Testing btrfs snapshots and git on ramdisk (tmpfs)

testing.md

These are my notes while testing.

Installing newer btrfs-tools

Ubuntu LTS 10.04 doesn't support removing btrfs snapshots. It can be fixed by installing newer btrfs.

cd /tmp
wget "http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/b/btrfs-tools/btrfs-tools_0.19+20100601-3ubuntu3_i386.deb"
dpkg -i btrfs-tools_0.19+20100601-3ubuntu3_i386.deb

Creating the master git repository (on a flash drive):

mkdir -p /flash/disk0
cd /flash/disk0
git init
echo 'This is a test file.' > test.txt
git add test.txt
git commit -a -m 'Added initial test data.'

Initialising tmpfs

mkdir /ramdisks
mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /ramdisks
mkdir /ramdisks/raw /ramdisks/mnt

Creating images on ramdisk

dd if=/dev/zero of=/ramdisks/raw/disk0 bs=1M count=256

Initializing btrfs image

mkfs.btrfs /ramdisks/raw/disk0

Mounting btrfs image

mount -o loop /ramdisks/raw/disk0 /ramdisks/mnt/disk0

Cloning flash to the ramdisk

git clone /flash/disk0 /ramdisks/mnt/disk0/data

Creating snapshot

btrfsctl -s /ramdisks/mnt/disk0/snapshot/disk0-20120124-2149 /ramdisks/mnt/disk0/data

Removing snapshot

cd /ramdisks/mnt/disk0/snapshot && btrfsctl -D disk0-20120124-2149 . && cd -

For some strange reason this doesn't work:

# btrfsctl -D /ramdisks/mnt/disk0/snapshot/disk0-20120124-2149 /ramdisks/mnt/disk0/snapshot
ioctl:: Invalid argument

...or any of these -- although these are probably wrong anyway:

# btrfsctl -D disk0-20120124-2149 /ramdisks/mnt/disk0/data
ioctl:: No such file or directory
# btrfsctl -D /ramdisks/mnt/disk0/snapshot/disk0-20120124-2149 /ramdisks/mnt/disk0/data
ioctl:: Invalid argument
# btrfsctl -D disk0-20120124-2149 /ramdisks/mnt/disk0/snapshot
ioctl:: No such file or directory

Transaction tests

# time ./transaction-test.sh 
Commit successful.

real    0m0.220s
user    0m0.112s
sys     0m0.072s

Test Platform

I am running these tests on a VIA ARTiGO A2000 Storage Server which has a VIA C7-D processor.

# cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : CentaurHauls
cpu family      : 6
model           : 13
model name      : VIA C7-D Processor 1500MHz
stepping        : 0
cpu MHz         : 1499.885
cache size      : 128 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm nx up pni xtpr rng rng_en ace ace_en ace2 ace2_en phe phe_en pmm pmm_en
bogomips        : 2999.77
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:

This machine has 1 GB 800 MHz DDR-2 RAM.

transaction-test.sh

#!/bin/sh

ramdisk_dir=/ramdisks/mnt/disk0
snapshot_dir="$ramdisk_dir"/snapshot
master_ram_git="$ramdisk_dir"/data
orig_pwd="$(pwd)"

# Create working copy in a COW snapshot
snapshot_create() {
	name="$1"
	sync
	btrfsctl -s "$snapshot_dir/$name" "$master_ram_git"|grep -qxF 'operation complete' || return 1
	return 0
}

# Delete snapshot
snapshot_delete() {
	name="$1"
	status=0
	cd "$snapshot_dir" || return 2
	btrfsctl -D "$name" .|grep -qxF 'operation complete' || status=1
	cd "$orig_pwd"
	return "$status"
}

# Start working on snapshot
work_begin() {
	name="$1"
	snapshot_create "disk0-$time"
	cd "$snapshot_dir/$name/data"
	return 0
}

# Commit changes to master ram git
work_commit() {
	name="$1"
	status=0
	git commit -q -a -m 'Changed data' || return 1
	cd "$master_ram_git" || return 3
	git pull -q "$snapshot_dir/$name/data" master || status=2
	cd "$orig_pwd" || return 4
	snapshot_delete "$name" || return 5
	return "$status"
}

# Rollback, lcean up snapshot without saving data
work_rollback() {
	name="$1"
	status=0
	cd "$orig_pwd" || return 4
	snapshot_delete "$name" || return 5
	return "$status"
}

set -e

time="$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S-%N)"

# Test modifying data
do_test() {
	echo 'New test line written '"$(date -u)" >> test.txt || return 1
	return 0
}

if work_begin "disk0-$time"; then
	if do_test; then
		if work_commit "disk0-$time"; then
			echo 'Commit successful.'
		else
			echo 'Error: Commit failed!' >&2
			work_rollback "disk0-$time"
		fi
	else
		echo 'Error: Test failed!' >&2
		work_rollback "disk0-$time"
	fi
else
	echo 'Error: Failed to begin transaction!' >&2
	exit 1
fi


# EOF