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Qu Wenruo e7b79adf5a btrfs-progs: tune: add the ability to change metadata csums
The csum change for metadata is like uuid-change, we go with in-place
csum update without any COW.

During the rewrite, we will manually check the csum (both old and new)
for each tree block.
And only rewrite the csum if the tree block matches its old csum.
(For tree block matches its new csum, we need to do nothing).

And when everything is done, just update the superblock to reflect the
csum type change.

Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
2023-05-26 18:02:32 +02:00
.github/workflows btrfs-progs: ci: enable 32bit build test for pre-release 2023-05-24 19:58:50 +02:00
check btrfs-progs: tune: add the ability to generate new data checksums 2023-05-26 18:02:32 +02:00
ci btrfs-progs: ci: add github actions admin scripts 2023-05-26 18:02:27 +02:00
cmds btrfs-progs: receive: output the parent subvolume uuid if it cannot be found 2023-05-26 18:02:31 +02:00
common btrfs-progs: sync send.h from kernel 2023-05-26 18:02:32 +02:00
convert btrfs-progs: tune: add the ability to generate new data checksums 2023-05-26 18:02:32 +02:00
crypto btrfs-progs: crypto: declare SHA256 x86 optimized implementation 2023-05-26 18:02:31 +02:00
Documentation btrfs-progs: tune: add --convert-to-free-space-tree option 2023-05-26 18:02:27 +02:00
image btrfs-progs: sync tree-checker.[ch] from kernel 2023-05-26 18:02:30 +02:00
include btrfs-progs: partial sync of ctree.c from kernel 2023-05-26 18:02:31 +02:00
kernel-lib btrfs-progs: sync tree-checker.[ch] from kernel 2023-05-26 18:02:30 +02:00
kernel-shared btrfs-progs: tune: add the ability to generate new data checksums 2023-05-26 18:02:32 +02:00
libbtrfs libbtrfs: remove the support for fs without uuid tree 2023-05-26 18:02:31 +02:00
libbtrfsutil btrfs-progs: sync DEV_INFO ioctl from kernel 2023-03-21 02:55:56 +01:00
m4 btrfs-progs: build: fix detection of std=gnu11 build 2023-02-28 19:49:30 +01:00
mkfs btrfs-progs: tune: add the ability to generate new data checksums 2023-05-26 18:02:32 +02:00
tests btrfs-progs: tests: convert: add a test case to check the csum for the image file 2023-05-26 18:02:31 +02:00
tune btrfs-progs: tune: add the ability to change metadata csums 2023-05-26 18:02:32 +02:00
.editorconfig btrfs-progs: add basic .editorconfig 2020-08-31 17:01:02 +02:00
.gitignore btrfs-progs: ci: build workflow Github actions for devel 2023-03-22 15:21:37 +01:00
64-btrfs-dm.rules btrfs-progs: udev: add rules for dm devices 2016-06-01 14:56:56 +02:00
64-btrfs-zoned.rules btrfs-progs: add udev rule to use mq-deadline on zoned btrfs 2022-02-01 18:41:43 +01:00
autogen.sh btrfs-progs: build: simplify version tracking 2018-01-31 15:14:01 +01:00
btrfs-completion btrfs-progs: completion: include files in "du" completion 2023-04-26 12:39:16 +02:00
btrfs-corrupt-block.c btrfs-progs: replace write_and_map_eb() by write_data_to_disk() 2023-05-26 18:02:31 +02:00
btrfs-crc.c btrfs-progs: move crc32c implementation to crypto/ 2019-11-18 19:20:02 +01:00
btrfs-debugfs btrfs-progs: port btrfs-debugfs to python3 2020-07-02 22:24:33 +02:00
btrfs-find-root.c btrfs-progs: update read_tree_block to match the kernel definition 2023-05-26 18:02:30 +02:00
btrfs-fragments.c btrfs-progs: sync uapi/btrfs.h into btrfs-progs 2023-05-26 18:02:28 +02:00
btrfs-map-logical.c btrfs-progs: map-logical: convert help text to option formatter 2023-02-28 20:11:24 +01:00
btrfs-sb-mod.c btrfs-progs: build: use plain fcntl.h instead of sys/fcntl.h 2023-02-28 19:49:30 +01:00
btrfs-select-super.c btrfs-progs: select-super: convert help text to option formatter 2023-02-28 20:11:24 +01:00
btrfs.c btrfs-progs: help: convert help text to option formatter 2023-02-28 20:11:24 +01:00
CHANGES btrfs-progs: update CHANGES for 6.3 2023-04-27 14:25:20 +02:00
configure.ac btrfs-progs: add musl compatibility for printf format %pV 2023-05-26 18:02:28 +02:00
COPYING fix COPYING 2007-06-12 15:41:08 -04:00
fsck.btrfs btrfs-progs: fsck.btrfs: Fix bashism and bad getopts processing 2015-05-21 16:53:44 +02:00
INSTALL btrfs-progs: INSTALL: add minimal version of crypto libraries 2023-03-01 17:02:26 +01:00
Makefile btrfs-progs: build: enable -Wmissing-prototypes 2023-05-26 18:02:31 +02:00
Makefile.extrawarn btrfs-progs: build: disable -Waddress-of-packed-member by default 2019-06-14 15:09:53 +02:00
Makefile.inc.in btrfs-progs: fix detection of accelerated implementation. 2023-03-01 15:10:21 +01:00
quick-test.c btrfs-progs: kernel-lib: remove radix-tree 2022-10-11 09:08:07 +02:00
README.md btrfs-progs: README: update CI status and links 2023-04-13 16:51:00 +02:00
show-blocks btrfs-progs: Remove btrfs-debug-tree command 2018-04-24 13:00:10 +02:00
VERSION Btrfs progs v6.3 2023-04-27 14:25:48 +02:00

