[RFC PATCH v1 1/7] fs: Add inode_get_ino() and implement get_ino() for NFS
Mickaël Salaün
mic at digikod.net
Fri Oct 11 12:38:28 UTC 2024
On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 08:22:51AM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Fri, 2024-10-11 at 12:15 +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 03:28:12PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2024-10-10 at 17:26 +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> > > > When a filesystem manages its own inode numbers, like NFS's
> > > > fileid
> > > > shown
> > > > to user space with getattr(), other part of the kernel may still
> > > > expose
> > > > the private inode->ino through kernel logs and audit.
> > > >
> > > > Another issue is on 32-bit architectures, on which ino_t is 32
> > > > bits,
> > > > whereas the user space's view of an inode number can still be 64
> > > > bits.
> > > >
> > > > Add a new inode_get_ino() helper calling the new struct
> > > > inode_operations' get_ino() when set, to get the user space's
> > > > view of
> > > > an
> > > > inode number. inode_get_ino() is called by generic_fillattr().
> > > >
> > > > Implement get_ino() for NFS.
> > > >
> > > > Cc: Trond Myklebust <trondmy at kernel.org>
> > > > Cc: Anna Schumaker <anna at kernel.org>
> > > > Cc: Alexander Viro <viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> > > > Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner at kernel.org>
> > > > Cc: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net>
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure about nfs_namespace_getattr(), please review
> > > > carefully.
> > > >
> > > > I guess there are other filesystems exposing inode numbers
> > > > different
> > > > than inode->i_ino, and they should be patched too.
> > > > ---
> > > > fs/nfs/inode.c | 6 ++++--
> > > > fs/nfs/internal.h | 1 +
> > > > fs/nfs/namespace.c | 2 ++
> > > > fs/stat.c | 2 +-
> > > > include/linux/fs.h | 9 +++++++++
> > > > 5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
> > > > index 542c7d97b235..5dfc176b6d92 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
> > > > @@ -83,18 +83,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_wait_bit_killable);
> > > >
> > > > /**
> > > > * nfs_compat_user_ino64 - returns the user-visible inode number
> > > > - * @fileid: 64-bit fileid
> > > > + * @inode: inode pointer
> > > > *
> > > > * This function returns a 32-bit inode number if the boot
> > > > parameter
> > > > * nfs.enable_ino64 is zero.
> > > > */
> > > > -u64 nfs_compat_user_ino64(u64 fileid)
> > > > +u64 nfs_compat_user_ino64(const struct *inode)
> > > > {
> > > > #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> > > > compat_ulong_t ino;
> > > > #else
> > > > unsigned long ino;
> > > > #endif
> > > > + u64 fileid = NFS_FILEID(inode);
> > > >
> > > > if (enable_ino64)
> > > > return fileid;
> > > > @@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ u64 nfs_compat_user_ino64(u64 fileid)
> > > > ino ^= fileid >> (sizeof(fileid)-sizeof(ino)) *
> > > > 8;
> > > > return ino;
> > > > }
> > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_compat_user_ino64);
> > > >
> > > > int nfs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
> > > > {
> > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
> > > > index 430733e3eff2..f5555a71a733 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
> > > > +++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
> > > > @@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ extern void nfs_zap_acl_cache(struct inode
> > > > *inode);
> > > > extern void nfs_set_cache_invalid(struct inode *inode, unsigned
> > > > long
> > > > flags);
> > > > extern bool nfs_check_cache_invalid(struct inode *, unsigned
> > > > long);
> > > > extern int nfs_wait_bit_killable(struct wait_bit_key *key, int
> > > > mode);
> > > > +extern u64 nfs_compat_user_ino64(const struct *inode);
> > > >
> > > > #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NFS_LOCALIO)
> > > > /* localio.c */
> > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
> > > > index e7494cdd957e..d9b1e0606833 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
> > > > @@ -232,11 +232,13 @@ nfs_namespace_setattr(struct mnt_idmap
> > > > *idmap,
> > > > struct dentry *dentry,
