blob and blob_bdev are already included via the lvol bdev module dependencies in mk/spdk.modules.mk. This patch adds blobfs there too. These changes are needed for some upcoming patches which will apply --whole-archive to all libraries linked into the application. That patch will require that we never include the same library twice. Shared library builds *require* that blobfs be listed before blob on the link line, hence adding blobfs here even though it's not technically associated with a bdev module. We can also simplify spdk.modules.mk while we're here - just filter out bdev_lvol to disable lvol for applications like blob_cli that need to disable it. Signed-off-by: Jim Harris <james.r.harris@intel.com> Change-Id: I01e5e6b91d947463749f942f54c12f48229bbe5a Reviewed-on: https://review.gerrithub.io/432916 Tested-by: SPDK CI Jenkins <sys_sgci@intel.com> Chandler-Test-Pool: SPDK Automated Test System <sys_sgsw@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Seth Howell <seth.howell5141@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Shuhei Matsumoto <shuhei.matsumoto.xt@hitachi.com> Reviewed-by: Darek Stojaczyk <dariusz.stojaczyk@intel.com>
The blobcli tool has several options that are listed by using the -h command however the three operating modes are covered in more detail here:
Command Mode
This is the default and will just execute one command at a time. It's simple but the downside is that if you are going to interact quite a bit with the blobstore, the startup time for the application can be cumbersome.
Shell Mode
You startup shell mode by using the -S command. At that point you will get a "blob>" prompt where you can enter any of the commands, including -h, to execute them. You can stil enter just one at a time but the initial startup time for the application will not get in the way between commands anymore so it is much more usable.
Script (aka test) Mode
In script mode you just supply one command with a filename when you start
the cli, for example blobcli -T test.bs
will feed the tool the file
called test.bs which contains a series of commands that will all run
automatically and, like shell mode, will only initialize one time so is
quick.
The script file format (example) is shown below. Comments are allowed and each line should contain one valid command (and its parameters) only. In order to operate on blobs via their ID value, use the token $Bn where n represents the instance of the blob created in the script.
For example, the line -s $B0
will operate on the blobid of the first
blob created in the script (0 index based). $B2
represents the third
blob created in the script.
If you start test mode with the additional "ignore" option, any invalid script lines will simply be skipped, otherwise the tool will exit if it runs into an invalid line (ie './blobcli -T test.bs ignore`).
Sample test/bs file:
# this is a comment
-i
-s bs
-l bdevs
-n 1
-s bs
-s $B0
-n 2
-s $B1
-m $B0 Makefile
-d $B0 M.blob
-f $B1 65
-d $B1 65.blob
-s bs
-x $B0 b0key boval
-x $B1 b1key b1val
-r $B0 b0key
-s $B0
-s $B1
-s bs