[PATCH v3] Tools: hv: vssdaemon: ignore the EBUSY on multiple freezing the same partition

[PATCH v3] Tools: hv: vssdaemon: ignore the EBUSY on multiple freezing the same partition

[Dexuan Cui]

If a partition appears mounted more than once in /proc/mounts, vss_do_freeze()
succeeds only for the first time and gets EBUSY (on freeze) or EINVAL (on
thaw) for the second time. The patch ignores these to make the backup feature
work.

Also improved the error handling in case a freeze operation fails.

Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
---

v2: Add "errno = 0;" before the ioctl()
(Unnecessary and removed now since we remove syslog() in vss_do_freeze() in v3)

v3: Remove the unsafe syslog() in vss_do_freeze(): that could write the disk.
    Thaw the filesystems in case the freezing operation fails.
    In main(), add syslog() when we check the return value of vss_operate().

 tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
index 6a213b8..1db9430 100644
--- a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
@@ -44,21 +44,39 @@ static struct sockaddr_nl addr;
 #endif
 
 
-static int vss_do_freeze(char *dir, unsigned int cmd, char *fs_op)
+/* Don't use syslog() in the function since that can cause write to disk */
+static int vss_do_freeze(char *dir, unsigned int cmd)
 {
 	int ret, fd = open(dir, O_RDONLY);
 
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return 1;
+
 	ret = ioctl(fd, cmd, 0);
-	syslog(LOG_INFO, "VSS: %s of %s: %s\n", fs_op, dir, strerror(errno));
+
+	/*
+	 * If a partition is mounted more than once, only the first
+	 * FREEZE/THAW can succeed and the later ones will get
+	 * EBUSY/EINVAL respectively: there could be 2 cases:
+	 * 1) a user may mount the same partition to differnt directories
+	 *  by mistake or on purpose;
+	 * 2) The subvolume of btrfs appears to have the same partition
+	 * mounted more than once.
+	 */
+	if (ret) {
+		if ((cmd == FIFREEZE && errno == EBUSY) ||
+		    (cmd == FITHAW && errno == EINVAL)) {
+			close(fd);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
 	close(fd);
 	return !!ret;
 }
 
 static int vss_operate(int operation)
 {
-	char *fs_op;
 	char match[] = "/dev/";
 	FILE *mounts;
 	struct mntent *ent;
@@ -68,11 +86,9 @@ static int vss_operate(int operation)
 	switch (operation) {
 	case VSS_OP_FREEZE:
 		cmd = FIFREEZE;
-		fs_op = "freeze";
 		break;
 	case VSS_OP_THAW:
 		cmd = FITHAW;
-		fs_op = "thaw";
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -1;
@@ -93,15 +109,23 @@ static int vss_operate(int operation)
 			root_seen = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
-		error |= vss_do_freeze(ent->mnt_dir, cmd, fs_op);
+		error |= vss_do_freeze(ent->mnt_dir, cmd);
+		if (error && operation == VSS_OP_FREEZE)
+			goto err;
 	}
 	endmntent(mounts);
 
 	if (root_seen) {
-		error |= vss_do_freeze("/", cmd, fs_op);
+		error |= vss_do_freeze("/", cmd);
+		if (error && operation == VSS_OP_FREEZE)
+			goto err;
 	}
 
 	return error;
+err:
+	endmntent(mounts);
+	vss_operate(VSS_OP_THAW);
+	return error;
 }
 
 static int netlink_send(int fd, struct cn_msg *msg)
@@ -249,8 +273,16 @@ int main(void)
 		case VSS_OP_FREEZE:
 		case VSS_OP_THAW:
 			error = vss_operate(op);
-			if (error)
+			syslog(LOG_INFO, "VSS: op=%s: %s\n",
+				op == VSS_OP_FREEZE ? "FREEZE" : "THAW",
+				error ? "failed" : "succeeded");
+
+			if (error) {
 				error = HV_E_FAIL;
+				syslog(LOG_ERR, "op=%d failed!", op);
+				syslog(LOG_ERR, "report it with these files:");
+				syslog(LOG_ERR, "/etc/fstab and /proc/mounts");
+			}
 			break;
 		default:
 			syslog(LOG_ERR, "Illegal op:%d\n", op);
-- 
1.9.1

RE: [PATCH v3] Tools: hv: vssdaemon: ignore the EBUSY on multiple freezing the same partition

[Dexuan Cui]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel [mailto:driverdev-devel-bounces@linuxdriverproject.org] On Behalf
> Of Dexuan Cui
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 12:52 PM
> To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; driverdev-
> devel@linuxdriverproject.org; olaf@aepfle.de; apw@canonical.com;
> jasowang@redhat.com
> Cc: Haiyang Zhang
> Subject: [PATCH v3] Tools: hv: vssdaemon: ignore the EBUSY on multiple
> freezing the same partition
> 
> If a partition appears mounted more than once in /proc/mounts, vss_do_freeze()
> succeeds only for the first time and gets EBUSY (on freeze) or EINVAL (on
> thaw) for the second time. The patch ignores these to make the backup feature
> work.
> 
> Also improved the error handling in case a freeze operation fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
> Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
> ---
> 
> v2: Add "errno = 0;" before the ioctl()
> (Unnecessary and removed now since we remove syslog() in vss_do_freeze() in
> v3)
> 
> v3: Remove the unsafe syslog() in vss_do_freeze(): that could write the disk.
>     Thaw the filesystems in case the freezing operation fails.
>     In main(), add syslog() when we check the return value of vss_operate().
> 
>  tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c | 48

Hi Greg,
Ping.

Thanks,
-- Dexuan