On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 03:33:48PM +0200, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 3:26 PM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 11:49:11AM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> >> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 6:03 PM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 11:35:09AM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> >> >> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 4:54 PM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> > If it makes sense to copy up only metadata during copy up, do it. This
> >> >> > is done for regular files which are not opened for WRITE and have origin
> >> >> > being saved.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Right now ->metacopy is set to 0 always. Last patch in the series will
> >> >> > remove the hard coded statement and enable metacopy feature.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> > Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> > ---
> >> >> > fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >> >> > 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
> >> >> > index 31711edf5bde..c5804b87f3c7 100644
> >> >> > --- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
> >> >> > +++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
> >> >> > @@ -232,6 +232,26 @@ int ovl_set_attr(struct dentry *upperdentry, struct kstat *stat)
> >> >> > return err;
> >> >> > }
> >> >> >
> >> >> > +static bool ovl_need_meta_copy_up(struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
> >> >> > + int flags)
> >> >> > +{
> >> >> > + struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
> >> >> > +
> >> >> > + /* TODO: Will enable metacopy in last patch of series */
> >> >> > + return false;
> >> >> > +
> >> >> > + if (!ofs->config.metacopy)
> >> >> > + return false;
> >> >> > +
> >> >> > + if (!S_ISREG(mode))
> >> >> > + return false;
> >> >> > +
> >> >> > + if (flags && ((OPEN_FMODE(flags) & FMODE_WRITE) || (flags & O_TRUNC)))
> >> >> > + return false;
> >> >> > +
> >> >> > + return true;
> >> >> > +}
> >> >> > +
> >> >> > struct ovl_fh *ovl_encode_fh(struct dentry *lower, bool is_upper)
> >> >> > {
> >> >> > struct ovl_fh *fh;
> >> >> > @@ -305,11 +325,8 @@ static int ovl_set_origin(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *lower,
> >> >> > return PTR_ERR(fh);
> >> >> > }
> >> >> >
> >> >> > - /*
> >> >> > - * Do not fail when upper doesn't support xattrs.
> >> >> > - */
> >> >> > err = ovl_check_setxattr(dentry, upper, OVL_XATTR_ORIGIN, fh,
> >> >> > - fh ? fh->len : 0, 0);
> >> >> > + fh ? fh->len : 0, -EOPNOTSUPP);
> >> >> > kfree(fh);
> >> >> >
> >> >> > return err;
> >> >> > @@ -326,6 +343,7 @@ struct ovl_copy_up_ctx {
> >> >> > struct qstr destname;
> >> >> > struct dentry *workdir;
> >> >> > bool tmpfile;
> >> >> > + bool metacopy;
> >> >> > };
> >> >> >
> >> >> > static int ovl_link_up(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
> >> >> > @@ -453,10 +471,14 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_inode(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c, struct dentry *temp)
> >> >> > *
> >> >> > */
> >> >> > err = ovl_set_origin(c->dentry, c->lowerpath.dentry, temp);
> >> >> > - if (err)
> >> >> > - return err;
> >> >> > + if (err) {
> >> >> > + if (err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
> >> >> > + return err;
> >> >> > + /* Upper does not support xattr. Copy up data as well */
> >> >> > + c->metacopy = false;
> >> >>
> >> >> Isn't this supposed to be checked in ovl_get_super()?
> >> >
> >> > Hi Miklos,
> >> >
> >> > Right. I think I was confused by code in ovl_check_setxattr().
> >> >
> >> > int ovl_check_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *upperdentry,
> >> > const char *name, const void *value, size_t size,
> >> > int xerr)
> >> > {
> >> > int err;
> >> > struct ovl_fs *ofs = dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
> >> >
> >> > if (ofs->noxattr)
> >> > return xerr;
> >> >
> >> > err = ovl_do_setxattr(upperdentry, name, value, size, 0);
> >> >
> >> > if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
> >> > pr_warn("overlayfs: cannot set %s xattr on upper\n", name);
> >> > ofs->noxattr = true;
> >> > return xerr;
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > return err;
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> > ofs->noxattr will be set at mount time. Still we check for -EOPNOTSUPP
> >> > and set ofs->noxattr again. Is there a situation where this can happen.
> >> > Is it intentional. Can we get rid of this code.
> >> >
> >> > To take care of this situation, I put that code. That is at mount time
> >> > xattr was fine and hence ofs->noxattr=false. But later somehow we
> >> > encountered -EOPNOTSUPP while doing ovl_set_origin(). Current code
> >> > does not fail copy up operation and I tried to retain same behavior.
> >> > That is just disable metacopy in such case but continue.
> >> >
> >> > So if we don't expect all this to happen at all, then I can get rid
> >> > of this -EOPNOTSUPP check both from ovl_check_setxattr() as well
> >> > as ovl_copy_up_inode().
> >>
> >> It would be really weird to encounter this, so I think possibly a
> >> WARN_ON(err == -EOPNOTSUPP) is enough to make sure reality matches our
> >> expectations.
> >
> > Hi Miklos,
> >
> > Effectively that's what current code is doing. Only difference is that it
> > does a pr_warn() instead of WARN_ON().
> >
> > So that means I leave current code as it is. Or replace pr_warn() with
> > WARN_ON(). Something like.
> >
> > if (WARN_ON(err == -EOPNOTSUPP)) {
> > ofs->noxattr = true;
> > return xerr;
> > }
> >
>
> That gives less informative IMO than the pr_warn, because maybe
> EOPNOTSUPP can be returned for a specific xattr name by some fs
> and as far as the stack trace of WARN_ON, I think if we know the name
> of the xattr, we probably already know the overlay code path anyway...
I just realized that in this patch series I already removed this special
handling of -EOPNOTSUPP in patch3.
"[PATCH v9 03/15] ovl: ovl_check_setxattr() get rid of redundant -EOPNOTSUPP check"
Vivek
>
> Amir.
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