Re: [PATCH v12 2/2] fuse: add default_request_timeout and max_request_timeout sysctls

Luis Henriques
2025-01-23T21:54:00Z

Hi Joanne,

On Thu, Jan 23 2025, Joanne Koong wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM Luis Henriques <luis@igalia.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Joanne,
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 22 2025, Joanne Koong wrote:
>>
>> > Introduce two new sysctls, "default_request_timeout" and
>> > "max_request_timeout". These control how long (in seconds) a server can
>> > take to reply to a request. If the server does not reply by the timeout,
>> > then the connection will be aborted. The upper bound on these sysctl
>> > values is 65535.
>> >
>> > "default_request_timeout" sets the default timeout if no timeout is
>> > specified by the fuse server on mount. 0 (default) indicates no default
>> > timeout should be enforced. If the server did specify a timeout, then
>> > default_request_timeout will be ignored.
>> >
>> > "max_request_timeout" sets the max amount of time the server may take to
>> > reply to a request. 0 (default) indicates no maximum timeout. If
>> > max_request_timeout is set and the fuse server attempts to set a
>> > timeout greater than max_request_timeout, the system will use
>> > max_request_timeout as the timeout. Similarly, if default_request_timeout
>> > is greater than max_request_timeout, the system will use
>> > max_request_timeout as the timeout. If the server does not request a
>> > timeout and default_request_timeout is set to 0 but max_request_timeout
>> > is set, then the timeout will be max_request_timeout.
>> >
>> > Please note that these timeouts are not 100% precise. The request may
>> > take roughly an extra FUSE_TIMEOUT_TIMER_FREQ seconds beyond the set max
>> > timeout due to how it's internally implemented.
>> >
>> > $ sysctl -a | grep fuse.default_request_timeout
>> > fs.fuse.default_request_timeout = 0
>> >
>> > $ echo 65536 | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/fuse/default_request_timeout
>> > tee: /proc/sys/fs/fuse/default_request_timeout: Invalid argument
>> >
>> > $ echo 65535 | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/fuse/default_request_timeout
>> > 65535
>> >
>> > $ sysctl -a | grep fuse.default_request_timeout
>> > fs.fuse.default_request_timeout = 65535
>> >
>> > $ echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/fuse/default_request_timeout
>> > 0
>> >
>> > $ sysctl -a | grep fuse.default_request_timeout
>> > fs.fuse.default_request_timeout = 0
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
>> > Reviewed-by: Bernd Schubert <bschubert@ddn.com>
>> > Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
>> > Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
>> > ---
>> > Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > fs/fuse/fuse_i.h | 10 +++++++++
>> > fs/fuse/inode.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>> > fs/fuse/sysctl.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++
>> > 4 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
>> > index f5ec6c9312e1..35aeb30bed8b 100644
>> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
>> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst
>> > @@ -347,3 +347,28 @@ filesystems:
>> > ``/proc/sys/fs/fuse/max_pages_limit`` is a read/write file for
>> > setting/getting the maximum number of pages that can be used for servicing
>> > requests in FUSE.
>> > +
>> > +``/proc/sys/fs/fuse/default_request_timeout`` is a read/write file for
>> > +setting/getting the default timeout (in seconds) for a fuse server to
>> > +reply to a kernel-issued request in the event where the server did not
>> > +specify a timeout at mount. If the server set a timeout,
>> > +then default_request_timeout will be ignored. The default
>> > +"default_request_timeout" is set to 0. 0 indicates no default timeout.
>> > +The maximum value that can be set is 65535.
>> > +
>> > +``/proc/sys/fs/fuse/max_request_timeout`` is a read/write file for
