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Linus Torvalds 292a2bcd17 Merge tag 'pull-dcache-busy-wait' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull dcache busy loop updates from Al Viro:
 "Fix livelocks in shrink_dcache_tree()

  If shrink_dcache_tree() finds a dentry in the middle of being killed
  by another thread, it has to wait until the victim finishes dying,
  gets detached from the tree and ceases to pin its parent.

  The way we used to deal with that amounted to busy-wait;
  unfortunately, it's not just inefficient but can lead to reliably
  reproducible hard livelocks.

  Solved by having shrink_dentry_tree() attach a completion to such
  dentry, with dentry_unlist() calling complete() on all objects
  attached to it. With a bit of care it can be done without growing
  struct dentry or adding overhead in normal case"

* tag 'pull-dcache-busy-wait' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  get rid of busy-waiting in shrink_dcache_tree()
  dcache.c: more idiomatic "positives are not allowed" sanity checks
  struct dentry: make ->d_u anonymous
  for_each_alias(): helper macro for iterating through dentries of given inode
2026-04-21 07:30:44 -07:00
Linus Torvalds f3756afb6f Merge tag 'affs-for-7.1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux
Pull AFFS fix from David Sterba:
 "There's a potential out-of-bounds read in the directory hash table
  during readdir"

* tag 'affs-for-7.1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux:
  affs: bound hash_pos before table lookup in affs_readdir
2026-04-13 16:39:01 -07:00
Linus Torvalds ef3da345cc Merge tag 'vfs-7.1-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull misc vfs updates from Christian Brauner:
 "Features:
   - coredump: add tracepoint for coredump events
   - fs: hide file and bfile caches behind runtime const machinery

  Fixes:
   - fix architecture-specific compat_ftruncate64 implementations
   - dcache: Limit the minimal number of bucket to two
   - fs/omfs: reject s_sys_blocksize smaller than OMFS_DIR_START
   - fs/mbcache: cancel shrink work before destroying the cache
   - dcache: permit dynamic_dname()s up to NAME_MAX

  Cleanups:
   - remove or unexport unused fs_context infrastructure
   - trivial ->setattr cleanups
   - selftests/filesystems: Assume that TIOCGPTPEER is defined
   - writeback: fix kernel-doc function name mismatch for wb_put_many()
   - autofs: replace manual symlink buffer allocation in autofs_dir_symlink
   - init/initramfs.c: trivial fix: FSM -> Finite-state machine
   - fs: remove stale and duplicate forward declarations
   - readdir: Introduce dirent_size()
   - fs: Replace user_access_{begin/end} by scoped user access
   - kernel: acct: fix duplicate word in comment
   - fs: write a better comment in step_into() concerning .mnt assignment
   - fs: attr: fix comment formatting and spelling issues"

* tag 'vfs-7.1-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (28 commits)
  dcache: permit dynamic_dname()s up to NAME_MAX
  fs: attr: fix comment formatting and spelling issues
  fs: hide file and bfile caches behind runtime const machinery
  fs: write a better comment in step_into() concerning .mnt assignment
  proc: rename proc_notify_change to proc_setattr
  proc: rename proc_setattr to proc_nochmod_setattr
  affs: rename affs_notify_change to affs_setattr
  adfs: rename adfs_notify_change to adfs_setattr
  hfs: update comments on hfs_inode_setattr
  kernel: acct: fix duplicate word in comment
  fs: Replace user_access_{begin/end} by scoped user access
  readdir: Introduce dirent_size()
  coredump: add tracepoint for coredump events
  fs: remove do_sys_truncate
  fs: pass on FTRUNCATE_* flags to do_truncate
  fs: fix archiecture-specific compat_ftruncate64
  fs: remove stale and duplicate forward declarations
  init/initramfs.c: trivial fix: FSM -> Finite-state machine
  autofs: replace manual symlink buffer allocation in autofs_dir_symlink
  fs/mbcache: cancel shrink work before destroying the cache
  ...
2026-04-13 14:20:11 -07:00
Linus Torvalds fc825e513c Merge tag 'vfs-7.1-rc1.bh.metadata' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull vfs buffer_head updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This cleans up the mess that has accumulated over the years in
  metadata buffer_head tracking for inodes.

