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David Teigland 1e2420bca8 commands: new method for defining commands
. Define a prototype for every lvm command.
. Match every user command with one definition.
. Generate help text and man pages from them.

The new file command-lines.in defines a prototype for every
unique lvm command.  A unique lvm command is a unique
combination of: command name + required option args +
required positional args.  Each of these prototypes also
includes the optional option args and optional positional
args that the command will accept, a description, and a
unique string ID for the definition.  Any valid command
will match one of the prototypes.

Here's an example of the lvresize command definitions from
command-lines.in, there are three unique lvresize commands:

lvresize --size SizeMB LV
OO: --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --force,
--nofsck, --nosync, --noudevsync, --reportformat String, --resizefs,
--stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB, --poolmetadatasize SizeMB
OP: PV ...
ID: lvresize_by_size
DESC: Resize an LV by a specified size.

lvresize LV PV ...
OO: --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --force,
--nofsck, --nosync, --noudevsync,
--reportformat String, --resizefs, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
ID: lvresize_by_pv
DESC: Resize an LV by specified PV extents.
FLAGS: SECONDARY_SYNTAX

lvresize --poolmetadatasize SizeMB LV_thinpool
OO: --alloc Alloc, --autobackup Bool, --force,
--nofsck, --nosync, --noudevsync,
--reportformat String, --stripes Number, --stripesize SizeKB
OP: PV ...
ID: lvresize_pool_metadata_by_size
DESC: Resize a pool metadata SubLV by a specified size.

The three commands have separate definitions because they have
different required parameters.  Required parameters are specified
on the first line of the definition.  Optional options are
listed after OO, and optional positional args are listed after OP.

This data is used to generate corresponding command definition
structures for lvm in command-lines.h.  usage/help output is also
auto generated, so it is always in sync with the definitions.

Every user-entered command is compared against the set of
command structures, and matched with one.  An error is
reported if an entered command does not have the required
parameters for any definition.  The closest match is printed
as a suggestion, and running lvresize --help will display
the usage for each possible lvresize command.

The prototype syntax used for help/man output includes
required --option and positional args on the first line,
and optional --option and positional args enclosed in [ ]
on subsequent lines.

  command_name <required_opt_args> <required_pos_args>
          [ <optional_opt_args> ]
          [ <optional_pos_args> ]

Command definitions that are not to be advertised/suggested
have the flag SECONDARY_SYNTAX.  These commands will not be
printed in the normal help output.

Man page prototypes are also generated from the same original
command definitions, and are always in sync with the code
and help text.

Very early in command execution, a matching command definition
is found.  lvm then knows the operation being done, and that
the provided args conform to the definition.  This will allow
lots of ad hoc checking/validation to be removed throughout
the code.

Each command definition can also be routed to a specific
function to implement it.  The function is associated with
an enum value for the command definition (generated from
the ID string.)  These per-command-definition implementation
functions have not yet been created, so all commands
currently fall back to the existing per-command-name
implementation functions.

Using per-command-definition functions will allow lots of
code to be removed which tries to figure out what the
command is meant to do.  This is currently based on ad hoc
and complicated option analysis.  When using the new
functions, what the command is doing is already known
from the associated command definition.
2017-02-13 08:20:10 -06:00
autoconf autoconf: Fix py-compile permissions 2016-02-18 01:05:05 +00:00
conf config: update doc 2017-02-13 10:06:07 +01:00
coverity doc: change fsf address 2016-01-21 12:11:37 +01:00
daemons dmeventd: limit thin_command usage 2017-02-13 09:43:53 +01:00
doc doc: Resync kernel docs. 2016-06-25 19:59:49 +01:00
include configure: check for __builtin_clz() 2016-12-13 20:38:40 +00:00
lib commands: new method for defining commands 2017-02-13 08:20:10 -06:00
libdaemon mem: add extra mem pages for pthread stack 2017-02-11 18:23:15 +01:00
libdm cleanup: use matching signed number comparation 2017-02-13 10:06:19 +01:00
liblvm lvmetad: two phase vg_update 2016-06-28 02:30:31 +01:00
man dmsetup: do not suppress kernel key descriptions in tables 2017-02-10 19:18:49 +01:00
nix lockd: Clean up spec 2015-07-04 14:36:57 +02:00
old-tests doc: change fsf address 2016-01-21 12:11:37 +01:00
po doc: change fsf address 2016-01-21 12:11:37 +01:00
python python: move lvm_init 2016-05-16 14:36:55 -05:00
report-generators doc: change fsf address 2016-01-21 12:11:37 +01:00
reports [REPORT-GENERATORS] cut down stylsheet.css to what we actually use 2010-07-21 10:00:38 +00:00
scripts blkdeactivate: also unmount mount point on top of MD device if using blkdeactivate -u 2017-01-06 11:16:07 +01:00
spec spec: move dmeventd -R from post to posttrans script for device-mapper-event package 2016-10-12 13:52:13 +02:00
test commands: new method for defining commands 2017-02-13 08:20:10 -06:00
tools commands: new method for defining commands 2017-02-13 08:20:10 -06:00
udev udev: rules: add comments explaining subsystem-specific rules 2016-04-26 12:57:37 +02:00
unit-tests doc: change fsf address 2016-01-21 12:11:37 +01:00
.gitignore lvmdbus: Add new daemon. 2016-02-17 23:53:35 +00:00
acinclude.m4 configure: just move new macro to right file 2016-12-13 22:49:59 +01:00
aclocal.m4 configure: just move new macro to right file 2016-12-13 22:49:59 +01:00
configure configure: check for __builtin_clz() 2016-12-13 20:38:40 +00:00
configure.in configure: check for __builtin_clz() 2016-12-13 20:38:40 +00:00
COPYING doc: change fsf address 2016-01-21 12:11:37 +01:00
COPYING.LIB Fix inconsistent licence notices: executables are GPLv2; libraries LGPLv2.1. 2007-08-20 20:55:30 +00:00
INSTALL quick review of docs 2008-11-04 17:49:22 +00:00
make.tmpl.in lvmdbus: Add new daemon. 2016-02-17 23:53:35 +00:00
Makefile.in makefiles: add more dirs for lcov output 2016-02-26 10:21:34 +01:00
README README: fix link to lvm-devel mailing list 2015-03-31 15:44:00 +02:00
VERSION post-release 2016-11-30 23:21:11 +00:00
VERSION_DM post-release 2016-11-30 23:21:11 +00:00
WHATS_NEW mem: add extra mem pages for pthread stack 2017-02-11 18:23:15 +01:00
WHATS_NEW_DM mem: add extra mem pages for pthread stack 2017-02-11 18:23:15 +01:00

This tree contains the LVM2 and device-mapper tools and libraries.

For more information about LVM2 read the changelog in the WHATS_NEW file.
Installation instructions are in INSTALL.

There is no warranty - see COPYING and COPYING.LIB.

Tarballs are available from:
  ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/lvm2/

The source code is stored in git:
  http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/lvm2.git
  git clone git://git.fedorahosted.org/git/lvm2.git

Mailing list for general discussion related to LVM2:
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Mailing lists for LVM2 development, patches and commits:
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  lvm2-commits@lists.fedorahosted.org (Read-only archive of commits)
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Mailing list for device-mapper development, including kernel patches
and multipath-tools:
  dm-devel@redhat.com
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The source code repository used until 7th June 2012 is accessible here:
  http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/LVM2/?cvsroot=lvm2.