>> > +setting/getting the maximum timeout (in seconds) for a fuse server to
>> > +reply to a kernel-issued request. A value greater than 0 automatically opts
>> > +the server into a timeout that will be set to at most "max_request_timeout",
>> > +even if the server did not specify a timeout and default_request_timeout is
>> > +set to 0. If max_request_timeout is greater than 0 and the server set a timeout
>> > +greater than max_request_timeout or default_request_timeout is set to a value
>> > +greater than max_request_timeout, the system will use max_request_timeout as the
>> > +timeout. 0 indicates no max request timeout. The maximum value that can be set
>> > +is 65535.
>> > +
>> > +For timeouts, if the server does not respond to the request by the time
>> > +the set timeout elapses, then the connection to the fuse server will be aborted.
>> > +Please note that the timeouts are not 100% precise (eg you may set 60 seconds but
>> > +the timeout may kick in after 70 seconds). The upper margin of error for the
>> > +timeout is roughly FUSE_TIMEOUT_TIMER_FREQ seconds.
>> > diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
>> > index 1321cc4ed2ab..e5114831798f 100644
>> > --- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
>> > +++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
>> > @@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ extern const unsigned long fuse_timeout_timer_freq;
>> >
>> > /** Maximum of max_pages received in init_out */
>> > extern unsigned int fuse_max_pages_limit;
>> > +/*
>> > + * Default timeout (in seconds) for the server to reply to a request
>> > + * before the connection is aborted, if no timeout was specified on mount.
>> > + */
>> > +extern unsigned int fuse_default_req_timeout;
>> > +/*
>> > + * Max timeout (in seconds) for the server to reply to a request before
>> > + * the connection is aborted.
>> > + */
>> > +extern unsigned int fuse_max_req_timeout;
>> >
>> > /** List of active connections */
>> > extern struct list_head fuse_conn_list;
>> > diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
>> > index 79ebeb60015c..4e36d99fae52 100644
>> > --- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
>> > +++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
>> > @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ DEFINE_MUTEX(fuse_mutex);
>> > static int set_global_limit(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp);
>> >
>> > unsigned int fuse_max_pages_limit = 256;
>> > +/* default is no timeout */
>> > +unsigned int fuse_default_req_timeout = 0;
>> > +unsigned int fuse_max_req_timeout = 0;
>> >
>> > unsigned max_user_bgreq;
>> > module_param_call(max_user_bgreq, set_global_limit, param_get_uint,
>> > @@ -1268,6 +1271,24 @@ static void set_request_timeout(struct fuse_conn *fc, unsigned int timeout)
>> > fuse_timeout_timer_freq);
>> > }
>> >
>> > +static void init_server_timeout(struct fuse_conn *fc, unsigned int timeout)
>> > +{
>> > + if (!timeout && !fuse_max_req_timeout && !fuse_default_req_timeout)
>> > + return;
>> > +
>> > + if (!timeout)
>> > + timeout = fuse_default_req_timeout;
>> > +
>> > + if (fuse_max_req_timeout) {
>> > + if (timeout)
>> > + timeout = min(fuse_max_req_timeout, timeout);
>>
>> Sorry for this late comment (this is v12 already!), but I wonder if it
>> would be worth to use clamp() instead of min(). Limiting this value to
>> the range [FUSE_TIMEOUT_TIMER_FREQ, fuxe_max_req_timeout] would prevent
>> accidentally setting the timeout to a very low value.
>
> I don't think we need to clamp to FUSE_TIMEOUT_TIMER_FREQ. If the user
> sets a timeout value lower than FUSE_TIMEOUT_TIMER_FREQ (15 secs), imo
> that should be supported. For example, if the user sets the timeout to
> 10 seconds, then the connection should be aborted if the request takes
> 13 seconds. I don't see why we need to have the min bound be
> FUSE_TIMEOUT_TIMER_FREQ. imo, the user-specified timeout value and
> FUSE_TIMEOUT_TIMER_FREQ value are orthogonal. But I also don't feel
> strongly about this and am fine with whichever way we go.

