From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
To: Bernd Schubert <bernd@bsbernd.com>
Cc: Bernd Schubert <bschubert@ddn.com>,
"linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
"miklos@szeredi.hu" <miklos@szeredi.hu>,
"neal@gompa.dev" <neal@gompa.dev>,
"joannelkoong@gmail.com" <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/17] mount_service: use the new mount api for the mount service
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:47:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260330214744.GH6202@frogsfrogsfrogs> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cf45f305-e3f4-4309-bec9-55a658befb01@bsbernd.com>
On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 11:40:22PM +0200, Bernd Schubert wrote:
>
>
> On 3/30/26 23:18, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 09:06:05PM +0000, Bernd Schubert wrote:
> >> On 3/27/26 02:25, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> >>> From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
> >>>
> >>> Use the new fsopen/fsmount system calls to mount the filesystem so that
> >>> we get somewhat better diagnostics if something gets screwed up.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
> >>> ---
> >>> meson.build | 15 +++
> >>> util/mount_service.c | 299 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>> 2 files changed, 314 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
> >>> index d6ba8740effd5c..b0988548bf806a 100644
> >>> --- a/meson.build
> >>> +++ b/meson.build
> >>> @@ -130,6 +130,21 @@ special_funcs = {
> >>> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
> >>> return SD_LISTEN_FDS_START;
> >>> }
> >>> + ''',
> >>> + 'new_mount_api': '''
> >>> + #define _GNU_SOURCE
> >>> + #include <sys/mount.h>
> >>> + #include <linux/mount.h>
> >>> + #include <unistd.h>
> >>> + #include <fcntl.h>
> >>> +
> >>> + int main(void) {
> >>> + int fsfd = fsopen("fuse", FSOPEN_CLOEXEC);
> >>> + int res = fsconfig(fsfd, FSCONFIG_SET_STRING, "source", "test", 0);
> >>> + int mntfd = fsmount(fsfd, FSMOUNT_CLOEXEC, 0);
> >>> + res = move_mount(mntfd, "", AT_FDCWD, "/mnt", MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH);
> >>> + return 0;
> >>> + }
> >>> '''
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/util/mount_service.c b/util/mount_service.c
> >>> index ae078e537dc560..4a2c1111b66b91 100644
> >>> --- a/util/mount_service.c
> >>> +++ b/util/mount_service.c
> >>> @@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ struct mount_service {
> >>>
> >>> /* O_PATH fd for mount point */
> >>> int mountfd;
> >>> +
> >>> + /* fd for fsopen */
> >>> + int fsopenfd;
> >>> };
> >>>
> >>> /* Filter out the subtype of the filesystem (e.g. fuse.Y -> Y) */
> >>> @@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ static int mount_service_init(struct mount_service *mo, int argc, char *argv[])
> >>> mo->argvfd = -1;
> >>> mo->fusedevfd = -1;
> >>> mo->mountfd = -1;
> >>> + mo->fsopenfd = -1;
> >>>
> >>> for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
> >>> if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-t") && i + 1 < argc) {
> >>> @@ -690,9 +694,50 @@ static int mount_service_handle_fsopen_cmd(struct mount_service *mo,
> >>> return mount_service_send_reply(mo, error);
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> +#ifdef HAVE_NEW_MOUNT_API
> >>> + /* If this fails we fall back on mount() */
> >>> + mo->fsopenfd = fsopen(oc->value, FSOPEN_CLOEXEC);
> >>> +#endif
> >>> +
> >>> return mount_service_send_reply(mo, 0);
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> +#ifdef HAVE_NEW_MOUNT_API
> >>> +/* callers must preserve errno */
> >>> +static void emit_fsconfig_messages(const struct mount_service *mo)
> >>> +{
> >>> + uint8_t buf[BUFSIZ];
> >>> + ssize_t sz;
> >>> +
> >>> + while ((sz = read(mo->fsopenfd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1)) != -1) {
> >>> + if (sz <= 0)
> >>> + continue;
> >>> + if (buf[sz - 1] == '\n')
> >>> + buf[--sz] = '\0';
> >>> + else
> >>> + buf[sz] = '\0';
> >>> +
> >>> + if (!*buf)
> >>> + continue;
> >>> +
> >>> + switch (buf[0]) {
> >>> + case 'e':
> >>> + fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", buf + 2);
> >>> + break;
> >>> + case 'w':
> >>> + fprintf(stderr, "Warning: %s\n", buf + 2);
> >>> + break;
> >>> + case 'i':
> >>> + fprintf(stderr, "Info: %s\n", buf + 2);
> >>> + break;
> >>> + default:
> >>> + fprintf(stderr, " %s\n", buf);
> >>> + break;
> >>> + }
> >>> + }
> >>> +}
> >>> +#endif
> >>
> >> How about unifying that with my series and then use log_fsconfig_kmsg()?
