Provided by: nfstest_3.2-2_all 
NAME
nfstest_ssc - Server side copy tests
SYNOPSIS
nfstest_ssc --server <server> [options]
DESCRIPTION
Verify correct functionality of server side copy
Copying a file via NFS the client reads the data from the source file and then writes the same data to
the destination file which is located in the same server or it could be located in a different server.
Either way the file data is transferred twice, once for reading and the second for writing. Server side
copy allows unnecessary network traffic to be eliminated. The intra-server copy allows the client to
request the server to perform the copy internally thus avoiding any data being sent through the network
at all. In the case for the inter-server copy where the destination server is different from the source
server, the client authorizes both servers to interact directly with one another.
The system call copy_file_range is used to send both intra and inter server side copy requests to the
correct server.
Basic server side copy tests verify the actual file range from the source file(s) are copied correctly to
the destination file(s). Most tests deal with a single source and destination file while verifying the
data is copied correctly. Also it verifies the data is copied starting from the correct source offset and
it is copied to the correct offset on the destination file. Other tests deal with multiple files:
copying multiple source files to a single destination file, a single source file to multiple destination
files, or N number of source files to M number of destination files.
Some tests include testing at the protocol level by taking a packet trace and inspecting the actual
packets sent to the server or servers. For the intra-server side copy, these tests verify the COPY/CLONE
operation is sent to the server with correct arguments. For the inter-server side copy, these tests
verify the COPY_NOTIFY operation is sent to the source server with correct arguments to authorize the
source server to allow the destination server to copy the data directly; then the client sends the COPY
operation to the destination server so it could initiate the actual copy.
The server side copy could either be synchronous or asynchronous depending on both client and server(s).
The client could issue either a synchronous or asynchronous copy and the server could either copy the
file data in either mode depending on implementation or other factors. In either case, the tests verify
the correct functionality for both cases. The CB_OFFLOAD operation is used by the destination server to
report the actual results of the copy when it is done. The client could also actively query the
destination server for status on a current asynchronous copy using the OFFLOAD_STATUS operation. Also
the client has a mechanism to cancel a given asynchronous copy using the OFFLOAD_CANCEL operation.
Negative testing is included whenever possible since some testing cannot be done at the protocol level
because the copy_file_range system call does some error checking of its own and the NFS client won't even
send a COPY_NOTIFY or COPY operation to the server letting the server deal with the error. Negative tests
include trying to copy an invalid source range, having an invalid value for either the offset or the
length, trying to copy a region on a source file opened as write only, a destination file opened as read
only or the file is a non-regular file type.
OPTIONS
--version
show program's version number and exit
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-f FILE, --file=FILE
File where options are specified besides the system wide file /etc/nfstest, user wide file
$HOME/.nfstest or in the current directory .nfstest file
NFS specific options:
-s SERVER, --server=SERVER
Server name or IP address
-e EXPORT, --export=EXPORT
Exported file system to mount [default: '/']
--nfsversion=NFSVERSION
NFS version, e.g., 3, 4, 4.1, etc. [default: 4.2]
-m MTPOINT, --mtpoint=MTPOINT
Mount point [default: '/mnt/t']
-p PORT, --port=PORT
NFS server port [default: 2049]
--proto=PROTO
NFS protocol name [default: 'tcp']
--sec=SEC
Security flavor [default: 'sys']
--nconnect=NCONNECT
Multiple TCP connections option [default: '1']
-o MTOPTS, --mtopts=MTOPTS
Mount options [default: 'hard,rsize=4096,wsize=4096']
--datadir=DATADIR
Data directory where files are created, directory is created on the mount point [default: '']
Logging options:
-v VERBOSE, --verbose=VERBOSE
Verbose level for debug messages [default: 'opts|info|dbg1|dbg2|dbg3']
--tverbose=TVERBOSE
Verbose level for test messages [default: '1']
--createlog
Create log file
--rexeclog
Create rexec log files
--warnings
Display warnings
--tag=TAG
Informational tag, it is displayed as an INFO message [default: '']
--notty
Do not use terminal colors on output
--isatty
Use terminal colors on output -- useful when running with nohup
Packet trace options:
--createtraces
Create a packet trace for each test
--tbsize=TBSIZE
Capture buffer size for tcpdump [default: 192k]
--trcdelay=TRCDELAY
Seconds to delay before stopping packet trace [default: 2.0]
--keeptraces
Do not remove any trace files [default: remove trace files if no errors]
--rmtraces
Remove trace files [default: remove trace files if no errors]
-i INTERFACE, --interface=INTERFACE
Device interface [default: automatically selected]
File options:
--nfiles=NFILES
Number of files to create [default: 2]
--filesize=FILESIZE
File size to use for test files [default: 256k]
--rsize=RSIZE
Read size to use when reading files [default: 4k]
--wsize=WSIZE
Write size to use when writing files [default: 4k]
--iodelay=IODELAY
Seconds to delay I/O operations [default: 0.1]
--offset-delta=OFFSET_DELTA
Read/Write offset delta [default: 4k]
Path options:
--sudo=SUDO
Full path of binary for sudo [default: '/usr/bin/sudo']
--kill=KILL
Full path of binary for kill [default: '/usr/bin/kill']
--nfsstat=NFSSTAT
Full path of binary for nfsstat [default: '/usr/sbin/nfsstat']
--tcpdump=TCPDUMP
Full path of binary for tcpdump [default: '/usr/sbin/tcpdump']
--iptables=IPTABLES
Full path of binary for iptables [default: '/usr/sbin/iptables']
--messages=MESSAGES
Full path of log messages file [default: '/var/log/messages']
--trcevents=TRCEVENTS
Full path of tracing events directory [default: '/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events']
--trcpipe=TRCPIPE
Full path of trace pipe file [default: '/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe']
--tmpdir=TMPDIR
Temporary directory [default: '/tmp']
Debug options:
--nocleanup
Do not cleanup created files
--notimestamps
Do not display timestamps in debug messages
--bugmsgs=BUGMSGS
File containing test messages to mark as bugs if they failed
--nomount
Do not mount server and run the tests on local disk space
--basename=BASENAME
Base name for all files and logs [default: automatically generated]
--nfsdebug=NFSDEBUG
Set NFS kernel debug flags and save log messages [default: '']
--rpcdebug=RPCDEBUG
Set RPC kernel debug flags and save log messages [default: '']
--tracepoints=TRACEPOINTS
List of trace points modules to enable [default: '']
--nfsstats
Get NFS stats [default: 'False']
--pktdisp
Display main packets related to the given test
--nfserrors
Fail every NFS error found in the packet trace
--client-ipaddr=CLIENT_IPADDR
IP address of localhost
Reporting options:
--xunit-report
Generate xUnit compatible test report
--xunit-report-file=XUNIT_REPORT_FILE
Path to xout report file
Test options:
--runtest=RUNTEST
Comma separated list of tests to run, if list starts with a '^' then all tests are run except the
ones listed [default: 'all']
--dst-server=DST_SERVER
Destination server for inter server side copy [default: none]
--dst-export=DST_EXPORT
Destination export for inter server side copy [default: none]
--ncopies=NCOPIES
Number of concurrent copies to use on intra14 and inter14 tests [default: 4]
--src-files=SRC_FILES
Number of source files to use concurrently on intra15 and inter15 tests [default: 3]
--dst-files=DST_FILES
Number of destination files to use concurrently on intra15 and inter15 tests [default: 2]
--pre-write=PRE_WRITE
Write destination file before copy_file_range [default: 1]
--locks=LOCKS
Lock files [default: 1]
TESTS
intra
Run all intra server side copy tests: intra01, intra02, intra03,
intra04, intra05, intra06, intra07, intra08, intra09, intra10, intra11,
intra12, intra13, intra14, intra15
pintra
Run all positive intra server side copy tests: intra01, intra02,
intra03, intra04, intra05, intra06, intra07, intra08, intra14, intra15
nintra
Run all negative intra server side copy tests: intra09, intra10,
intra11, intra12, intra13
intra01
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds
intra02
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds when using source offset
intra03
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds when using destination offset
intra04
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds when using NULL as source offset
intra05
