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28.Dd December 13, 2004
29.Dt KERNEL_MOUNT 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm free_mntarg ,
33.Nm kernel_mount ,
34.Nm kernel_vmount ,
35.Nm mount_arg ,
36.Nm mount_argb ,
37.Nm mount_argf ,
38.Nm mount_argsu
39.Nd "functions provided as part of the kernel mount interface"
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Ft void
42.Fn free_mntarg "struct mntarg *ma"
43.Ft int
44.Fn kernel_mount "struct mntarg *ma" "int flags"
45.Ft int
46.Fn kernel_vmount "int flags" ...
47.Ft "struct mntarg *"
48.Fo mount_arg
49.Fa "struct mntarg *ma" "const char *name" "const void *val" "int len"
50.Fc
51.Ft "struct mntarg *"
52.Fn mount_argb "struct mntarg *ma" "int flag" "const char *name"
53.Ft "struct mntarg *"
54.Fn mount_argf "struct mntarg *ma" "const char *name" "const char *fmt" ...
55.Ft "struct mntarg *"
56.Fo mount_argsu
57.Fa "struct mntarg *ma" "const char *name" "const void *val" "int len"
58.Fc
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Fn kernel_mount
62family of functions are provided as an API for building a list
63of mount arguments which will be used to mount file systems
64from inside the kernel.
65By accumulating a list of arguments, the API takes shape and
66provides the information necessary for the kernel to control
67the
68.Xr mount 8
69utility.
70When an error occurs, the process will stop.
71This will not cause a
72.Xr panic 9 .
73.Pp
74The header of the structure is stored in
75.Pa src/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c
76which permits automatic structure creation to
77ease the mount process.
78Memory allocation must always be freed when the entire
79process is complete, it is an error otherwise.
80.Pp
81The
82.Fn free_mntarg
83function is used to free or clear the
84.Vt mntarg
85structure.
86.Pp
87The
88.Fn kernel_mount
89function pulls information from the structure to perform
90the mount request on a given file system.
91Additionally, the
92.Fn kernel_mount
93function always calls the
94.Fn free_mntarg
95function.
96If
97.Fa ma
98contains any error code generated during the construction,
99that code will be called and the file system mount will
100not be attempted.
101.Pp
102The
103.Fn kernel_vmount
104is a function similar to
105.Xr printf 9
106which is used to mount a file system.
107.Pp
108The
109.Fn mount_arg
110function takes a plain argument and crafts parts of
111the structure with regards to various mount options.
112If the length is a value less than 0,
113.Xr strlen 3
114is used.
115This argument will be referenced until either
116.Fn free_mntarg
117or
118.Fn kernel_mount
119is called.
120.Pp
121The
122.Fn mount_argb
123function is used to add boolean arguments to
124the structure.
125The
126.Fa flag
127is the boolean value and
128.Fa name
129must start with
130.Qq Li no ,
131otherwise a panic will occur.
132.Pp
133The
134.Fn mount_argf
135function adds
136.Xr printf 9
137style arguments to the current structure.
138.Pp
139The
140.Fn mount_argsu
141function will add arguments to the structure from a
142userland string.
143.Sh EXAMPLES
144An example of the
145.Fn *_cmount
146function:
147.Bd -literal
148static int
149msdosfs_cmount(struct mntarg *ma, void *data, int flags, struct thread *td)
150{
151	struct msdosfs_args args;
152	int error;
153
154	if (data == NULL)
155		return (EINVAL);
156	error = copyin(data, &args, sizeof(args));
157	if (error)
158		return (error);
159
160	ma = mount_argsu(ma, "from", args.fspec, MAXPATHLEN);
161	ma = mount_arg(ma, "export", &args.export, sizeof(args.export));
162	ma = mount_argf(ma, "uid", "%d", args.uid);
163	ma = mount_argf(ma, "gid", "%d", args.gid);
164	ma = mount_argf(ma, "mask", "%d", args.mask);
165	ma = mount_argf(ma, "dirmask", "%d", args.dirmask);
166
167	ma = mount_argb(ma, args.flags & MSDOSFSMNT_SHORTNAME, "noshortname");
168	ma = mount_argb(ma, args.flags & MSDOSFSMNT_LONGNAME, "nolongname");
169	ma = mount_argb(ma, !(args.flags & MSDOSFSMNT_NOWIN95), "nowin95");
170	ma = mount_argb(ma, args.flags & MSDOSFSMNT_KICONV, "nokiconv");
171
172	ma = mount_argsu(ma, "cs_win", args.cs_win, MAXCSLEN);
173	ma = mount_argsu(ma, "cs_dos", args.cs_dos, MAXCSLEN);
174	ma = mount_argsu(ma, "cs_local", args.cs_local, MAXCSLEN);
175
176	error = kernel_mount(ma, flags);
177
178	return (error);
179}
180.Ed
181.Pp
182When working with
183.Fn kernel_vmount ,
184.Fa varargs
185must come in pairs, e.g.,
186.Brq Va name , value .
187.Bd -literal
188	error = kernel_vmount(
189	    MNT_RDONLY,
190	    "fstype", vfsname,
191	    "fspath", "/",
192	    "from", path,
193	    NULL);
194.Ed
195.Sh SEE ALSO
196.Xr VFS 9 ,
197.Xr VFS_MOUNT 9
198.Sh HISTORY
199The
200.Fn kernel_mount
201family of functions and this manual page first
202appeared in
203.Fx 6.0 .
204.Sh AUTHORS
205.An -nosplit
206The
207.Fn kernel_mount
208family of functions and API was developed by
209.An Poul-Henning Kamp Aq Mt phk@FreeBSD.org .
210This manual page was written by
211.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org .
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