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IOCTL-XFS-GETPARENTS(2) System Calls Manual IOCTL-XFS-GETPARENTS(2)
NAME top
ioctl_xfs_getparents - query XFS directory parent informationSYNOPSIS top
**#include <xfs/xfs_fs.h>**
**int ioctl(int** _fd_**, XFS_IOC_GETPARENTS, struct xfs_getparents ***_arg_**);**
**int ioctl(int** _fd_**, XFS_IOC_GETPARENTS_BY_HANDLE, struct**
**xfs_getparents_by_handle ***_arg_**);**DESCRIPTION top
This command is used to retrieve the directory parent pointers of
either the currently opened file or a file handle. Parent
pointers point upwards in the directory tree from a child file
towards a parent directories. Each entry in a parent directory
must have a corresponding parent pointer in the child.
Calling programs should allocate a large memory buffer and
initialize a header of the following form:
struct xfs_getparents {
struct xfs_attrlist_cursor gp_cursor;
__u16 gp_iflags;
__u16 gp_oflags;
__u32 gp_bufsize;
__u64 __pad;
__u64 gp_buffer;
};
struct xfs_getparents {
struct xfs_handle gph_handle;
struct xfs_getparents gph_request;
};
The field _gpcursor_ tracks the progress of iterating through the
parent pointers. Calling programs must initialize this to zero
before the first system call and must not touch it after that.
The field _gpiflags_ control the behavior of the query operation
and provide more information about the outcome of the operation.
There are no input flags currently defined; this field must be
zero.
The field _gpoflags_ contains information about the query itself.
Possibly output flags are:
**XFS_GETPARENTS_OFLAG_ROOT**
The file queried was the root directory.
**XFS_GETPARENTS_OFLAG_DONE**
There are no more parent pointers to query.
The field __pad_ must be zero.
The field _gpbufsize_ should be set to the size of the buffer, in
bytes.
The field _gpbuffer_ should point to an output buffer for the
parent pointer records.
Parent pointer records are returned in the following form:
struct xfs_getparents_rec {
struct xfs_handle gpr_parent;
__u16 gpr_reclen;
char gpr_name[];
};
The field _gprparent_ is a file handle that can be used to open the
parent directory.
The field _gprreclen_ will be set to the number of bytes used by
this parent record.
The array _gprname_ will be set to a NULL-terminated byte sequence
representing the filename stored in the parent pointer. If the
name is a zero-length string, the file queried has no parents.SAMPLE PROGRAM top
Calling programs should allocate a large memory buffer, initialize
the head structure to zeroes, set gp_bufsize to the size of the
buffer, and call the ioctl. The XFS_GETPARENTS_OFLAG_DONE flag
will be set in gp_flags when there are no more parent pointers to
be read. The below code is an example of XFS_IOC_GETPARENTS
usage:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <xfs/linux.h>
#include <xfs/xfs.h>
#include <xfs/xfs_types.h>
#include <xfs/xfs_fs.h>
int main() {
struct xfs_getparents gp = { };
struct xfs_getparents_rec *gpr;
int error, fd;
gp.gp_buffer = (uintptr_t)malloc(65536);
if (!gp.gp_buffer) {
perror("malloc");
return 1;
}
gp->gp_bufsize = 65536;
fd = open("/mnt/test/foo.txt", O_RDONLY | O_CREAT);
if (fd == -1)
return errno;
do {
error = ioctl(fd, XFS_IOC_GETPARENTS, gp);
if (error)
return error;
for (gpr = xfs_getparents_first_rec(&gp);
gpr != NULL;
gpr = xfs_getparents_next_rec(&gp, gpr)) {
if (gpr->gpr_name[0] == 0)
break;
printf("inode = %llu\n",
gpr->gpr_parent.ha_fid.fid_ino);
printf("generation = %u\n",
gpr->gpr_parent.ha_fid.fid_gen);
printf("name = \"%s\"\n\n",
gpr->gpr_name);
}
} while (!(gp.gp_flags & XFS_GETPARENTS_OFLAG_DONE));
return 0;
}RETURN VALUE top
On error, -1 is returned, and _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ is set to indicate the error.ERRORS top
Error codes can be one of, but are not limited to, the following:
**EFSBADCRC**
Metadata checksum validation failed while performing the
query.
**EFSCORRUPTED**
Metadata corruption was encountered while performing the
query.
**EINVAL** One or more of the arguments specified is invalid.
**EMSGSIZE**
The record buffer was not large enough to store even a
single record.
**ENOMEM** Not enough memory to retrieve parent pointers.
**EOPNOTSUPP**
Repairs of the requested metadata object are not supported.
**EROFS** Filesystem is read-only and a repair was requested.
**ESHUTDOWN**
Filesystem is shut down due to previous errors.
**EIO** An I/O error was encountered while performing the query.CONFORMING TO top
This API is specific to XFS filesystem on the Linux kernel.SEE ALSO top
[ioctl(2)](../man2/ioctl.2.html)COLOPHON top
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