Re: [PATCH 08/10] fuse: use d_materialise_unique()

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 04:05:54PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
> 
> Use d_materialise_unique() instead of d_splice_alias().  This allows dentry
> subtrees to be moved to a new place if there moved, even if something is
> referencing a dentry in the subtree (open fd, cwd, etc..).
> 
> This will also allow us to drop a subtree if it is found to be replaced by
> something else.  In this case the disconnected subtree can later be
> reconnected to its new location.
> 
> d_materialise_unique() ensures that a directory entry only ever has one
> alias.  We keep fc->inst_mutex around the calls for d_materialise_unique()
> on directories to prevent a race with mkdir "stealing" the inode.

One worry I have with d_materialise_unique is the

	anon->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_DISCONNECTED

at the end of __d_materialise_dentry.  The export code depends on
DCACHE_DISCONNECTED not being cleared until it's verified that the
dentry is connected all the way back up to the root of the filesystem,
and it looks like this can clear DCACHE_DISCONNECTED sooner than that.
This hasn't been an issue since all the exportable filesystems use
d_splice_alias().

I think maybe this is just a bug and we could safely delete that line.

--b.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
> ---
>  fs/fuse/dir.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
> index 72a5d5b..131d14b 100644
> --- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
> @@ -267,26 +267,6 @@ int fuse_valid_type(int m)
>  		S_ISBLK(m) || S_ISFIFO(m) || S_ISSOCK(m);
>  }
>  
> -/*
> - * Add a directory inode to a dentry, ensuring that no other dentry
> - * refers to this inode.  Called with fc->inst_mutex.
> - */
> -static struct dentry *fuse_d_add_directory(struct dentry *entry,
> -					   struct inode *inode)
> -{
> -	struct dentry *alias = d_find_alias(inode);
> -	if (alias && !(alias->d_flags & DCACHE_DISCONNECTED)) {
> -		/* This tries to shrink the subtree below alias */
> -		fuse_invalidate_entry(alias);
> -		dput(alias);
> -		if (!hlist_empty(&inode->i_dentry))
> -			return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
> -	} else {
> -		dput(alias);
> -	}
> -	return d_splice_alias(inode, entry);
> -}
> -
>  int fuse_lookup_name(struct super_block *sb, u64 nodeid, struct qstr *name,
>  		     struct fuse_entry_out *outarg, struct inode **inode)
>  {
> @@ -345,6 +325,24 @@ int fuse_lookup_name(struct super_block *sb, u64 nodeid, struct qstr *name,
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> +static struct dentry *fuse_materialise_dentry(struct dentry *dentry,
> +					      struct inode *inode)
> +{
> +	struct dentry *newent;
> +
> +	if (inode && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
> +		struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
> +
> +		mutex_lock(&fc->inst_mutex);
> +		newent = d_materialise_unique(dentry, inode);
> +		mutex_unlock(&fc->inst_mutex);
> +	} else {
> +		newent = d_materialise_unique(dentry, inode);
> +	}
> +
> +	return newent;
> +}
> +
>  static struct dentry *fuse_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry,
>  				  unsigned int flags)
>  {
> @@ -352,7 +350,6 @@ static struct dentry *fuse_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry,
>  	struct fuse_entry_out outarg;
>  	struct inode *inode;
>  	struct dentry *newent;
> -	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(dir);
>  	bool outarg_valid = true;
>  
>  	err = fuse_lookup_name(dir->i_sb, get_node_id(dir), &entry->d_name,
> @@ -368,16 +365,10 @@ static struct dentry *fuse_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *entry,
>  	if (inode && get_node_id(inode) == FUSE_ROOT_ID)
>  		goto out_iput;
>  
> -	if (inode && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
> -		mutex_lock(&fc->inst_mutex);
> -		newent = fuse_d_add_directory(entry, inode);
> -		mutex_unlock(&fc->inst_mutex);
> -		err = PTR_ERR(newent);
> -		if (IS_ERR(newent))
> -			goto out_iput;
> -	} else {
> -		newent = d_splice_alias(inode, entry);
> -	}
> +	newent = fuse_materialise_dentry(entry, inode);
> +	err = PTR_ERR(newent);
> +	if (IS_ERR(newent))
> +		goto out_err;
>  
>  	entry = newent ? newent : entry;
>  	if (outarg_valid)
> @@ -1275,18 +1266,10 @@ static int fuse_direntplus_link(struct file *file,
>  	if (!inode)
>  		goto out;
>  
> -	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
> -		mutex_lock(&fc->inst_mutex);
> -		alias = fuse_d_add_directory(dentry, inode);
> -		mutex_unlock(&fc->inst_mutex);
> -		err = PTR_ERR(alias);
> -		if (IS_ERR(alias)) {
> -			iput(inode);
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> -	} else {
> -		alias = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
> -	}
> +	alias = fuse_materialise_dentry(dentry, inode);
> +	err = PTR_ERR(alias);
> +	if (IS_ERR(alias))
> +		goto out;
>  
>  	if (alias) {
>  		dput(dentry);
> -- 
> 1.8.1.4
> 
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
> Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/