Copy operation for LVM2 Physical Volumes is deliberately not implemented
because it doesn't fit with how LVM2 works and is not safe in the
general case without an understanding of its internals. See comment in
lvm2_pv::copy() for more details.
Bug #670171 - Add LVM PV read-write support
In the Partition menu enable activation / deactivation of the LVM2
Volume Group of which the Physical Volume is a member.
Bug #670171 - Add LVM PV read-write support
Add creation of Physical Volumes specifying LVM2 metatdata format:
lvm pvcreate -M 2 /dev/DEVICE
Also set the partition type to identify its contents as LVM. Note that
libparted treats every partition type as a file system except LVM which
it treats as a flag, hence GParted displaying "lvm" in the Manage Flags
dialog. Never the less libparted set the partition types correctly.
For MBR partitioning the type is 8e "Linux LVM" and for GPT partitioning
the type is E6D6D379-F507-44C2-A23C-238F2A3DF928. Setting the partition
type as LVM is not strictly required as LVM2 scans the contents of all
partitions looking for PVs, but it is best practice.
Bug #670171 - Add LVM PV read-write support
Steps to reproduce:
1) Open any of these dialogs: Create New Partition, Resize/Move or
Paste;
2) Update any of the following numeric entry fields to a different value
using the keyboard: Free space preceding, New size or Free space
following;
3) Press [Esc] key;
Gparted crashes.
What is happening is that the [Esc] key is leading to the dialog being
closed and calling the ~Dialog_Base_Partition() destructor. However
after this the GTK widget is calling the on_spinbutton_value_change()
registered callbacks for the change to the other two values, on the now
just deleted object.
Fix by disconnecting the change notification callbacks in the
destructor.
Closes bug #682658 - GParted crash by pressing Esc in dialogs with
number entry
The mount of lost file systems that were larger than a 32 bit integer
could hold (~2 GiB), or started after the first ~2 GiB of disk, would
fail.
Closes Bug #680740 - Gparted fails when mounting the read-only view of
lost filesystems
The member functions btrfs_size_to_num(), btrfs_size_max_delta() and
btrfs_size_to_gdouble() don't access any member variables. Therefore
they don't need the const qualifier allowing them to be called when the
btrfs object is const for read-only access to member variables, but
instead need to be static member functions with no access to member
variables.
When resizing an extended partition, a problem can occur with MiB
alignment wherein the requested end sector could be less than the end
sector of the last logical partition. This would be an invalid
geometry because all the logical partitions must be wholly contained
within the extended partition.
Check for this situation and if found then set requested end for
the extended partition to the end of the last logical partition.
Closes Bug #678831 - Partition End Overlap when Resizing Extended
Partition
Restore intended logic accidentally changed by my recent commit:
Simplify calc_usage_triple() interface and rename
6c96ab34b3
Set each display integer to zero if the associated usage value is
negative, rather than setting 100% unused for unknown usage. Graphical
display of partition usage for unknown and unsupported file system types
is not affected and continues to be all white because of the logic in
the callers.
Local variables used, unused and unallocated were hiding class member
variables of the same name. Remove first two local variables as they
were only accessed once and rename third.
Now that every call to calc_usage_triple() just passes usage figures
returned by get_sectors_*(), remove those parameters, call
get_sectors_*() internally and rename to get_usage_triple().
Stop using fraction_unallocated and fraction_used member variables of
the DrawingAreaVisualDisk class as intermediate storage of partition
usage fractions. Instead get the figures straight from the partition
class and use the new calc_usage_triple() to directly set pixels widths
for the partition usage graphic.
For specific partition usage values the right hand border of the
partition graphic in the Information dialog would be displayed as grey
rather than the color assigned to the partition.
Steps to reproduce fault:
Create 1024 MiB partition
# lvm pvcreate /dev/sda12
# lvm vgcreate GParted-VG1 /dev/sda12
View partition information
Fragment from Dialog_Partition_Info::init_drawingarea():
139 else if ( partition .sector_usage_known() )
140 {
141 used = Utils::round( ( 400 - BORDER *2 ) / ( dlength / partition .get_sectors_used() ) ) ;
142 unused = Utils::round( ( 400 - BORDER *2 ) / ( dlength / partition .get_sectors_unused() ) ) ;
143 unallocated = 400 - BORDER *2 - used - unused ;
144 }
For this issue the above values are both exactly x.5 and both round
upwards, resulting in unallocated being -1.
used = round((400 - 8*2)/(2097152.0/8192)) = round(1.5)
unused = round((400 - 8*2)/(2097152.0/2088960)) = round(382.5)
unallocated = 400 - 8*2 - 2 - 383 = -1
The simple fix would be to use floor() instead of round() in the
calculation of either used or unused. The same fix would also need to
be applied in Display_Info() for the calculation of the percentage
figures. Unfortunately this simple fix can lead to odd figures when the
used or unused is close to zero and floor() or ceil() is effectively
applied rather than round(). For example:
Size: 227.23 GiB
Used: 28.00 KiB ( 1% )
Unused: 180.00 GiB ( 79% )
Unallocated: 47.23 GiB ( 20% )
Used figure of 28 KiB in 227 GiB partition should be rounded to 0% but
wasn't.
