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31.Dd August 31, 2018
32.Dt LIBBE 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm libbe
36.Nd library for creating, destroying and modifying ZFS boot environments
37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Lb libbe
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In be.h
41.Ft "libbe_handle_t *hdl" Ns
42.Fn libbe_init void
43.Pp
44.Ft void
45.Fn libbe_close "libbe_handle_t *hdl"
46.Pp
47.Ft const char * Ns
48.Fn be_active_name "libbe_handle_t *hdl"
49.Pp
50.Ft const char * Ns
51.Fn be_active_path "libbe_handle_t *hdl"
52.Pp
53.Ft const char * Ns
54.Fn be_nextboot_name "libbe_handle_t *hdl"
55.Pp
56.Ft const char * Ns
57.Fn be_nextboot_path "libbe_handle_t *hdl"
58.Pp
59.Ft const char * Ns
60.Fn be_root_path "libbe_handle_t *hdl"
61.Pp
62.Ft int
63.Fn be_create "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_name"
64.Pp
65.Ft int
66.Fn be_create_from_existing "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_name" "const char *be_origin"
67.Pp
68.Ft int
69.Fn be_create_from_existing_snap "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_name" "const char *snap"
70.Pp
71.Ft int
72.Fn be_rename "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_old" "const char *be_new"
73.Pp
74.Ft int
75.Fn be_activate "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_name" "bool temporary"
76.Ft int
77.Fn be_destroy "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_name" "int options"
78.Pp
79.Ft void
80.Fn be_nicenum "uint64_t num" "char *buf" "size_t bufsz"
81.Pp
82.\" TODO: Write up of mount options
83.\" typedef enum {
84.\"	BE_MNT_FORCE		= 1 << 0,
85.\"	BE_MNT_DEEP		= 1 << 1,
86.\" } be_mount_opt_t
87.Ft int
88.Fn be_mount "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "char *be_name" "char *mntpoint" "int flags" "char *result"
89.Pp
90.Ft int
91.Fn be_mounted_at "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *path" "nvlist_t *details"
92.Pp
93.Ft int
94.Fn be_unmount "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "char *be_name" "int flags"
95.Pp
96.Ft int
97.Fn libbe_errno "libbe_handle_t *hdl"
98.Pp
99.Ft const char * Ns
100.Fn libbe_error_description "libbe_handle_t *hdl"
101.Pp
102.Ft void
103.Fn libbe_print_on_error "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "bool doprint"
104.Pp
105.Ft int
106.Fn be_root_concat "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_name" "char *result"
107.Pp
108.Ft int
109.Fn be_validate_name "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_name"
110.Pp
111.Ft int
112.Fn be_validate_snap "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *snap"
113.Pp
114.Ft int
115.Fn be_exists "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "char *be_name"
116.Pp
117.Ft int
118.Fn be_export "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_name" "int fd"
119.Pp
120.Ft int
121.Fn be_import "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *be_name" "int fd"
122.Pp
123.Ft int
124.Fn be_prop_list_alloc "nvlist_t **prop_list"
125.Pp
126.Ft int
127.Fn be_get_bootenv_props "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "nvlist_t *be_list"
128.Pp
129.Ft int
130.Fn be_get_dataset_props "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *ds_name" "nvlist_t *props"
131.Pp
132.Ft int
133.Fn be_get_dataset_snapshots "libbe_handle_t *hdl" "const char *ds_name" "nvlist_t *snap_list"
134.Pp
135.Ft void
136.Fn be_prop_list_free "nvlist_t *prop_list"
137.Sh DESCRIPTION
138.Nm
139interfaces with libzfs to provide a set of functions for various operations
140regarding ZFS boot environments including "deep" boot environments in which
141a boot environments has child datasets.
142.Pp
143A context structure is passed to each function, allowing for a small amount
144of state to be retained, such as errors from previous operations.
145.Nm
146may be configured to print the corresponding error message to
147.Dv stderr
148when an error is encountered with
149.Fn libbe_print_on_error .
150.Pp
151All functions returning an
152.Vt int
153return 0 on success, or a
154.Nm
155errno otherwise as described in
156.Sx DIAGNOSTICS .
