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.\" License along with this manual; if not, see
.\" <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
.\" %%%LICENSE_END
.TH IOCTL-GETFSMAP 2 2017-02-10 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH IOCTL_GETFSMAP 2 2017-02-10 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
ioctl_getfsmap \- retrieve the physical layout of the filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
@ -35,34 +35,35 @@ ioctl_getfsmap \- retrieve the physical layout of the filesystem
.SH DESCRIPTION
This
.BR ioctl (2)
retrieves physical extent mappings for a filesystem.
operation retrieves physical extent mappings for a filesystem.
This information can be used to discover which files are mapped to a physical
block, examine free space, or find known bad blocks, among other things.
The sole argument to this ioctl should be a pointer to a single
.BR "struct fsmap_head" ":"
.PP
The sole argument to this operation should be a pointer to a single
.IR "struct fsmap_head" ":"
.in +4n
.nf
struct fsmap {
__u32 fmr_device; /* device id */
__u32 fmr_flags; /* mapping flags */
__u64 fmr_physical; /* device offset of segment */
__u64 fmr_owner; /* owner id */
__u64 fmr_offset; /* file offset of segment */
__u64 fmr_length; /* length of segment */
__u64 fmr_reserved[3]; /* must be zero */
__u32 fmr_device; /* Device ID */
__u32 fmr_flags; /* Mapping flags */
__u64 fmr_physical; /* Device offset of segment */
__u64 fmr_owner; /* Owner ID */
__u64 fmr_offset; /* File offset of segment */
__u64 fmr_length; /* Length of segment */
__u64 fmr_reserved[3]; /* Must be zero */
};
struct fsmap_head {
__u32 fmh_iflags; /* control flags */
__u32 fmh_oflags; /* output flags */
__u32 fmh_count; /* # of entries in array incl. input */
__u32 fmh_entries; /* # of entries filled in (output). */
__u64 fmh_reserved[6]; /* must be zero */
__u32 fmh_iflags; /* Control flags */
__u32 fmh_oflags; /* Output flags */
__u32 fmh_count; /* # of entries in array incl. input */
__u32 fmh_entries; /* # of entries filled in (output) */
__u64 fmh_reserved[6]; /* Must be zero */
struct fsmap fmh_keys[2]; /* low and high keys for the mapping search */
struct fsmap fmh_recs[]; /* returned records */
struct fsmap fmh_keys[2]; /* Low and high keys for
the mapping search */
struct fsmap fmh_recs[]; /* Returned records */
};
.fi
@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ struct fsmap_head {
The two
.I fmh_keys
array elements specify the lowest and highest reverse-mapping
keys, respectively, for which userspace would like physical mapping
key for which the application would like physical mapping
information.
A reverse mapping key consists of the tuple (device, block, owner, offset).
The owner and offset fields are part of the key because some filesystems
@ -80,25 +81,24 @@ therefore may return multiple mappings for a given physical block.
Filesystem mappings are copied into the
.I fmh_recs
array, which immediately follows the header data.
.\"
.SS Fields of struct fsmap_head
.PP
The
.I fmh_iflags
field is a bitmask passed to the kernel to alter the output.
There are no flags defined, so callers must set this value to zero.
field is a bit mask passed to the kernel to alter the output.
No flags are currently defined, so the caller must set this value to zero.
.PP
The
.I fmh_oflags
field is a bitmask of flags set by the kernel concerning the returned mappings.
field is a bit mask of flags set by the kernel concerning the returned mappings.
If
.B FMH_OF_DEV_T
is set, then the
.I fmr_device
field represents a
.B dev_t
.I dev_t
structure containing the major and minor numbers of the block device.
.PP
The
.I fmh_count
@ -109,23 +109,21 @@ If this value is 0,
will be set to the number of records that would have been returned had
the array been large enough;
no mapping information will be returned.
.PP
The
.I fmh_entries
field contains the number of elements in the
.I fmh_recs
array that contain useful information.
.PP
The
.I fmh_reserved
fields must be set to zero.
.\"
.SS Keys
.PP
The two key records in
.B fsmap_head.fmh_keys
.I fsmap_head.fmh_keys
specify the lowest and highest extent records in the keyspace that the caller
wants returned.
