linux-ext4 - [PATCH 08/13] ext4: import multi-mount protection chapter from wiki page

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 10:17:34 -0700
From:   "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
To:     tytso@....edu, darrick.wong@...cle.com
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 08/13] ext4: import multi-mount protection chapter from wiki
 page

From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Import the chapter about multi-mount protection from the on-disk format
wiki page into the kernel documentation.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/globals.rst |    1 
 Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/mmp.rst     |   77 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 78 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/mmp.rst


diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/globals.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/globals.rst
index 5891ee137749..fe6e107bf515 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/globals.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/globals.rst
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ have static metadata at fixed locations.
 .. include:: super.rst
 .. include:: group_descr.rst
 .. include:: bitmaps.rst
+.. include:: mmp.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/mmp.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/mmp.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7d7a3137f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/ondisk/mmp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+Multiple Mount Protection
+-------------------------
+
+Multiple mount protection (MMP) is a feature that protects the
+filesystem against multiple hosts trying to use the filesystem
+simultaneously. When a filesystem is opened (for mounting, or fsck,
+etc.), the MMP code running on the node (call it node A) checks a
+sequence number. If the sequence number is EXT4\_MMP\_SEQ\_CLEAN, the
+open continues. If the sequence number is EXT4\_MMP\_SEQ\_FSCK, then
+fsck is (hopefully) running, and open fails immediately. Otherwise, the
+open code will wait for twice the specified MMP check interval and check
+the sequence number again. If the sequence number has changed, then the
+filesystem is active on another machine and the open fails. If the MMP
+code passes all of those checks, a new MMP sequence number is generated
+and written to the MMP block, and the mount proceeds.
+
+While the filesystem is live, the kernel sets up a timer to re-check the
+MMP block at the specified MMP check interval. To perform the re-check,
+the MMP sequence number is re-read; if it does not match the in-memory
+MMP sequence number, then another node (node B) has mounted the
+filesystem, and node A remounts the filesystem read-only. If the
+sequence numbers match, the sequence number is incremented both in
+memory and on disk, and the re-check is complete.
+
+The hostname and device filename are written into the MMP block whenever
+an open operation succeeds. The MMP code does not use these values; they
+are provided purely for informational purposes.
+
+The checksum is calculated against the FS UUID and the MMP structure.
+The MMP structure (``struct mmp_struct``) is as follows:
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 1 1 1 77
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Offset
+     - Type
+     - Name
+     - Description
+   * - 0x0
+     - \_\_le32
+     - mmp\_magic
+     - Magic number for MMP, 0x004D4D50 (“MMP”).
+   * - 0x4
+     - \_\_le32
+     - mmp\_seq
+     - Sequence number, updated periodically.
+   * - 0x8
+     - \_\_le64
+     - mmp\_time
+     - Time that the MMP block was last updated.
+   * - 0x10
+     - char[64]
+     - mmp\_nodename
+     - Hostname of the node that opened the filesystem.
+   * - 0x50
+     - char[32]
+     - mmp\_bdevname
+     - Block device name of the filesystem.
+   * - 0x70
+     - \_\_le16
+     - mmp\_check\_interval
+     - The MMP re-check interval, in seconds.
+   * - 0x72
+     - \_\_le16
+     - mmp\_pad1
+     - Zero.
+   * - 0x74
+     - \_\_le32[226]
+     - mmp\_pad2
+     - Zero.
+   * - 0x3FC
+     - \_\_le32
+     - mmp\_checksum
+     - Checksum of the MMP block.