On 01/14/2012 11:14 AM, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 09:47:19AM +0100, Roberto Puzzanghera wrote:
>> On 01/14/2012 12:48 AM, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 07:26:13PM +0100, Roberto Puzzanghera wrote:
>>>> On 01/13/2012 06:02 PM, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 05:10:46PM +0100, Roberto Puzzanghera wrote:
>>>>>> [...]
>
>>>>>>> no, I don't think that will be necessary, but
>>>>>>> could you run the following script on your system
>>>>>>> and provide upload the output somewhere/
>
>>>>>>> # mkdir /test
>>>>>>> # testfs.sh -vvv -x -F ext4 -M /test -D<device>
>
>>>>>>> note that<device> should be a partition, disk or
>>>>>>> loopback device you do not mind to be reformatted
>>>>>>> with ext4 (all data will be destroyed)
>
>>>>>>> you can simply create one with:
>>>>>>> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/path/to/somewhere bs=1M count=1024
>>>>>>> # losetup /dev/loop0 /path/to/somewhere
>
>>>>>>> also, no problem to use /mnt or /media/test instead
>>>>>>> of just /test (i.e. it doesn't matter as long as
>>>>>>> you specify the path in -M<path>)
>
>>>>>>> the test script can be found here:
>>>>>>> http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Stuff/SCRIPT/testfs.sh
>
>>>> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/testfs bs=1M count=1024
>>>> # losetup /dev/loop0 /mnt/testfs
>>>> # mount -t ext4 /dev/loop0 /mnt/tmp/
>>>> # testfs.sh -vvv -x -F ext4 -M /mnt/tmp/ -D /dev/loop0
>
>>> do not mount any filesystem on /mnt/tmp and do not
>>> mount or busy /dev/loop0 in any way, filesystem
>>> creation and mounting will be done by testfs.sh
>
>> The output follows
>
>> best regards
>> Roberto Puzzanghera
>
>
>> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/local/testfs bs=1M count=1024
>> # losetup /dev/loop0 /usr/local/testfs
>> # ./testfs.sh -vvv -x -F ext4 -M /mnt -D /dev/loop0
>> Linux-VServer FS Test [V0.23] Copyright (C) 2005-2009 H.Poetzl
>> Linux 3.1.4-vs2.3.2.1-smp x86_64/0.30.216
>> VCI: 0002:0308 236 13000f11 (ID24)
>> ---
>> testing ext4 filesystem ...
>> mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
>> Filesystem label=
>> OS type: Linux
>> Block size=4096 (log=2)
>> Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
>> Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
>> 65536 inodes, 262144 blocks
>> 13107 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
>> First data block=0
>> Maximum filesystem blocks=268435456
>> 8 block groups
>> 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
>> 8192 inodes per group
>> Superblock backups stored on blocks:
>> 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376
>
>> Writing inode tables: done
>> Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
>> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
>
>> This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or
>> 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
>> [000]# succeeded.
>> mount -t ext4 -o rw /dev/loop0 /mnt 3>&2
>> [001]# succeeded.
>> mount -o remount,rw,tag /mnt 3>&2
>> mount: /mnt not mounted already, or bad option
>> [002]# succeeded.
>> tag related tests ...
>> mount -t ext4 -o rw,tag /dev/loop0 /mnt 3>&2
>> [011]# succeeded.
>> do_tag_touch /mnt 0 1 255 256 666
>> touch /mnt/file_1: 0
>> vtag --migrate --tag 0 -- touch /mnt/file_1
>> touch /mnt/file_2: 1
>> vtag --migrate --tag 1 -- touch /mnt/file_2
>> touch /mnt/file_3: 255
>> vtag --migrate --tag 255 -- touch /mnt/file_3
>> touch /mnt/file_4: 256
>> vtag --migrate --tag 256 -- touch /mnt/file_4
>> touch /mnt/file_5: 666
>> vtag --migrate --tag 666 -- touch /mnt/file_5
>> [012]# succeeded.
>> do_tag_verify /mnt 0 1 255 256 666
>> verify /mnt/file_1: 0 = 0
>> verify /mnt/file_2: 1 = 1
>> verify /mnt/file_3: 255 = 255
>> verify /mnt/file_4: 256 = 256
>> verify /mnt/file_5: 666 = 666
>> [014]# succeeded.
>
> this shows that tagging on ext4 works perfectly fine,
> please verify (with 'cat /proc/mounts' on the host)
> that your filesystem is indeed mounted with the 'tag'
> option when you try to do tagging related operations
>
> note: it was observed that, for yet unknown reasons,
> sometimes the 'tag' option isn't used/recognized
> despite the fact that it is present in host/guest
> fstab ...
>
> HTH,
> Herbert
yes, it's seems this is the case. I have the tag option in my fstab, but:
# cat /proc/mounts
/dev/sda3 /usr/local ext4
rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered,jqfmt=vfsv0,usrjquota=aquota.user,grpjquota=aquota.group
0 0
tonight I will try to fix and let you know
thank you, best regards
Roberto Puzzanghera
Received on Sat Jan 14 10:49:05 2012