This turns a special xattr into an rmdir with flags set. When that hits
the posix translator on the server side, that causes the file/directory
to be moved into the special "landfill" directory. From there, the
posix janitor thread will take care of deleting it entirely on the
server side - traversing it recursively if necessary. A couple of
secondary issues were fixed to make this effective.
* FUSE now ensures that setxattr values are NUL terminated.
* The janitor thread now gets woken up immediately when something is
placed in 'landfill' instead of only when file descriptors need to be
closed.
* The default landfill-emptying interval was reduced to 10s.
To use the feature, issue a setxattr something like this:
setfattr -n glusterfs.dht.nuke -v "" /mnt/glusterfs/vol/some_dir
The value doesn't actually matter; the mere receipt of a request with
this key is sufficient. Some day it might be useful to allow setting a
required value as a sort of password, so that only those who know it can
access the underlying special functionality.
Change-Id: I8a343c2cdb40a76d5a06c707191fb67babb8514f
Signed-off-by: Jeff Darcy <jdarcy@redhat.com>
Reviewed-on: http://review.gluster.org/13878
Smoke: Gluster Build System <jenkins@build.gluster.com>
NetBSD-regression: NetBSD Build System <jenkins@build.gluster.org>
CentOS-regression: Gluster Build System <jenkins@build.gluster.com>
Reviewed-by: Raghavendra G <rgowdapp@redhat.com>