[Parted-maintainers] Bug#669936: parted: Fix hurd-i386 support

Samuel Thibault sthibault at debian.org
Sun Apr 22 00:58:39 UTC 2012


Package: parted
Version: 2.3-9
Severity: important
Tags: patch
User: debian-hurd at lists.debian.org
Usertags: hurd

Hello,

The attached patch fixes parted support for hurd-i386: it adds partition
reloading support, both in-kernel, and for translators.

Samuel

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.4 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages parted depends on:
ii  libblkid1           2.20.1-4
ii  libc6               2.13-27
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1  2:1.02.67-2
ii  libparted0debian1   2.3-9
ii  libreadline6        6.2-8
ii  libtinfo5           5.9-4
ii  libuuid1            2.20.1-4

parted recommends no packages.

Versions of packages parted suggests:
ii  parted-doc  2.3-9

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--- ./libparted/arch/gnu.c.original	2012-04-22 00:06:18.000000000 +0000
+++ ./libparted/arch/gnu.c	2012-04-22 02:34:58.000000000 +0000
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 	if (!dev->arch_specific)
 		goto error_free_path;
 
-	dev->type = PED_DEVICE_FILE;	/* FIXME? */
+	dev->type = PED_DEVICE_UNKNOWN;	/* It's deprecated anyway */
 	dev->open_count = 0;
 	dev->read_only = 0;
 	dev->external_mode = 0;
@@ -204,11 +204,83 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int
-_kernel_reread_part_table (PedDevice* dev)
-{
-	/* XXX: We must wait for partfs to be finished.  */
-	return 1;
+/* Ask the kernel and translators to reload the partition table.
+   XXX: Will probably be replaced by some RPC to partfs when it's finished.  In
+   the meantime, gnumach's glue layer will pass BLKRRPART to the Linux drivers.
+   */
+#define BLKRRPART 0x125F
+static int
+_reread_part_table (PedDevice* dev)
+{
+	struct store *store = GNU_SPECIFIC (dev)->store;
+	int retry_count = 9;
+	int len = strlen (dev->path);
+	char path[len + 3 + 1];
+	int i;
+	int done = 1;
+
+	sync ();
+
+	if(strcmp (store->class->name, "device") == 0) {
+		while (device_set_status (store->port, BLKRRPART, NULL, 0)) {
+			retry_count--;
+			sync ();
+			if (retry_count == 3)
+				sleep (1); /* Pause to allow system to settle */
+
+			if (!retry_count) {
+				ped_exception_throw (
+					PED_EXCEPTION_WARNING,
+					PED_EXCEPTION_IGNORE,
+				_("WARNING: the kernel failed to re-read the "
+				  "partition table on %s (%s).  As a result, "
+				  "it may not reflect all of your changes "
+				  "until after reboot."),
+					dev->path, strerror (errno));
+				return 0;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	i = 1;
+	while (1) {
+		file_t node;
+		error_t err;
+
+		/* Throw away all active parted-based translators */
+		snprintf (path, sizeof (path), "%ss%u", dev->path, i);
+		node = file_name_lookup (path, O_NOTRANS, 0666);
+		if (node == MACH_PORT_NULL) {
+			if (errno == ENOENT)
+				/* Finished looping over them */
+				break;
+
+			ped_exception_throw (
+				PED_EXCEPTION_WARNING,
+				PED_EXCEPTION_IGNORE,
+				_("Warning: unable to open %s (%s). As a "
+				  "result, it may not reflect all of your "
+				  "changes until after reboot."),
+					path, strerror (errno));
+			done = 0;
+		}
+
+		err = file_set_translator (node, 0, FS_TRANS_SET,
+			0, 0, 0, MACH_PORT_NULL, MACH_MSG_TYPE_COPY_SEND);
+		if (err) {
+			ped_exception_throw (
+				PED_EXCEPTION_WARNING,
+				PED_EXCEPTION_IGNORE,
+				_("Warning: failed to make translator go away "
+				  "on %s (%s). As a result, it may not reflect "
+				  "all of your changes until after reboot."),
+					dev->path, strerror (errno));
+			done = 0;
+		}
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	return done;
 }
 
 /* Free the memory associated with a PedDevice structure.  */
@@ -355,7 +427,7 @@
 	_flush_cache (dev);
 
 	if (dev->dirty && dev->type != PED_DEVICE_FILE) {
-		if (_kernel_reread_part_table (dev))
+		if (_reread_part_table (dev))
 			dev->dirty = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -858,7 +930,7 @@
 static int
 gnu_disk_commit (PedDisk* disk)
 {
-	return 1;
+	return _reread_part_table (disk->dev);
 }
 
 static PedDeviceArchOps gnu_dev_ops = {


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