1 | @c |
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2 | @c COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-1998. |
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3 | @c On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR). |
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4 | @c All rights reserved. |
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5 | @c |
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6 | @c $Id$ |
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7 | @c |
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8 | |
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9 | @chapter Mounting and Unmounting File Systems |
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10 | |
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11 | @section Mount Points |
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12 | |
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13 | The following is the list of the characteristics of a mount point: |
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14 | |
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15 | @itemize @bullet |
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17 | @item The mount point must be a directory. It may have files and other |
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18 | directories under it. These files and directories will be hidden when the |
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19 | file system is mounted. |
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21 | @item The task must have read/write/execute permissions to the mount point |
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22 | or the mount attempt will be rejected. |
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24 | @item Only one file system can be mounted to a single mount point. |
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25 | |
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26 | @item The Root of the mountable file system will be referenced by the name |
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27 | of the mount point after the mount is complete. |
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28 | |
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29 | @end itemize |
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31 | @section Mount Table Chain |
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32 | |
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33 | Each entry in the mount table chain is of the following type: |
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34 | |
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35 | struct rtems_filesystem_mount_table_entry_tt |
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36 | @{ |
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37 | Chain_Node Node; |
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38 | rtems_filesystem_location_info_t mt_point_node; |
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39 | rtems_filesystem_location_info_t mt_fs_root; |
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40 | int options; |
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41 | void *fs_info; |
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42 | |
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43 | rtems_filesystem_limits_and_options_t pathconf_limits_and_options; |
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44 | |
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45 | /* |
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46 | * When someone adds a mounted filesystem on a real device, |
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47 | * this will need to be used. |
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48 | * |
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49 | * The best option long term for this is probably an |
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50 | * open file descriptor. |
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51 | */ |
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52 | char *dev; |
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53 | @}; |
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55 | @section Adding entries to the chain during mount |
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56 | |
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57 | When a file system is mounted, its presence and location in the file |
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58 | system hierarchy is recorded in a dynamic list structure known as a chain. |
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59 | A unique rtems_filesystem_mount_table_entry_tt structure is logged for |
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60 | each file system that is mounted. This includes the base file system. |
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62 | @section Removing entries from the chain during unmount |
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63 | |
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64 | When a file system is dismounted its entry in the mount table chain is |
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65 | extracted and the memory for this entry is freed. |
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