Re: [Xen-devel] Xen 4.2 (missing) pygrub support for ext4 on rhel5/centos5 e4fsprogs..

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/09/12 04:02, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Roger: If I didn't mix up people we had a chat about this at XenSummit :) 
> so here's some info about the ext4 stuff on rhel5/centos5.
>
> # yum search e4fsprogs
> e4fsprogs.x86_64 : Utilities for managing the fourth extended (ext4) 
> filesystem
> e4fsprogs-devel.i386 : Ext4 filesystem-specific static libraries and headers
> e4fsprogs-devel.x86_64 : Ext4 filesystem-specific static libraries and headers
> e4fsprogs-libs.i386 : Ext4 filesystem-specific static libraries and headers
> e4fsprogs-libs.x86_64 : Ext4 filesystem-specific static libraries and headers
>
> # rpm -ql e4fsprogs-libs.i386
> /lib/libe4p.so.2
> /lib/libe4p.so.2.3
> /lib/libext4fs.so.2
> /lib/libext4fs.so.2.4
>
> # rpm -ql e4fsprogs-libs.x86_64
> /lib64/libe4p.so.2
> /lib64/libe4p.so.2.3
> /lib64/libext4fs.so.2
> /lib64/libext4fs.so.2.4
>
> # rpm -ql e4fsprogs-devel.i386
> /usr/include/e4p
> /usr/include/e4p/e2p.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs
> /usr/include/ext4fs/bitops.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_err.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_ext_attr.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_fs.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_io.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_types-i386.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_types.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2fs.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext3_extents.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/tdb.h
> /usr/lib/libe4p.a
> /usr/lib/libe4p.so
> /usr/lib/libext4fs.a
> /usr/lib/libext4fs.so
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig/e4p.pc
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig/ext4fs.pc
> /usr/share/info/libext4fs.info.gz
>
> # rpm -ql e4fsprogs-devel.x86_64
> /usr/include/e4p
> /usr/include/e4p/e2p.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs
> /usr/include/ext4fs/bitops.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_err.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_ext_attr.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_fs.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_io.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_types-x86_64.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2_types.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext2fs.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/ext3_extents.h
> /usr/include/ext4fs/tdb.h
> /usr/lib64/libe4p.a
> /usr/lib64/libe4p.so
> /usr/lib64/libext4fs.a
> /usr/lib64/libext4fs.so
> /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/e4p.pc
> /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ext4fs.pc
> /usr/share/info/libext4fs.info.gz
>
>
> And then some info about the included files in the stock rhel5/centos5 Xen 
> rpms (Xen 3.1.2),
> where pygrub does support ext4 using e4fsprogs-libs:
>
>
> # rpm -ql xen-libs | grep fsimage
> /usr/lib64/fs/ext2fs-lib/fsimage.so
> /usr/lib64/fs/fat/fsimage.so
> /usr/lib64/fs/iso9660/fsimage.so
> /usr/lib64/fs/reiserfs/fsimage.so
> /usr/lib64/fs/ufs/fsimage.so
> /usr/lib64/libfsimage.so.1.0
> /usr/lib64/libfsimage.so.1.0.0
> /usr/lib/fs/ext2fs-lib/fsimage.so
> /usr/lib/fs/fat/fsimage.so
> /usr/lib/fs/iso9660/fsimage.so
> /usr/lib/fs/reiserfs/fsimage.so
> /usr/lib/fs/ufs/fsimage.so
> /usr/lib/libfsimage.so.1.0
> /usr/lib/libfsimage.so.1.0.0
>
> # ldd /usr/lib/fs/ext2fs-lib/fsimage.so
>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
>         libfsimage.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/libfsimage.so.1.0 (0xf7f09000)
>         libext4fs.so.2 => /lib/libext4fs.so.2 (0xf7edb000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xf7d82000)
>         libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7d68000)
>         libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/libcom_err.so.2 (0xf7d64000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00778000)
>
>
> # ldd /usr/lib64/fs/ext2fs-lib/fsimage.so
>         linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fff9cffd000)
>         libfsimage.so.1.0 => /usr/lib64/libfsimage.so.1.0 (0x00002adbbef0e000)
>         libext4fs.so.2 => /lib64/libext4fs.so.2 (0x00002adbbf111000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00002adbbf340000)
>         libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00002adbbf697000)
>         libcom_err.so.2 => /lib64/libcom_err.so.2 (0x00002adbbf8b2000)
>         /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00000039dce00000)
>
> So el5 stock Xen rpms provide ext2fs-lib/fsimage.so, which is linked against 
> libext4fs.so.2,
> and pygrub loads/uses fsimage.so.
>
>
> Can you guys please post the patch/hack you're currently using with 
> XenServer/XCP,
> so we can decide what'd be the best way to get Xen 4.2 pygrub supporting ext4 
> also on el5 ? 

Attached, but it is very brutal as far as hacks go, and not suitable for
upstreaming in its current form.

~Andrew

>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Pasi
>
>
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Andrew Cooper - Dom0 Kernel Engineer, Citrix XenServer
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