github.com/u-root/u-root@v7.0.1-0.20200915234505-ad7babab0a8e+incompatible/pkg/mount/loop/loop_linux.go (about)

     1  // Copyright 2018 the u-root Authors. All rights reserved
     2  // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
     3  // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
     4  
     5  // Package loop provides an interface to interacting with Linux loop devices.
     6  //
     7  // A loop device exposes a regular file as if it were a block device.
     8  package loop
     9  
    10  import (
    11  	"github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/mount"
    12  )
    13  
    14  // Loop represents a regular file exposed as a loop block device.
    15  //
    16  // Loop implements mount.Mounter.
    17  type Loop struct {
    18  	// Dev is the loop device path.
    19  	Dev string
    20  
    21  	// Source is the regular file to use as a block device.
    22  	Source string
    23  
    24  	// FSType is the file system to use when mounting the block device.
    25  	FSType string
    26  
    27  	// Data is the data to pass to mount(2).
    28  	Data string
    29  }
    30  
    31  var _ mount.Mounter = &Loop{}
    32  
    33  // New initializes a Loop struct and allocates a loop device to it.
    34  //
    35  // source is the file to use as a loop block device. fstype the file system
    36  // name. data is the data argument to the mount(2) syscall.
    37  func New(source, fstype string, data string) (*Loop, error) {
    38  	devicename, err := FindDevice()
    39  	if err != nil {
    40  		return nil, err
    41  	}
    42  	if err := SetFile(devicename, source); err != nil {
    43  		return nil, err
    44  	}
    45  	return &Loop{
    46  		Dev:    devicename,
    47  		Source: source,
    48  		FSType: fstype,
    49  		Data:   data,
    50  	}, nil
    51  }
    52  
    53  // Mount mounts the provided source file, with type fstype, and flags and data options
    54  // (which are usually 0 and ""), using the allocated loop device.
    55  func (l *Loop) Mount(path string, flags uintptr) (*mount.MountPoint, error) {
    56  	return mount.Mount(l.Dev, path, l.FSType, l.Data, flags)
    57  }
    58  
    59  // Free frees the loop device.
    60  //
    61  // All mount points must have been unmounted prior to calling this.
    62  func (l *Loop) Free() error {
    63  	return ClearFile(l.Dev)
    64  }