Hi Dave,
In fact, path_to_handle does not do the work correctly. Its code is this
(extract from xfsprogs-3.0.3 sources) :
int
path_to_handle(
char *path, /* input, path to convert */
void **hanp, /* output, pointer to data */
size_t *hlen) /* output, size of returned
data */
{
int fd;
int result;
comarg_t obj;
fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0)
return -1;
obj.path = path;
result = obj_to_handle(path, fd, XFS_IOC_PATH_TO_HANDLE,
obj, hanp, hlen);
close(fd);
return result;
}
As you see, it performs a open at the beginning, which will results in
opening the file pointed by the symlink or returns ENOENT if the path
"inside" the symlink does not exist. I tried using open with O_NOFOLLOW
option, but it changed nothing, I got ELOOP when opening the file (which
is a regular behavior so far).
Any other ideas ?
Philippe
Dave Chinner a écrit :
On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 01:48:22PM +0200, DENIEL Philippe wrote:
Hi,
I am currently developing a user space nfs server with various
backends. One of this backend module use xfsprogss's libhandle to
implement XFS support. I could do almost everything with
open_by_handle and fd_to_handle, used jointly with ATFILE_SOURCE
functions, but I do have a problem with symbolic links. To build an
xfs object's handle, I get its parent handle (now problem to this)
then I call "openat" to get the fd to the object before calling
fd_to_handle. This works ok, but not for symbolic link : the openat
with follow the link. I added the O_NOFOLLOW flag to openat, but now
openat return ELOOP instead.
I know there is a readlink_by_handle function in libhandle. How
could I build the related handle to be used as argument to it (I
mean, how to build a handle that refers to the symlink itself, not
the object it points to).
Doesn't path_to_handle() do what you want? From the man page:
"... If the final component of the path name is a symbolic
link, the handle returned is that of the link itself."
Cheers,
Dave.
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