History log of /freebsd-current/usr.sbin/fstyp/ufs.c
Revision Date Author Comments
# 4d65a7c6 24-Nov-2023 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

usr.sbin: Automated cleanup of cdefs and other formatting

Apply the following automated changes to try to eliminate
no-longer-needed sys/cdefs.h includes as well as now-empty
blank lines in a row.

Remove /^#if.*\n#endif.*\n#include\s+<sys/cdefs.h>.*\n/
Remove /\n+#include\s+<sys/cdefs.h>.*\n+#if.*\n#endif.*\n+/
Remove /\n+#if.*\n#endif.*\n+/
Remove /^#if.*\n#endif.*\n/
Remove /\n+#include\s+<sys/cdefs.h>\n#include\s+<sys/types.h>/
Remove /\n+#include\s+<sys/cdefs.h>\n#include\s+<sys/param.h>/
Remove /\n+#include\s+<sys/cdefs.h>\n#include\s+<sys/capsicum.h>/

Sponsored by: Netflix


# 1d386b48 16-Aug-2023 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

Remove $FreeBSD$: one-line .c pattern

Remove /^[\s*]*__FBSDID\("\$FreeBSD\$"\);?\s*\n/


# b21582ee 30-Jul-2022 Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>

Add a flags parameter to the ffs_sbget() function that reads UFS superblocks.

Rather than trying to shoehorn flags into the requested superblock
address, create a separate flags parameter to the ffs_sbget()
function in sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_subr.c. The ffs_sbget() function is
used both in the kernel and in user-level utilities through export
to the sbget() function in the libufs(3) library (see sbget(3)
for details). The kernel uses ffs_sbget() when mounting UFS
filesystems, in the glabel(8) and gjournal(8) GEOM utilities,
and in the standalone library used when booting the system
from a UFS root filesystem.

The ffs_sbget() function reads the superblock located at the byte
offset specified by its sblockloc parameter. The value UFS_STDSB
may be specified for sblockloc to request that the standard
location for the superblock be read.

The two existing options are now flags:

UFS_NOHASHFAIL will note if the check hash is wrong but will still
return the superblock. This is used by the bootstrap code to
give the system a chance to come up so that fsck can be run to
correct the problem.

UFS_NOMSG indicates that superblock inconsistency error messages
should not be printed. It is used by programs like fsck that
want to print their own error message and programs like glabel(8)
that just want to know if a UFS filesystem exists on a partition.

One additional flag is added:

UFS_NOCSUM causes only the superblock itself to be returned, but does
not read in any auxiliary data structures like the cylinder group
summary information. It is used by clients like glabel(8) that
just want to check for possible filesystem types. Using UFS_NOCSUM
skips the superblock checks for csum data which allows superblocks
that have corrupted csum data to be read and used.

The validate_sblock() function checks that the superblock has not
been corrupted in a way that can crash or hang the system. Unless
the UFS_NOMSG flag is specified, it will print out any errors that
it finds. Prior to this commit, validate_sblock() returned as soon
as it found an inconsistency so would print at most one message.
It now does all its checks so when UFS_NOMSG has not been specified
will print out everything that it finds inconsistent.

Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation


# 34816cb9 18-Jun-2020 Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>

Move the pointers stored in the superblock into a separate
fs_summary_info structure. This change was originally done
by the CheriBSD project as they need larger pointers that
do not fit in the existing superblock.

This cleanup of the superblock eases the task of the commit
that immediately follows this one.

Suggested by: brooks
Reviewed by: kib
PR: 246983
Sponsored by: Netflix


# fb14e73c 05-Dec-2018 Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>

Normally when an attempt is made to mount a UFS/FFS filesystem whose
superblock has a check-hash error, an error message noting the
superblock check-hash failure is printed and the mount fails. The
administrator then runs fsck to repair the filesystem and when
successful, the filesystem can once again be mounted.

This approach fails if the filesystem in question is a root filesystem
from which you are trying to boot. Here, the loader fails when trying
to access the filesystem to get the kernel to boot. So it is necessary
to allow the loader to ignore the superblock check-hash error and make
a best effort to read the kernel. The filesystem may be suffiently
corrupted that the read attempt fails, but there is no harm in trying
since the loader makes no attempt to write to the filesystem.

Once the kernel is loaded and starts to run, it attempts to mount its
root filesystem. Once again, failure means that it breaks to its prompt
to ask where to get its root filesystem. Unless you have an alternate
root filesystem, you are stuck.

Since the root filesystem is initially mounted read-only, it is
safe to make an attempt to mount the root filesystem with the failed
superblock check-hash. Thus, when asked to mount a root filesystem
with a failed superblock check-hash, the kernel prints a warning
message that the root filesystem superblock check-hash needs repair,
but notes that it is ignoring the error and proceeding. It does
mark the filesystem as needing an fsck which prevents it from being
enabled for writing until fsck has been run on it. The net effect
is that the reboot fails to single user, but at least at that point
the administrator has the tools at hand to fix the problem.

Reported by: Rick Macklem (rmacklem@)
Discussed with: Warner Losh (imp@)
Sponsored by: Netflix


# dffce215 25-Jan-2018 Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>

Refactoring of reading and writing of the UFS/FFS superblock.
Specifically reading is done if ffs_sbget() and writing is done
in ffs_sbput(). These functions are exported to libufs via the
sbget() and sbput() functions which then used in the various
filesystem utilities. This work is in preparation for adding
subperblock check hashes.

No functional change intended.

Reviewed by: kib


# be3a49ee 10-Dec-2014 Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>

Add fstyp(8). This utility, named after its SVR4 counterpart, detects
filesystems. It differs from file(1) in that it gives machine-parseable
output, it outputs filesystem labels, doesn't get confused by other
formats metadata, and runs in Capsicum sandbox.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1255
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation