By default metadata only copy up is disabled. Provide a mount option so
that users can choose one way or other.
Also provide a kernel config and module option to enable/disable
metacopy feature.
metacopy feature requires redirect_dir=on when upper is present. Otherwise,
it requires redirect_dir=follow atleast.
Like index feature, we verify on mount that upper root is not being
reused with a different lower root. This hopes to get the configuration
right and detect the copied layers use case. But this does only so
much as we don't verify all the lowers. So it is possible that a lower is
missing and later data copy up fails.
Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
fs/overlayfs/Kconfig | 19 ++++++++++++++++
fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h | 1 +
fs/overlayfs/super.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
4 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
index 6ea1e64d1464..b7720e61973c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
@@ -249,6 +249,30 @@ rightmost one and going left. In the above example lower1 will be the
top, lower2 the middle and lower3 the bottom layer.
+Metadata only copyup
+--------------------
+
+When metadata only copy up feature is enabled, overlayfs will only copy
+up metadata (as opposed to whole file), when a metadata specific operation
+like chown/chmod is performed. Full file will be copied up later when
+file is opened for WRITE operation.
+
+IOW, this is delayed data copy up operation and data is copied up when
+there is a need to actually modify data.
+
+There are multiple ways to enable/disable this feature. A config option
+CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_METACOPY can be set/unset to enable/disable this feature
+by default. Or one can enable/disable it at module load time with module
+parameter metacopy=on/off. Lastly, there is also a per mount option
+metacopy=on/off to enable/disable this feature per mount.
+
+Do not use metacopy=on with untrusted upper/lower directories. Otherwise
+it is possible that an attacker can create an handcrafted file with
+appropriate REDIRECT and METACOPY xattrs, and gain access to file on lower
+pointed by REDIRECT. This should not be possible on local system as setting
+"trusted." xattrs will require CAP_SYS_ADMIN. But it should be possible
+for untrusted layers like from a pen drive.
+
Sharing and copying layers
--------------------------
@@ -267,7 +291,7 @@ though it will not result in a crash or deadlock.
Mounting an overlay using an upper layer path, where the upper layer path
was previously used by another mounted overlay in combination with a
different lower layer path, is allowed, unless the "inodes index" feature
-is enabled.
+or "metadata only copyup" feature is enabled.
With the "inodes index" feature, on the first time mount, an NFS file
handle of the lower layer root directory, along with the UUID of the lower
@@ -280,6 +304,10 @@ lower root origin, mount will fail with ESTALE. An overlayfs mount with
does not support NFS export, lower filesystem does not have a valid UUID or
if the upper filesystem does not support extended attributes.
+For "metadata only copyup" feature there is no verification mechanism at
+mount time. So if same upper is mouted with different set of lower, mount
+probably will succeed but expect the unexpected later on. So don't do it.
+
It is quite a common practice to copy overlay layers to a different
directory tree on the same or different underlying filesystem, and even
to a different machine. With the "inodes index" feature, trying to mount
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
index ce6ff5a0a6e4..7d9650c9c075 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
@@ -86,3 +86,22 @@ config OVERLAY_FS_NFS_EXPORT
case basis with the "nfs_export=on" mount option.
Say N unless you fully understand the consequences.
+
+config OVERLAY_FS_METACOPY
+ bool "Overlayfs: turn on metadata only copy up feature by default"
+ depends on OVERLAY_FS
+ depends on !OVERLAY_FS_NFS_EXPORT
+ select OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR
+ help
+ If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will
+ copy up only metadata where appropriate and data copy up will
+ happen when a file is opended for WRITE operation. It is still
+ possible to turn off this feature globally with the "metacopy=off"
+ module option or on a filesystem instance basis with the
+ "metacopy=off" mount option.
+
+ Note, that this feature is not backward compatible. That is,
+ mounting an overlay which has metacopy only inodes on a kernel
+ that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
index bfef6edcc111..7dc55628080d 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct ovl_config {
const char *redirect_mode;
bool index;
bool nfs_export;
+ bool metacopy;
};
struct ovl_layer {
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 7c24619ae7fc..ddff54fa9e85 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ static void ovl_entry_stack_free(struct ovl_entry *oe)
dput(oe->lowerstack[i].dentry);
}
+static bool ovl_metacopy_def = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_METACOPY);
+module_param_named(metacopy, ovl_metacopy_def, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ovl_metacopy_def,
+ "Default to on or off for the metadata only copy up feature");
+
static void ovl_dentry_release(struct dentry *dentry)
{
struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
@@ -350,6 +355,9 @@ static int ovl_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct dentry *dentry)
if (ofs->config.nfs_export != ovl_nfs_export_def)
seq_printf(m, ",nfs_export=%s", ofs->config.nfs_export ?
