Re: [PATCH v4 15/16] gfs2: add pre-content fsnotify hook to fault

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On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 1:43 PM Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu 29-08-24 13:26:17, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 1:15 PM Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed 14-08-24 17:25:33, Josef Bacik wrote:
> > > > gfs2 takes the glock before calling into filemap fault, so add the
> > > > fsnotify hook for ->fault before we take the glock in order to avoid any
> > > > possible deadlock with the HSM.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > The idea of interactions between GFS2 cluster locking and HSM gives me
> > > creeps. But yes, this patch looks good to me. Would be nice to get ack from
> > > GFS2 guys. Andreas?
> >
> > If we are being honest, I think that the fact that HSM events require careful
> > handling in ->fault() and not to mention no documentation of this fact,
> > perhaps we should let HSM events be an opt-in file_system_type feature?
> >
> > Additionally, we had to introduce FS_DISALLOW_NOTIFY_PERM
> > and restrict sb marks on SB_NOUSER, all because these fanotify
> > features did not require fs opt-in to begin with.
> >
> > I think we would be repeating this mistake if we do not add
> > FS_ALLOW_HSM from the start.
> >
> > After all, I cannot imagine HSM being used on anything but
> > the major disk filesystems.
> >
> > Hmm?
>
> Yeah, I was considering this already when thinking about btrfs quirks with
> readahead and various special filesystem ioctls and I agree that a need to be
> careful with page faults is another good reason to make this a
> per-filesystem opt in. Will you send a patch?

Huh! I am still struggling to keep my head above the water
coming back from a long vacation, so I think it is better if Josef takes
that as well.

But here is a trivial, untested, probably broken, space damaged patch,
that should be broken and squashed into other patches in the series
if this is any help at all...

Thanks,
Amir.

index c3c8b2ea80b6..07c3cf038221 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -1672,6 +1672,11 @@ static int fanotify_events_supported(struct
fsnotify_group *group,
                                 (mask & FAN_RENAME) ||
                                 (flags & FAN_MARK_IGNORE);

+       /* Filesystems need to opt-into pre-content evnets (a.k.a HSM) */
+       if (mask & FANOTIFY_PRE_CONTENT_EVENTS &&
+           path->mnt->mnt_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_ALLOW_HSM)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        /*
         * Some filesystems such as 'proc' acquire unusual locks when opening
         * files. For them fanotify permission events have high chances of
diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index cbfaa000f815..32690e5c4815 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ bool fsnotify_file_has_pre_content_watches(struct
file *file)
        struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
        __u32 mnt_mask = real_mount(file->f_path.mnt)->mnt_fsnotify_mask;

-       return fsnotify_object_watched(inode, mnt_mask,
+       return inode->i_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_ALLOW_HSM &&
+              fsnotify_object_watched(inode, mnt_mask,
                                       FSNOTIFY_PRE_CONTENT_EVENTS);
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index fb0426f349fc..14468736d15b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2499,6 +2499,7 @@ struct file_system_type {
 #define FS_USERNS_MOUNT                8       /* Can be mounted by
userns root */
 #define FS_DISALLOW_NOTIFY_PERM        16      /* Disable fanotify
permission events */
 #define FS_ALLOW_IDMAP         32      /* FS has been updated to
handle vfs idmappings. */
+#define FS_ALLOW_HSM           64      /* FS can handle fanotify
pre-content events. */
 #define FS_RENAME_DOES_D_MOVE  32768   /* FS will handle d_move()
during rename() internally. */
        int (*init_fs_context)(struct fs_context *);
        const struct fs_parameter_spec *parameters;
diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify.h b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
index ec1e88342442..b6845ab477d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify.h
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static inline int fsnotify_file_area_perm(struct
file *file, int perm_mask,
         * if there are any pre-content event watchers on this sb.
         */
        if ((!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) ||
+           !(inode->i_sb->s_type->fs_flags & FS_ALLOW_HSM) ||
            !fsnotify_sb_has_priority_watchers(inode->i_sb,
                                               FSNOTIFY_PRIO_PRE_CONTENT))
                return 0;

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