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Date:      Thu, 26 Nov 2020 02:50:15 +0000
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Subject:   [Bug 251363] use unionfs as a disk-cache for NFS [feature]
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--- Comment #9 from Gunther Schadow <raj@gusw.net> ---
For completeness sake, I updated the mount_unionfs.8 man file also.

Full diff out of /usr/src with svnlite diff -x-w:

Index: sbin/mount_unionfs/mount_unionfs.8
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
--- sbin/mount_unionfs/mount_unionfs.8  (revision 368012)
+++ sbin/mount_unionfs/mount_unionfs.8  (working copy)
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@
 However,
 .Ar uniondir
 remains the mount point.
+.It Cm copypolicy No =3D Cm onwrite | always
+The normal behavior is copy-on-write with
+.Cm onwrite
+this is the standaed unionfs behavior. If
+.Cm always
+is spefied, then the a copy is made on the upper layer even if the
+file or directory is accessed only for reading. This effectively
+turns the upper layer into a cache which is an easy way to implement
+a disk cache over an NFS filesystem, speeding up all subsequent accesses,
+very useful for network booted systems.
 .It Cm copymode No =3D Cm traditional | transparent | masquerade
 Specifies the way to create a file or a directory in the upper layer
 automatically when needed.
Index: sys/fs/unionfs/union.h
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
--- sys/fs/unionfs/union.h      (revision 368012)
+++ sys/fs/unionfs/union.h      (working copy)
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@

 #ifdef _KERNEL

+/* copy policy from lower to upper layer */
+typedef enum _unionfs_copypolicy {
+        UNIONFS_COPY_ON_WRITE =3D 0,
+        UNIONFS_COPY_ALWAYS
+} unionfs_copypolicy;
+
 /* copy method of attr from lower to upper */
 typedef enum _unionfs_copymode {
        UNIONFS_TRADITIONAL =3D 0,
@@ -57,6 +63,7 @@
        struct vnode   *um_lowervp;     /* VREFed once */
        struct vnode   *um_uppervp;     /* VREFed once */
        struct vnode   *um_rootvp;      /* ROOT vnode */
+        unionfs_copypolicy um_copypolicy;
        unionfs_copymode um_copymode;
        unionfs_whitemode um_whitemode;
        uid_t           um_uid;
Index: sys/fs/unionfs/union_vfsops.c
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
--- sys/fs/unionfs/union_vfsops.c       (revision 368012)
+++ sys/fs/unionfs/union_vfsops.c       (working copy)
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
        gid_t           gid;
        u_short         udir;
        u_short         ufile;
+       unionfs_copypolicy copypolicy;
        unionfs_copymode copymode;
        unionfs_whitemode whitemode;
        struct nameidata nd, *ndp;
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@
        gid =3D 0;
        udir =3D 0;
        ufile =3D 0;
+       copypolicy =3D UNIONFS_COPY_ON_WRITE;
        copymode =3D UNIONFS_TRANSPARENT; /* default */
        whitemode =3D UNIONFS_WHITE_ALWAYS;
        ndp =3D &nd;
@@ -190,6 +192,20 @@
                                return (EINVAL);
                        }
                }
+               if (vfs_getopt(mp->mnt_optnew, "copypolicy", (void **)&tmp,
+                              NULL) =3D=3D 0) {
+                 if (tmp =3D=3D NULL) {
+                   vfs_mount_error(mp, "Invalid copy policy");
+                   return (EINVAL);
+                 } else if (strcasecmp(tmp, "always") =3D=3D 0)
+                   copypolicy =3D UNIONFS_COPY_ALWAYS;
+                 else if (strcasecmp(tmp, "onwrite") =3D=3D 0)
+                   copypolicy =3D UNIONFS_COPY_ON_WRITE;
+                 else {
+                   vfs_mount_error(mp, "Invalid copy policy");
+                   return (EINVAL);
+                 }
+               }
                if (vfs_getopt(mp->mnt_optnew, "copymode", (void **)&tmp,
                    NULL) =3D=3D 0) {
                        if (tmp =3D=3D NULL) {
@@ -229,7 +245,7 @@

        UNIONFSDEBUG("unionfs_mount: uid=3D%d, gid=3D%d\n", uid, gid);
        UNIONFSDEBUG("unionfs_mount: udir=3D0%03o, ufile=3D0%03o\n", udir, =
ufile);
-       UNIONFSDEBUG("unionfs_mount: copymode=3D%d\n", copymode);
+        UNIONFSDEBUG("unionfs_mount: copypolicy=3D%d, copymode=3D%d,
whitemode=3D%d\n", copypolicy, copymode, whitemode);

        /*
         * Find upper node
@@ -265,6 +281,7 @@
        ump->um_gid =3D gid;
        ump->um_udir =3D udir;
        ump->um_ufile =3D ufile;
+       ump->um_copypolicy =3D copypolicy;
        ump->um_copymode =3D copymode;
        ump->um_whitemode =3D whitemode;

Index: sys/fs/unionfs/union_vnops.c
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
--- sys/fs/unionfs/union_vnops.c        (revision 368012)
+++ sys/fs/unionfs/union_vnops.c        (working copy)
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@
 {
        int             error;
        struct unionfs_node *unp;
+       struct unionfs_mount *ump;
        struct unionfs_node_status *unsp;
        struct vnode   *uvp;
        struct vnode   *lvp;
@@ -477,6 +478,7 @@

        error =3D 0;
        unp =3D VTOUNIONFS(ap->a_vp);
+       ump =3D MOUNTTOUNIONFSMOUNT(ap->a_vp->v_mount);
        uvp =3D unp->un_uppervp;
        lvp =3D unp->un_lowervp;
        targetvp =3D NULLVP;
@@ -498,7 +500,7 @@
        }
        if (targetvp =3D=3D NULLVP) {
                if (uvp =3D=3D NULLVP) {
-                       if ((ap->a_mode & FWRITE) && lvp->v_type =3D=3D VRE=
G) {
+                       if (((ap->a_mode & FWRITE) || (ump->um_copypolicy =
=3D=3D
UNIONFS_COPY_ALWAYS)) && lvp->v_type =3D=3D VREG) {
                                error =3D unionfs_copyfile(unp,
                                    !(ap->a_mode & O_TRUNC), cred, td);
                                if (error !=3D 0)
r

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