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diff --git a/man/man4/fuse.4 b/man/man4/fuse.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1e2dd7ae5 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man4/fuse.4 @@ -0,0 +1,535 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2016 Julia Computing Inc, Keno Fischer +.\" Description based on include/uapi/fuse.h and code in fs/fuse +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH fuse 4 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +fuse \- Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) device +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <linux/fuse.h> +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +This device is the primary interface between the FUSE filesystem driver +and a user-space process wishing to provide the filesystem (referred to +in the rest of this manual page as the +.IR "filesystem daemon" ). +This manual page is intended for those +interested in understanding the kernel interface itself. +Those implementing a FUSE filesystem may wish to make use of +a user-space library such as +.I libfuse +that abstracts away the low-level interface. +.P +At its core, FUSE is a simple client-server protocol, in which the Linux +kernel is the client and the daemon is the server. +After obtaining a file descriptor for this device, the daemon may +.BR read (2) +requests from that file descriptor and is expected to +.BR write (2) +back its replies. +It is important to note that a file descriptor is +associated with a unique FUSE filesystem. +In particular, opening a second copy of this device, +will not allow access to resources created +through the first file descriptor (and vice versa). +.\" +.SS The basic protocol +Every message that is read by the daemon begins with a header described by +the following structure: +.P +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_in_header { + uint32_t len; /* Total length of the data, + including this header */ + uint32_t opcode; /* The kind of operation (see below) */ + uint64_t unique; /* A unique identifier for this request */ + uint64_t nodeid; /* ID of the filesystem object + being operated on */ + uint32_t uid; /* UID of the requesting process */ + uint32_t gid; /* GID of the requesting process */ + uint32_t pid; /* PID of the requesting process */ + uint32_t padding; +}; +.EE +.in +.P +The header is followed by a variable-length data portion +(which may be empty) specific to the requested operation +(the requested operation is indicated by +.IR opcode ). +.P +The daemon should then process the request and if applicable send +a reply (almost all operations require a reply; if they do not, +this is documented below), by performing a +.BR write (2) +to the file descriptor. +All replies must start with the following header: +.P +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_out_header { + uint32_t len; /* Total length of data written to + the file descriptor */ + int32_t error; /* Any error that occurred (0 if none) */ + uint64_t unique; /* The value from the + corresponding request */ +}; +.EE +.in +.P +This header is also followed by (potentially empty) variable-sized +data depending on the executed request. +However, if the reply is an error reply (i.e., +.I error +is set), +then no further payload data should be sent, independent of the request. +.\" +.SS Exchanged messages +This section should contain documentation for each of the messages +in the protocol. +This manual page is currently incomplete, +so not all messages are documented. +For each message, first the struct sent by the kernel is given, +followed by a description of the semantics of the message. +.TP +.B FUSE_INIT +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_init_in { + uint32_t major; + uint32_t minor; + uint32_t max_readahead; /* Since protocol v7.6 */ + uint32_t flags; /* Since protocol v7.6 */ +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +This is the first request sent by the kernel to the daemon. +It is used to negotiate the protocol version and other filesystem parameters. +Note that the protocol version may affect the layout of any structure +in the protocol (including this structure). +The daemon must thus remember the negotiated version +and flags for each session. +As of the writing of this man page, +the highest supported kernel protocol version is +.IR 7.26 . +.IP +Users should be aware that the descriptions in this manual page +may be incomplete or incorrect for older or more recent protocol versions. +.IP +The reply for this request has the following format: +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_init_out { + uint32_t major; + uint32_t minor; + uint32_t max_readahead; /* Since v7.6 */ + uint32_t flags; /* Since v7.6; some flags