From: Jimmy Zuber <jamz@amazon.com>
To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Cc: <fuse-devel@lists.linux.dev>, <linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org>,
"Shuah Khan" <shuah@kernel.org>,
Bernd Schubert <bernd@bsbernd.com>,
Jim Harris <jiharris@nvidia.com>,
Horst Birthelmer <horst@birthelmer.de>,
Luis Henriques <luis@igalia.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fuse: skip LOOKUP before exclusive create
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:34:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261020153432.3812719-2-jamz@amazon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261020153432.3812719-1-jamz@amazon.com>
mkdir(), mknod(), symlink(), link() and renameat2() with RENAME_NOREPLACE
look the new name up with FUSE_LOOKUP before sending the request, which
costs a round trip to the server.
Add an INIT flag, FUSE_EXCL_CREATE, with which the server fails
FUSE_MKNOD, FUSE_MKDIR, FUSE_SYMLINK, FUSE_LINK, and FUSE_RENAME2 with
RENAME_NOREPLACE, with -EEXIST for an existing name. When the server
sets it, the lookup of a name that is about to be created returns
without sending FUSE_LOOKUP, and an existing name is reported by the
-EEXIST of the request. After a failed request the name stays
uncached, so the next lookup goes to the server.
A rename that may replace its target looks the target up, so that the
kernel can check the permission to replace it.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5 [Claude-Code]
Signed-off-by: Jimmy Zuber <jamz@amazon.com>
---
fs/fuse/dir.c | 10 ++++++++++
fs/fuse/fuse_i.h | 3 +++
fs/fuse/inode.c | 4 +++-
include/uapi/linux/fuse.h | 10 +++++++++-
4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index f48fafccce4b..e491e6b3215a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -627,6 +627,16 @@ static struct dentry *fuse_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry,
return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
fc = get_fuse_conn_super(dir->i_sb);
+
+ /* The request fails with -EEXIST if the name exists */
+ if (fc->excl_create &&
+ (flags & (LOOKUP_CREATE | LOOKUP_EXCL)) ==
+ (LOOKUP_CREATE | LOOKUP_EXCL)) {
+ if (entry->d_name.len > fc->name_max)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
epoch = atomic_read(&fc->epoch);
locked = fuse_lock_inode(dir);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 8546855386b5..babbacdfb757 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -509,6 +509,9 @@ struct fuse_conn {
*/
unsigned atomic_o_trunc:1;
+ /** @excl_create: Create requests check for an existing name */
+ unsigned excl_create:1;
+
/**
* @export_support: Filesystem supports NFS exporting.
* Only set in INIT
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index cbb10e19e7e8..1f1be0c521a1 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -1432,6 +1432,8 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_args *args, int error)
if (fuse_syncfs_enable(fc, flags))
fc->sync_fs = 1;
+ if (flags & FUSE_EXCL_CREATE)
+ fc->excl_create = 1;
} else {
ra_pages = fc->max_read / PAGE_SIZE;
fc->no_lock = 1;
@@ -1490,7 +1492,7 @@ static struct fuse_init_args *fuse_new_init(struct fuse_mount *fm)
FUSE_SECURITY_CTX | FUSE_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP |
FUSE_HAS_EXPIRE_ONLY | FUSE_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP |
FUSE_NO_EXPORT_SUPPORT | FUSE_HAS_RESEND | FUSE_ALLOW_IDMAP |
- FUSE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT;
+ FUSE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT | FUSE_EXCL_CREATE;
#ifdef CONFIG_FUSE_VDAX
if (fm->fc->vdax)
flags |= FUSE_MAP_ALIGNMENT;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
index 10a7f31c4bdf..8c079d3080bf 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@
*
* 7.47
* - add FUSE_HAS_SYNCFS opt-in flag for privileged userspace servers
+ *
+ * 7.48
+ * - add FUSE_EXCL_CREATE
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_FUSE_H
@@ -286,7 +289,7 @@
#define FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION 7
/** Minor version number of this interface */
-#define FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION 47
+#define FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION 48
/** The node ID of the root inode */
#define FUSE_ROOT_ID 1
@@ -473,6 +476,10 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
* with CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the initial user namespace (the same
* privilege that mounting virtiofs or fuseblk requires).
* Insufficiently privileged servers ignore it.
+ * FUSE_EXCL_CREATE: FUSE_MKNOD, FUSE_MKDIR, FUSE_SYMLINK, FUSE_LINK and
+ * FUSE_RENAME2 with RENAME_NOREPLACE fail with -EEXIST for an
+ * existing name, so the kernel sends them without a LOOKUP of
+ * the name
*/
#define FUSE_ASYNC_READ (1 << 0)
#define FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS (1 << 1)
@@ -522,6 +529,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
#define FUSE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT (1ULL << 42)
#define FUSE_HAS_IO_URING_BUFPOOL (1ULL << 43)
#define FUSE_HAS_SYNCFS (1ULL << 44)
+#define FUSE_EXCL_CREATE (1ULL << 45)
/**
* CUSE INIT request/reply flags
--
2.50.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 15:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-20 15:34 [PATCH 0/2] fuse: skip LOOKUP before exclusive create Jimmy Zuber
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2026-10-20 15:34 ` [PATCH 2/2] selftests/fuse: test FUSE_EXCL_CREATE Jimmy Zuber
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