[LTP] [PATCH] libswap: add Btrfs noCOW attribute setting for swap files

[Li Wang]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 3:13 PM Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz> wrote:

> Hi Li,
>
> > The patch aims to ensure swap files on Btrfs filesystems are created
> > with the appropriate FS_NOCOW_FL attribute, which is necessary to
> > disable CoW (Copy-on-Write) for swap files, perthe btrfs(5) manual page.
> > This change is gated behind a kernel version check to ensure
> compatibility
> > with the system's capabilities.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Li Wang <liwang@redhat.com>
> > ---
>
> > Notes:
> >     Hi Petr,
>
> >       I haven't gotten a chance to test this patch on any Btrfs platform,
> >       but only compile successfully without error on my RHEL8/9(xfs).
> >       Can you help test and guarantee it works for you?
>
> I'm not able to apply this to the current master. I also got a bit
> confused by
> number of patches for libswap / swapon01. Could you please resend all the
> patches again (in a series)? Or push branch to your fork and point the
> location?
> (whatever is easier to you)
>

Sure, let's format them in a set.

Sorry for the confusion, I was just developing them one by one and sent
directly.



>
> Kind regards,
> Petr
>
> >  libs/libltpswap/libswap.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
>
> > diff --git a/libs/libltpswap/libswap.c b/libs/libltpswap/libswap.c
> > index 5f9622aca..8b180f288 100644
> > --- a/libs/libltpswap/libswap.c
> > +++ b/libs/libltpswap/libswap.c
> > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
> >   * Author: Stanislav Kholmanskikh <stanislav.kholmanskikh@oracle.com>
> >   */
>
> > +#include <linux/fs.h>
> >  #include <errno.h>
>
> >  #define TST_NO_DEFAULT_MAIN
> > @@ -23,11 +24,37 @@ static const char *const swap_supported_fs[] = {
> >       NULL
> >  };
>
> > +static void set_nocow_attr(const char *filename)
> > +{
> > +     int fd;
> > +     int attrs;
> > +
> > +     fd = SAFE_OPEN(filename, O_RDONLY);
> > +
> > +     if (ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_GETFLAGS, &attrs) == -1) {
> > +             tst_res(TFAIL | TERRNO, "Error getting attributes");
> > +             close(fd);
> > +             return;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     attrs |= FS_NOCOW_FL;
> > +
> > +     if (ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &attrs) == -1)
> > +             tst_res(TFAIL | TERRNO, "Error setting FS_NOCOW_FL
> attribute");
> > +     else
> > +             tst_res(TINFO, "FS_NOCOW_FL attribute set on %s\n",
> filename);
> > +
> > +     close(fd);
> > +}
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * Make a swap file
> >   */
> >  int make_swapfile(const char *swapfile, int safe)
> >  {
> > +     long fs_type = tst_fs_type(swapfile);
> > +     const char *fstype = tst_fs_type_name(fs_type);
> > +
> >       if (!tst_fs_has_free(".", sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) * 10, TST_BYTES))
> >               tst_brk(TBROK, "Insufficient disk space to create swap
> file");
>
> > @@ -35,6 +62,14 @@ int make_swapfile(const char *swapfile, int safe)
> >       if (tst_fill_file(swapfile, 0, sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), 10) != 0)
> >               tst_brk(TBROK, "Failed to create swapfile");
>
> > +     /* Btrfs file need set 'nocow' attribute */
> > +     if (strcmp(fstype, "btrfs") == 0) {
> > +             if (tst_kvercmp(5, 0, 0) > 0)
> > +                     set_nocow_attr(swapfile);
> > +             else
> > +                     tst_brk(TCONF, "Swapfile on %s not implemented",
> fstype);
> > +     }
> > +
> >       /* make the file swapfile */
> >       const char *argv[2 + 1];
> >       argv[0] = "mkswap";
>
>

-- 
Regards,
Li Wang