Apologies, I forgot to mention another thing..
On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 12:44:31PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 02:37:53PM +0100, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > > > > In any case, I think a better solution to the multi-device problem is to
> > > > > start returning device information via struct fiemap_extent, at least
> > > > > inside the kernel. Use one of the reserved fields to declare a new
> > > > > '__u32 fe_device' field in struct fiemap_extent which can be the dev_t
> > > > > device number, and then you can check that against inode->i_sb->s_bdev
> > > > > to avoid returning results for the non-primary device of a multi-device
> > > > > filesystem.
> > > >
> > > > I agree we should address it here, but I don't think fiemap_extent is the right
> > > > place for it, it is linked to the UAPI, and changing it is usually not a good
> > > > idea.
> > >
> > > Adding a FIEMAP_EXTENT flag or two to turn one of the fe_reserved fields
> > > into some sort of dev_t/per-device cookie should be fine. Userspace
> > > shouldn't be expecting any meaning in reserved areas.
> > >
> > > > I think I got your idea anyway, but, what if, instead returning the bdev in
> > > > fiemap_extent, we instead, send a flag (via fi_flags) to the filesystem, to
> > > > idenfify a FIBMAP or a FIEMAP call, and let the filesystem decide what to do
> > > > with such information?
> > >
> > > I don't like the idea of adding a FIEMAP_FLAG to distinguish callers.
> >
> > Ok, may I ask why not?
>
> I think it's a bad idea to add a flag to FIEMAP to change its behavior
> to suit an older and even crappier legacy interface (i.e. FIBMAP).
>
> FIBMAP is architecturally broken in that we can't /ever/ provide the
> context of "which device does this map to?"
>
> FIEMAP is architecturally deficient as well, but its ioctl structure
> definition is flexible enough that we can report "which device does this
> map to".
>
> I want to enhance FIEMAP to deal with multi-device filesystems
> correctly, and as much as I want to kill FIBMAP, I can't because of zipl
> and *lilo.
>
> > My apologies if I am wrong, but, per my understanding, there is
> > nothing today, which tells userspace which device belongs the extent
> > map reported by FIEMAP.
>
> Right...
>
> > If it belongs to the RT device in XFS, or whatever disk in a raid in
> > BTRFS, we simply do not provide such information.
>
> Right...
>
> > So, the goal is to provide a way to tell the filesystem if a FIEMAP or
> > a FIBMAP has been requested, so the current behavior of both ioctls
> > won't change.
>
> ...but from my point of view, the FIEMAP behavior *ought* to change to
> be more expressive. Once that's done, we can use the more expressive
> FIEMAP output to solve the problem of FIBMAP vs. multi-disk filesystems.
>
> The whole point of having fe_reserved* fields in struct fiemap_extent is
> so that we can add a new FIEMAP_EXTENT_ flag so that the filesystem can
> start returning data in a reserved field. New userspace programs that
> know about the flag can start reading information from the new field if
> they see the flag, and old userspace programs don't know about the flag
> and won't be any worse off.
>
> > Enabling filesystems to return device information into fiemap_extent
> > requires modification of all filesystems to provide such information,
> > which will not have any use other than matching the mounted device to
> > the device where the extent is.
>
> Perhaps it would help for me to present a more concrete proposal:
>
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/fiemap.h 2019-01-18 10:53:44.000000000 -0800
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/fiemap.h 2019-02-06 12:25:52.813935941 -0800
> @@ -22,7 +22,19 @@ struct fiemap_extent {
> __u64 fe_length; /* length in bytes for this extent */
> __u64 fe_reserved64[2];
> __u32 fe_flags; /* FIEMAP_EXTENT_* flags for this extent */
> - __u32 fe_reserved[3];
> +
> + /*
> + * Underlying device that this extent is stored on.
> + *
> + * If FIEMAP_EXTENT_DEV_T is set, this field is a dev_t containing the
> + * major and minor numbers of a device. If FIEMAP_EXTENT_DEV_COOKIE is
> + * set, this field is a 32-bit cookie that can be used to distinguish
> + * between backing devices but has no intrinsic meaning. If neither
> + * EXTENT_DEV flag is set, this field is meaningless. Only one of the
> + * EXTENT_DEV flags may be set at any time.
