DeviceMapper

DeviceMapper — plugin for basic operations with device mapper

Functions

Types and Values

#define BD_DM_ERROR
enum BDDMError
enum BDDMTech
enum BDDMTechMode

Includes

#include <dm.h>

Description

A plugin for basic operations with device mapper.

Functions

bd_dm_close ()

void
bd_dm_close (void);

Cleans up after the plugin. **This function is called automatically by the library's functions that unload it.**


bd_dm_init ()

gboolean
bd_dm_init (void);

Initializes the plugin. **This function is called automatically by the library's initialization functions.**


bd_dm_error_quark ()

GQuark
bd_dm_error_quark (void);

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bd_dm_create_linear ()

gboolean
bd_dm_create_linear (const gchar *map_name,
                     const gchar *device,
                     guint64 length,
                     const gchar *uuid,
                     GError **error);

Parameters

map_name

name of the map

 

device

device to create map for

 

length

length of the mapping in sectors

 

uuid

UUID for the new dev mapper device or NULL if not specified.

[nullable]

error

place to store error (if any).

[out][optional]

Returns

whether the new linear mapping map_name was successfully created for the device or not

Tech category: BD_DM_TECH_MAP-BD_DM_TECH_MODE_CREATE_ACTIVATE


bd_dm_remove ()

gboolean
bd_dm_remove (const gchar *map_name,
              GError **error);

Parameters

map_name

name of the map to remove

 

error

place to store error (if any).

[out][optional]

Returns

whether the map_name map was successfully removed or not

Tech category: BD_DM_TECH_MAP-BD_DM_TECH_MODE_REMOVE_DEACTIVATE


bd_dm_name_from_node ()

gchar *
bd_dm_name_from_node (const gchar *dm_node,
                      GError **error);

Parameters

dm_node

name of the DM node (e.g. "dm-0")

 

error

place to store error (if any).

[out][optional]

Returns

map name of the map providing the dm_node device or NULL (error ) contains the error in such cases

Tech category: BD_DM_TECH_MAP-BD_DM_TECH_MODE_QUERY


bd_dm_node_from_name ()

gchar *
bd_dm_node_from_name (const gchar *map_name,
                      GError **error);

Parameters

map_name

name of the queried DM map

 

error

place to store error (if any).

[out][optional]

Returns

DM node name for the map_name map or NULL (error ) contains the error in such cases

Tech category: BD_DM_TECH_MAP-BD_DM_TECH_MODE_QUERY


bd_dm_map_exists ()

gboolean
bd_dm_map_exists (const gchar *map_name,
                  gboolean live_only,
                  gboolean active_only,
                  GError **error);

Parameters

map_name

name of the queried map

 

live_only

whether to go through the live maps only or not

 

active_only

whether to ignore suspended maps or not

 

error

place to store error (if any).

[out][optional]

Returns

whether the given map_name exists (and is live if live_only is TRUE (and is active if active_only is TRUE)).

Tech category: BD_DM_TECH_MAP-BD_DM_TECH_MODE_QUERY


bd_dm_get_subsystem_from_name ()

gchar *
bd_dm_get_subsystem_from_name (const gchar *device_name,
                               GError **error);

Parameters

device_name

name of the device

 

error

place to store error (if any).

[out][optional]

Returns

subsystem of the given device

Tech category: BD_DM_TECH_MAP-BD_DM_TECH_MODE_QUERY


bd_dm_is_tech_avail ()

gboolean
bd_dm_is_tech_avail (BDDMTech tech,
                     guint64 mode,
                     GError **error);

Parameters

tech

the queried tech

 

mode

a bit mask of queried modes of operation (BDDMTechMode) for tech

 

error

place to store error (details about why the tech -mode combination is not available).

[out][optional]

Returns

whether the tech -mode combination is available -- supported by the plugin implementation and having all the runtime dependencies available

Types and Values

BD_DM_ERROR

#define             BD_DM_ERROR

enum BDDMError

Members

BD_DM_ERROR_TECH_UNAVAIL

   

BD_DM_ERROR_SYS

   

BD_DM_ERROR_NOT_ROOT

   

BD_DM_ERROR_TASK

   

BD_DM_ERROR_RAID_FAIL

   

BD_DM_ERROR_RAID_NO_DEVS

   

BD_DM_ERROR_RAID_NO_EXIST

   

enum BDDMTech

Members

BD_DM_TECH_MAP

   

enum BDDMTechMode

Members

BD_DM_TECH_MODE_CREATE_ACTIVATE

   

BD_DM_TECH_MODE_REMOVE_DEACTIVATE

   

BD_DM_TECH_MODE_QUERY