diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.cpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.cpp
index 0392653e670978365dfde5d5b285eb91c535f88e..a912740c7a971b8347722bdeead988766c2b03ec 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.cpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,27 @@ castor::tape::tapeserver::daemon::DataTransferSession::DataTransferSession(
{
}
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// setProcessCapabilities
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/**
+ * This function will try to set the cap_sys_rawio capability that is needed
+ * for by tape thread to access /dev/nst
+ */
+void castor::tape::tapeserver::daemon::DataTransferSession::setProcessCapabilities(
+ const std::string &capabilities){
+ cta::log::LogContext lc(m_log);
+ try {
+ m_capUtils.setProcText(capabilities);
+ cta::log::LogContext::ScopedParam sp(lc,
+ cta::log::Param("capabilities", m_capUtils.getProcText()));
+ lc.log(cta::log::INFO, "Set process capabilities for using tape");
+ } catch(const cta::exception::Exception &ne) {
+ lc.log(cta::log::ERR,
+ "Failed to set process capabilities for using the tape ");
+ }
+}
+
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//DataTransferSession::execute
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -87,6 +108,8 @@ castor::tape::tapeserver::daemon::Session::EndOfSessionAction
// Create a sticky thread name, which will be overridden by the other threads
lc.pushOrReplace(cta::log::Param("thread", "MainThread"));
lc.pushOrReplace(cta::log::Param("unitName", m_driveConfig.unitName));
+
+ setProcessCapabilities("cap_sys_rawio+ep");
// 2a) Determine if we want to mount at all (for now)
// This variable will allow us to see if we switched from down to up and start a
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.hpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.hpp
index 0a3b99a1903b780ee5a2b54ba1cd96a109fc6b73..f8f4956472d58ac5b725ed323cc58391e063637a 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.hpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/DataTransferSession.hpp
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ namespace daemon {
*/
EndOfSessionAction execute();
+ /**
+ * Sets the capabilities of the process and logs the result.
+ *
+ * @param capabilities The string representation of the capabilities.
+ */
+ void setProcessCapabilities(const std::string &capabilities);
+
/** Temporary method used for debugging while building the session class */
std::string getVid() { return m_volInfo.vid; }
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeReadSingleThread.cpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeReadSingleThread.cpp
index 7365ca34f74afe2f2c8f94983d0fa95ad72747b1..7c5f91e6eb2aff8efb4683e183c8ab48651a8300 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeReadSingleThread.cpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeReadSingleThread.cpp
@@ -205,12 +205,8 @@ const char *castor::tape::tapeserver::daemon::TapeReadSingleThread::
void castor::tape::tapeserver::daemon::TapeReadSingleThread::run() {
m_logContext.pushOrReplace(cta::log::Param("thread", "TapeRead"));
cta::utils::Timer timer, totalTimer;
- std::string currentErrorToCount = "Error_setCapabilities";
+ std::string currentErrorToCount = "Error_tapeMountForRead";
try{
- // Set capabilities allowing rawio (and hence arbitrary SCSI commands)
- // through the st driver file descriptor.
- setCapabilities();
-
// Report the parameters of the session to the main thread
typedef cta::log::Param Param;
m_watchdog.addParameter(Param("TPVID", m_volInfo.vid));
@@ -227,7 +223,6 @@ void castor::tape::tapeserver::daemon::TapeReadSingleThread::run() {
// will also take care of the TapeServerReporter and of RecallTaskInjector
TapeCleaning tapeCleaner(*this, timer);
// Before anything, the tape should be mounted
- currentErrorToCount = "Error_tapeMountForRead";
m_rrp.reportDriveStatus(cta::common::dataStructures::DriveStatus::Mounting);
mountTapeReadOnly();
currentErrorToCount = "Error_tapeLoad";
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeSingleThreadInterface.hpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeSingleThreadInterface.hpp
index 276bcb21282969d1796467576f287dbd27e61754..7ccc635b1f64056447045d9f8c82a59e336a9ec3 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeSingleThreadInterface.hpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeSingleThreadInterface.hpp
@@ -95,22 +95,6 @@ protected:
/** Encryption helper object */
EncryptionControl m_encryptionControl;
- /**
- * This function will try to set the cap_sys_rawio capability that is needed
- * for by tape thread to access /dev/nst
- */
- void setCapabilities(){
- try {
- m_capUtils.setProcText("cap_sys_rawio+ep");
- cta::log::LogContext::ScopedParam sp(m_logContext,
- cta::log::Param("capabilities", m_capUtils.getProcText()));
- m_logContext.log(cta::log::INFO, "Set process capabilities for using tape");
- } catch(const cta::exception::Exception &ne) {
- m_logContext.log(cta::log::ERR,
- "Failed to set process capabilities for using the tape ");
- }
- }
-
/**
* Try to mount the tape for read-only access, get an exception if it fails
*/
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeWriteSingleThread.cpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeWriteSingleThread.cpp
index 00a949be0f4050db763c8ce452ca0d97659bd6e8..edffd1605f986f0bac6f1bf0a0a4fe7eb8681e25 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeWriteSingleThread.cpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/TapeWriteSingleThread.cpp
@@ -272,13 +272,9 @@ void castor::tape::tapeserver::daemon::TapeWriteSingleThread::run() {
// process we're in, and to count the error if it occurs.
// We will not record errors for an empty string. This will allow us to
// prevent counting where error happened upstream.
- std::string currentErrorToCount = "Error_setCapabilities";
+ std::string currentErrorToCount = "Error_tapeMountForWrite";
try
{
- // Set capabilities allowing rawio (and hence arbitrary SCSI commands)
- // through the st driver file descriptor.
- setCapabilities();
-
// Report the parameters of the session to the main thread
typedef cta::log::Param Param;
m_watchdog.addParameter(Param("TPVID", m_volInfo.vid));
@@ -298,7 +294,6 @@ void castor::tape::tapeserver::daemon::TapeWriteSingleThread::run() {
// will also take care of the TapeServerReporter
//
TapeCleaning cleaner(*this, timer);
- currentErrorToCount = "Error_tapeMountForWrite";
m_reportPacker.reportDriveStatus(cta::common::dataStructures::DriveStatus::Mounting, m_logContext);
// Before anything, the tape should be mounted
// This call does the logging of the mount