> + */
> + __u32 fe_device;
> + __u32 fe_reserved[2];
> };
>
> struct fiemap {
> @@ -66,5 +78,14 @@ struct fiemap {
> * merged for efficiency. */
> #define FIEMAP_EXTENT_SHARED 0x00002000 /* Space shared with other
> * files. */
> +#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_DEV_T 0x00004000 /* fe_device is a dev_t
> + * structure containing the
> + * major and minor numbers
> + * of a block device. */
> +#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_DEV_COOKIE 0x00008000 /* fe_device is a 32-bit
> + * cookie that can be used
> + * to distinguish physical
> + * devices but otherwise
> + * has no meaning. */
>
> #endif /* _LINUX_FIEMAP_H */
>
> Under this scheme, XFS can set FIEMAP_EXTENT_DEV_T in fe_flags and start
> encoding fe_device = new_encode_dev(xfs_get_device_for_file()).
Here, I believe you are forgetting that filesystems do not touch fiemap_extent
directly. We call fiemap_fell_next_extent() helper to fill each extent found by
fiemap. So, in either way, we'd need to modify fiemap_fill_next_extent() and the
callbacks being used to accommodate this new field or create a new helper to
modify the device which doesn't sound reasonable. So, either way, we will end up
needing to modify all filesystems.
So, although I really like the idea of improving the FIEMAP interface, I'm
starting to consider another patchset for it. I think it requires an interface
change big enough to fit in this patchset, which actually has a different
purpose. Or, maybe, address this at the end of this patchset, leaving different
interface changes in different patchsets, instead of making many changes all at
once, mixed together.
>
> Some clustered filesystem or whatever could set FIEMAP_EXTENT_DEV_COOKIE
> and encode the replica number in fe_device.
>
> Existing filesystems can be left unchanged, in which case neither
> EXTENT_DEV flag is set in fe_flags and the bits in fe_device are
> meaningless, the same as they are today. Reporting fe_device is entirely
> optional.
>
> Userspace programs will now be able to tell which device the file data
> lives on, which has been sort-of requested for years, if the filesystem
> chooses to start exporting that information.
>
> Your FIBMAP-via-FIEMAP backend can do something like:
>
> /* FIBMAP only returns results for the same block device backing the fs. */
> if ((fe->fe_flags & EXTENT_DEV_T) && fe->fe_device != inode->i_sb->sb_device)
> return 0;
>
> /* Can't tell what is the backing device, bail out. */
> if (fe->fe_flags & EXTENT_DEV_COOKIE)
> return 0;
>
> /*
> * Either fe_device matches the backing device or the implementation
> * doesn't tell us about the backing device, so assume it's ok.
> */
> <return FIBMAP results>
>
> So that's how I'd solve a longstanding design problem of FIEMAP and then
> take advantage of that solution to remedy my objections to the proposed
> "Use FIEMAP for FIBMAP" series. It doesn't require a FIEMAP_FLAG
> behavior flag that userspace knows about but isn't allowed to pass in.
>
> > A FIEMAP_FLAG will also require FS changes, but IMHO, less intrusive
> > than the device id in fiemap_extent. I don't see much advantage in
> > adding the device id instead of using the flag.
> >
> > A problem I see using a new FIEMAP_FLAG, is it 'could' be also passed via
> > userspace, so, it would require a check to make sure it didn't come from
> > userspace if ioctl_fiemap() was used.
> >
> > I think there are 2 other possibilities which can be used to fix this.
> >
> > - Use a boolean inside fiemap_extent_info to identify a fibmap call, or,
> > - If the device id is a must for you, maybe add the device id into
> > fiemap_extent_info instead of fiemap_extent.
>
> That won't work with btrfs, which can store file extents on multiple
> different physical devices.
>
> > So we don't mess with a UAPI exported data structure and still
> > provides a way to the filesystems to provide which device the mapped
> > extent is in.