Write Partition::calc_usage_triple() which calculates the "best" figures
by rounding the smaller two figures and subtracts them from the desired
total for the largest figure. Apply to the calculation of the partition
usage percentage figures in the Information dialog and the partition
usage graphic in the same dialog and the main window.
Bug #499202 - gparted does not see the difference if partition size
differs from filesystem size
Most file systems report intrinsic unallocated space using the statvfs()
system call when mounted, but not using their own tools. They are:
ext2/3/4, fat16/32, hfs, nilfs2, reiserfs and xfs. Showing either a
little or no unallocated space, depending on whether a file system is
mounted or not, could be confusing to the user.
When all file systems are created filling their partitions the unused
figure reported by statvfs() and their own tools are the same or very
close. Also the used plus unallocated figure from statvfs() agrees with
the used figure from their own tools.
For all file systems don't display intrinsic unallocated space (that
below the threshold of 2 to 5%), instead include it as used space. As
soon as the amount of unallocated space becomes significant display it
everywhere and also trigger the warning.
For display purposes always use the new Partition methods:
get_sectors_used(), get_sectors_unused(), and get_sectors_unallocated().
When calculating new usage figures during Paste and Resize/Move
operations directly access sectors_used, sectors_unused and
sectors_unallocated members.
Bug #499202 - gparted does not see the difference if partition size
differs from filesystem size
Many file systems report differing percentages of unallocated space over
a range of sizes, as well differing figures using their own specific
tools or using statvfs() system call when mounted.
File systems reporting intrinsic unallocated space using their specific
tools are: jfs, lvm2 pv and ntfs. LVM2 PV has the largest amount of
unallocated space with its default Physical Extent size of 4 MiB. For a
100 MiB partition it has 4.0% unallocated space.
File systems reporting intrinsic unallocated space using the statvfs()
system call when mounted are: ext2/3/4, fat16/32, hfs, jfs, nilfs2,
ntfs, reiserfs, and xfs. Xfs has the worst identified unallocated space
of ~4.7% in a 100 MiB partition. Ext2/3 exhibit unusual behaviour by
reporting unallocated space of ~4.6% in a 100 MiB partition falling to a
constant percentage of ~1.8% for sizes of 1 GiB and above.
Update the calculation for used to estimate the maximum size of
intrinsic unallocated space. Limit is now 5% for partitions smaller
than 100 MiB, 2% for partitions larger than 1 GiB and linear scaling of
the percentage between. Will still get false unallocated space warnings
for mounted xfs file systems and lvm2 pvs smaller than 100 MiB.
Also add a short note and worked example calculation of unallocated
space to the HACKING file.
Bug #499202 - gparted does not see the difference if partition size
differs from filesystem size
A number of file systems report intrinsic unallocated space even when
they are created filling the partition. As reported using their own
specific tools, they are: jfs, lvm2 pv and ntfs. Therefore when
resizing a partition estimate its minimum size to be used sectors plus
any unallocated sectors up to the significant amount.
Bug #499202 - gparted does not see the difference if partition size
differs from filesystem size
The btrfs programs only provide approximations of file system sizes
because they display figures using binary prefix multipliers to two
decimal places of precision. E.g. 2.00GB. For partition sizes where
the contained file system size rounds upwards, GParted will fail to read
the file system usage and report a warning because the file system will
appear to be larger than the partition.
For example, create a 2047 MiB partition containing a btrfs file system
and display its size.
# btrfs filesystem show
Label: none uuid: 92535375-5e76-4a70-896a-8d796a577993
Total devices 1 FS bytes used 28.00KB
devid 1 size 2.00GB used 240.62MB path /dev/sda12
The file system size appears to be 2048 MiB, but that is larger than the
partition, hence the issue GParted has. (Actually uses the btrfs devid
size which is the size of the btrfs file system within the partition in
question).
This issue is new with the fix for Bug #499202 because it queries the
file system sizes for the first time. The same issue could
theoretically occur previously, but with the used figure (FS bytes
used). This would have been virtually impossible to trigger because
btrfs file system would have to have been greater than 99% full, but
btrfs has been notorious for early reporting of file system full.
The fix is that if a btrfs file system size appears larger than the
partition size, but the minimum possible size which could have been
rounded to the reported figure is within the partition size use the
smaller partition size instead. Apply the method to the used figure
too, in case the file system is 100% full. Also if the btrfs file
system size appears smaller than the partition size, but the maximum
possible size which could have been rounded to the reported figure is
within the partition size use the larger partition size instead to avoid
reporting, presumably false, unallocated space. Not applied to file
system used figure.
Bug 499202 - gparted does not see the difference if partition size
differs from filesystem size
Mike Fleetwood