157.Pp
158The
159.Fn libbe_init
160function initializes
161.Nm ,
162returning a
163.Vt "libbe_handle_t *"
164on success, or
165.Dv NULL
166on error.
167An error may occur if:
168.Bl -column
169.It /boot and / are not on the same filesystem and device,
170.It libzfs fails to initialize,
171.It The system has not been properly booted with a ZFS boot
172environment,
173.It Nm
174fails to open the zpool the active boot environment resides on, or
175.It Nm
176fails to locate the boot environment that is currently mounted.
177.El
178.Pp
179The
180.Fn libbe_close
181function frees all resources previously acquired in
182.Fn libbe_init ,
183invalidating the handle in the process.
184.Pp
185The
186.Fn be_active_name
187function returns the name of the currently booted boot environment,
188.Pp
189The
190.Fn be_active_path
191function returns the full path of the currently booted boot environment.
192.Pp
193The
194.Fn be_nextboot_name
195function returns the name of the boot environment that will be active on reboot.
196.Pp
197The
198.Fn be_nextboot_path
199function returns the full path of the boot environment that will be
200active on reboot.
201.Pp
202The
203.Fn be_root_path
204function returns the boot environment root path.
205.Pp
206The
207.Fn be_create
208function creates a boot environment with the given name.
209It will be created from a snapshot of the currently booted boot environment.
210.Pp
211The
212.Fn be_create_from_existing
213function creates a boot environment with the given name from the name of an
214existing boot environment.
215A snapshot will be made of the base boot environment, and the new boot
216environment will be created from that.
217.Pp
218The
219.Fn be_create_from_existing_snap
220function creates a boot environment with the given name from an existing
221snapshot.
222.Pp
223The
224.Fn be_rename
225function renames a boot environment without unmounting it, as if renamed with
226the
227.Fl u
228argument were passed to
229.Nm zfs
230.Cm rename
231.Pp
232The
233.Fn be_activate
234function makes a boot environment active on the next boot.
235If the
236.Fa temporary
237flag is set, then it will be active for the next boot only, as done by
238.Xr zfsbootcfg 8 .
239Next boot functionality is currently only available when booting in x86 BIOS
240mode.
241.Pp
242The
243.Fn be_destroy
244function will recursively destroy the given boot environment.
245It will not destroy a mounted boot environment unless the
246.Dv BE_DESTROY_FORCE
247option is set in
248.Fa options .
249.Pp
250The
251.Fn be_nicenum
252function will format
253.Fa name
254in a traditional ZFS humanized format, similar to
255.Xr humanize_number 3 .
256This function effectively proxies
257.Fn zfs_nicenum
258from libzfs.
259.Pp
260The
261.Fn be_mount
262function will mount the given boot environment.
263If
264.Fa mountpoint
265is
266.Dv NULL ,
267a mount point will be generated in
268.Pa /tmp
269using
270.Xr mkdtemp 3 .
271If
272.Fa result
273is not
274.Dv NULL ,
275it should be large enough to accommodate
276.Dv BE_MAXPATHLEN
277including the null terminator.
278the final mount point will be copied into it.
279Setting the
280.Dv BE_MNT_FORCE
281flag will pass
282.Dv MNT_FORCE
283to the underlying
284.Xr mount 2
285call.
286.Pp
287The
288.Fn be_mounted_at
289function will check if there is a boot environment mounted at the given
290.Fa path .
291If
292.Fa details
293is not
294.Dv NULL ,
295it will be populated with a list of the mounted dataset's properties.
296This list of properties matches the properties collected by
297.Fn be_get_bootenv_props .
298.Pp
299The
300.Fn be_unmount
301function will unmount the given boot environment.
302Setting the
303.Dv BE_MNT_FORCE
304flag will pass
305.Dv MNT_FORCE
306to the underlying
307.Xr mount 2
308call.
309.Pp
310The
311.Fn libbe_errno
312function returns the
313.Nm
314errno.
315.Pp
316The
317.Fn libbe_error_description
318function returns a string description of the currently set
319.Nm
320errno.
321.Pp
322The
323.Fn libbe_print_on_error
324function will change whether or not
325.Nm
326prints the description of any encountered error to
327.Dv stderr ,
328based on
329.Fa doprint .
330.Pp
331The
332.Fn be_root_concat
333function will concatenate the boot environment root and the given boot
334environment name into
335.Fa result .
