FORCE Forcefully unmount the file system. This
means that any busy nodes (due to e.g.
ukfs_chdir()) will be ignored. Release
always succeeds.
OPERATION
int
ukfs_chdir(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *path)
int
ukfs_getdents(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *dirname, off_t *off, uint8_t
*buf, size_t bufsize)
ssize_t
ukfs_read(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, off_t off, uint8_t
*buf, size_t bufsize)
ssize_t
ukfs_write(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, off_t off, uint8_t
*buf, size_t bufsize)
int
ukfs_create(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, mode_t mode)
int
ukfs_mknod(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *path, mode_t mode, dev_t dev)
int
ukfs_mkfifo(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *path, mode_t mode)
int
ukfs_mkdir(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, mode_t mode)
int
ukfs_remove(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename)
int
ukfs_rmdir(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename)
int
ukfs_link(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, const char *f_create)
int
ukfs_symlink(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, const char
*linkname)
ssize_t
ukfs_readlink(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, char *linkbuf,
size_t buflen)
int
ukfs_rename(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *from, const char *to)
int
ukfs_stat(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, struct stat
*file_stat)
int
ukfs_lstat(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, struct stat
*file_stat)
int
ukfs_chmod(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, mode_t mode)
int
ukfs_lchmod(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, mode_t mode)
int
ukfs_chown(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
int
ukfs_lchown(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, uid_t uid, gid_t
gid)
int
ukfs_chflags(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, u_long flags)
int
ukfs_lchflags(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, u_long flags)
int
ukfs_utimes(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, const struct timeval
*tptr)
int
ukfs_lutimes(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *filename, const struct
timeval *tptr)
The above routines operate like their system call counterparts and the
system call manual pages without the ukfs_ prefix should be referred to
for further information on the parameters.
The only call which modifies ukfs state is ukfs_chdir(). It works like
chdir(2) in the sense that it affects the interpretation of relative
paths. If successful, all relative pathnames will be resolved starting
from the current directory. Currently the call affects all accesses to
that particular ukfs, but it might be later changed to be thread private.
UTILITIES
int
ukfs_util_builddirs(struct ukfs *ukfs, const char *pathname, mode_t mode)
Builds a directory hierarchy. Unlike mkdir, the pathname argument may
contain multiple levels of hierarchy. It is not considered an error if
any of the directories specified exist already.
SEE ALSO
rump(3)
HISTORY
ukfs first appeared in NetBSD 5.0.
AUTHORS
Antti Kantee <pooka@cs.hut.fi>
NOTES
ukfs was an early attempt at an interface for kernel file systems running
in userspace.
NetBSD 10.99 March 12, 2018 NetBSD 10.99