On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:11:46 -0500 shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Shirish Pargaonkar <shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Add support of Alternate Data Streams (ads). > > The generic access flags that cifs client currently employs are sufficient > for alternate data streams as well (MS-CIFS 2.2.4.64.1). > > The stream file and stream type are specified using : after the file name, > so that is used to differentiate between a regular file and its > alternate data streams and stream types. > Since they all have the same file id, each path name, > file name:stream name:stream type, has a separate inode with that same > file id but a distinct private data (path name) in that inode to > distinguish them. > > This scheme applies only to non-posix compliant servers such as Windows. > > One operation that does not work is Rename (0x7). > > > Signed-off-by: Shirish Pargaonkar <shirishpargaonkar@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/cifs/cifsfs.c | 1 + > fs/cifs/cifsglob.h | 2 ++ > fs/cifs/inode.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c > index e7931cc..3068992 100644 > --- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c > +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c > @@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ cifs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode) > { > truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0); > clear_inode(inode); > + kfree(inode->i_private); > cifs_fscache_release_inode_cookie(inode); > } > > diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h > index f5af252..26d65c7 100644 > --- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h > +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h > @@ -1251,6 +1251,7 @@ struct dfs_info3_param { > #define CIFS_FATTR_DELETE_PENDING 0x2 > #define CIFS_FATTR_NEED_REVAL 0x4 > #define CIFS_FATTR_INO_COLLISION 0x8 > +#define CIFS_FATTR_ALTDATASTR 0x10 > > struct cifs_fattr { > u32 cf_flags; > @@ -1268,6 +1269,7 @@ struct cifs_fattr { > struct timespec cf_atime; > struct timespec cf_mtime; > struct timespec cf_ctime; > + char *cf_private; > }; > > static inline void free_dfs_info_param(struct dfs_info3_param *param) > diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c > index afdff79..93b010b 100644 > --- a/fs/cifs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c > @@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **inode, const char *full_path, > struct cifs_fattr fattr; > struct cifs_search_info *srchinf = NULL; > > + fattr.cf_private = NULL; > tlink = cifs_sb_tlink(cifs_sb); > if (IS_ERR(tlink)) > return PTR_ERR(tlink); > @@ -746,14 +747,34 @@ cifs_get_inode_info(struct inode **inode, const char *full_path, > } > > if (!*inode) { > + if (strstr(full_path, ":")) { > + fattr.cf_private = kstrdup(full_path, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!fattr.cf_private) { > + rc = -ENOMEM; > + goto cgii_exit; > + } > + fattr.cf_flags |= CIFS_FATTR_ALTDATASTR; > + } > + > *inode = cifs_iget(sb, &fattr); > - if (!*inode) > + if (*inode) { > + if (strstr(full_path, ":") && > + !((*inode)->i_flags & S_PRIVATE)) { > + (*inode)->i_private = kstrdup(fattr.cf_private, > + GFP_KERNEL); > + if ((*inode)->i_private) > + (*inode)->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE; > + else > + rc = -ENOMEM; > + } > + } else > rc = -ENOMEM; > } else { > cifs_fattr_to_inode(*inode, &fattr); > } > > cgii_exit: > + kfree(fattr.cf_private); > kfree(buf); > cifs_put_tlink(tlink); > return rc; > @@ -784,6 +805,16 @@ cifs_find_inode(struct inode *inode, void *opaque) > if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && !hlist_empty(&inode->i_dentry)) > fattr->cf_flags |= CIFS_FATTR_INO_COLLISION; > > + /* looking for an inode of a alternate data stream (full pathname) */ > + if (fattr->cf_flags & CIFS_FATTR_ALTDATASTR) { > + if (!(inode->i_flags & S_PRIVATE)) { > + return 0; > + } else { > + if (strcmp(inode->i_private, fattr->cf_private)) > + return 0; > + } > + } > + > return 1; > } > I have real doubts as to whether this patch is necessary. Here's why: AIUI, the main concern is that you'll open the "normal" data stream on the file, cache a bunch of data. Then, if you open the alternate datastream, the kernel will see that as the same inode -- it'll look like a hardlink. Then when you go to read, you'll get back the cached data from the original datastream instead of the alternate one. The key point that's missing here is that servers do not hand out oplocks for alternate data streams. As long as you've mounted in cache=strict mode (which is the default for 3.7), then there should be no problem at all, right? When you go to open the alternate data stream, it won't matter if the original datastream had a bunch of data cached. You'll have no oplock for the file anymore and so you'll if effect be doing DIO to the server for the alternate datastream anyway. The only remaining question I have is whether the servers issue oplock breaks for the "normal" datastream when an alternate datastream is opened. For instance, suppose I do the following pseudocode: normal = open("file", ...); ...server issues an oplock for the open. If I then I do: alternate = open("file:alternate", ...); ...does the server issue an oplock break for the original oplock prior to performing second open? -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html