Commit 07d241fd authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab Committed by Jonathan Corbet

docs: filesystems: convert 9p.txt to ReST

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Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/96a060b7b5c0c3838ab1751addfe4d6d3bc37bd6.1581955849.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 3eb30c51
v9fs: Plan 9 Resource Sharing for Linux .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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ABOUT =======================================
v9fs: Plan 9 Resource Sharing for Linux
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About
===== =====
v9fs is a Unix implementation of the Plan 9 9p remote filesystem protocol. v9fs is a Unix implementation of the Plan 9 9p remote filesystem protocol.
...@@ -14,32 +17,34 @@ and Maya Gokhale. Additional development by Greg Watson ...@@ -14,32 +17,34 @@ and Maya Gokhale. Additional development by Greg Watson
The best detailed explanation of the Linux implementation and applications of The best detailed explanation of the Linux implementation and applications of
the 9p client is available in the form of a USENIX paper: the 9p client is available in the form of a USENIX paper:
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix05/tech/freenix/hensbergen.html http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix05/tech/freenix/hensbergen.html
Other applications are described in the following papers: Other applications are described in the following papers:
* XCPU & Clustering * XCPU & Clustering
http://xcpu.org/papers/xcpu-talk.pdf http://xcpu.org/papers/xcpu-talk.pdf
* KVMFS: control file system for KVM * KVMFS: control file system for KVM
http://xcpu.org/papers/kvmfs.pdf http://xcpu.org/papers/kvmfs.pdf
* CellFS: A New Programming Model for the Cell BE * CellFS: A New Programming Model for the Cell BE
http://xcpu.org/papers/cellfs-talk.pdf http://xcpu.org/papers/cellfs-talk.pdf
* PROSE I/O: Using 9p to enable Application Partitions * PROSE I/O: Using 9p to enable Application Partitions
http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/iwp9/cready/PROSE_iwp9_2006.pdf http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/iwp9/cready/PROSE_iwp9_2006.pdf
* VirtFS: A Virtualization Aware File System pass-through * VirtFS: A Virtualization Aware File System pass-through
http://goo.gl/3WPDg http://goo.gl/3WPDg
USAGE Usage
===== =====
For remote file server: For remote file server::
mount -t 9p 10.10.1.2 /mnt/9 mount -t 9p 10.10.1.2 /mnt/9
For Plan 9 From User Space applications (http://swtch.com/plan9) For Plan 9 From User Space applications (http://swtch.com/plan9)::
mount -t 9p `namespace`/acme /mnt/9 -o trans=unix,uname=$USER mount -t 9p `namespace`/acme /mnt/9 -o trans=unix,uname=$USER
For server running on QEMU host with virtio transport: For server running on QEMU host with virtio transport::
mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio <mount_tag> /mnt/9 mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio <mount_tag> /mnt/9
...@@ -48,18 +53,22 @@ mount points. Each 9P export is seen by the client as a virtio device with an ...@@ -48,18 +53,22 @@ mount points. Each 9P export is seen by the client as a virtio device with an
associated "mount_tag" property. Available mount tags can be associated "mount_tag" property. Available mount tags can be
seen by reading /sys/bus/virtio/drivers/9pnet_virtio/virtio<n>/mount_tag files. seen by reading /sys/bus/virtio/drivers/9pnet_virtio/virtio<n>/mount_tag files.
OPTIONS Options
======= =======
============= ===============================================================
trans=name select an alternative transport. Valid options are trans=name select an alternative transport. Valid options are
currently: currently:
unix - specifying a named pipe mount point
tcp - specifying a normal TCP/IP connection ======== ============================================
fd - used passed file descriptors for connection unix specifying a named pipe mount point
(see rfdno and wfdno) tcp specifying a normal TCP/IP connection
virtio - connect to the next virtio channel available fd used passed file descriptors for connection
(from QEMU with trans_virtio module) (see rfdno and wfdno)
rdma - connect to a specified RDMA channel virtio connect to the next virtio channel available
(from QEMU with trans_virtio module)
rdma connect to a specified RDMA channel
======== ============================================
uname=name user name to attempt mount as on the remote server. The uname=name user name to attempt mount as on the remote server. The
server may override or ignore this value. Certain user server may override or ignore this value. Certain user
...@@ -69,28 +78,36 @@ OPTIONS ...@@ -69,28 +78,36 @@ OPTIONS
offering several exported file systems. offering several exported file systems.
