Userspace utilities to manage btrfs filesystems
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David Sterba ad1ed616f1 btrfs-progs: build: add m4 macros for builtin detection
Use the autoconf archive macros for gcc builtin detection and add the
overflow from recently added from kernel.

New:
__builtin_add_overflow
__builtin_sub_overflow
__builtin_mul_overflow

Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
2022-08-16 15:18:12 +02:00
Documentation btrfs-progs: device: add replace subcommand as alias to 1st level command 2022-08-16 15:18:11 +02:00
check btrfs-progs: add constant for initial getopt values 2022-08-16 15:18:11 +02:00
ci btrfs-progs: ci: add helpers to update base images 2022-02-01 18:41:40 +01:00
cmds btrfs-progs: dump-super: exit with failure when printing bad superblock 2022-08-16 15:18:12 +02:00
common btrfs-progs: use linux mount.h instead of sys/mount.h 2022-08-16 15:18:12 +02:00
convert btrfs-progs: convert: properly work with large ext4 filesystems 2022-08-16 15:18:11 +02:00
crypto btrfs-progs: libbtrfs: remove unneeded BTRFS_FLAT_INCLUDES protections 2021-10-08 20:47:03 +02:00
image btrfs-progs: use read_data_from_disk() to replace read_extent_from_disk() and replace read_extent_data() 2022-04-25 19:08:30 +02:00
kernel-lib btrfs-progs: kernel-lib: make headers C++ compatible 2022-06-06 15:47:53 +02:00
kernel-shared btrfs-progs: add VERITY ro compat flag 2022-08-16 15:18:11 +02:00
libbtrfs btrfs-progs: libbtrfs: reduce exports from ctree.h 2022-08-16 15:18:11 +02:00
libbtrfsutil btrfs-progs: add definitions for the block group tree 2021-11-30 19:08:39 +01:00
m4 btrfs-progs: build: add m4 macros for builtin detection 2022-08-16 15:18:12 +02:00
mkfs btrfs-progs: add constant for initial getopt values 2022-08-16 15:18:11 +02:00
tests btrfs-progs: dump-super: exit with failure when printing bad superblock 2022-08-16 15:18:12 +02:00
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.gitignore btrfs-progs: remove asciidoc generated files from .gitignore 2022-03-09 15:37:25 +01:00
64-btrfs-dm.rules
64-btrfs-zoned.rules btrfs-progs: add udev rule to use mq-deadline on zoned btrfs 2022-02-01 18:41:43 +01:00
CHANGES btrfs-progs: docs: fix spinx build warnings 2022-08-16 15:18:10 +02:00
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INSTALL btrfs-progs: INSTALL: drop reference to libattr 2022-05-12 13:59:24 +02:00
Makefile btrfs-progs: build: rename compression support variables 2022-08-16 15:18:11 +02:00
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Makefile.inc.in btrfs-progs: build: rename compression support variables 2022-08-16 15:18:11 +02:00
README.md btrfs-progs: INSTALL: update dependencies for docs build 2022-05-12 13:47:50 +02:00
VERSION Btrfs progs v5.18.1 2022-06-06 19:16:38 +02:00
autogen.sh
btrfs-completion btrfs-progs: rescue: add create-control-device subcommand 2021-02-19 16:19:37 +01:00
btrfs-corrupt-block.c btrfs-progs: corrupt-block: update help text 2022-08-16 15:18:12 +02:00
btrfs-crc.c
btrfs-debugfs
btrfs-find-root.c btrfs-progs: make btrfs_super_block::log_root_transid deprecated 2022-08-16 15:18:11 +02:00
btrfs-fragments.c
btrfs-map-logical.c btrfs-progs: use read_data_from_disk() to replace read_extent_from_disk() and replace read_extent_data() 2022-04-25 19:08:30 +02:00
btrfs-sb-mod.c btrfs-progs: sb-mod: improve help 2021-10-06 16:50:30 +02:00
btrfs-select-super.c btrfs-progs: libbtrfs: drop radix-tree.h from exported headers 2021-10-08 20:46:35 +02:00
btrfs.c btrfs-progs: sort main help menu entries 2020-12-10 17:10:30 +01:00
btrfstune.c btrfs-progs: add constant for initial getopt values 2022-08-16 15:18:11 +02:00
configure.ac btrfs-progs: build: add m4 macros for builtin detection 2022-08-16 15:18:12 +02:00
fsck.btrfs
ioctl.h btrfs-progs: send: stream v2 ioctl flags 2022-06-07 13:59:33 +02:00
kerncompat.h btrfs-progs: kernel-lib: make headers C++ compatible 2022-06-06 15:47:53 +02:00
libbtrfs.sym btrfs-progs: delete commented exports from libbtrfs.sym 2022-05-12 20:04:39 +02:00
quick-test.c
random-test.c
show-blocks
version.h.in

