o More comprehensive config parameter debugging messages.

o Make /proc configurable.
 o Review hard-coded "/dev"s - made 2 more of them configurable.

lib/config/config.c

@@ -553,8 +553,10 @@ find_config_str(struct config_node *cn,
 {
 	struct config_node *n = find_config_node(cn, path, sep);
 
-	if (n && n->v->type == CFG_STRING)
+	if (n && n->v->type == CFG_STRING) {
+		log_debug("Setting %s to %s", path, n->v->v.str);
 		return n->v->v.str;
+	}
 
 	if (fail)
 		log_debug("%s not found in config: defaulting to %s",
@@ -567,9 +569,12 @@ int find_config_int(struct config_node *cn, const char *path,
 {
 	struct config_node *n = find_config_node(cn, path, sep);
 
-	if (n && n->v->type == CFG_INT)
+	if (n && n->v->type == CFG_INT) {
+		log_debug("Setting %s to %d", path, n->v->v.i);
 		return n->v->v.i;
+	}
 
+	log_debug("%s not found in config: defaulting to %d", path, fail);
 	return fail;
 }
 
@@ -578,8 +583,13 @@ float find_config_float(struct config_node *cn, const char *path,
 {
 	struct config_node *n = find_config_node(cn, path, sep);
 
-	if (n && n->v->type == CFG_FLOAT)
+	if (n && n->v->type == CFG_FLOAT) {
+		log_debug("Setting %s to %f", path, n->v->v.r);
 		return n->v->v.r;
+	}
+
+	log_debug("%s not found in config: defaulting to %f",
+		  path, fail);
 
 	return fail;
 

lib/filters/filter.c

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "dev-cache.h"
 #include "filter.h"
+#include "lvm-string.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ static device_info_t device_info[] = {
 	{NULL, 0}
 };
 
-static int *scan_proc_dev(void);
+static int *scan_proc_dev(const char *proc);
 
 static int passes_lvm_type_device_filter(struct dev_filter *f,
 					 struct device *dev)
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ static int passes_lvm_type_device_filter(struct dev_filter *f,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-struct dev_filter *lvm_type_filter_create()
+struct dev_filter *lvm_type_filter_create(const char *proc)
 {
 	struct dev_filter *f;
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ struct dev_filter *lvm_type_filter_create()
 	f->passes_filter = passes_lvm_type_device_filter;
 	f->destroy = lvm_type_filter_destroy;
 
-	if (!(f->private = scan_proc_dev()))
+	if (!(f->private = scan_proc_dev(proc)))
 		return NULL;
 
 	return f;
@@ -101,10 +102,11 @@ void lvm_type_filter_destroy(struct dev_filter *f)
 	return;
 }
 
-static int *scan_proc_dev(void)
+static int *scan_proc_dev(const char *proc)
 {
 	char line[80];
-	FILE *procdevices = NULL;
+	char proc_devices[PATH_MAX];
+	FILE *pd = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int i, j = 0;
 	int line_maj = 0;
@@ -118,13 +120,19 @@ static int *scan_proc_dev(void)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (!(procdevices = fopen("/proc/devices", "r"))) {
+	if (lvm_snprintf(proc_devices, sizeof(proc_devices), 
-		log_error("Failed to open /proc/devices: %s", strerror(errno));
+			 "%s/devices", proc) < 0) {
+		log_error("Failed to create /proc/devices string");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!(pd = fopen(proc_devices, "r"))) {
+		log_sys_error("fopen", proc_devices);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	memset(max_partitions_by_major, 0, sizeof (int) * NUMBER_OF_MAJORS);
-	while (fgets(line, 80, procdevices) != NULL) {
+	while (fgets(line, 80, pd) != NULL) {
 		i = 0;
 		while (line[i] == ' ' && line[i] != '\0')
 			i++;
@@ -161,6 +169,6 @@ static int *scan_proc_dev(void)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	fclose(procdevices);
+	fclose(pd);
 	return max_partitions_by_major;
 }

man/lvm.conf.5

@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ Defaults to 30.
 .TP
 \fBglobal\fP \(em Global settings
 .IP
+\fBproc\fP \(em Mount point of proc filesystem.
+Defaults to /proc.
+.IP
 \fBumask\fP \(em File creation mask for any files and directories created.
 Interpreted as octal if the first digit is zero.
 Defaults to 077.  

tools/defaults.h

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_NUMBER 10
 
 #define DEFAULT_DEV_DIR "/dev"
+#define DEFAULT_PROC_DIR "/proc"
 
 #define DEFAULT_UMASK 0077
 

tools/lvm.c

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static struct config_info _current_settings;
  */
 static char _sys_dir[PATH_MAX] = "/etc/lvm";
 static char _dev_dir[PATH_MAX];
+static char _proc_dir[PATH_MAX];
 
 /* static functions */
 static void register_commands(void);
@@ -705,12 +706,12 @@ static void __init_log(struct config_file *cf)
 		find_config_int(cf->root, "log/verbose", '/', 0);
 	_default_settings.test = find_config_int(cf->root, "log/test", '/', 0);
 
-	init_debug(_default_settings.debug);
-	init_verbose(_default_settings.verbose);
-
 	if (find_config_int(cf->root, "log/overwrite", '/', 0))
 		open_mode = "w";
 
+	init_debug(_default_settings.debug);
+	init_verbose(_default_settings.verbose);
+
 	if (log_file) {
 		/* set up the logging */
 		if (!(_log = fopen(log_file, open_mode)))
@@ -826,7 +827,7 @@ static struct dev_filter *filter_components_setup(struct config_file *cf)
 	struct config_node *cn;
 	struct dev_filter *f1, *f2, *f3;
 
-	if (!(f2 = lvm_type_filter_create()))
+	if (!(f2 = lvm_type_filter_create(_proc_dir)))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!(cn = find_config_node(cf->root, "devices/filter", '/'))) {
@@ -999,6 +1000,13 @@ static int init(void)
 
 	dm_log_init(print_log);
 
+	if (lvm_snprintf(_proc_dir, sizeof(_proc_dir), "%s",
+        		 find_config_str(cmd->cf->root, "global/proc",
+					 '/', DEFAULT_PROC_DIR)) < 0) {
+		log_error("Device directory given in config file too long");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (!_init_backup(cmd->cf))
 		return 0;