On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 8:16 AM Rick Macklem <rick.mack...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 7:58 AM Rick Macklem <rick.mack...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 5:18 AM Mike Karels <m...@karels.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University of Guelph. 
> > > Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender 
> > > and know the content is safe. If in doubt, forward suspicious emails to 
> > > ith...@uoguelph.ca.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 24 Nov 2023, at 7:02, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 08:50:22AM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > > >> Am 2023-11-23 16:25, schrieb Rick Macklem:
> > > >>> The branch main has been updated by rmacklem:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> URL: 
> > > >>> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=f5f277728adec4c5b3e840a1fb16bd16f8cc956d
> > > >>>
> > > >>> commit f5f277728adec4c5b3e840a1fb16bd16f8cc956d
> > > >>> Author:     Rick Macklem <rmack...@freebsd.org>
> > > >>> AuthorDate: 2023-11-23 15:23:33 +0000
> > > >>> Commit:     Rick Macklem <rmack...@freebsd.org>
> > > >>> CommitDate: 2023-11-23 15:23:33 +0000
> > > >>>
> > > >>>     nfsd: Fix NFS access to .zfs/snapshot snapshots
> > > >>>
> > > >>>     When a process attempts to access a snapshot under
> > > >>>     /<dataset>/.zfs/snapshot, the snapshot is automounted.
> > > >>>     However, without this patch, the automount does not
> > > >>>     set mnt_exjail, which results in the snapshot not being
> > > >>>     accessible over NFS.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>     This patch defines a new function called vfs_exjail_clone()
> > > >>>     which sets mnt_exjail from another mount point and
> > > >>>     then uses that function to set mnt_exjail in the snapshot
> > > >>>     automount.  A separate patch that is currently a pull request
> > > >>>     for OpenZFS, calls this function to fix the problem.
> > > >>
> > > >> May the same/similar fix like for ZFS be needed / useful for nullfs 
> > > >> mounted
> > > >> stuff?
> > > >>
> > > >> I have a ZFS dataset which is mounted via nullfs into a jail. This
> > > >> nullfs-mount is then exported via samba. In samba I have the 
> > > >> shadow-copy
> > > >> stuff enabled, but it doesn't work, as the jails can't access the 
> > > >> snapshot.
> > > >
> > > > Jails cannot access snapshots because, as I understand, snapshots
> > > > are mounts. Nullfs does not provide an option to recursively bypass
> > > > into mounts. The patch you responded to does not automatically mounts
> > > > snapshots on clients, it only allows them to mount if wanted.
> > >
> > > It works for me, with main and this change, or 13.2 without a patch.
> > > I don't know the mechanics, but it doesn't use nullfs, and the snapshot
> > > does not show up as a separate filesystem with the mount command.
> > Yes. ZFS essentially does an automount of the snapshots under .zfs/snapshot.
> > (As I understand it, there are non-default ZFS options that allow these to 
> > be
> >  mounted manually instead.)
> > I can now see that these automounts are 'real mounts" in the
> > mountlist. The only reason
> > they are not visible is that they have MNT_IGNORE set on them.
> Oh and I forgot to mention that this automount is for some weird in
> memory file system that does just enough so you can see the snapshots.
> Once you "cd <some-snapshot>", the vnodes are associated with the ZFS
> mount (dataset) and not this weird snapshot fs. (That is why it doesn't need 
> to
> be exported, but did need mnt_exjail to be set properly.)
>
> I might be able to test a nullfs over ZFS case later to-day and will
> post if I do so.
Yes, it is broken in a similar way. With a nullfs mount on top of a ZFS mount
that is exported to an NFS client, you can access the snapshots under
.zfs/snapshot
if the mnt_exjail checks are commented out.
However, if the checks are done, they fail.

So, yes, something similar to what ZFS will do is needed for nullfs.
Now I have to figure out how/when it can be done. I will play with it to-day,
but it probably won't get fixed until late Dec.

Again, sorry for the breakage, rick

>
> rick
>
> >
> > Now, as for what happens when nullfs is on top of ZFS, I do not know.
> > What Kostik says about nullfs recursing into mounts suggests it will not 
> > work.
> > I will look at it, but since I am headed to Florida for a few weeks, it may
> > not happen until the end of the year.
> >
> > If someone can test this case and determine if there is no NFS client access
> > for snapshots under .zfs after applying the patch that is an
> > attachment in PR#275200
> > when nullfs is over the ZFS file system, that would be appreciated.
> >
> > rick
> >
> > >
> > >                 Mike
> > >
> > > > You might try to set up something with autofs, no idea if it could be 
> > > > made
> > > > to work usefully.
> > >

Reply via email to