> >> We can also do it independently, but should not forget to use a common
> >> function later on. That applies to all these functions for the new mount
> >> API. Part of the headache I have with my series is that fusermount.c
> >> duplicates quite some code.
> >> For me it looks a bit like we can unify most of util/mount_service.c and
> >> lib/mount_fsmount.c.
> >
> > <nod> The mount option string parsing (i.e. all that MS_ -> MOUNT_ATTR
> > translation) and error reporting parts look trivially shareable.
> > fuse_kern_fsmount isn't so easy to share since the fuse server sends
> > over all the relevant pieces in separate commands.
> >
> >>> +
> >>> static int mount_service_handle_source_cmd(struct mount_service *mo,
> >>> const struct fuse_service_packet *p)
> >>> {
> >>> @@ -714,6 +759,21 @@ static int mount_service_handle_source_cmd(struct mount_service *mo,
> >>> return mount_service_send_reply(mo, error);
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> +#ifdef HAVE_NEW_MOUNT_API
> >>> + if (mo->fsopenfd >= 0) {
> >>> + int ret = fsconfig(mo->fsopenfd, FSCONFIG_SET_STRING, "source",
> >>> + oc->value, 0);
> >>> + if (ret) {
> >>> + int error = errno;
> >>> +
> >>> + fprintf(stderr, "%s: fsconfig source: %s\n",
> >>> + mo->msgtag, strerror(error));
> >>> + emit_fsconfig_messages(mo);
> >>> + return mount_service_send_reply(mo, error);
> >>> + }
> >>> + }
> >>> +#endif
> >>> +
> >>> return mount_service_send_reply(mo, 0);
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> @@ -722,6 +782,8 @@ static int mount_service_handle_mntopts_cmd(struct mount_service *mo,
> >>> {
> >>> struct fuse_service_string_command *oc =
> >>> container_of(p, struct fuse_service_string_command, p);
> >>> + char *tokstr = oc->value;
> >>> + char *tok, *savetok;
> >>>
> >>> if (mo->mntopts) {
> >>> fprintf(stderr, "%s: mount options respecified!\n",
> >>> @@ -738,6 +800,45 @@ static int mount_service_handle_mntopts_cmd(struct mount_service *mo,
> >>> return mount_service_send_reply(mo, error);
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> + /* strtok_r mutates tokstr aka oc->value */
> >>> + while ((tok = strtok_r(tokstr, ",", &savetok)) != NULL) {
> >>> + char *equals = strchr(tok, '=');
> >>> + char oldchar = 0;
> >>> +
> >>> + if (equals) {
> >>> + oldchar = *equals;
> >>> + *equals = 0;
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> +#ifdef HAVE_NEW_MOUNT_API
> >>> + if (mo->fsopenfd >= 0) {
> >>> + int ret;
> >>> +
> >>> + if (equals)
> >>> + ret = fsconfig(mo->fsopenfd,
> >>> + FSCONFIG_SET_STRING, tok,
> >>> + equals + 1, 0);
> >>> + else
> >>> + ret = fsconfig(mo->fsopenfd,
> >>> + FSCONFIG_SET_FLAG, tok,
> >>> + NULL, 0);
> >>> + if (ret) {
> >>> + int error = errno;
> >>> +
> >>> + fprintf(stderr, "%s: set mount option: %s\n",
> >>> + mo->msgtag, strerror(error));
> >>> + emit_fsconfig_messages(mo);
> >>> + return mount_service_send_reply(mo, error);
> >>> + }
> >>> + }
> >>> +#endif
> >>> +
> >>> + if (equals)
> >>> + *equals = oldchar;
> >>> +
> >>> + tokstr = NULL;
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> return mount_service_send_reply(mo, 0);
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> @@ -875,6 +976,196 @@ static int mount_service_regular_mount(struct mount_service *mo,
> >>> return mount_service_send_reply(mo, 0);
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> +#ifdef HAVE_NEW_MOUNT_API
> >>> +struct ms_to_mount_map {
> >>> + unsigned long ms_flag;
> >>> + unsigned int mount_attr_flag;
> >>> +};
> >>> +
> >>> +static const struct ms_to_mount_map attrs[] = {
> >>> + { MS_RDONLY, MOUNT_ATTR_RDONLY },
> >>> + { MS_NOSUID, MOUNT_ATTR_NOSUID },
> >>> + { MS_NODEV, MOUNT_ATTR_NODEV },
> >>> + { MS_NOEXEC, MOUNT_ATTR_NOEXEC },
> >>> + { MS_RELATIME, MOUNT_ATTR_RELATIME },
> >>> + { MS_NOATIME, MOUNT_ATTR_NOATIME },
> >>> + { MS_STRICTATIME, MOUNT_ATTR_STRICTATIME },
> >>> + { MS_NODIRATIME, MOUNT_ATTR_NODIRATIME },
> >>> +#ifdef MOUNT_ATTR_NOSYMFOLLOW
> >>> + { MS_NOSYMFOLLOW, MOUNT_ATTR_NOSYMFOLLOW },
> >>> +#endif
> >>> + { 0, 0 },
> >>> +};
> >>> +
> >>> +static void get_mount_attr_flags(const struct fuse_service_mount_command *oc,
> >>> + unsigned int *attr_flags,
> >>> + unsigned long *leftover_ms_flags)
> >>> +{
> >>> + const struct ms_to_mount_map *i;
> >>> + unsigned int ms_flags = ntohl(oc->ms_flags);
> >>> + unsigned int mount_attr_flags = 0;
> >>> +
> >>> + for (i = attrs; i->ms_flag != 0; i++) {
> >>> + if (ms_flags & i->ms_flag)
> >>> + mount_attr_flags |= i->mount_attr_flag;
> >>> + ms_flags &= ~i->ms_flag;
