Re: [Glibc-bsd-commits] r3162 - trunk/zfsutils/debian/patches
On 8/23/10, Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> wrote:
>> This makes zpool import work. The real problem here is NOT that /dev/ is
>> not searched for. On FreeBSD scan is usually performed by
>> geom_find_import(), and /dev is not searched unless that fails. The
>> problem was that GNU realpath() fails for inexistant paths and BSD
>> realpath() doesn't.
>>
>
> Given the explanation you are giving there, I am not sure it is the
> correct fix. Given GNU realpath() behave differently than the BSD
> realpath() used in the original code, how about fixing the code
> that call realpath() to behave correctly with the GNU version?
I'm sorry, this bug is a bit "weird", I will try to explain better.
This is what original code in zpool is doing:
1. Resolve /dev/dsk/ using realpath(). If realpath() reports that
/dev/dsk/ does not exist, it aborts here.
2. Access the device using GEOM, instead of /dev/ nodes. If this
suceeds, it ends here. I think this part was added by FreeBSD.
3. If GEOM failed, use the resolved path from step 1 to access the
device with open()/read()/etc.
/dev/dsk/ doesn't exist on FreeBSD, it's a Solaris directory. However,
this is harmless because BSD realpath() is buggy and reports that the
path has been correctly resolved. Then GEOM does the real job, so they
don't notice. However with GNU realpath() zpool aborts in step 1.
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