bits + were introduced later */ + uint16_t max_background; /* Since v7.13 */ + uint16_t congestion_threshold; /* Since v7.13 */ + uint32_t max_write; /* Since v7.5 */ + uint32_t time_gran; /* Since v7.6 */ + uint32_t unused[9]; +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +If the major version supported by the kernel is larger than that supported +by the daemon, the reply shall consist of only +.I uint32_t major +(following the usual header), +indicating the largest major version supported by the daemon. +The kernel will then issue a new +.B FUSE_INIT +request conforming to the older version. +In the reverse case, the daemon should +quietly fall back to the kernel's major version. +.IP +The negotiated minor version is considered to be the minimum +of the minor versions provided by the daemon and the kernel and +both parties should use the protocol corresponding to said minor version. +.TP +.B FUSE_GETATTR +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_getattr_in { + uint32_t getattr_flags; + uint32_t dummy; + uint64_t fh; /* Set only if + (getattr_flags & FUSE_GETATTR_FH) +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +The requested operation is to compute the attributes to be returned +by +.BR stat (2) +and similar operations for the given filesystem object. +The object for which the attributes should be computed is indicated +either by +.I header\->nodeid +or, if the +.B FUSE_GETATTR_FH +flag is set, by the file handle +.IR fh . +The latter case of operation is analogous to +.BR fstat (2). +.IP +For performance reasons, these attributes may be cached in the kernel for +a specified duration of time. +While the cache timeout has not been exceeded, +the attributes will be served from the cache and will not cause additional +.B FUSE_GETATTR +requests. +.IP +The computed attributes and the requested +cache timeout should then be returned in the following structure: +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_attr_out { + /* Attribute cache duration (seconds + nanoseconds) */ + uint64_t attr_valid; + uint32_t attr_valid_nsec; + uint32_t dummy; + struct fuse_attr { + uint64_t ino; + uint64_t size; + uint64_t blocks; + uint64_t atime; + uint64_t mtime; + uint64_t ctime; + uint32_t atimensec; + uint32_t mtimensec; + uint32_t ctimensec; + uint32_t mode; + uint32_t nlink; + uint32_t uid; + uint32_t gid; + uint32_t rdev; + uint32_t blksize; + uint32_t padding; + } attr; +}; +.EE +.in +.TP +.B FUSE_ACCESS +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_access_in { + uint32_t mask; + uint32_t padding; +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +If the +.I default_permissions +mount options is not used, this request may be used for permissions checking. +No reply data is expected, but errors may be indicated +as usual by setting the +.I error +field in the reply header (in particular, access denied errors +may be indicated by returning +.BR \-EACCES ). +.TP +.BR FUSE_OPEN " and " FUSE_OPENDIR +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_open_in { + uint32_t flags; /* The flags that were passed + to the open(2) */ + uint32_t unused; +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +The requested operation is to open the node indicated by +.IR header\->nodeid . +The exact semantics of what this means will depend on the +filesystem being implemented. +However, at the very least the +filesystem should validate that the requested +.I flags +are valid for the indicated resource and then send a reply with the +following format: +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_open_out { + uint64_t fh; + uint32_t open_flags; + uint32_t padding; +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +The +.I fh +field is an opaque identifier that the kernel will use to refer +to this resource +The +.I open_flags +field is a bit mask of any number of the flags +that indicate properties of this file handle to the kernel: +.RS 7 +.TP 18 +.B FOPEN_DIRECT_IO +Bypass page cache for this open file. +.TP +.B FOPEN_KEEP_CACHE +Don't invalidate the data cache on open. +.TP +.B FOPEN_NONSEEKABLE +The file is not seekable. +.RE +.TP +.BR FUSE_READ " and " FUSE_READDIR +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_read_in { + uint64_t fh; + uint64_t offset; + uint32_t size; + uint32_t read_flags; + uint64_t lock_owner; + uint32_t flags; + uint32_t padding; +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +The requested action is to read up to +.I size +bytes of the file or directory, starting at +.IR offset . +The bytes should be returned directly following the usual reply header. +.TP +.B FUSE_INTERRUPT +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_interrupt_in { + uint64_t unique; +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +The requested action is to cancel the pending operation indicated by +.IR unique . +This request requires no response. +However, receipt of this message does +not by itself cancel the indicated operation. +The kernel will still expect a reply to said operation (e.g., an +.I EINTR +error or a short read). +At most one +.B FUSE_INTERRUPT +request will be issued for a given operation. +After issuing said operation, +the kernel will wait uninterruptibly for completion of the indicated request. +.TP +.B FUSE_LOOKUP +Directly following the header is a filename to be looked up in the directory +indicated by +.IR header\->nodeid . +The expected reply is of the form: +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_entry_out { + uint64_t nodeid; /* Inode ID */ + uint64_t generation; /* Inode generation */ + uint64_t entry_valid; + uint64_t attr_valid; + uint32_t entry_valid_nsec; + uint32_t attr_valid_nsec; + struct fuse_attr attr; +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +The combination of +.I nodeid +and +.I generation +must be unique for the filesystem's lifetime. +.IP +The interpretation of timeouts and +.I attr +is as for +.BR FUSE_GETATTR . +.TP +.B FUSE_FLUSH +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_flush_in { + uint64_t fh; + uint32_t unused; + uint32_t padding; + uint64_t lock_owner; +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +The requested action is to flush any pending changes to the indicated +file handle. +No reply data is expected. +However, an empty reply message +still needs to be issued once the flush operation is complete. +.TP +.BR FUSE_RELEASE " and " FUSE_RELEASEDIR +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_release_in { + uint64_t fh; + uint32_t flags; + uint32_t release_flags; + uint64_t lock_owner; +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +These are the converse of +.B FUSE_OPEN +and +.B FUSE_OPENDIR +respectively. +The daemon may now free any resources associated with the +file handle +.I fh +as the kernel will no longer refer to it. +There is no reply data associated with this request, +but a reply still needs to be issued once the request has +been completely processed. +.TP +.B FUSE_STATFS +This operation implements +.BR statfs (2) +for this filesystem. +There is no input data associated with this request. +The expected reply data has the following structure: +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct fuse_kstatfs { + uint64_t blocks; + uint64_t bfree; + uint64_t bavail; + uint64_t files; + uint64_t ffree; + uint32_t bsize; + uint32_t namelen; + uint32_t frsize; + uint32_t padding; + uint32_t spare[6]; +}; +\& +struct fuse_statfs_out { + struct fuse_kstatfs st; +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +For the interpretation of these fields, see +.BR statfs (2). +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B E2BIG +Returned from +.BR read (2) +operations when the kernel's request is too large for the provided buffer +and the request was +.BR FUSE_SETXATTR . +.TP +.B EINVAL +Returned from +.BR write (2) +if validation of the reply failed. +Not all mistakes in replies will be caught by this validation. +However, basic mistakes, such as short replies or an incorrect +.I unique +value, are detected. +.TP +.B EIO +Returned from +.BR read (2) +operations when the kernel's request is too large for the provided buffer. +.IP +.IR Note : +There are various ways in which incorrect use of these interfaces can cause +operations on the provided filesystem's files and directories to fail with +.BR EIO . +Among the possible incorrect uses are: +.RS +.IP \[bu] 3 +changing +.I mode & S_IFMT +for an inode that has previously been reported to the kernel; or +.IP \[bu] +giving replies to the kernel that are shorter than what the kernel expected. +.RE +.TP +.B ENODEV +Returned from +.BR read (2) +and +.BR write (2) +if the FUSE filesystem was unmounted. +.TP +.B EPERM +Returned from operations on a +.I /dev/fuse +file descriptor that has not been mounted. +.SH STANDARDS +Linux. +.SH NOTES +The following messages are not yet documented in this manual page: +.P +.\" FIXME: Document the following. +.in +4n +.EX +.B FUSE_BATCH_FORGET +.B FUSE_BMAP +.B FUSE_CREATE +.B FUSE_DESTROY +.B FUSE_FALLOCATE +.B FUSE_FORGET +.B FUSE_FSYNC +.B FUSE_FSYNCDIR +.B FUSE_GETLK +.B FUSE_GETXATTR +.B FUSE_IOCTL +.B FUSE_LINK +.B FUSE_LISTXATTR +.B FUSE_LSEEK +.B FUSE_MKDIR +.B FUSE_MKNOD +.B FUSE_NOTIFY_REPLY +.B FUSE_POLL +.B FUSE_READDIRPLUS +.B FUSE_READLINK +.B FUSE_REMOVEXATTR +.B FUSE_RENAME +.B FUSE_RENAME2 +.B FUSE_RMDIR +.B FUSE_SETATTR +.B FUSE_SETLK +.B FUSE_SETLKW +.B FUSE_SYMLINK +.B FUSE_UNLINK +.B FUSE_WRITE +.EE +.in +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR fusermount (1), +.BR mount.fuse (8) |