1nbdkit-error-filter(1)              NBDKIT              nbdkit-error-filter(1)
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NAME

6       nbdkit-error-filter - inject errors for testing clients
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SYNOPSIS

9        nbdkit --filter=error PLUGIN
10            [error=EPERM|EIO|ENOMEM|EINVAL|ENOSPC|ESHUTDOWN]
11            [error-rate=10%|0.1]
12            [error-file=/tmp/inject]
13            [error-pread=...] [error-pread-rate=...] [error-pread-file=...]
14            [error-pwrite=...] [error-pwrite-rate=...] [error-pwrite-file=...]
15            [error-trim=...] [error-trim-rate=...] [error-trim-file=...]
16            [error-zero=...] [error-zero-rate=...] [error-zero-file=...]
17            [error-extents=...] [error-extents-rate=...] [error-extents-file=...]
18            [error-cache=...] [error-cache-rate=...] [error-cache-file=...]
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DESCRIPTION

21       "nbdkit-error-filter" is an nbdkit filter that injects random errors
22       into replies from the server.  This is used for testing that NBD
23       clients can handle errors.
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25       All parameters are optional, but you should usually specify one of the
26       "error-rate" or "error-*-rate" parameters, otherwise this filter will
27       do nothing.
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EXAMPLES

30       Inject a low rate of errors randomly into the connection:
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32        nbdkit --filter=error file disk.img error-rate=1%
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34       Reading, trimming, cache and extents (block status) requests will be
35       successful, but all writes and zeroing will return "No space left on
36       device":
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38        nbdkit --filter=error file disk.img \
39                                   error=ENOSPC \
40                                   error-pwrite-rate=100% \
41                                   error-zero-rate=100%
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43       To make all connections fail hard 60 seconds after the server is
44       started, use:
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46        rm -f /tmp/inject
47        nbdkit --filter=error file disk.img \
48                                   error-rate=100% \
49                                   error-file=/tmp/inject
50        sleep 60; touch /tmp/inject
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PARAMETERS

53       error=EPERM|EIO|ENOMEM|EINVAL|ENOSPC|ESHUTDOWN
54           When a random error is injected, you can select which one from the
55           range of possible NBD errors (the NBD protocol only supports a
56           limited range of error codes).
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58           This parameter is optional and the default is "EIO" ("Input/output
59           error").
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61       error-rate=N%
62       error-rate=0..1
63           The rate of injected errors per NBD request.  This can be expressed
64           as either a percentage between "0%" and "100%" or as a probability
65           between 0 and 1.  If "0%" or 0 is used then no errors are ever
66           injected, and if "100%" or 1 is used then all requests return
67           errors.
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69           This parameter is optional and the default is "0%".  Unless you set
70           this, the filter will do nothing.
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72       error-file=FILENAME
73           Errors will only be injected when FILENAME exists.  (Note you must
74           also specify the "error-rate").
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76           You can use this for fine-grained control over when to inject
77           errors, for example if you want to trigger an error at an exact
78           moment during a test, arrange for this file to be created at the
79           appropriate time.  Or conversely to test error recovery in a
80           client, create the file initially, and then delete it to check the
81           client can recover.
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83           This parameter is optional.
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85       error-pread, error-pread-rate, error-pread-file.
86           Same as "error", "error-rate" and "error-file" but only apply the
87           settings to NBD pread requests.
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89       error-pwrite, error-pwrite-rate, error-pwrite-file.
90           Same as "error", "error-rate" and "error-file" but only apply the
91           settings to NBD pwrite requests.
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93       error-trim, error-trim-rate, error-trim-file.
94           Same as "error", "error-rate" and "error-file" but only apply the
95           settings to NBD trim requests.
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97       error-zero, error-zero-rate, error-zero-file.
98           Same as "error", "error-rate" and "error-file" but only apply the
99           settings to NBD zero requests.
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101       error-extents, error-extents-rate, error-extents-file.
102           (nbdkit ≥ 1.12)
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104           Same as "error", "error-rate" and "error-file" but only apply the
105           settings to NBD block status requests to read extents.
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107       error-cache, error-cache-rate, error-cache-file.
108           (nbdkit ≥ 1.14)
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110           Same as "error", "error-rate" and "error-file" but only apply the
111           settings to NBD cache requests.
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NOTES

114   Peculiar debug output
115       If you are looking at the debugging output (using "nbdkit -f -v")
116       references to the name of this filter show up as "error-inject:", and
117       such lines indicate that the filter is not altering output, for
118       example:
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120        nbdkit: file.9: debug: error-inject: pread count=1024 offset=0 flags=0x0
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122       Conversely, references to the string "error:" occur when the
123       nbdkit_error(3) API was used, including when this filter injects an
124       error, as in:
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126        nbdkit: file.4: error: injecting ENOSPC error into pwrite
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FILES

129       $filterdir/nbdkit-error-filter.so
130           The filter.
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132           Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $filterdir.
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VERSION

135       "nbdkit-error-filter" first appeared in nbdkit 1.6.
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SEE ALSO

138       nbdkit(1), nbdkit-file-plugin(1), nbdkit-full-plugin(1),
139       nbdkit-retry-filter(1), nbdkit-retry-request-filter(1),
140       nbdkit-filter(3).
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AUTHORS

143       Richard W.M. Jones
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146       Copyright Red Hat
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