nbdkit-error-filter - Man Page

 nbdkit --filter=error PLUGIN
     [error=EPERM|EIO|ENOMEM|EINVAL|ENOSPC|ESHUTDOWN]
     [error-rate=10%|0.1|1:10]
     [error-file=/tmp/inject]
     [error-pread=...] [error-pread-rate=...] [error-pread-file=...]
     [error-pwrite=...] [error-pwrite-rate=...] [error-pwrite-file=...]
     [error-trim=...] [error-trim-rate=...] [error-trim-file=...]
     [error-zero=...] [error-zero-rate=...] [error-zero-file=...]
     [error-extents=...] [error-extents-rate=...] [error-extents-file=...]
     [error-cache=...] [error-cache-rate=...] [error-cache-file=...]

nbdkit-error-filter is an nbdkit filter that injects random errors into replies from the server.  This is used for testing that NBD clients can handle errors.

All parameters are optional, but you should usually specify one of the error-rate or error-*-rate parameters, otherwise this filter will do nothing.

nbdkit-evil-filter(1) is a related filter that injects data corruption instead of errors.  nbdkit-readonly-filter(1) is another filter which can change a plugin from read-write to read-only (and vice versa).

Inject a low rate of errors randomly into the connection:

 nbdkit --filter=error file disk.img error-rate=1%

Reading, trimming, cache and extents (block status) requests will be successful, but all writes and zeroing will return "No space left on device":

 nbdkit --filter=error file disk.img \
                            error=ENOSPC \
                            error-pwrite-rate=100% \
                            error-zero-rate=100%

(see also nbdkit-readonly-filter(1)).

To make all connections fail hard 60 seconds after the server is started, use:

 rm -f /tmp/inject
 nbdkit --filter=error file disk.img \
                            error-rate=100% \
                            error-file=/tmp/inject
 sleep 60; touch /tmp/inject

error=EPERM|EIO|ENOMEM|EINVAL|ENOSPC|ESHUTDOWN

When a random error is injected, you can select which one from the range of possible NBD errors (the NBD protocol only supports a limited range of error codes).

This parameter is optional and the default is EIO ("Input/output error").

error-rate=N%

error-rate=0..1

error-rate=N:M

The rate of injected errors per NBD request.  This can be expressed as a percentage between 0% and 100%, or as a probability between 0 and 1, or as a ratio like 1:10.  If 0% or 0 is used then no errors are ever injected, and if 100% or 1 is used then all requests return errors.

This parameter is optional and the default is 0%. Unless you set this, the filter will do nothing.

error-file=FILENAME

Errors will only be injected when FILENAME exists.  (Note you must also specify the error-rate).

You can use this for fine-grained control over when to inject errors, for example if you want to trigger an error at an exact moment during a test, arrange for this file to be created at the appropriate time. Or conversely to test error recovery in a client, create the file initially, and then delete it to check the client can recover.

This parameter is optional.

error-pread,  error-pread-rate,  error-pread-file.

Same as error, error-rate and error-file but only apply the settings to NBD pread requests.

error-pwrite,  error-pwrite-rate,  error-pwrite-file.

Same as error, error-rate and error-file but only apply the settings to NBD pwrite requests.

error-trim,  error-trim-rate,  error-trim-file.

Same as error, error-rate and error-file but only apply the settings to NBD trim requests.

error-zero,  error-zero-rate,  error-zero-file.

Same as error, error-rate and error-file but only apply the settings to NBD zero requests.

error-extents,  error-extents-rate,  error-extents-file.

(nbdkit ≥ 1.12)

Same as error, error-rate and error-file but only apply the settings to NBD block status requests to read extents.

error-cache,  error-cache-rate,  error-cache-file.

(nbdkit ≥ 1.14)

Same as error, error-rate and error-file but only apply the settings to NBD cache requests.

$filterdir/nbdkit-error-filter.so

The filter.

Use nbdkit --dump-config to find the location of $filterdir.

nbdkit-error-filter first appeared in nbdkit 1.6.

nbdkit(1), nbdkit-evil-filter(1), nbdkit-file-plugin(1), nbdkit-full-plugin(1), nbdkit-readonly-filter(1), nbdkit-retry-filter(1), nbdkit-retry-request-filter(1), nbdkit-filter(3).

Richard W.M. Jones

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