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MNTOPTS(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual MNTOPTS(3)
NAME
getmntopts, getmntpoint, chkdoreload, build_iovec, build_iovec_argf,
free_iovec, checkpath, rmslashes - mount point operations
SYNOPSIS
#include <mntopts.h>
void
getmntopts(const char *options, const struct mntopt *mopts, int *flagp,
int *altflagp);
struct statfs *
getmntpoint(const char *name);
int
chkdoreload(struct statfs *mntp, void (*prtmsg)(const char *fmt, ...));
void
build_iovec(struct iovec **iov, int *iovlen, const char *name, void *val,
size_t len);
void
build_iovec_argf(struct iovec **iov, int *iovlen, const char *name,
const char *fmt, ...);
void
free_iovec(struct iovec **iov, int *iovlen);
int
checkpath(const char *path, char *resolved);
void
rmslashes(char *rrpin, char *rrpout);
DESCRIPTION
The mntopts functions support operations associated with a mount point.
For historic reasons are in a file in the sources for the mount(8)
program. Thus, to access them the following lines need to be added to
the Makefile of the program wanting to use them:
SRCS+= getmntopts.c
MOUNT= ${SRCTOP}/sbin/mount
CFLAGS+= -I${MOUNT}
.PATH: ${MOUNT}
The getmntopts() function takes a comma separated option list and a list
of valid option names, and computes the bitmask corresponding to the
requested set of options.
The string options is broken down into a sequence of comma separated
tokens. Each token is looked up in the table described by mopts and the
bits in the word referenced by either flagp or altflagp (depending on the
m_altloc field of the option's table entry) are updated. The flag words
are not initialized by getmntopts(). The table, mopts, has the following
format:
struct mntopt {
m_option the option name, for example "suid".
m_inverse tells getmntopts() that the name has the inverse meaning of
the bit. For example, "suid" is the string, whereas the mount
flag is MNT_NOSUID. In this case, the sense of the string and
the flag are inverted, so the m_inverse flag should be set.
m_flag the value of the bit to be set or cleared in the flag word
when the option is recognized. The bit is set when the option
is discovered, but cleared if the option name was preceded by
the letters "no". The m_inverse flag causes these two
operations to be reversed.
m_altloc the bit should be set or cleared in altflagp rather than
flagp.
Each of the user visible MNT_ flags has a corresponding MOPT_ macro which
defines an appropriate struct mntopt entry. To simplify the program
interface and ensure consistency across all programs, a general purpose
macro, MOPT_STDOPTS, is defined which contains an entry for all the
generic VFS options. In addition, the macros MOPT_FORCE and MOPT_UPDATE
exist to enable the MNT_FORCE and MNT_UPDATE flags to be set. Finally,
the table must be terminated by an entry with a NULL first element.
The getmntpoint() function takes the pathname of a possible mount point
or of a device (with or without /dev/ prepended to it). If the pathname
is a directory or a file, getmntpoint() checks to see if the mount point
currently has a filesystem mounted on it. If the pathname is a device,
getmntpoint() checks to see if it is currently mounted. If there is an
associated mount, a pointer to a struct statfs is returned. The returned
result is stored in a static buffer that is over-written each time the
getmntpoint() function or the getmntinfo(3) library routine is called.
If no mount is found, NULL is returned.
The chkdoreload() function takes a pointer to a struct statfs. If the
filesystem associated with the mount point is mounted read-only,
chkdoreload() requests the filesystem to reload all of its metadata from
its backing store. The second parameter is the function to call to print
an error message if the reload fails. If no error message is desired, a
NULL can be passed as the second argument. The chkdoreload() function
returns zero on success or non-zero on failure.
The build_iovec() function adds a parameter to a list of parameters to be
passed to the nmount(2) system call. The parameter list is built up in
iov and its length is kept in iovlen. Before the first call to
build_iovec(), iov should be set to NULL and iovlen should be set to 0.
The parameter name is passed in name. The value of the parameter name is
pointed to by val. The size of the value is passed in len. If the value
is a string, a len of -1 is passed to indicate that the length should be
determined using strlen(3). If the parameter has no value, name should
be NULL and len should be 0.
The build_iovec_argf() function adds a formatted parameter to a list of
parameters to be passed to the nmount(2) system call. The parameter list
is built up in iov and its length is kept in iovlen. Before the first
call to build_iovec_argf(), iov should be set to NULL and iovlen should
be set to 0. The parameter name is passed in name. The value of the
parameter name is described by a format string pointed to by fmt. If the
The checkpath() function uses realpath(3) to verify that its path
argument is valid and references a directory. The checkpath() function
returns zero on success or non-zero on failure.
The rmslashes() function removes all double slashes and trailing slashes
from its rrpin pathname parameter and returns the resulting pathname in
its rrpout parameter.
EXAMPLES
Most commands will use the standard option set. Local file systems which
support the MNT_UPDATE flag, would also have an MOPT_UPDATE entry. This
can be declared and used as follows:
#include "mntopts.h"
struct mntopt mopts[] = {
MOPT_STDOPTS,
MOPT_UPDATE,
{ NULL }
};
...
mntflags = mntaltflags = 0;
...
getmntopts(options, mopts, &mntflags, &mntaltflags);
...
DIAGNOSTICS
If the external integer variable getmnt_silent is zero, then the
getmntopts() function displays an error message and exits if an
unrecognized option is encountered. Otherwise unrecognized options are
silently ignored. By default getmnt_silent is zero.
SEE ALSO
err(3), mount(8), nmount(8)
HISTORY
The getmntopts() function appeared in 4.4BSD. The build_iovec(),
build_iovec_argf(), free_iovec(), checkpath(), and rmslashes() functions
were added with nmount(8) in FreeBSD 5.0. The getmntpoint() and
chkdoreload() functions were added in FreeBSD 14.0.
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 January 19, 2023 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11