filesys/t_mount.c

This is filesys/t_mount.c (Listing 14-1, page 268), an example from the book, The Linux Programming Interface.

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+/* t_mount.c
+
+   Demonstrate the use of mount(2) to create a mount point.
+
+   Usage: as described in usageError()
+
+   Examples:
+        t_mount -t ext3 /dev/sda12 /testfs
+
+        t_mount -t ext2 -f r -o nogrpid /dev/sda9 /mydir ext2
+                (The "r" for flags specifies that the file system
+                is to be mounted read-only.)
+
+   This program is Linux-specific.
+*/
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include "tlpi_hdr.h"
 
+#ifndef MS_DIRSYNC      /* May not be defined in older glibc headers */
+#define MS_DIRSYNC 128
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MS_BIND         /* May not be defined in older glibc headers */
+#define MS_BIND 4096
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MS_MOVE         /* May not be defined in older glibc headers */
+#define MS_MOVE 8192
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MS_REC          /* May not be defined in older glibc headers */
+#define MS_REC 16384
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MS_UNBINDABLE   /* May not be defined in older glibc headers */
+#define MS_UNBINDABLE (1<<17) /* change to unbindable */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MS_PRIVATE      /* May not be defined in older glibc headers */
+#define MS_PRIVATE (1<<18) /* change to private */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MS_SLAVE        /* May not be defined in older glibc headers */
+#define MS_SLAVE (1<<19) /* change to slave */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MS_SHARED       /* May not be defined in older glibc headers */
+#define MS_SHARED (1<<20) /* change to shared */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MS_LAZYTIME
+#define MS_LAZYTIME     (1<<25)
+#endif
+
 static void
 usageError(const char *progName, const char *msg)
 {
     if (msg != NULL)
         fprintf(stderr, "%s", msg);
 
     fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [options] source target\n\n", progName);
     fprintf(stderr, "Available options:\n");
 #define fpe(str) fprintf(stderr, "    " str)    /* Shorter! */
     fpe("-t fstype        [e.g., 'ext2' or 'reiserfs']\n");
     fpe("-o data          [file system-dependent options,\n");
     fpe("                 e.g., 'bsdgroups' for ext2]\n");
     fpe("-f mountflags    can include any of:\n");
 #define fpe2(str) fprintf(stderr, "            " str)
     fpe2("b - MS_BIND         create a bind mount\n");
     fpe2("d - MS_DIRSYNC      synchronous directory updates\n");
     fpe2("l - MS_MANDLOCK     permit mandatory locking\n");
+    fpe2("L - MS_LAZYATIME    lazy atime updates\n");
     fpe2("m - MS_MOVE         atomically move subtree\n");
     fpe2("A - MS_NOATIME      don't update atime (last access time)\n");
     fpe2("V - MS_NODEV        don't permit device access\n");
     fpe2("D - MS_NODIRATIME   don't update atime on directories\n");
     fpe2("E - MS_NOEXEC       don't allow executables\n");
     fpe2("S - MS_NOSUID       disable set-user/group-ID programs\n");
+    fpe2("p - MS_PRIVATE      mark as private\n");
     fpe2("r - MS_RDONLY       read-only mount\n");
     fpe2("c - MS_REC          recursive mount\n");
+    fpe2("T - MS_RELATIME     relative atime updates\n");
     fpe2("R - MS_REMOUNT      remount\n");
+    fpe2("h - MS_SHARED       mark as shared\n");
+    fpe2("v - MS_SLAVE        mark as slave\n");
     fpe2("s - MS_SYNCHRONOUS  make writes synchronous\n");
+    fpe2("u - MS_UNBINDABLE   mark as unbindable\n");
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     unsigned long flags;
     char *data, *fstype;
     int j, opt;
 
     flags = 0;
     data = NULL;
     fstype = NULL;
 
     while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "o:t:f:")) != -1) {
         switch (opt) {
         case 'o':
             data = optarg;
             break;
 
         case 't':
             fstype = optarg;
             break;
 
         case 'f':
             for (j = 0; j < strlen(optarg); j++) {
+
+                /* In this version of the program we support more flags than
+                   in the version of the program shown in the book */
+
                 switch (optarg[j]) {
                 case 'b': flags |= MS_BIND;             break;
                 case 'd': flags |= MS_DIRSYNC;          break;
                 case 'l': flags |= MS_MANDLOCK;         break;
                 case 'm': flags |= MS_MOVE;             break;
                 case 'A': flags |= MS_NOATIME;          break;
                 case 'V': flags |= MS_NODEV;            break;
                 case 'D': flags |= MS_NODIRATIME;       break;
                 case 'E': flags |= MS_NOEXEC;           break;
                 case 'S': flags |= MS_NOSUID;           break;
+                case 'p': flags |= MS_PRIVATE;          break;
                 case 'r': flags |= MS_RDONLY;           break;
                 case 'c': flags |= MS_REC;              break;
+                case 'T': flags |= MS_RELATIME;         break;
                 case 'R': flags |= MS_REMOUNT;          break;
+                case 'h': flags |= MS_SHARED;           break;
+                case 'v': flags |= MS_SLAVE;            break;
                 case 's': flags |= MS_SYNCHRONOUS;      break;
+                case 'u': flags |= MS_UNBINDABLE;       break;
                 default:  usageError(argv[0], NULL);
                 }
             }
             break;
 
         default:
             usageError(argv[0], NULL);
         }
     }
 
     if (argc != optind + 2)
         usageError(argv[0], "Wrong number of arguments\n");
 
     if (mount(argv[optind], argv[optind + 1], fstype, flags, data) == -1)
         errExit("mount");
 
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }

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