"on" : "off");
+ if (ofs->config.metacopy != ovl_metacopy_def)
+ seq_printf(m, ",metacopy=%s",
+ ofs->config.metacopy ? "on" : "off");
return 0;
}
@@ -384,6 +392,8 @@ enum {
OPT_INDEX_OFF,
OPT_NFS_EXPORT_ON,
OPT_NFS_EXPORT_OFF,
+ OPT_METACOPY_ON,
+ OPT_METACOPY_OFF,
OPT_ERR,
};
@@ -397,6 +407,8 @@ static const match_table_t ovl_tokens = {
{OPT_INDEX_OFF, "index=off"},
{OPT_NFS_EXPORT_ON, "nfs_export=on"},
{OPT_NFS_EXPORT_OFF, "nfs_export=off"},
+ {OPT_METACOPY_ON, "metacopy=on"},
+ {OPT_METACOPY_OFF, "metacopy=off"},
{OPT_ERR, NULL}
};
@@ -511,6 +523,14 @@ static int ovl_parse_opt(char *opt, struct ovl_config *config)
config->nfs_export = false;
break;
+ case OPT_METACOPY_ON:
+ config->metacopy = true;
+ break;
+
+ case OPT_METACOPY_OFF:
+ config->metacopy = false;
+ break;
+
default:
pr_err("overlayfs: unrecognized mount option \"%s\" or missing value\n", p);
return -EINVAL;
@@ -993,7 +1013,8 @@ static int ovl_make_workdir(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct path *workpath)
if (err) {
ofs->noxattr = true;
ofs->config.index = false;
- pr_warn("overlayfs: upper fs does not support xattr, falling back to index=off.\n");
+ ofs->config.metacopy = false;
+ pr_warn("overlayfs: upper fs does not support xattr, falling back to index=off and metacopy=off.\n");
err = 0;
} else {
vfs_removexattr(ofs->workdir, OVL_XATTR_OPAQUE);
@@ -1012,6 +1033,11 @@ static int ovl_make_workdir(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct path *workpath)
ofs->config.nfs_export = false;
}
+ /* metacopy feature with upper requires redirect_dir=on */
+ if (ofs->config.metacopy && !ofs->config.redirect_dir) {
+ pr_warn("overlayfs: metadata only copyup requires \"redirect_dir=on\", falling back to metacopy=off.\n");
+ ofs->config.metacopy = false;
+ }
out:
mnt_drop_write(mnt);
return err;
@@ -1188,6 +1214,12 @@ static struct ovl_entry *ovl_get_lowerstack(struct super_block *sb,
ofs->config.nfs_export = false;
}
+ if (!ofs->config.upperdir && ofs->config.metacopy &&
+ !ofs->config.redirect_follow) {
+ ofs->config.metacopy = false;
+ pr_warn("overlayfs: metadata only copyup requires \"redirect_dir=follow\" on non-upper mount, falling back to metacopy=off.\n");
+ }
+
err = -ENOMEM;
stack = kcalloc(stacklen, sizeof(struct path), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!stack)
@@ -1263,6 +1295,7 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
ofs->config.index = ovl_index_def;
ofs->config.nfs_export = ovl_nfs_export_def;
+ ofs->config.metacopy = ovl_metacopy_def;
err = ovl_parse_opt((char *) data, &ofs->config);
if (err)
goto out_err;
@@ -1331,6 +1364,11 @@ static int ovl_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
}
}
+ if (ofs->config.metacopy && ofs->config.nfs_export) {
+ pr_warn("overlayfs: Metadata copy up requires NFS export disabled, falling back to nfs_export=off.\n");
+ ofs->config.nfs_export = false;
+ }
+
if (ofs->config.nfs_export)
sb->s_export_op = &ovl_export_operations;
--
2.13.6
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