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> + *leftover_ms_flags = ms_flags;
> >>> + *attr_flags = mount_attr_flags;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +struct ms_to_str_map {
> >>> + unsigned long ms_flag;
> >>> + const char *string;
> >>> +};
> >>> +
> >>> +static const struct ms_to_str_map strflags[] = {
> >>> + { MS_SYNCHRONOUS, "sync" },
> >>> + { MS_DIRSYNC, "dirsync" },
> >>> + { MS_LAZYTIME, "lazytime" },
> >>> + { 0, 0 },
> >>> +};
> >>> +
> >>> +static int set_ms_flags(struct mount_service *mo, unsigned long ms_flags)
> >>> +{
> >>> + const struct ms_to_str_map *i;
> >>> + int ret;
> >>> +
> >>> + for (i = strflags; i->ms_flag != 0; i++) {
> >>> + if (!(ms_flags & i->ms_flag))
> >>> + continue;
> >>> +
> >>> + ret = fsconfig(mo->fsopenfd, FSCONFIG_SET_FLAG, i->string,
> >>> + NULL, 0);
> >>> + if (ret) {
> >>> + int error = errno;
> >>> +
> >>> + fprintf(stderr, "%s: set %s option: %s\n",
> >>> + mo->msgtag, i->string, strerror(error));
> >>> + emit_fsconfig_messages(mo);
> >>> +
> >>> + errno = error;
> >>> + return -1;
> >>> + }
> >>> + ms_flags &= ~i->ms_flag;
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> + /*
> >>> + * We can't translate all the supplied MS_ flags into MOUNT_ATTR_ flags
> >>> + * or string flags! Return a magic code so the caller will fall back
> >>> + * to regular mount(2).
> >>> + */
> >>> + return ms_flags ? -2 : 0;
> >>> +}
> >>
> >> Let's please not forget later on to use the new define.
> >
> > Er... which new define? HAVE_NEW_MOUNT_API? I think we're still inside
> > the #ifdef for that at this point.
> >
> > <confused>
>
>
> Sorry, I meant FUSE_MOUNT_FALLBACK_NEEDED.
Fixed.
--D
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-30 21:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-27 1:24 [PATCHSET v3] libfuse: run fuse servers as a contained service Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:25 ` [PATCH 01/17] Refactor mount code / move common functions to mount_util.c Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:25 ` [PATCH 02/17] mount_service: add systemd/inetd socket service mounting helper Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-30 20:44 ` Bernd Schubert
2026-03-30 21:37 ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:25 ` [PATCH 03/17] mount_service: create high level fuse helpers Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-30 19:37 ` Bernd Schubert
2026-03-30 20:30 ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-30 20:51 ` Bernd Schubert
2026-03-30 21:09 ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:25 ` [PATCH 04/17] mount_service: use the new mount api for the mount service Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-30 21:06 ` Bernd Schubert
2026-03-30 21:18 ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-30 21:40 ` Bernd Schubert
2026-03-30 21:47 ` Darrick J. Wong [this message]
2026-03-27 1:26 ` [PATCH 05/17] mount_service: update mtab after a successful mount Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:26 ` [PATCH 06/17] util: hoist the fuse.conf parsing code Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:26 ` [PATCH 07/17] util: fix checkpatch complaints in fuser_conf.[ch] Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:26 ` [PATCH 08/17] mount_service: read fuse.conf to enable allow_other for unprivileged mounts Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:27 ` [PATCH 09/17] util: hoist the other non-root user limits Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:27 ` [PATCH 10/17] util: fix more checkpatch complaints in fuser_conf.[ch] Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:27 ` [PATCH 11/17] mount_service: use over the other non-root user checks Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:27 ` [PATCH 12/17] mount.fuse3: integrate systemd service startup Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:28 ` [PATCH 13/17] mount_service: allow installation as a setuid program Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:28 ` [PATCH 14/17] example/service_ll: create a sample systemd service fuse server Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:28 ` [PATCH 15/17] example/service: create a sample systemd service for a high-level " Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:28 ` [PATCH 16/17] example/hello_ll: port to single-file common code Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-27 1:29 ` [PATCH 17/17] nullfs: support fuse systemd service mode Darrick J. Wong
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