  It moves the tracking into dedicated structure in filesystem-private
  part of the inode (so that we don't use private_list, private_data,
  and private_lock in struct address_space), and also moves couple other
  users of private_data and private_list so these are removed from
  struct address_space saving 3 longs in struct inode for 99% of inodes"

* tag 'vfs-7.1-rc1.bh.metadata' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (42 commits)
  fs: Drop i_private_list from address_space
  fs: Drop mapping_metadata_bhs from address space
  ext4: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part
  minix: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part
  udf: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part
  fat: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part
  bfs: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part
  affs: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part
  ext2: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part
  fs: Provide functions for handling mapping_metadata_bhs directly
  fs: Switch inode_has_buffers() to take mapping_metadata_bhs
  fs: Make bhs point to mapping_metadata_bhs
  fs: Move metadata bhs tracking to a separate struct
  fs: Fold fsync_buffers_list() into sync_mapping_buffers()
  fs: Drop osync_buffers_list()
  kvm: Use private inode list instead of i_private_list
  fs: Remove i_private_data
  aio: Stop using i_private_data and i_private_lock
  hugetlbfs: Stop using i_private_data
  fs: Stop using i_private_data for metadata bh tracking
  ...
2026-04-13 12:46:42 -07:00
Hyungjung Joo 6fa253b38b affs: bound hash_pos before table lookup in affs_readdir
affs_readdir() decodes ctx->pos into hash_pos and chain_pos and then
dereferences AFFS_HEAD(dir_bh)->table[hash_pos] before validating
that hash_pos is within the runtime table bound. Treat out-of-range
positions as end-of-directory before the first table lookup.

Signed-off-by: Hyungjung Joo <jhj140711@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
2026-04-10 02:51:05 +02:00
Al Viro 408d8af01f for_each_alias(): helper macro for iterating through dentries of given inode
Most of the places using d_alias are loops iterating through all aliases for
given inode; introduce a helper macro (for_each_alias(dentry, inode))
and convert open-coded instances of such loop to it.

They are easier to read that way and it reduces the noise on the next steps.

You _must_ hold inode->i_lock over that thing.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2026-04-02 03:45:02 -04:00
Christoph Hellwig d0fdc1c0d0 affs: rename affs_notify_change to affs_setattr
Make the function name match the method that it implements.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260325063711.3298685-4-hch@lst.de
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-03-26 15:16:54 +01:00
Jan Kara 6874973e72 affs: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part
Track metadata bhs for an inode in fs-private part of the inode.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326095354.16340-77-jack@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-03-26 15:03:31 +01:00
Jan Kara 23dae9e189 affs: Sync and invalidate metadata buffers from affs_evict_inode()
There are only very few filesystems using generic metadata buffer head
tracking and everybody is paying the overhead. When we remove this
tracking for inode reclaim code .evict will start to see inodes with
metadata buffers attached so write them out and prune them.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326095354.16340-63-jack@suse.cz
Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-03-26 15:03:29 +01:00
Jeff Layton 0b2600f81c treewide: change inode->i_ino from unsigned long to u64
On 32-bit architectures, unsigned long is only 32 bits wide, which
causes 64-bit inode numbers to be silently truncated. Several
filesystems (NFS, XFS, BTRFS, etc.) can generate inode numbers that
exceed 32 bits, and this truncation can lead to inode number collisions
and other subtle bugs on 32-bit systems.

Change the type of inode->i_ino from unsigned long to u64 to ensure that
inode numbers are always represented as 64-bit values regardless of
architecture. Update all format specifiers treewide from %lu/%lx to
%llu/%llx to match the new type, along with corresponding local variable
types.