336.Pp
337The
338.Fn be_validate_name
339function will validate the given boot environment name for both length
340restrictions as well as valid character restrictions.
341This function does not set the internal library error state.
342.Pp
343The
344.Fn be_validate_snap
345function will validate the given snapshot name.
346The snapshot must have a valid name, exist, and have a mountpoint of
347.Pa / .
348This function does not set the internal library error state.
349.Pp
350The
351.Fn be_exists
352function will check whether the given boot environment exists and has a
353mountpoint of
354.Pa / .
355This function does not set the internal library error state, but will return
356the appropriate error.
357.Pp
358The
359.Fn be_export
360function will export the given boot environment to the file specified by
361.Fa fd .
362A snapshot will be created of the boot environment prior to export.
363.Pp
364The
365.Fn be_import
366function will import the boot environment in the file specified by
367.Fa fd ,
368and give it the name
369.Fa be_name .
370.Pp
371The
372.Fn be_prop_list_alloc
373function allocates a property list suitable for passing to
374.Fn be_get_bootenv_props ,
375.Fn be_get_dataset_props ,
376or
377.Fn be_get_dataset_snapshots .
378It should be freed later by
379.Fa be_prop_list_free .
380.Pp
381The
382.Fn be_get_bootenv_props
383function will populate
384.Fa be_list
385with
386.Vt nvpair_t
387of boot environment names paired with an
388.Vt nvlist_t
389of their properties.
390The following properties are currently collected as appropriate:
391.Bl -column "Returned name"
392.It Sy Returned name Ta Sy Description
393.It dataset Ta -
394.It name Ta Boot environment name
395.It mounted Ta Current mount point
396.It mountpoint Ta Do mountpoint Dc property
397.It origin Ta Do origin Dc property
398.It creation Ta Do creation Dc property
399.It active Ta Currently booted environment
400.It used Ta Literal Do used Dc property
401.It usedds Ta Literal Do usedds Dc property
402.It usedsnap Ta Literal Do usedrefreserv Dc property
403.It referenced Ta Literal Do referenced Dc property
404.It nextboot Ta Active on next boot
405.El
406.Pp
407Only the
408.Dq dataset ,
409.Dq name ,
410.Dq active ,
411and
412.Dq nextboot
413returned values will always be present.
414All other properties may be omitted if not available.
415.Pp
416The
417.Fn be_get_dataset_props
418function will get properties of the specified dataset.
419.Fa props
420is populated directly with a list of the properties as returned by
421.Fn be_get_bootenv_props .
422.Pp
423The
424.Fn be_get_dataset_snapshots
425function will retrieve all snapshots of the given dataset.
426.Fa snap_list
427will be populated with a list of
428.Vt nvpair_t
429exactly as specified by
430.Fn be_get_bootenv_props .
431.Pp
432The
433.Fn be_prop_list_free
434function will free the property list.
435.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
436Upon error, one of the following values will be returned.
437.\" TODO: make each entry on its own line.
438.Bd -ragged -offset indent
439BE_ERR_SUCCESS,
440BE_ERR_INVALIDNAME,
441BE_ERR_EXISTS,
442BE_ERR_NOENT,
443BE_ERR_PERMS,
444BE_ERR_DESTROYACT,
445BE_ERR_DESTROYMNT,
446BE_ERR_BADPATH,
447BE_ERR_PATHBUSY,
448BE_ERR_PATHLEN,
449BE_ERR_BADMOUNT,
450BE_ERR_NOORIGIN,
451BE_ERR_MOUNTED,
452BE_ERR_NOMOUNT,
453BE_ERR_ZFSOPEN,
454BE_ERR_ZFSCLONE,
455BE_ERR_IO,
456BE_ERR_NOPOOL,
457BE_ERR_NOMEM,
458BE_ERR_UNKNOWN
459.Ed
460.Sh SEE ALSO
461.Xr be 1
462.Sh HISTORY
463.Nm
464and its corresponding command,
465.Xr bectl 8 ,
466were written as a 2017 Google Summer of Code project with Allan Jude serving
467as a mentor.
468Later work was done by
469.An Kyle Evans Aq Mt kevans@FreeBSD.org .
470