[PATCH] tmpfs: add support for an i_version counter

From: Jeff Layton
Date: Fri Sep 09 2022 - 09:00:46 EST


NFSv4 mandates a change attribute to avoid problems with timestamp
granularity, which Linux implements using the i_version counter. This is
particularly important when the underlying filesystem is fast.

Give tmpfs an i_version counter. Since it doesn't have to be persistent,
we can just turn on SB_I_VERSION and sprinkle some inode_inc_iversion
calls in the right places.

Also, while there is no formal spec for xattrs, most implementations
update the ctime on setxattr. Fix shmem_xattr_handler_set to update the
ctime and bump the i_version appropriately.

Cc: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/posix_acl.c | 3 +++
mm/shmem.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/posix_acl.c b/fs/posix_acl.c
index 5af33800743e..efb88a5e59f9 100644
--- a/fs/posix_acl.c
+++ b/fs/posix_acl.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#include <linux/user_namespace.h>
#include <linux/namei.h>
#include <linux/mnt_idmapping.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>

static struct posix_acl **acl_by_type(struct inode *inode, int type)
{
@@ -1073,6 +1074,8 @@ int simple_set_acl(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *inode,
}

inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+ if (IS_I_VERSION(inode))
+ inode_inc_iversion(inode);
set_cached_acl(inode, type, acl);
return 0;
}
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 42e5888bf84d..84c1b7bf47ec 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
#include <linux/fs_parser.h>
#include <linux/swapfile.h>
+#include <linux/iversion.h>
#include "swap.h"

static struct vfsmount *shm_mnt;
@@ -1043,6 +1044,7 @@ void shmem_truncate_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend)
{
shmem_undo_range(inode, lstart, lend, false);
inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = current_time(inode);
+ inode_inc_iversion(inode);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shmem_truncate_range);

@@ -1087,6 +1089,8 @@ static int shmem_setattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
int error;
+ bool update_mtime = false;
+ bool update_ctime = true;

error = setattr_prepare(&init_user_ns, dentry, attr);
if (error)
@@ -1107,7 +1111,9 @@ static int shmem_setattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
if (error)
return error;
i_size_write(inode, newsize);
- inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = current_time(inode);
+ update_mtime = true;
+ } else {
+ update_ctime = false;
}
if (newsize <= oldsize) {
loff_t holebegin = round_up(newsize, PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -1127,6 +1133,12 @@ static int shmem_setattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
setattr_copy(&init_user_ns, inode, attr);
if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_MODE)
error = posix_acl_chmod(&init_user_ns, inode, inode->i_mode);
+ if (!error && update_ctime) {
+ inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+ if (update_mtime)
+ inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime;
+ inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+ }
return error;
}

@@ -2901,6 +2913,7 @@ shmem_mknod(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
error = 0;
dir->i_size += BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = current_time(dir);
+ inode_inc_iversion(dir);
d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
dget(dentry); /* Extra count - pin the dentry in core */
}
@@ -2976,6 +2989,7 @@ static int shmem_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentr

dir->i_size += BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = current_time(inode);
+ inode_inc_iversion(dir);
inc_nlink(inode);
ihold(inode); /* New dentry reference */
dget(dentry); /* Extra pinning count for the created dentry */
@@ -2993,6 +3007,7 @@ static int shmem_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)

dir->i_size -= BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = current_time(inode);
+ inode_inc_iversion(dir);
drop_nlink(inode);
dput(dentry); /* Undo the count from "create" - this does all the work */
return 0;
@@ -3082,6 +3097,8 @@ static int shmem_rename2(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
old_dir->i_ctime = old_dir->i_mtime =
new_dir->i_ctime = new_dir->i_mtime =
inode->i_ctime = current_time(old_dir);
+ inode_inc_iversion(old_dir);
+ inode_inc_iversion(new_dir);
return 0;
}

@@ -3134,6 +3151,7 @@ static int shmem_symlink(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct inode *dir,
}
dir->i_size += BOGO_DIRENT_SIZE;
dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = current_time(dir);
+ inode_inc_iversion(dir);
d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
dget(dentry);
return 0;
@@ -3204,6 +3222,7 @@ static int shmem_fileattr_set(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,

shmem_set_inode_flags(inode, info->fsflags);
inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+ inode_inc_iversion(inode);
return 0;
}

@@ -3267,9 +3286,15 @@ static int shmem_xattr_handler_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
size_t size, int flags)
{
struct shmem_inode_info *info = SHMEM_I(inode);
+ int err;

name = xattr_full_name(handler, name);
- return simple_xattr_set(&info->xattrs, name, value, size, flags, NULL);
+ err = simple_xattr_set(&info->xattrs, name, value, size, flags, NULL);
+ if (!err) {
+ inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+ inode_inc_iversion(inode);
+ }
+ return err;
}

static const struct xattr_handler shmem_security_xattr_handler = {
@@ -3732,7 +3757,7 @@ static int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
sb->s_flags |= SB_NOUSER;
}
sb->s_export_op = &shmem_export_ops;
- sb->s_flags |= SB_NOSEC;
+ sb->s_flags |= SB_NOSEC | SB_I_VERSION;
#else
sb->s_flags |= SB_NOUSER;
#endif
--
2.37.3