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+##/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+#
+#
+# common functions for setting up and tearing down a dmerror device
+
+# this test requires the device mapper error target
+#
+_dmerror_required()
+{
+ _require_command "$DMSETUP_PROG" dmsetup
+ $DMSETUP_PROG targets | grep error >/dev/null 2>&1
+ [ $? -ne 0 ] && _notrun "This test requires dm error support"
+}
+
+_dmerror_init()
+{
+ local dm_backing_dev=$SCRATCH_DEV
+
+ $DMSETUP_PROG remove error-test > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+ local blk_dev_size=`blockdev --getsz $dm_backing_dev`
+
+ DMERROR_DEV='/dev/mapper/error-test'
+
+ DMLINEAR_TABLE="0 $blk_dev_size linear $dm_backing_dev 0"
+
+ $DMSETUP_PROG create error-test --table "$DMLINEAR_TABLE" || \
+ _fatal "failed to create dm linear device"
+
+ DMERROR_TABLE="0 $blk_dev_size error $dm_backing_dev 0"
+}
+
+_dmerror_mount()
+{
+ _scratch_options mount
+ _mount -t $FSTYP $SCRATCH_OPTIONS $MOUNT_OPTIONS $SELINUX_MOUNT_OPTIONS $* \
+ $DMERROR_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT
+}
+
+_dmerror_cleanup()
+{
+ $UMOUNT_PROG $SCRATCH_MNT > /dev/null 2>&1
+ $DMSETUP_PROG remove error-test > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+_dmerror_load_table()
+{
+ $DMSETUP_PROG suspend error-test
+ [ $? -ne 0 ] && _fail "dmsetup suspend failed"
+
+ $DMSETUP_PROG load error-test --table "$DMERROR_TABLE"
+ [ $? -ne 0 ] && _fail "dmsetup failed to load error table"
+
+ $DMSETUP_PROG resume error-test
+ [ $? -ne 0 ] && _fail "dmsetup resume failed"
+}