A filesystem that can share blocks between files likely requires the tuple
@ -138,28 +136,30 @@ only return records for extents starting at or above 36KiB on disk.
If the high key is set to (8:0, 1048576, 0, 0, 0), only records below 1MiB will
be returned.
The format of
.B fmr_device
.I fmr_device
in the keys must match the format of the same field in the output records,
as defined below.
By convention, the field
.B fsmap_head.fmh_keys[0]
.I fsmap_head.fmh_keys[0]
must contain the low key and
.B fsmap_head.fmh_keys[1]
.I fsmap_head.fmh_keys[1]
must contain the high key for the request.
.PP
For convenience, if
.B fmr_length
.I fmr_length
is set in the low key, it will be added to
.IR fmr_block " or " fmr_offset
as appropriate.
The caller can take advantage of this subtlety to set up subsequent calls
by copying
.B fsmap_head.fmh_recs[fsmap_head.fmh_entries - 1]
.I fsmap_head.fmh_recs[fsmap_head.fmh_entries \- 1]
into the low key.
The function
.B fsmap_advance
.I fsmap_advance
(defined in
.IR linux/fsmap.h )
provides this functionality.
.\"
.SS Fields of struct fsmap
.PP
The
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flag is set in the header's
.I fmh_oflags
field, this field contains a
.B dev_t
.I dev_t
from which major and minor numbers can be extracted.
If the flag is not set, this field contains a value that must be unique
for each unique storage device.
.PP
The
.I fmr_physical
field contains the disk address of the extent in bytes.
.PP
The
.I fmr_owner
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.I fmr_flags
field, in which case the value is determined by the filesystem.
See the section below about owner values for more details.
.PP
The
.I fmr_offset
@ -199,16 +196,14 @@ This field has no meaning if the
.BR FMR_OF_SPECIAL_OWNER " or " FMR_OF_EXTENT_MAP
flags are set in
.IR fmr_flags "."
.PP
The
.I fmr_length
field contains the length of the extent in bytes.
.PP
The
.I fmr_flags
field is a bitmask of extent state flags.
field is a bit mask of extent state flags.
The bits are:
.RS 0.4i
.TP
@ -232,13 +227,12 @@ field contains a special value instead of an inode number.
.B FMR_OF_LAST
This is the last record in the filesystem.
.RE
.PP
The
.I fmr_reserved
field will be set to zero.
.SS Owner Values
.\"
.SS Owner values
Generally, the value of the
.I fmr_owner
field for non-metadata extents should be an inode number.
@ -265,7 +259,7 @@ This extent is in use but its owner is not known or not easily retrieved.
.B FMR_OWN_METADATA
This extent is filesystem metadata.
.RE
.PP
XFS can return the following special owner values:
.RS 0.4i
.TP
@ -302,7 +296,7 @@ This extent is being used to stage a copy-on-write.
This extent has been marked defective either by the filesystem or the
underlying device.
.RE
.PP
ext4 can return the following special owner values:
.RS 0.4i
.TP
@ -323,19 +317,20 @@ The filesystem journal.
Inode records.
.TP
.B EXT4_FMR_OWN_BLKBM
Block bitmap.
Block bit map.
.TP
.B EXT4_FMR_OWN_INOBM
Inode bitmap.
Inode bit map.
.RE
.SH RETURN VALUE
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.PP
.SH ERRORS
Error codes can be one of, but are not limited to, the following:
The error placed in
.I errno
can be one of, but is not limited to, the following:
.TP
.B EINVAL
The array is not long enough, the keys do not point to a valid part of
@ -361,15 +356,14 @@ The filesystem has detected a checksum error in the metadata.
.TP
.B ENOMEM
Insufficient memory to process the request.
.SH EXAMPLE
.TP
Please see io/fsmap.c in the xfsprogs distribution for a sample program.
See
.I io/fsmap.c
in the
.I xfsprogs
distribution for a sample program.
.SH CONFORMING TO
This API is Linux-specific.
Not all filesystems support it.
.fi
.in
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ioctl (2)