devel Btrfs-progs

Userspace utilities to manage btrfs filesystems. License: GPLv2.

Btrfs is a copy on write (COW) filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration.

This repository hosts following utilities and also documentation:

See INSTALL for build instructions, tests/README.md for testing information and ci/README.md for CI information.

Release cycle

The major version releases are time-based and follow the cycle of the linux kernel releases. The cycle usually takes 2 months. A minor version releases may happen in the meantime if there are bug fixes or minor useful improvements queued.

The release tags are signed with a GPG key ID F2B4 1200 C54E FB30 380C 1756 C565 D5F9 D76D 583B, release tarballs are hosted at kernel.org. See file CHANGES or changelogs on RTD.

Reporting bugs

There are several ways, each has its own specifics and audience that can give feedback or work on a fix. The following list is sorted in the order of preference:

Development

The development takes place in the mailing list (linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org) or at github (issues, pull requests). Changes should be split to logical parts if possible, documentation may be included in the same patch as to code or separately.

The development model of btrfs-progs shares a lot with the kernel model. The

  • one logical change per patch: eg. not mixing bugfixes, cleanups, features etc., sometimes it's not clear and will be usually pointed out during reviews
  • proper subject line: eg. prefix with btrfs-progs: subpart, ... , descriptive yet not too long, see git log --oneline for some inspiration
  • proper changelog: the changelogs are often missing or lacking explanation why the change was made, or how is something broken, what are user-visible effects of the bug or the fix, how does an improvement help or the intended usecase
  • the Signed-off-by line is not mandatory for less significant changes (typos, documentation) but is desired as this documents who authored the change, you can read more about the The Developer's Certificate of Origin (chapter 11)
    • if you are not used to the signed-off style, your contributions won't be rejected just because of it's missing, the Author: tag will be added as a substitute in order to allow contributions without much bothering with formalities

Source code coding style and preferences follow the kernel coding style. You can find the editor settings in .editorconfig and use the EditorConfig plugin to let your editor use that, or update your editor settings manually.

Testing

The testing documentation can be found in tests/ and continuous integration/container images in ci/.

Documentation updates

Documentation fixes or updates do not need much explanation so sticking to the code rules in the previous section is not necessary. GitHub pull requests are OK, patches could be sent to me directly and not required to be also in the mailinglist. Pointing out typos via IRC also works, although might get accidentally lost in the noise.

Documentation sources are written in RST and built by sphinx.

Third-party sources

Build dependencies are listed in INSTALL. Implementation of checksum/hash functions is provided by copies of the respective sources to avoid adding dependencies that would make deployments in rescue or limited environments harder. The implementations are portable and there are optimized versions for some architectures. Optionally it's possible to use libgcrypt, libsodium or libkcapi implementations.

Some other code is borrowed from kernel, eg. the raid5 tables or data structure implementation (list, rb-tree).

References