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds when using NULL as destination
offset
intra06
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds when using count = 0
intra07
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds when the source file is opened
as read/write
intra08
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds when the destination file is
opened as read/write
intra09
Verify intra server side COPY fails when the source file is opened
as write only
intra10
Verify intra server side COPY fails when the destination file is opened
as read only
intra11
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds when source offset is beyond the
end of the file
intra12
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds when source offset plus count
is beyond the end of the file
intra13
Verify intra server side COPY may fail when both source and destination
files point to the same file
intra14
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds when using multiple source and
destination offsets
intra15
Verify intra server side COPY succeeds when using multiple source and
destination files
inter
Run all inter server side copy tests: inter01, inter02, inter03,
inter04, inter05, inter06, inter07, inter08, inter09, inter10, inter11,
inter12, inter13, inter14, inter15
pinter
Run all positive inter server side copy tests: inter01, inter02,
inter03, inter04, inter05, inter06, inter07, inter08, inter13, inter14,
inter15
ninter
Run all negative inter server side copy tests: inter09, inter10,
inter11, inter12
inter01
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds
inter02
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when using source offset
inter03
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when using destination offset
inter04
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when using NULL as source offset
inter05
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when using NULL as destination
offset
inter06
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when using count = 0
inter07
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when the source file is opened
as read/write
inter08
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when the destination file is
opened as read/write
inter09
Verify inter server side COPY fails when the source file is opened
as write only
inter10
Verify inter server side COPY fails when the destination file is opened
as read only
inter11
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when source offset is beyond the
end of the file
inter12
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when source offset plus count
is beyond the end of the file
inter13
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when both source and destination
file names are the same
inter14
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when using multiple source and
destination offsets
inter15
Verify inter server side COPY succeeds when using multiple source and
destination files
positive
Run all positive server side copy tests: intra01, intra02, intra03,
intra04, intra05, intra06, intra07, intra08, intra14, intra15, inter01,
inter02, inter03, inter04, inter05, inter06, inter07, inter08, inter13,
inter14, inter15
negative
Run all negative server side copy tests: intra09, intra10, intra11,
intra12, intra13, inter09, inter10, inter11, inter12
all
Run all tests: intra01, intra02, intra03, intra04, intra05, intra06,
intra07, intra08, intra09, intra10, intra11, intra12, intra13, intra14,
intra15, inter01, inter02, inter03, inter04, inter05, inter06, inter07,
inter08, inter09, inter10, inter11, inter12, inter13, inter14, inter15
EXAMPLES
The only required option is --server
$ nfstest_ssc --server 192.168.0.11
NOTES
The user id in the local host and the host specified by --dst-server must have access to run commands as
root using the 'sudo' command without the need for a password.
The user id must be able to 'ssh' to remote host without the need for a password.
Valid only for NFS version 4.2 and above.
SEE ALSO
baseobj(3), formatstr(3), nfstest.test_util(3), nfstest_alloc(1), nfstest_cache(1),
nfstest_delegation(1), nfstest_dio(1), nfstest_fcmp(1), nfstest_file(1), nfstest_interop(1),
nfstest_io(1), nfstest_lock(1), nfstest_pkt(1), nfstest_pnfs(1), nfstest_posix(1), nfstest_rdma(1),
nfstest_sparse(1), nfstest_xattr(1), nfstest_xid(1), packet.nfs.nfs3_const(3), packet.nfs.nfs4_const(3)
BUGS
No known bugs.
AUTHOR
Jorge Mora (mora@netapp.com)
NFStest 3.2 21 March 2023 NFSTEST_SSC(1)