.\" $NetBSD: fss.4,v 1.15 2011/02/24 09:38:57 hannken Exp $ */ .\" .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation .\" by Juergen Hannken-Illjes. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS .\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED .\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR .\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS .\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR .\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF .\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS .\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN .\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd February 24, 2011 .Dt FSS 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm fss .Nd file system snapshot device .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "pseudo-device fss 4" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides a read-only interface to the snapshot of a currently mounted file system. Reading from a .Nm device gives the view of the file system when the snapshot was taken. It can be configured via .Xr ioctl 2 . .Sh IOCTLS The .Xr ioctl 2 command codes below are defined in .In sys/dev/fssvar.h . .Pp The (third) argument to .Xr ioctl 2 should be a pointer to the type indicated. .Bl -tag -width 8n .It Dv FSSIOCSET(struct fss_set) Configures a .Nm device. .Bd -literal -offset indent struct fss_set { char *fss_mount; char *fss_bstore; blksize_t fss_csize; int fss_flags; }; .Ed .Pp The struct element .Va fss_mount is the mount point of the file system. The struct element .Va fss_bstore is either a regular file or a raw disk device where data overwritten on the file system will be saved. The struct element .Va fss_csize is the preferred size of this data. The struct element .Va fss_flags is the initial set of flags. .It Dv FSSIOCGET(struct fss_get) Gets the status of a .Nm device. .Bd -literal -offset indent struct fss_get { char fsg_mount[MNAMELEN]; struct timeval fsg_time; blksize_t fsg_csize; blkcnt_t fsg_mount_size; blkcnt_t fsg_bs_size; }; .Ed The struct element .Va fsg_mount is the mount point of the file system. The struct element .Va fsg_time is the time this snapshot was taken. The struct element .Va fsg_csize is the current size of data clusters. The struct element .Va fsg_mount_size is the number of clusters of the file system. The struct element .Va fsg_bs_size is the number of clusters written to the backing store. .It Dv FSSIOCCLR Unconfigures a .Nm device. .It Dv FSSIOFSET(int) Sets the flags of a .Nm device. Possible flags are: .Bl -tag -width Dv .It Dv FSS_UNCONFIG_ON_CLOSE Unconfigure the .Nm device on the last close. .It Dv FSS_UNLINK_ON_CREATE Unlink the backing file before the .Nm device is created. .El .It Dv FSSIOFGET(int) Gets the flags of a .Nm device. .El .Sh KERNEL THREADS For each active snapshot device there is a kernel thread that handles the backing store. This thread is named .Va fssN where .Va N is the device minor number. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /dev/rfss? -compact .It Pa /dev/rfss? .It Pa /dev/fss? .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr fssconfig 8 , .Xr mount 8 , .Xr umount 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm device appeared in .Nx 2.0 .