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-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt7
-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/super.c47
2 files changed, 48 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index f7cbf574a875..b91cfaaf6a0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -144,11 +144,12 @@ journal_async_commit Commit block can be written to disk without waiting
mount the device. This will enable 'journal_checksum'
internally.
+journal_path=path
journal_dev=devnum When the external journal device's major/minor numbers
- have changed, this option allows the user to specify
+ have changed, these options allow the user to specify
the new journal location. The journal device is
- identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded
- in devnum.
+ identified through either its new major/minor numbers
+ encoded in devnum, or via a path to the device.
norecovery Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that
noload if the filesystem was not unmounted cleanly,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index b59373b625e9..42337141e79f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1134,8 +1134,8 @@ enum {
Opt_nouid32, Opt_debug, Opt_removed,
Opt_user_xattr, Opt_nouser_xattr, Opt_acl, Opt_noacl,
Opt_auto_da_alloc, Opt_noauto_da_alloc, Opt_noload,
- Opt_commit, Opt_min_batch_time, Opt_max_batch_time,
- Opt_journal_dev, Opt_journal_checksum, Opt_journal_async_commit,
+ Opt_commit, Opt_min_batch_time, Opt_max_batch_time, Opt_journal_dev,
+ Opt_journal_path, Opt_journal_checksum, Opt_journal_async_commit,
Opt_abort, Opt_data_journal, Opt_data_ordered, Opt_data_writeback,
Opt_data_err_abort, Opt_data_err_ignore,
Opt_usrjquota, Opt_grpjquota, Opt_offusrjquota, Opt_offgrpjquota,
@@ -1179,6 +1179,7 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
{Opt_min_batch_time, "min_batch_time=%u"},
{Opt_max_batch_time, "max_batch_time=%u"},
{Opt_journal_dev, "journal_dev=%u"},
+ {Opt_journal_path, "journal_path=%s"},
{Opt_journal_checksum, "journal_checksum"},
{Opt_journal_async_commit, "journal_async_commit"},
{Opt_abort, "abort"},
@@ -1338,6 +1339,7 @@ static int clear_qf_name(struct super_block *sb, int qtype)
#define MOPT_NO_EXT2 0x0100
#define MOPT_NO_EXT3 0x0200
#define MOPT_EXT4_ONLY (MOPT_NO_EXT2 | MOPT_NO_EXT3)
+#define MOPT_STRING 0x0400
static const struct mount_opts {
int token;
@@ -1387,6 +1389,7 @@ static const struct mount_opts {
{Opt_resuid, 0, MOPT_GTE0},
{Opt_resgid, 0, MOPT_GTE0},
{Opt_journal_dev, 0, MOPT_GTE0},
+ {Opt_journal_path, 0, MOPT_STRING},
{Opt_journal_ioprio, 0, MOPT_GTE0},
{Opt_data_journal, EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_DATA, MOPT_NO_EXT2 | MOPT_DATAJ},
{Opt_data_ordered, EXT4_MOUNT_ORDERED_DATA, MOPT_NO_EXT2 | MOPT_DATAJ},
@@ -1480,7 +1483,7 @@ static int handle_mount_opt(struct super_block *sb, char *opt, int token,
return -1;
}
- if (args->from && match_int(args, &arg))
+ if (args->from && !(m->flags & MOPT_STRING) && match_int(args, &arg))
return -1;
if (args->from && (m->flags & MOPT_GTE0) && (arg < 0))
return -1;
@@ -1544,6 +1547,44 @@ static int handle_mount_opt(struct super_block *sb, char *opt, int token,
return -1;
}
*journal_devnum = arg;
+ } else if (token == Opt_journal_path) {
+ char *journal_path;
+ struct inode *journal_inode;
+ struct path path;
+ int error;
+
+ if (is_remount) {
+ ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+ "Cannot specify journal on remount");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ journal_path = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+ if (!journal_path) {
+ ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "error: could not dup "
+ "journal device string");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ error = kern_path(journal_path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
+ if (error) {
+ ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "error: could not find "
+ "journal device path: error %d", error);
+ kfree(journal_path);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ journal_inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
+ if (!S_ISBLK(journal_inode->i_mode)) {
+ ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "error: journal path %s "
+ "is not a block device", journal_path);
+ path_put(&path);
+ kfree(journal_path);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ *journal_devnum = new_encode_dev(journal_inode->i_rdev);
+ path_put(&path);
+ kfree(journal_path);
} else if (token == Opt_journal_ioprio) {
if (arg > 7) {
ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "Invalid journal IO priority"