Re: [PATCH 09/10] Enable multiple instances of devpts

[sukadev-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org]

Thanks for detailed review Serge.

Sorry was unexpectedly off most of this week. Have some responses below
will review/address other comments over the next few days.


Serge E. Hallyn [serue-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org] wrote:
| Quoting sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org (sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org):
| > 
| > >From 4567a37856205a04cc0617e3fcc8ede36b25bcf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
| > From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
| > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 18:52:56 -0700
| > Subject: [PATCH 09/10] Enable multiple instances of devpts
| > 
| > To support containers, allow multiple instances of devpts filesystem, such
| > that indices of ptys allocated in one instance are independent of ptys
| > allocated in other instances of devpts.
| > 
| > But to preserve backward compatibility, enable this support for multiple
| > instances only if:
| > 
| > 	- CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES is set to Y, and
| > 	- '-o newinstance' mount option is specified while mounting devpts
| > 
| > See Documentation/fs/devpts.txt (next patch in series) for details.
| > 
| > To use multi-instance mount, a container startup script could:
| > 
| > 	$ ns_exec -cm /bin/bash
| > 	$ umount /dev/pts
| > 	$ mount -t devpts -o newinstance lxcpts /dev/pts
| > 	$ mount -o bind /dev/pts/ptmx /dev/ptmx
| > 	$ sshd -p 1234
| > 
| > where 'ns_exec -cm /bin/bash' is calls clone() with CLONE_NEWNS flag and execs
| > /bin/bash in the child process. A pty created by the sshd is not visible in
| > the original mount of /dev/pts.
| > 
| > USER-SPACE-IMPACT:
| > 
| > 	See Documentation/fs/devpts.txt (included in next patch) for user-space
| > 	impact in multi-instance and mixed-mode operation.
| > TODO:
| > 	- Update mount(8), pts(4) man pages. Highlight impact of not
| > 	  redirecting /dev/ptmx to /dev/pts/ptmx after a multi-instance mount.
| > 
| > Implementation note:
| > 
| > 	See comments in new get_sb_ref() function in fs/super.c on why
| > 	get_sb_single() cannot be directly used.
| > 
| > Changelog[v5]:
| > 	- Move get_sb_ref() definition to earlier patch
| > 
| > 	- Move usage info to Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt (next patch)
| > 
| > 	- Make ptmx node even in init_pts_ns, now that default mode is 0000
| > 	  (defined in earlier patch, enabled here).
| > 
| > 	- Cache ptmx dentry and use to update mode during remount
| > 	  (defined in earlier patch, enabled here).
| > 
| > 	- Bugfix: explicitly ignore newinstance on remount (if newinstance was
| > 	  specified on remount of initial mount, it would be ignored but
| > 	  /proc/mounts would imply that the option was set)
| > 
| > Changelog[v4]:
| > 
| > 	- Update patch description to address H. Peter Anvin's comments
| > 
| > 	- Consolidate multi-instance mode code under new config token,
| > 	  CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCE.
| > 
| > 	- Move usage-details from patch description to
| > 	  Documentation/fs/devpts.txt
| > 
| > Changelog[v3]:
| > 	- Rename new mount option to 'newinstance'
| > 
| > 	- Create ptmx nodes only in 'newinstance' mounts
| > 
| > 	- Bugfix: parse_mount_options() modifies @data but since we need to
| > 	  parse the @data twice (once in devpts_get_sb() and once during
| > 	  do_remount_sb()), parse a local copy of @data in devpts_get_sb().
| > 	  (restructured code in devpts_get_sb() to fix this)
| > 
| > Changelog[v2]:
| > 	- Support both single-mount and multiple-mount semantics and
| > 	  provide '-onewmnt' option to select the semantics.
| > 
| > Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
| > ---
| >  fs/devpts/inode.c |  168 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
| >  1 files changed, 163 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
| > 
| > diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
| > index 6b56255..c54b010 100644
| > --- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
| > +++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
| > @@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ struct pts_mount_opts {
| >  	gid_t   gid;
| >  	umode_t mode;
| >  	umode_t ptmxmode;
| > +	int newinstance;
| >  };
| > 
| >  enum {
| > -	Opt_uid, Opt_gid, Opt_mode, Opt_ptmxmode,
| > +	Opt_uid, Opt_gid, Opt_mode, Opt_ptmxmode, Opt_newinstance,
| >  	Opt_err
| >  };
| > 
| > @@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ static match_table_t tokens = {
| >  	{Opt_mode, "mode=%o"},
| >  #ifdef CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES
| >  	{Opt_ptmxmode, "ptmxmode=%o"},
| > +	{Opt_newinstance, "newinstance"},
| >  #endif
| >  	{Opt_err, NULL}
| >  };
| > @@ -78,13 +80,15 @@ static inline struct pts_fs_info *DEVPTS_SB(struct super_block *sb)
| > 
| >  static inline struct super_block *pts_sb_from_inode(struct inode *inode)
| >  {
| > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES
| >  	if (inode->i_sb->s_magic == DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC)
| >  		return inode->i_sb;
| > -
| > +#endif
| >  	return devpts_mnt->mnt_sb;
| >  }
| > 
| > -static int parse_mount_options(char *data, struct pts_mount_opts *opts)
| > +static int parse_mount_options(char *data, int remount,
| > +		struct pts_mount_opts *opts)
| >  {
| >  	char *p;
| > 
| > @@ -95,6 +99,10 @@ static int parse_mount_options(char *data, struct pts_mount_opts *opts)
| >  	opts->mode    = DEVPTS_DEFAULT_MODE;
| >  	opts->ptmxmode = DEVPTS_DEFAULT_PTMX_MODE;
| 
| So does this mean that if I do a remount, the mode and ptmxmode will get
| reset to the defaults unless I specify them again?

Yes.

I think I pointed out this behavior earlier but don't think I received any
comments and stuck to current behavior (which for instance resets the mode
to default).

Besides, this behavior may help in the transition - initial kernel mount
would set ptmx-mode to 0 (default) and admin can update /etc/fstab to set
ptmx mode meaningfully.

| 
| > 
| > +	/* ignore newinstance on remount to avoid confusing show_options */
| > +	if (!remount)
| > +		opts->newinstance = 0;
| > +
| >  	while ((p = strsep(&data, ",")) != NULL) {
| >  		substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
| >  		int token;
| > @@ -128,6 +136,10 @@ static int parse_mount_options(char *data, struct pts_mount_opts *opts)
| >  				return -EINVAL;
| >  			opts->ptmxmode = option & S_IALLUGO;
| >  			break;
| > +		case Opt_newinstance:
| > +			if (!remount)
| > +				opts->newinstance = 1;
| > +			break;
| >  #endif
| >  		default:
| >  			printk(KERN_ERR "devpts: called with bogus options\n");
| > @@ -180,6 +192,8 @@ static int mknod_ptmx(struct super_block *sb)
| > 
| >  	d_add(dentry, inode);
| > 
| > +	fsi->ptmx_dentry = dentry;
| > +
| >  	printk(KERN_DEBUG "Created ptmx node in devpts ino %lu\n",
| >  			inode->i_ino);
| > 
| > @@ -207,7 +221,7 @@ static int devpts_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
| >  	struct pts_fs_info *fsi = DEVPTS_SB(sb);
| >  	struct pts_mount_opts *opts = &fsi->mount_opts;
| > 
| > -	err = parse_mount_options(data, opts);
| > +	err = parse_mount_options(data, 1, opts);
| 
| A guess a #define rather than '1' would be better here.

Ok.

| 
| > 
| >  	/*
| >  	 * parse_mount_options() restores options to default values
| > @@ -232,6 +246,8 @@ static int devpts_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
| >  	seq_printf(seq, ",mode=%03o", opts->mode);
| >  #ifdef CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES
| >  	seq_printf(seq, ",ptmxmode=%03o", opts->ptmxmode);
| > +	if (opts->newinstance)
| > +		seq_printf(seq, ",newinstance");
| 
| Is actually that something we want to show?  It doesn't seem
| informative.

Without this users have no easy way of knowing whether they have a 
private mount specially if they mounted from command line ?

Does it mislead or confuse ?

