mirror_zfs/lib/libzfs
Etienne Dechamps b5a28807cd Move partition scanning from userspace to module.
Currently, zpool online -e (dynamic vdev expansion) doesn't work on
whole disks because we're invoking ioctl(BLKRRPART) from userspace
while ZFS still has a partition open on the disk, which results in
EBUSY.

This patch moves the BLKRRPART invocation from the zpool utility to the
module. Specifically, this is done just before opening the device in
vdev_disk_open() which is called inside vdev_reopen(). This requires
jumping through some hoops to get to the disk device from the partition
device, and to make sure we can still open the partition after the
BLKRRPART call.

Note that this new code path is triggered on dynamic vdev expansion
only; other actions, like creating a new pool, are unchanged and still
call BLKRRPART from userspace.

This change also depends on API changes which are available in 2.6.37
and latter kernels.  The build system has been updated to detect this,
but there is no compatibility mode for older kernels.  This means that
online expansion will NOT be available in older kernels.  However, it
will still be possible to expand the vdev offline.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Closes #808
2012-07-17 09:17:31 -07:00
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libzfs_changelist.c Remove HAVE_ZPL from commands and libraries 2011-02-04 16:14:34 -08:00
libzfs_config.c Fix gcc missing braces warnings 2010-08-27 15:34:03 -07:00
libzfs_dataset.c Illumos #1949, #1953 2012-07-11 13:33:31 -07:00
libzfs_diff.c Add linux compatibility 2010-08-31 13:41:59 -07:00
libzfs_fru.c Add linux topology support 2010-08-31 13:42:00 -07:00
libzfs_graph.c Fix gcc missing braces warnings 2010-08-27 15:34:03 -07:00
libzfs_import.c Improve 'zpool import' safety 2011-02-17 09:35:43 -08:00
libzfs_mount.c Add overlay(-O) mount option support 2012-01-12 15:49:38 -08:00
libzfs_pool.c Move partition scanning from userspace to module. 2012-07-17 09:17:31 -07:00
libzfs_sendrecv.c Speed up 'zfs list -t snapshot -o name -s name' 2012-06-14 09:49:04 -07:00
libzfs_status.c Use gethostid in the Linux convention. 2011-04-25 10:36:17 -05:00
libzfs_util.c Add /dev/mapper/ to search path 2012-06-01 08:55:24 -07:00
Makefile.am Combine libraries: spl, avl, efi, share, unicode. 2012-01-17 15:19:50 -08:00
Makefile.in Move partition scanning from userspace to module. 2012-07-17 09:17:31 -07:00