Currently the only way to pre populate an XFS partition is via the prototype file. While it works it has some limitations like: - not allowed spaces in file names - not preserving timestamps of original inodes This series adds a new -P option to mkfs.xfs that allows users to populate a newly created filesystem directly from an existing directory. While similar to the prototype functionality, this doesn't require writing a prototype file. The implementation preserves file and directory attributes (ownership, permissions, timestamps) from the source directory when copying content to the new filesystem. [v1] -> [v2] remove changes to protofile spec ensure backward compatibility [v2] -> [v3] use inode_set_[acm]time() as suggested avoid copying atime and ctime they are often problematic for reproducibility, and mtime is the important information to preserve anyway [v3] -> [v4] rewrite functionality to populate directly from an input directory this is similar to mkfs.ext4 option. [v4] -> [v5] reorder patch to make it easier to review reflow to keep code below 80 chars use _() macro in prints add SPDX headers to new files fix comment styling move from typedef to structs move direntry handling to own function [v5] -> [v6] rebase on 6.14 [v6] -> [v7] move functionality to common -p flag add noatime flag to skip atime copy and set to current time set ctime/crtime to current time preserve hardlinks preserve extended attributes for all file/dir types add fsxattr to copied files/dirs [v7] -> [v8] changed directory source validation to use stat() instead of open() changed hardlink tracker to store inode numbers instead of inode pointers fixed path buffer handling for directory traversal handle blocking FIFOs filetypes handle hardlinks of symlinks improve setup_proto and parse proto using structured xfs_proto_source type renamed noatime to preserve_atime with inverted logic specify EBADF fgetxattr() and flistxattr() fallback for O_PATH fds switch to calloc() to initialize hardlinks_tracker switch to reallocarray() for hardlinks_tracker resize Luca Di Maio (2): proto: add ability to populate a filesystem from a directory mkfs: modify -p flag to populate a filesystem from a directory man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8.in | 41 ++- mkfs/proto.c | 754 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- mkfs/proto.h | 18 +- mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c | 23 +- 4 files changed, 804 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) -- 2.49.0