README.md

Btrfs-progs coverity status

Userspace utilities to manage btrfs filesystems. License: GPLv2.

Btrfs is a copy on write (COW) filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration.

This repository hosts following utilities and also documentation:

See INSTALL for build instructions and tests/README.md for testing information.

Release cycle

The major version releases are time-based and follow the cycle of the linux kernel releases. The cycle usually takes 2 months. A minor version releases may happen in the meantime if there are bug fixes or minor useful improvements queued.

The release tags are signed with a GPG key ID F2B4 1200 C54E FB30 380C 1756 C565 D5F9 D76D 583B, release tarballs are hosted at kernel.org. See file CHANGES or changelogs on wiki.

Reporting bugs

There are several ways, each has its own specifics and audience that can give feedback or work on a fix. The following list is sorted in the order of preference:

  • github issue tracker
  • to the mailing list linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org -- (not required to subscribe), beware that the mail might get overlooked in other traffic
  • IRC (irc.libera.chat #btrfs) -- good for discussions eg. if a bug is already known, but reports could miss developers' attention
  • bugzilla.kernel.org -- (requires registration), set the product to Filesystems and component Btrfs, please put 'btrfs-progs' into the subject so it's clear that it's not a kernel bug report

Development

The patch submissions, development or general discussions take place at linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org mailinglist, subsciption is not required to post.

The GitHub pull requests will not be accepted directly, the preferred way is to send patches to the mailinglist instead. You can link to a branch in any git repository if the mails do not make it to the mailinglist or just for convenience (makes it easier to test).

The development model of btrfs-progs shares a lot with the kernel model. The github way is different in some ways. We, the upstream community, expect that the patches meet some criteria (often lacking in github contributions):

  • one logical change per patch: eg. not mixing bugfixes, cleanups, features etc., sometimes it's not clear and will be usually pointed out during reviews
  • proper subject line: eg. prefix with btrfs-progs: subpart, ... , descriptive yet not too long, see git log --oneline for some inspiration
  • proper changelog: the changelogs are often missing or lacking explanation why the change was made, or how is something broken, what are user-visible effects of the bug or the fix, how does an improvement help or the intended usecase
  • the Signed-off-by line: this documents who authored the change, you can read more about the The Developer's Certificate of Origin (chapter 11)
    • if you are not used to the signed-off style, your contributions won't be rejected just because of it's missing, the Author: tag will be added as a substitute in order to allow contributions without much bothering with formalities

Source code coding style and preferences follow the kernel coding style. You can find the editor settings in .editorconfig and use the EditorConfig plugin to let your editor use that, or update your editor settings manually.

Testing

The testing documentation can be found in tests/ and continuous integration/container images in ci/.

Documentation updates

Documentation fixes or updates do not need much explanation so sticking to the code rules in the previous section is not necessary. GitHub pull requests are OK, patches could be sent to me directly and not required to be also in the mailinglist. Pointing out typos via IRC also works, although might get accidentally lost in the noise.

Documents are written in RST and built by sphinx.

Third-party sources

Build dependencies are listed in INSTALL. Implementation of checksum/hash functions is provided by copies of the respective sources to avoid adding dependencies that would make deployments in rescure or limited environments harder. The implementations are portable and not optimized for speed nor accelerated. Optionally it's possible to use libgcrypt, libsodium or libkcapi implementations.

Some other code is borrowed from kernel, eg. the raid5 tables or data structure implementation.

References