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    [PATCH] disk quotas fail when /etc/mtab is symlinked to /proc/mounts · 8fc2751b
    Mark Bellon 提交于
    If /etc/mtab is a regular file all of the mount options (of a file system)
    are written to /etc/mtab by the mount command.  The quota tools look there
    for the quota strings for their operation.  If, however, /etc/mtab is a
    symlink to /proc/mounts (a "good thing" in some environments) the tools
    don't write anything - they assume the kernel will take care of things.
    
    While the quota options are sent down to the kernel via the mount system
    call and the file system codes handle them properly unfortunately there is
    no code to echo the quota strings into /proc/mounts and the quota tools
    fail in the symlink case.
    
    The attached patchs modify the EXT[2|3] and JFS codes to add the necessary
    hooks.  The show_options function of each file system in these patches
    currently deal with only those things that seemed related to quotas;
    especially in the EXT3 case more can be done (later?).
    
    Jan Kara also noted the difficulty in moving these changes above the FS
    codes responding similarly to myself to Andrew's comment about possible
    VFS migration. Issue summary:
    
     - FS codes have to process the entire string of options anyway.
    
     - Only FS codes that use quotas must have a show_options function (for
       quotas to work properly) however quotas are only used in a small number
       of FS.
    
     - Since most of the quota using FS support other options these FS codes
       should have the a show_options function to show those options - and the
       quota echoing becomes virtually negligible.
    
    Based on feedback I have modified my patches from the original:
    
       JFS a missing patch has been restored to the posting
       EXT[2|3] and JFS always use the show_options function
           - Each FS has at least one FS specific option displayed
           - QUOTA output is under a CONFIG_QUOTA ifdef
           - a follow-on patch will add a multitude of options for each FS
       EXT[2|3] and JFS "quota" is treated as "usrquota"
       EXT3 journalled data check for journalled quota removed
       EXT[2|3] mount when quota specified but not compiled in
    
     - no changes from my original patch.  I tested the patch and the codes
       warn but
    
     - still mount.  With all due respection I believe the comments
       otherwise were a
    
     - misread of the patch.  Please reread/test and comment.  XFS patch
       removed - the XFS team already made the necessary changes EXT3 mixing
       old and new quotas are handled differently (not purely exclusive)
    
     - if old and new quotas for the same type are used together the old
       type is silently depricated for compatability (e.g.  usrquota and
       usrjquota)
    
     - mixing of old and new quotas is an error (e.g.  usrjquota and
       grpquota)
    Signed-off-by: NMark Bellon <mbellon@mvista.com>
    Acked-by: NDave Kleikamp <shaggy@austin.ibm.com>
    Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz>
    Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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