> > > > const struct inode_operations nfs_mountpoint_inode_operations =
> > > > {
> > > > .getattr = nfs_getattr,
> > > > .setattr = nfs_setattr,
> > > > + .get_ino = nfs_compat_user_ino64,
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > const struct inode_operations nfs_referral_inode_operations = {
> > > > .getattr = nfs_namespace_getattr,
> > > > .setattr = nfs_namespace_setattr,
> > > > + .get_ino = nfs_compat_user_ino64,
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > static void nfs_expire_automounts(struct work_struct *work)
> > > > diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c
> > > > index 41e598376d7e..05636919f94b 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/stat.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/stat.c
> > > > @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void generic_fillattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> > > > u32
> > > > request_mask,
> > > > vfsgid_t vfsgid = i_gid_into_vfsgid(idmap, inode);
> > > >
> > > > stat->dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
> > > > - stat->ino = inode->i_ino;
> > > > + stat->ino = inode_get_ino(inode);
> > > > stat->mode = inode->i_mode;
> > > > stat->nlink = inode->i_nlink;
> > > > stat->uid = vfsuid_into_kuid(vfsuid);
> > > > diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> > > > index e3c603d01337..0eba09a21cf7 100644
> > > > --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> > > > +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> > > > @@ -2165,6 +2165,7 @@ struct inode_operations {
> > > > struct dentry *dentry, struct
> > > > fileattr
> > > > *fa);
> > > > int (*fileattr_get)(struct dentry *dentry, struct
> > > > fileattr
> > > > *fa);
> > > > struct offset_ctx *(*get_offset_ctx)(struct inode
> > > > *inode);
> > > > + u64 (*get_ino)(const struct inode *inode);
> > > > } ____cacheline_aligned;
> > > >
> > > > static inline int call_mmap(struct file *file, struct
> > > > vm_area_struct
> > > > *vma)
> > > > @@ -2172,6 +2173,14 @@ static inline int call_mmap(struct file
> > > > *file,
> > > > struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> > > > return file->f_op->mmap(file, vma);
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > +static inline u64 inode_get_ino(struct inode *inode)
> > > > +{
> > > > + if (unlikely(inode->i_op->get_ino))
> > > > + return inode->i_op->get_ino(inode);
> > > > +
> > > > + return inode->i_ino;
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > extern ssize_t vfs_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t,
> > > > loff_t
> > > > *);
> > > > extern ssize_t vfs_write(struct file *, const char __user *,
> > > > size_t,
> > > > loff_t *);
> > > > extern ssize_t vfs_copy_file_range(struct file *, loff_t ,
> > > > struct
> > > > file *,
> > >
> > > There should be no need to add this callback to generic_fillattr().
> > >
> > > generic_fillattr() is a helper function for use by the filesystems
> > > themselves. It should never be called from any outside functions,
> > > as
> > > the inode number would be far from the only attribute that will be
> > > incorrect.
> >
> > This change will not impact filesystems except the ones that
> > implement the new
> > get_ino() operation, and I suspect NFS is not or will not be the only
> > one. We
> > need to investigate on other filesystems but I wanted to get a first
> > feedback
> > before. Using get_ino() in generic_fillattr() should guarantee a
> > consistent
> > getattr() wrt inode numbers. I forgot to remove the now-useless call
> > to
> > nfs_compat_user_ino64() in nfs_getattr() for this to make sense:
>
> You're missing my point. From the point of view of NFS, all you're
> doing is to replace a relatively fast direct call to
> nfs_compat_user_ino64() with a much slower callback. There is no
> benefit at all to anyone in doing so.
>
> Yes, other filesystems may also want to replace this and/or other
> fields in the "struct kstat" that they return, but none of them should
> have a problem with doing that after the actual call to
> generic_fillattr().
OK, I'll remove this part then.
>
>
> --
> Trond Myklebust
> Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
> trond.myklebust at hammerspace.com
>
>
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