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31.Dd August 12, 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 bool
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.
226.Pp
227The
228.Fn be_activate
229function makes a boot environment active on the next boot.
230If the
231.Fa temporary
232flag is set, then it will be active for the next boot only, as done by
233.Xr zfsbootcfg 8 .
234Next boot functionality is currently only available when booting in x86 BIOS
235mode.
236.Pp
237The
238.Fn be_destroy
239function will recursively destroy the given boot environment.
240It will not destroy a mounted boot environment unless the
241.Dv BE_DESTROY_FORCE
242option is set in
243.Fa options .
244.Pp
245The
246.Fn be_nicenum
247function will format
248.Fa name
249in a traditional ZFS humanized format, similar to
250.Xr humanize_number 3 .
251This function effectively proxies
252.Fn zfs_nicenum
253from libzfs.
254.Pp
255The
256.Fn be_mount
257function will mount the given boot environment.
258If
259.Fa mountpoint
260is
261.Dv NULL ,
262a mount point will be generated in
263.Pa /tmp
264using
265.Xr mkdtemp 3 .
266If
267.Fa result
268is not
269.Dv NULL ,
270the final mount point will be copied into it.
271Setting the
272.Dv BE_MNT_FORCE
273flag will pass
274.Dv MNT_FORCE
275to the underlying
276.Xr mount 2
277call.
278.Pp
279The
280.Fn be_mounted_at
281function will check if there is a boot environment mounted at the given
282.Fa path .
283If
284.Fa details
285is not
286.Dv NULL ,
287it will be populated with a list of the mounted dataset's properties.
288This list of properties matches the properties collected by
289.Fn be_get_bootenv_props .
290.Pp
291The
292.Fn be_unmount
293function will unmount the given boot environment.
294Setting the
295.Dv BE_MNT_FORCE
296flag will pass
297.Dv MNT_FORCE
298to the underlying
299.Xr mount 2
300call.
301.Pp
302The
303.Fn libbe_errno
304function returns the
305.Nm
306errno.
307.Pp
308The
309.Fn libbe_error_description
310function returns a string description of the currently set
311.Nm
312errno.
313.Pp
314The
315.Fn libbe_print_on_error
316function will change whether or not
317.Nm
318prints the description of any encountered error to
319.Dv stderr ,
320based on
321.Fa doprint .
322.Pp
323The
324.Fn be_root_concat
325function will concatenate the boot environment root and the given boot
326environment name into
327.Fa result .
328.Pp
329The
330.Fn be_validate_name
331function will validate the given boot environment name.
332.Pp
333The
334.Fn be_validate_snap
335function will validate the given snapshot name.
336The snapshot must have a valid name, exist, and have a mountpoint of
337.Pa / .
338This function does not set the internal library error state.
339.Pp
340The
341.Fn be_exists
342function will check whether the given boot environment exists and has a
343mountpoint of
344.Pa / .
345.Pp
346The
347.Fn be_export
348function will export the given boot environment to the file specified by
349.Fa fd .
350A snapshot will be created of the boot environment prior to export.
351.Pp
352The
353.Fn be_import
354function will import the boot environment in the file specified by
355.Fa fd ,
356and give it the name
357.Fa be_name .
358.Pp
359The
360.Fn be_prop_list_alloc
361function allocates a property list suitable for passing to
362.Fn be_get_bootenv_props ,
363.Fn be_get_dataset_props ,
364or
365.Fn be_get_dataset_snapshots .
366It should be freed later by
367.Fa be_prop_list_free .
368.Pp
369The
370.Fn be_get_bootenv_props
371function will populate
372.Fa be_list
373with
374.Vt nvpair_t
375of boot environment names paired with an
376.Vt nvlist_t
377of their properties.
378The following properties are currently collected as appropriate:
379.Bl -column "Returned name"
380.It Sy Returned name Ta Sy Description
381.It dataset Ta -
382.It name Ta Boot environment name
383.It mounted Ta Current mount point
384.It mountpoint Ta Do mountpoint Dc property
385.It origin Ta Do origin Dc property
386.It creation Ta Do creation Dc property
387.It active Ta Currently booted environment
388.It used Ta Literal Do used Dc property
389.It usedds Ta Literal Do usedds Dc property
390.It usedsnap Ta Literal Do usedrefreserv Dc property
391.It referenced Ta Literal Do referenced Dc property
392.It nextboot Ta Active on next boot
393.El
394.Pp
395Only the
396.Dq dataset ,
397.Dq name ,
398.Dq active ,
399and
400.Dq nextboot
401returned values will always be present.
402All other properties may be omitted if not available.
403.Pp
404The
405.Fn be_get_dataset_props
406function will get properties of the specified dataset.
407.Fa props
408is populated directly with a list of the properties as returned by
409.Fn be_get_bootenv_props .
410.Pp
411The
412.Fn be_get_dataset_snapshots
413function will retrieve all snapshots of the given dataset.
414.Fa snap_list
415will be populated with a list of
416.Vt nvpair_t
417exactly as specified by
418.Fn be_get_bootenv_props .
419.Pp
420The
421.Fn be_prop_list_free
422function will free the property list.
423.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
424Upon error, one of the following values will be returned.
425.\" TODO: make each entry on its own line.
426.Bd -ragged -offset indent
427BE_ERR_SUCCESS,
428BE_ERR_INVALIDNAME,
429BE_ERR_EXISTS,
430BE_ERR_NOENT,
431BE_ERR_PERMS,
432BE_ERR_DESTROYACT,
433BE_ERR_DESTROYMNT,
434BE_ERR_BADPATH,
435BE_ERR_PATHBUSY,
436BE_ERR_PATHLEN,
437BE_ERR_INVORIGIN,
438BE_ERR_NOORIGIN,
439BE_ERR_MOUNTED,
440BE_ERR_NOMOUNT,
441BE_ERR_ZFSOPEN,
442BE_ERR_ZFSCLONE,
443BE_ERR_IO,
444BE_ERR_NOPOOL,
445BE_ERR_NOMEM,
446BE_ERR_UNKNOWN
447.Ed
448.Sh SEE ALSO
449.Xr be 1
450.Sh HISTORY
451.Nm
452and its corresponding command,
453.Xr bectl 8 ,
454were written as a 2017 Google Summer of Code project with Allan Jude serving
455as a mentor.
456Later work was done by
457.An Kyle Evans Aq Mt kevans@FreeBSD.org .
458