Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 892291
guestmount: link() incorrectly returns ENOENT, when it should be EXDEV
Last modified: 2013-11-20 23:42:32 EST
Description of problem: My project ostree uses hardlinks extensively; I have a bit of code which tries link() and falls back to a copy if it gets EXDEV. Unfortunately, something in the guestmount/fuse/kernel chain is giving me ENOENT, when it should be EXDEV. I've added a workaround to ostree, but this is suboptimal. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libguestfs-1.16.34-2.el6.x86_64 fuse-2.8.3-4.el6.x86_64 kernel-2.6.32-350.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. guestmount --rw -o allow_root --pid-file guestmount.pid -a test.img -m /dev/sda3 -m /dev/sda1:/boot mnt 2. cd mnt 3. touch foo 4. ln foo boot/foo Actual results: ENOENT Expected results: EXDEV
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Unfortunately this missed RHEL 6.4. However it's a fairly serious bug as it turns out. The full description, along with patches, is here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895905#c4
Fix included in upstream libguestfs 1.16.35.
This is fixed by the rebase (bug 958183).
Reproduced with libguestfs-1.16.34-1.el6.x86_64 # mkdir mountpoint # guestmount --rw -o allow_root --pid-file guestmount.pid -a RHEL-Server-6.0-32-hvm.raw -m /dev/vg_dhcp669266/lv_root -m /dev/sda1:/boot mountpoint # cd mountpoint/ # touch foo # ln foo boot/foo ln: creating hard link `boot/foo' => `foo': No such file or directory Give error "No such file or directory"
Verified with libguestfs-1.20.11-2.el6.x86_64 [root@dhcp-9-42]# guestmount --rw -o allow_root --pid-file guestmount.pid -a RHEL-Server-6.0-32-hvm.raw -m /dev/vg_dhcp669266/lv_root -m /dev/sda1:/boot mountpoint [root@dhcp-9-42]# cd mountpoint/ [root@dhcp-9-42 mountpoint]# touch foo [root@dhcp-9-42 mountpoint]# ln foo boot/foo ln: creating hard link `boot/foo' => `foo': Invalid cross-device link Check the errno [root@dhcp-9-42 mountpoint]# cat /usr/include/asm-generic/errno-base.h | grep EXDEV #define EXDEV 18 /* Cross-device link */ So, change the status to verified.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1536.html