| 
| >  #endif
| > 
| >  	return 0;
| > @@ -298,12 +314,153 @@ fail:
| >  	return -ENOMEM;
| >  }
| > 
| > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES
| > +/*
| > + * Safely parse the mount options in @data and update @opts.
| > + *
| > + * devpts ends up parsing options two times during mount, due to the
| > + * two modes of operation it supports. The first parse occurs in
| > + * devpts_get_sb() when determining the mode (single-instance or
| > + * multi-instance mode). The second parse happens in devpts_remount()
| > + * or new_pts_mount() depending on the mode.
| > + *
| > + * Parsing of options modifies the @data making subsequent parsing
| > + * incorrect. So make a local copy of @data and parse it.
| > + *
| > + * Return: 0 On success, -errno on error
| > + */
| > +static int safe_parse_mount_options(void *data, struct pts_mount_opts *opts)
| > +{
| > +	int rc;
| > +	void *datacp;
| > +
| > +	if (!data)
| > +		return 0;
| > +
| > +	/* Use kstrdup() ?  */
| > +	datacp = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
| > +	if (!datacp)
| > +		return -ENOMEM;
| > +
| > +	memcpy(datacp, data, PAGE_SIZE);
| > +	rc = parse_mount_options((char *)datacp, 0, opts);
| > +	kfree(datacp);
| > +
| > +	return rc;
| > +}
| > +
| > +/*
| > + * Mount a new (private) instance of devpts.  PTYs created in this
| > + * instance are independent of the PTYs in other devpts instances.
| > + */
| > +static int new_pts_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
| > +		void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt)
| > +{
| > +	int err;
| > +	struct pts_fs_info *fsi;
| > +	struct pts_mount_opts *opts;
| > +
| > +	printk(KERN_NOTICE "devpts: newinstance mount\n");
| > +
| > +	err = get_sb_nodev(fs_type, flags, data, devpts_fill_super, mnt);
| > +	if (err)
| > +		return err;
| > +
| > +	fsi = DEVPTS_SB(mnt->mnt_sb);
| > +	opts = &fsi->mount_opts;
| > +
| > +	err = parse_mount_options(data, 0, opts);
| > +	if (err)
| > +		goto fail;
| > +
| > +	err = mknod_ptmx(mnt->mnt_sb);
| > +	if (err)
| > +		goto fail;
| > +
| > +	return 0;
| > +
| > +fail:
| > +	dput(mnt->mnt_sb->s_root);
| > +	deactivate_super(mnt->mnt_sb);
| > +	return err;
| > +}
| > +
| > +/*
| > + * Check if 'newinstance' mount option was specified in @data.
| > + *
| > + * Return: -errno  	on error (eg: invalid mount options specified)
| > + * 	 : 1 		if 'newinstance' mount option was specified
| > + * 	 : 0 		if 'newinstance' mount option was NOT specified
| > + */
| > +static int is_new_instance_mount(void *data)
| > +{
| > +	int rc;
| > +	struct pts_mount_opts opts;
| > +
| > +	if (!data)
| > +		return 0;
| > +
| > +	rc = safe_parse_mount_options(data, &opts);
| > +	if (!rc)
| > +		rc = opts.newinstance;
| > +
| > +	return rc;
| > +}
| > +
| > +/*
| > + * Mount or remount the initial kernel mount of devpts. This type of
| > + * mount maintains the legacy, single-instance semantics, while the
| > + * kernel still allows multiple-instances.
| > + */
| > +static int init_pts_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
| > +		void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt)
| > +{
| > +	int err;
| > +
| > +	if (!devpts_mnt) {
| > +		err = get_sb_single(fs_type, flags, data, devpts_fill_super,
| > +				mnt);
| > +
| > +		err = mknod_ptmx(mnt->mnt_sb);
| > +		if (err) {
| > +			dput(mnt->mnt_sb->s_root);
| > +			deactivate_super(mnt->mnt_sb);
| > +		} else
| > +			devpts_mnt = mnt;
| > +
| > +		return err;
| 
| There is no locking here, so in early-userspace two competing processes
| could both try to set devpts_mnt, right?

Hmm. I was thinking there would be only one thread calling the
vfs_kern_mount() in init_devpts_fs.

| 
| > +	}
| > +
| > +	return get_sb_ref(devpts_mnt->mnt_sb, flags, data, mnt);
| > +}
| > +
| >  static int devpts_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
| >  	int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt)
| >  {
| > +	int new;
| > +
| > +	new = is_new_instance_mount(data);
| > +	if (new < 0)
| > +		return new;
| > +
| > +	if (new)
| > +		return new_pts_mount(fs_type, flags, data, mnt);
| > +
| > +	return init_pts_mount(fs_type, flags, data, mnt);
| 
| Wait a sec - so if a container does
| 
| 	mount -t devpts -o newinstance none /dev/pts
| 	and then later on just does
| 	mount -t devpts none /dev/pts
| 
| it'll get the init_pts_ns, not the one it had created?

Yes.  Should we treat the latter as remount of the private instance ?
If so, user could add '-oremount' ?

The logic seems simple: With newinstance create a private namespace.
Without newinstance, bind to initial ns.

| 
| Yup, just confirmed, using:
| 
| 	ns_exec -cmiup /bin/sh
| 	   mount -t devpts -o newinstance -n none /dev/pts
| 	   mount -t devpts -n none /mnt
| 	   ls /dev/pts
| 	     ptmx
| 	   ls /mnt
| 	     0 ptmx
| That's weird.
| > +}
| > +#else
| > +/*
| > + * This supports only the legacy single-instance semantics (no
| > + * multiple-instance semantics)
| > + */
| > +static int devpts_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
| > +		const char *dev_name, void *data, struct vfsmount *mnt)
| > +{
| >  	return get_sb_single(fs_type, flags, data, devpts_fill_super, mnt);
| >  }
| > 
| > +#endif
| > +
| >  static void devpts_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
| >  {
| >  	struct pts_fs_info *fsi = DEVPTS_SB(sb);
| > @@ -431,8 +588,9 @@ void devpts_pty_kill(struct tty_struct *tty)
| >  	if (dentry && !IS_ERR(dentry)) {
| >  		inode->i_nlink--;
| >  		d_delete(dentry);
| > -		dput(dentry);
| > +		dput(dentry);		// d_lookup in devpts_pty_new
| >  	}
| > +	dput(dentry);			// d_find_alias above
| > 
| >  	mutex_unlock(&root->d_inode->i_mutex);
| >  }
| > -- 
| > 1.5.2.5