linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Btrfs: prevent deletion of mounted subvolumes

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Date:	Fri, 3 Apr 2015 14:08:37 -0700
From:	Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com>
To:	dsterba@...e.cz, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Chris Mason <clm@...com>, Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
	Timo Kokkonen <timo.kokkonen@...code.fi>,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Btrfs: prevent deletion of mounted subvolumes

On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 05:02:25PM +0200, David Sterba wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 08:49:54PM -0700, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> > Hm, yeah, that's unfortunate, thanks for pointing that out. It looks
> > like we can get the subvolume ID reliably:
> > 
> > ----
> > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
> > index 05fef19..a74ddb3 100644
> > --- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
> > +++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
> > @@ -1024,6 +1024,8 @@ static int btrfs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *dentry)
> >  	struct btrfs_root *root = info->tree_root;
> >  	char *compress_type;
> >  
> > +	seq_printf(seq, ",subvolid=%llu",
> > +		  BTRFS_I(d_inode(dentry))->root->root_key.objectid);
> 
> yes, subvolid is reliable, but not very friendly from users' POV. I'd
> like to see subvol=/path there. Possibly we can have both.

So are you saying that we should try to fix the bug in userspace by
first getting subvol/subvolid in /proc/mounts, or do you want to keep
that a separate issue? Just asking because you didn't comment on the
kernel-side fix. Here's a concrete implementation of what I'm talking
about: https://github.com/osandov/linux/tree/btrfs-delete-mounted-subvol.

-- 
Omar
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