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Date:      Fri, 24 Nov 2023 18:52:55 -0800
From:      Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com>
To:        Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>
Cc:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>,  Rick Macklem <rmacklem@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org,  dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: f5f277728ade - main - nfsd: Fix NFS access to .zfs/snapshot snapshots
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On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 4:15=E2=80=AFPM Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.co=
m> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 3:35=E2=80=AFPM Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.=
com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 8:16=E2=80=AFAM Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmai=
l.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 7:58=E2=80=AFAM Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gm=
ail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 5:18=E2=80=AFAM Mike Karels <mike@karels.ne=
t> wrote:
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 24 Nov 2023, at 7:02, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 08:50:22AM +0100, Alexander Leidinger w=
rote:
> > > > > >> Am 2023-11-23 16:25, schrieb Rick Macklem:
> > > > > >>> The branch main has been updated by rmacklem:
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3Df5f277728adec4=
c5b3e840a1fb16bd16f8cc956d
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> commit f5f277728adec4c5b3e840a1fb16bd16f8cc956d
> > > > > >>> Author:     Rick Macklem <rmacklem@FreeBSD.org>
> > > > > >>> AuthorDate: 2023-11-23 15:23:33 +0000
> > > > > >>> Commit:     Rick Macklem <rmacklem@FreeBSD.org>
> > > > > >>> CommitDate: 2023-11-23 15:23:33 +0000
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>     nfsd: Fix NFS access to .zfs/snapshot snapshots
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>     When a process attempts to access a snapshot under
> > > > > >>>     /<dataset>/.zfs/snapshot, the snapshot is automounted.
> > > > > >>>     However, without this patch, the automount does not
> > > > > >>>     set mnt_exjail, which results in the snapshot not being
> > > > > >>>     accessible over NFS.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>     This patch defines a new function called vfs_exjail_clone=
()
> > > > > >>>     which sets mnt_exjail from another mount point and
> > > > > >>>     then uses that function to set mnt_exjail in the snapshot
> > > > > >>>     automount.  A separate patch that is currently a pull req=
uest
> > > > > >>>     for OpenZFS, calls this function to fix the problem.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> May the same/similar fix like for ZFS be needed / useful for n=
ullfs mounted
> > > > > >> stuff?
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> I have a ZFS dataset which is mounted via nullfs into a jail. =
This
> > > > > >> nullfs-mount is then exported via samba. In samba I have the s=
hadow-copy
> > > > > >> stuff enabled, but it doesn't work, as the jails can't access =
the snapshot.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jails cannot access snapshots because, as I understand, snapsho=
ts
> > > > > > are mounts. Nullfs does not provide an option to recursively by=
pass
> > > > > > into mounts. The patch you responded to does not automatically =
mounts
> > > > > > snapshots on clients, it only allows them to mount if wanted.
> > > > >
> > > > > It works for me, with main and this change, or 13.2 without a pat=
ch.
> > > > > I don't know the mechanics, but it doesn't use nullfs, and the sn=
apshot
> > > > > does not show up as a separate filesystem with the mount command.
> > > > Yes. ZFS essentially does an automount of the snapshots under .zfs/=
snapshot.
> > > > (As I understand it, there are non-default ZFS options that allow t=
hese to be
> > > >  mounted manually instead.)
> > > > I can now see that these automounts are 'real mounts" in the
> > > > mountlist. The only reason
> > > > they are not visible is that they have MNT_IGNORE set on them.
> > > Oh and I forgot to mention that this automount is for some weird in
> > > memory file system that does just enough so you can see the snapshots=
.
> > > Once you "cd <some-snapshot>", the vnodes are associated with the ZFS
> > > mount (dataset) and not this weird snapshot fs. (That is why it doesn=
't need to
> > > be exported, but did need mnt_exjail to be set properly.)
> > >
> > > I might be able to test a nullfs over ZFS case later to-day and will
> > > post if I do so.
> > Yes, it is broken in a similar way. With a nullfs mount on top of a ZFS=
 mount
> > that is exported to an NFS client, you can access the snapshots under
> > .zfs/snapshot
> > if the mnt_exjail checks are commented out.
> > However, if the checks are done, they fail.
> >
> > So, yes, something similar to what ZFS will do is needed for nullfs.
> > Now I have to figure out how/when it can be done. I will play with it t=
o-day,
> > but it probably won't get fixed until late Dec.
> Oops. Now my test is not working, even when the mnt_exjail check is
> commented out.
> (When I NFS mount the ZFS <dataset>, I can see the snapshots under
> .zfs/snapshot,
> but when I NFS mount the nullfs mount that is on top of the ZFS
> <dataset> I do not see it.
>
> So, I think Kostik is correct and it does not see the .zfs/snapshot autom=
ount.
>
> I don't know how I screwed up on the first test after I disabled the
> mnt_exjail check, but
> it does not appear to have broken this case after all.
More info. Thanks to some off-list info from Mike Karels I tried it again.
It turns out that the nullfs on top of ZFS export (the nullfs mount must be
exported) sorta works. When you cd .zfs/snapshot/<snapshot-name>, it
works.

What doesn't work is:
cd .zfs/snapshot
ls
--> which does not show the snapshot names
     The snapshot names are shown for a mount of the ZFS file system.

So, it seems that the Readdir has issues for a nullfs on top of ZFS
export for the .zfs/snapshot directory. I will poke at it some more
in late Dec., but it does not seem to be a problem related to mnt_exjail.

rick

>
> rick
>
> >
> > Again, sorry for the breakage, rick
> >
> > >
> > > rick
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Now, as for what happens when nullfs is on top of ZFS, I do not kno=
w.
> > > > What Kostik says about nullfs recursing into mounts suggests it wil=
l not work.
> > > > I will look at it, but since I am headed to Florida for a few weeks=
, it may
> > > > not happen until the end of the year.
> > > >
> > > > If someone can test this case and determine if there is no NFS clie=
nt access
> > > > for snapshots under .zfs after applying the patch that is an
> > > > attachment in PR#275200
> > > > when nullfs is over the ZFS file system, that would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > rick
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >                 Mike
> > > > >
> > > > > > You might try to set up something with autofs, no idea if it co=
uld be made
> > > > > > to work usefully.
> > > > >



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