> >
> > What you think?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> > >
> > > --D
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + return error;
> > > > > > +}
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > /**
> > > > > > * bmap - find a block number in a file
> > > > > > * @inode: inode owning the block number being requested
> > > > > > @@ -1594,10 +1628,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iput);
> > > > > > */
> > > > > > int bmap(struct inode *inode, sector_t *block)
> > > > > > {
> > > > > > - if (!inode->i_mapping->a_ops->bmap)
> > > > > > + if (inode->i_op->fiemap)
> > > > > > + return bmap_fiemap(inode, block);
> > > > > > + else if (inode->i_mapping->a_ops->bmap)
> > > > > > + *block = inode->i_mapping->a_ops->bmap(inode->i_mapping,
> > > > > > + *block);
> > > > > > + else
> > > > > > return -EINVAL;
> > > > >
> > > > > Waitaminute. btrfs currently supports fiemap but not bmap, and now
> > > > > suddenly it will support this legacy interface they've never supported
> > > > > before. Are they on board with this?
> > > > >
> > > > > --D
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - *block = inode->i_mapping->a_ops->bmap(inode->i_mapping, *block);
> > > > > > return 0;
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(bmap);
> > > > > > diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
> > > > > > index 6086978fe01e..bfa59df332bf 100644
> > > > > > --- a/fs/ioctl.c
> > > > > > +++ b/fs/ioctl.c
> > > > > > @@ -116,6 +116,38 @@ int fiemap_fill_user_extent(struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo, u64 logical,
> > > > > > return (flags & FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST) ? 1 : 0;
> > > > > > }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > +int fiemap_fill_kernel_extent(struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo, u64 logical,
> > > > > > + u64 phys, u64 len, u32 flags)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > + struct fiemap_extent *extent = fieinfo->fi_extents_start;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + /* only count the extents */
> > > > > > + if (fieinfo->fi_extents_max == 0) {
> > > > > > + fieinfo->fi_extents_mapped++;
> > > > > > + return (flags & FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST) ? 1 : 0;
> > > > > > + }
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + if (fieinfo->fi_extents_mapped >= fieinfo->fi_extents_max)
> > > > > > + return 1;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + if (flags & SET_UNKNOWN_FLAGS)
> > > > > > + flags |= FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN;
> > > > > > + if (flags & SET_NO_UNMOUNTED_IO_FLAGS)
> > > > > > + flags |= FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED;
> > > > > > + if (flags & SET_NOT_ALIGNED_FLAGS)
> > > > > > + flags |= FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + extent->fe_logical = logical;
> > > > > > + extent->fe_physical = phys;
> > > > > > + extent->fe_length = len;
> > > > > > + extent->fe_flags = flags;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + fieinfo->fi_extents_mapped++;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > + if (fieinfo->fi_extents_mapped == fieinfo->fi_extents_max)
> > > > > > + return 1;
> > > > > > + return (flags & FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST) ? 1 : 0;
> > > > > > +}
> > > > > > /**
> > > > > > * fiemap_fill_next_extent - Fiemap helper function
> > > > > > * @fieinfo: Fiemap context passed into ->fiemap
> > > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> > > > > > index 7a434979201c..28bb523d532a 100644
> > > > > > --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> > > > > > +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> > > > > > @@ -1711,6 +1711,8 @@ struct fiemap_extent_info {
> > > > > > fiemap_fill_cb fi_cb;
> > > > > > };
> > > > > >
> > > > > > +int fiemap_fill_kernel_extent(struct fiemap_extent_info *info, u64 logical,
> > > > > > + u64 phys, u64 len, u32 flags);
> > > > > > int fiemap_fill_next_extent(struct fiemap_extent_info *info, u64 logical,
> > > > > > u64 phys, u64 len, u32 flags);
> > > > > > int fiemap_check_flags(struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo, u32 fs_flags);
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > 2.17.2
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Carlos
> >
> > --
> > Carlos
--
Carlos
