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    loop: add ioctl to resize a loop device · 53d66608
    J. R. Okajima authored
    
    
    Add the ability to 'resize' the loop device on the fly.
    
    One practical application is a loop file with XFS filesystem, already
    mounted: You can easily enlarge the file (append some bytes) and then call
    ioctl(fd, LOOP_SET_CAPACITY, new); The loop driver will learn about the
    new size and you can use xfs_growfs later on, which will allow you to use
    full capacity of the loop file without the need to unmount.
    
    Test app:
    
    #include <linux/fs.h>
    #include <linux/loop.h>
    #include <sys/ioctl.h>
    #include <sys/stat.h>
    #include <sys/types.h>
    #include <assert.h>
    #include <errno.h>
    #include <fcntl.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <unistd.h>
    
    #define _GNU_SOURCE
    #include <getopt.h>
    
    char *me;
    
    void usage(FILE *f)
    {
    	fprintf(f, "%s [options] loop_dev [backend_file]\n"
    		"-s, --set new_size_in_bytes\n"
    		"\twhen backend_file is given, "
    		"it will be expanded too while keeping the original contents\n",
    		me);
    }
    
    struct option opts[] = {
    	{
    		.name		= "set",
    		.has_arg	= 1,
    		.flag		= NULL,
    		.val		= 's'
    	},
    	{
    		.name		= "help",
    		.has_arg	= 0,
    		.flag		= NULL,
    		.val		= 'h'
    	}
    };
    
    void err_size(char *name, __u64 old)
    {
    	fprintf(stderr, "size must be larger than current %s (%llu)\n",
    		name, old);
    }
    
    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
    	int fd, err, c, i, bfd;
    	ssize_t ssz;
    	size_t sz;
    	__u64 old, new, append;
    	char a[BUFSIZ];
    	struct stat st;
    	FILE *out;
    	char *backend, *dev;
    
    	err = EINVAL;
    	out = stderr;
    	me = argv[0];
    	new = 0;
    	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "s:h", opts, &i)) != -1) {
    		switch (c) {
    		case 's':
    			errno = 0;
    			new = strtoull(optarg, NULL, 0);
    			if (errno) {
    				err = errno;
    				perror(argv[i]);
    				goto out;
    			}
    			break;
    
    		case 'h':
    			err = 0;
    			out = stdout;
    			goto err;
    
    		default:
    			perror(argv[i]);
    			goto err;
    		}
    	}
    
    	if (optind < argc)
    		dev = argv[optind++];
    	else
    		goto err;
    
    	fd = open(dev, O_RDONLY);
    	if (fd < 0) {
    		err = errno;
    		perror(dev);
    		goto out;
    	}
    
    	err = ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE64, &old);
    	if (err) {
    		err = errno;
    		perror("ioctl BLKGETSIZE64");
    		goto out;
    	}
    
    	if (!new) {
    		printf("%llu\n", old);
    		goto out;
    	}
    
    	if (new < old) {
    		err = EINVAL;
    		err_size(dev, old);
    		goto out;
    	}
    
    	if (optind < argc) {
    		backend = argv[optind++];
    		bfd = open(backend, O_WRONLY|O_APPEND);
    		if (bfd < 0) {
    			err = errno;
    			perror(backend);
    			goto out;
    		}
    		err = fstat(bfd, &st);
    		if (err) {
    			err = errno;
    			perror(backend);
    			goto out;
    		}
    		if (new < st.st_size) {
    			err = EINVAL;
    			err_size(backend, st.st_size);
    			goto out;
    		}
    		append = new - st.st_size;
    		sz = sizeof(a);
    		while (append > 0) {
    			if (append < sz)
    				sz = append;
    			ssz = write(bfd, a, sz);
    			if (ssz != sz) {
    				err = errno;
    				perror(backend);
    				goto out;
    			}
    			append -= sz;
    		}
    		err = fsync(bfd);
    		if (err) {
    			err = errno;
    			perror(backend);
    			goto out;
    		}
    	}
    
    	err = ioctl(fd, LOOP_SET_CAPACITY, new);
    	if (err) {
    		err = errno;
    		perror("ioctl LOOP_SET_CAPACITY");
    	}
    	goto out;
    
     err:
    	usage(out);
     out:
    	return err;
    }
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJ. R. Okajima <hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTomas Matejicek <tomas@slax.org>
    Cc: <util-linux-ng@vger.kernel.org>
    Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
    Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
    Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
    Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
    Cc: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
    Cc: <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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