cache=mode specifies a caching policy. By default, no caches are used. cache=mode specifies a caching policy. By default, no caches are used.
none = default no cache policy, metadata and data
none
default no cache policy, metadata and data
alike are synchronous. alike are synchronous.
loose = no attempts are made at consistency, loose
no attempts are made at consistency,
intended for exclusive, read-only mounts intended for exclusive, read-only mounts
fscache = use FS-Cache for a persistent, read-only fscache
use FS-Cache for a persistent, read-only
cache backend. cache backend.
mmap = minimal cache that is only used for read-write mmap
minimal cache that is only used for read-write
mmap. Northing else is cached, like cache=none mmap. Northing else is cached, like cache=none
debug=n specifies debug level. The debug level is a bitmask. debug=n specifies debug level. The debug level is a bitmask.
0x01 = display verbose error messages
0x02 = developer debug (DEBUG_CURRENT) ===== ================================
0x04 = display 9p trace 0x01 display verbose error messages
0x08 = display VFS trace 0x02 developer debug (DEBUG_CURRENT)
0x10 = display Marshalling debug 0x04 display 9p trace
0x20 = display RPC debug 0x08 display VFS trace
0x40 = display transport debug 0x10 display Marshalling debug
0x80 = display allocation debug 0x20 display RPC debug
0x100 = display protocol message debug 0x40 display transport debug
0x200 = display Fid debug 0x80 display allocation debug
0x400 = display packet debug 0x100 display protocol message debug
0x800 = display fscache tracing debug 0x200 display Fid debug
0x400 display packet debug
0x800 display fscache tracing debug
===== ================================
rfdno=n the file descriptor for reading with trans=fd rfdno=n the file descriptor for reading with trans=fd
...@@ -103,9 +120,12 @@ OPTIONS ...@@ -103,9 +120,12 @@ OPTIONS
noextend force legacy mode (no 9p2000.u or 9p2000.L semantics) noextend force legacy mode (no 9p2000.u or 9p2000.L semantics)
version=name Select 9P protocol version. Valid options are: version=name Select 9P protocol version. Valid options are:
9p2000 - Legacy mode (same as noextend)
9p2000.u - Use 9P2000.u protocol ======== ==============================
9p2000.L - Use 9P2000.L protocol 9p2000 Legacy mode (same as noextend)
9p2000.u Use 9P2000.u protocol
9p2000.L Use 9P2000.L protocol
======== ==============================
dfltuid attempt to mount as a particular uid dfltuid attempt to mount as a particular uid
...@@ -118,22 +138,27 @@ OPTIONS ...@@ -118,22 +138,27 @@ OPTIONS
hosts. This functionality will be expanded in later versions. hosts. This functionality will be expanded in later versions.
access there are four access modes. access there are four access modes.
user = if a user tries to access a file on v9fs user
if a user tries to access a file on v9fs
filesystem for the first time, v9fs sends an filesystem for the first time, v9fs sends an
attach command (Tattach) for that user. attach command (Tattach) for that user.
This is the default mode. This is the default mode.
<uid> = allows only user with uid=<uid> to access <uid>
allows only user with uid=<uid> to access
the files on the mounted filesystem the files on the mounted filesystem
any = v9fs does single attach and performs all any
v9fs does single attach and performs all
operations as one user operations as one user
client = ACL based access check on the 9p client clien
ACL based access check on the 9p client
side for access validation side for access validation
cachetag cache tag to use the specified persistent cache. cachetag cache tag to use the specified persistent cache.
cache tags for existing cache sessions can be listed at cache tags for existing cache sessions can be listed at
/sys/fs/9p/caches. (applies only to cache=fscache) /sys/fs/9p/caches. (applies only to cache=fscache)
============= ===============================================================
RESOURCES Resources
========= =========
Protocol specifications are maintained on github: Protocol specifications are maintained on github:
...@@ -158,4 +183,3 @@ http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9 ...@@ -158,4 +183,3 @@ http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9
For information on Plan 9 from User Space (Plan 9 applications and libraries For information on Plan 9 from User Space (Plan 9 applications and libraries
ported to Linux/BSD/OSX/etc) check out http://swtch.com/plan9 ported to Linux/BSD/OSX/etc) check out http://swtch.com/plan9
...@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Documentation for filesystem implementations. ...@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Documentation for filesystem implementations.
.. toctree:: .. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2 :maxdepth: 2
9p
autofs autofs
fuse fuse
overlayfs overlayfs
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