[lxc-devel] [PATCH] Do not allow snapshots of LVM backed containers

[Serge Hallyn]

They don't work right now, so until we fix that, don't allow it.

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>
---
 src/lxc/bdev.c         | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lxc/bdev.h         |  2 ++
 src/lxc/lxccontainer.c |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lxc/bdev.c b/src/lxc/bdev.c
index 9f24994..2d5bfea 100644
--- a/src/lxc/bdev.c
+++ b/src/lxc/bdev.c
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ static const struct bdev_ops dir_ops = {
 	.destroy = &dir_destroy,
 	.create = &dir_create,
 	.can_snapshot = false,
+	.can_backup = true,
 };
 
 
@@ -785,6 +786,7 @@ static const struct bdev_ops zfs_ops = {
 	.destroy = &zfs_destroy,
 	.create = &zfs_create,
 	.can_snapshot = true,
+	.can_backup = true,
 };
 
 //
@@ -1180,6 +1182,7 @@ static const struct bdev_ops lvm_ops = {
 	.destroy = &lvm_destroy,
 	.create = &lvm_create,
 	.can_snapshot = true,
+	.can_backup = false,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1859,6 +1862,7 @@ static const struct bdev_ops btrfs_ops = {
 	.destroy = &btrfs_destroy,
 	.create = &btrfs_create,
 	.can_snapshot = true,
+	.can_backup = true,
 };
 
 //
@@ -2130,6 +2134,7 @@ static const struct bdev_ops loop_ops = {
 	.destroy = &loop_destroy,
 	.create = &loop_create,
 	.can_snapshot = false,
+	.can_backup = true,
 };
 
 //
@@ -2427,6 +2432,7 @@ static const struct bdev_ops overlayfs_ops = {
 	.destroy = &overlayfs_destroy,
 	.create = &overlayfs_create,
 	.can_snapshot = true,
+	.can_backup = true,
 };
 
 //
@@ -2704,6 +2710,7 @@ static const struct bdev_ops aufs_ops = {
 	.destroy = &aufs_destroy,
 	.create = &aufs_create,
 	.can_snapshot = true,
+	.can_backup = true,
 };
 
 //
@@ -3013,6 +3020,7 @@ static const struct bdev_ops nbd_ops = {
 	.destroy = &nbd_destroy,
 	.create = &nbd_create,
 	.can_snapshot = true,
+	.can_backup = false,
 };
 
 static const struct bdev_type bdevs[] = {
@@ -3079,6 +3087,12 @@ struct bdev *bdev_init(struct lxc_conf *conf, const char *src, const char *dst,
 	struct bdev *bdev;
 	const struct bdev_type *q;
 
+	if (!src)
+		src = conf->rootfs.path;
+
+	if (!src)
+		return NULL;
+
 	q = bdev_query(src);
 	if (!q)
 		return NULL;
@@ -3167,6 +3181,18 @@ bool bdev_is_dir(struct lxc_conf *conf, const char *path)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+bool bdev_can_backup(struct lxc_conf *conf)
+{
+	struct bdev *bdev = bdev_init(conf, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	bool ret;
+
+	if (!bdev)
+		return false;
+	ret = bdev->ops->can_backup;
+	bdev_put(bdev);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * is an unprivileged user allowed to make this kind of snapshot
  */
diff --git a/src/lxc/bdev.h b/src/lxc/bdev.h
index 651f7f3..d97b9df 100644
--- a/src/lxc/bdev.h
+++ b/src/lxc/bdev.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct bdev_ops {
 			const char *cname, const char *oldpath, const char *lxcpath,
 			int snap, uint64_t newsize, struct lxc_conf *conf);
 	bool can_snapshot;
+	bool can_backup;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ struct bdev {
 char *overlay_getlower(char *p);
 
 bool bdev_is_dir(struct lxc_conf *conf, const char *path);
+bool bdev_can_backup(struct lxc_conf *conf);
 
 /*
  * Instantiate a bdev object.  The src is used to determine which blockdev
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
index 814aeb1..553f026 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
@@ -2987,6 +2987,12 @@ static int lxcapi_snapshot(struct lxc_container *c, const char *commentfile)
 	if (!c || !lxcapi_is_defined(c))
 		return -1;
 
+	if (!bdev_can_backup(c->lxc_conf)) {
+		ERROR("%s's backing store cannot be backed up.", c->name);
+		ERROR("Your container must use another backing store type.");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (!get_snappath_dir(c, snappath))
 		return -1;
 
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