Sure, my comment was just a suggestion too. I just thought it would be
easy to accidentally set the timeout to '1' instead of '10', and that this
very low value could cause troubles. On the other hand, I understand that
15 secondss is probably too high for using as a minimum. Anyway, this was
just my 2¢.

Cheers,
--
Luis

>
> Thanks,
> Joanne
>
>>
>> There are also some white-spaces/tabs issues with the other patch, which
>> are worth fixing before merging. Other than that, feel free to add my
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Luis Henriques <luis@igalia.com>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> --
>> Luís
>>
>> > + else
>> > + timeout = fuse_max_req_timeout;
>> > + }
>> > +
>> > + set_request_timeout(fc, timeout);
>> > +}
>> > +
>> > struct fuse_init_args {
>> > struct fuse_args args;
>> > struct fuse_init_in in;
>> > @@ -1286,6 +1307,7 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_mount *fm, struct fuse_args *args,
>> > ok = false;
>> > else {
>> > unsigned long ra_pages;
>> > + unsigned int timeout = 0;
>> >
>> > process_init_limits(fc, arg);
>> >
>> > @@ -1404,14 +1426,16 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_mount *fm, struct fuse_args *args,
>> > if (flags & FUSE_OVER_IO_URING && fuse_uring_enabled())
>> > fc->io_uring = 1;
>> >
>> > - if ((flags & FUSE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT) && arg->request_timeout)
>> > - set_request_timeout(fc, arg->request_timeout);
>> > + if (flags & FUSE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
>> > + timeout = arg->request_timeout;
>> > } else {
>> > ra_pages = fc->max_read / PAGE_SIZE;
>> > fc->no_lock = 1;
>> > fc->no_flock = 1;
>> > }
>> >
>> > + init_server_timeout(fc, timeout);
>> > +
>> > fm->sb->s_bdi->ra_pages =
>> > min(fm->sb->s_bdi->ra_pages, ra_pages);
>> > fc->minor = arg->minor;
>> > diff --git a/fs/fuse/sysctl.c b/fs/fuse/sysctl.c
>> > index b272bb333005..3d542ef9d889 100644
>> > --- a/fs/fuse/sysctl.c
>> > +++ b/fs/fuse/sysctl.c
>> > @@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ static struct ctl_table_header *fuse_table_header;
>> > /* Bound by fuse_init_out max_pages, which is a u16 */
>> > static unsigned int sysctl_fuse_max_pages_limit = 65535;
>> >
>> > +/*
>> > + * fuse_init_out request timeouts are u16.
>> > + * This goes up to ~18 hours, which is plenty for a timeout.
>> > + */
>> > +static unsigned int sysctl_fuse_req_timeout_limit = 65535;
>> > +
>> > static struct ctl_table fuse_sysctl_table[] = {
>> > {
>> > .procname = "max_pages_limit",
>> > @@ -23,6 +29,24 @@ static struct ctl_table fuse_sysctl_table[] = {
>> > .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE,
>> > .extra2 = &sysctl_fuse_max_pages_limit,
>> > },
>> > + {
>> > + .procname = "default_request_timeout",
>> > + .data = &fuse_default_req_timeout,
>> > + .maxlen = sizeof(fuse_default_req_timeout),
>> > + .mode = 0644,
>> > + .proc_handler = proc_douintvec_minmax,
>> > + .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
>> > + .extra2 = &sysctl_fuse_req_timeout_limit,
>> > + },
>> > + {
>> > + .procname = "max_request_timeout",
>> > + .data = &fuse_max_req_timeout,
>> > + .maxlen = sizeof(fuse_max_req_timeout),
>> > + .mode = 0644,
>> > + .proc_handler = proc_douintvec_minmax,
>> > + .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
>> > + .extra2 = &sysctl_fuse_req_timeout_limit,
>> > + },
>> > };
>> >
>> > int fuse_sysctl_register(void)
>> > --
>> > 2.43.5
>> >
>>