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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Bryan Schumaker <bjschuma@netapp.com>
+#
+# Script for easier NFSD fault injection
+
+# Check that debugfs has been mounted
+DEBUGFS=`cat /proc/mounts | grep debugfs`
+if [ "$DEBUGFS" == "" ]; then
+	echo "debugfs does not appear to be mounted!"
+	echo "Please mount debugfs and try again"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check that the fault injection directory exists
+DEBUGDIR=`echo $DEBUGFS | awk '{print $2}'`/nfsd
+if [ ! -d "$DEBUGDIR" ]; then
+	echo "$DEBUGDIR does not exist"
+	echo "Check that your .config selects CONFIG_NFSD_FAULT_INJECTION"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+function help()
+{
+	echo "Usage $0 injection_type [count]"
+	echo ""
+	echo "Injection types are:"
+	ls $DEBUGDIR
+	exit 1
+}
+
+if [ $# == 0 ]; then
+	help
+elif [ ! -f $DEBUGDIR/$1 ]; then
+	help
+elif [ $# != 2 ]; then
+	COUNT=0
+else
+	COUNT=$2
+fi
+
+BEFORE=`mktemp`
+AFTER=`mktemp`
+dmesg > $BEFORE
+echo $COUNT > $DEBUGDIR/$1
+dmesg > $AFTER
+# Capture lines that only exist in the $AFTER file
+diff $BEFORE $AFTER | grep ">"
+rm -f $BEFORE $AFTER