Re: [PATCH v5] fuse: Add support for passthrough read/write

[Jann Horn <jann-XZ1E9jl8jIdeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>]

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On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 10:56:27AM -0800, Nikhilesh Reddy wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/fuse/passthrough.c b/fs/fuse/passthrough.c
[...]
> +static ssize_t fuse_passthrough_read_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
> +					    struct iov_iter *iter, int do_write)
> +{
> +	ssize_t ret_val;
> +	struct fuse_file *ff;
> +	struct file *fuse_file, *passthrough_filp;
> +	struct inode *fuse_inode, *passthrough_inode;
> +
> +	ff = iocb->ki_filp->private_data;
> +	fuse_file = iocb->ki_filp;
> +	passthrough_filp = ff->passthrough_filp;
> +
> +	/* lock passthrough file to prevent it from being released */
> +	get_file(passthrough_filp);
> +	iocb->ki_filp = passthrough_filp;
> +	fuse_inode = fuse_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
> +	passthrough_inode = file_inode(passthrough_filp);
> +
> +	if (do_write) {
> +		if (!passthrough_filp->f_op->write_iter)
> +			return -EIO;
> +		ret_val = passthrough_filp->f_op->write_iter(iocb, iter);
> +
> +		if (ret_val >= 0 || ret_val == -EIOCBQUEUED) {
> +			fsstack_copy_inode_size(fuse_inode, passthrough_inode);
> +			fsstack_copy_attr_times(fuse_inode, passthrough_inode);
> +		}
> +	} else {
> +		if (!passthrough_filp->f_op->read_iter)
> +			return -EIO;
> +		ret_val = passthrough_filp->f_op->read_iter(iocb, iter);
> +		if (ret_val >= 0 || ret_val == -EIOCBQUEUED)
> +			fsstack_copy_attr_atime(fuse_inode, passthrough_inode);
> +	}
> +
> +	iocb->ki_filp = fuse_file;
> +
> +	/* unlock passthrough file */
> +	fput(passthrough_filp);

Why the get_file() and fput() in this method? This doesn't look right. There
is no lock you're releasing between get_file() and fput(). What are they
intended for?

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