This is the bulk treewide conversion. Earlier patches in this series
handled trace events separately to allow trace field reordering for
better struct packing on 32-bit.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260304-iino-u64-v3-12-2257ad83d372@kernel.org
Acked-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-03-06 14:31:28 +01:00
Linus Torvalds bf4afc53b7 Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
Kees Cook 69050f8d6d treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
Jeff Layton 663cdef61a affs: add setlease file operation
Add the setlease file_operation to affs_file_operations and
affs_dir_operations, pointing to generic_setlease.  A future patch will
change the default behavior to reject lease attempts with -EINVAL when
there is no setlease file operation defined. Add generic_setlease to
retain the ability to set leases on this filesystem.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260108-setlease-6-20-v1-2-ea4dec9b67fa@kernel.org
Acked-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-01-12 10:55:45 +01:00
Mateusz Guzik b4dbfd8653 Coccinelle-based conversion to use ->i_state accessors
All places were patched by coccinelle with the default expecting that
->i_lock is held, afterwards entries got fixed up by hand to use
unlocked variants as needed.

The script:
@@
expression inode, flags;
@@

- inode->i_state & flags
+ inode_state_read(inode) & flags

@@
expression inode, flags;
@@

- inode->i_state &= ~flags
+ inode_state_clear(inode, flags)

@@
expression inode, flag1, flag2;
@@

- inode->i_state &= ~flag1 & ~flag2
+ inode_state_clear(inode, flag1 | flag2)

@@
expression inode, flags;
@@

- inode->i_state |= flags
+ inode_state_set(inode, flags)

@@
expression inode, flags;
@@

- inode->i_state = flags
+ inode_state_assign(inode, flags)

@@
expression inode, flags;
@@

- flags = inode->i_state
+ flags = inode_state_read(inode)

@@
expression inode, flags;
@@

- READ_ONCE(inode->i_state) & flags
+ inode_state_read(inode) & flags

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-10-20 20:22:26 +02:00
Linus Torvalds 7031769e10 Merge tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.mmap_prepare' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull mmap_prepare updates from Christian Brauner:
 "Last cycle we introduce f_op->mmap_prepare() in c84bf6dd2b ("mm:
  introduce new .mmap_prepare() file callback").

  This is preferred to the existing f_op->mmap() hook as it does require
  a VMA to be established yet, thus allowing the mmap logic to invoke
  this hook far, far earlier, prior to inserting a VMA into the virtual
  address space, or performing any other heavy handed operations.

  This allows for much simpler unwinding on error, and for there to be a
  single attempt at merging a VMA rather than having to possibly
  reattempt a merge based on potentially altered VMA state.

  Far more importantly, it prevents inappropriate manipulation of
  incompletely initialised VMA state, which is something that has been
  the cause of bugs and complexity in the past.

  The intent is to gradually deprecate f_op->mmap, and in that vein this
  series coverts the majority of file systems to using f_op->mmap_prepare.

  Prerequisite steps are taken - firstly ensuring all checks for mmap
  capabilities use the file_has_valid_mmap_hooks() helper rather than
  directly checking for f_op->mmap (which is now not a valid check) and
  secondly updating daxdev_mapping_supported() to not require a VMA
  parameter to allow ext4 and xfs to be converted.

  Commit bb666b7c27 ("mm: add mmap_prepare() compatibility layer for
  nested file systems") handles the nasty edge-case of nested file
  systems like overlayfs, which introduces a compatibility shim to allow
  f_op->mmap_prepare() to be invoked from an f_op->mmap() callback.

  This allows for nested filesystems to continue to function correctly
  with all file systems regardless of which callback is used. Once we
  finally convert all file systems, this shim can be removed.

  As a result, ecryptfs, fuse, and overlayfs remain unaltered so they
  can nest all other file systems.

  We additionally do not update resctl - as this requires an update to
  remap_pfn_range() (or an alternative to it) which we defer to a later
  series, equally we do not update cramfs which needs a mixed mapping
  insertion with the same issue, nor do we update procfs, hugetlbfs,
  syfs or kernfs all of which require VMAs for internal state and hooks.
  We shall return to all of these later"

* tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.mmap_prepare' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  doc: update porting, vfs documentation to describe mmap_prepare()
  fs: replace mmap hook with .mmap_prepare for simple mappings
  fs: convert most other generic_file_*mmap() users to .mmap_prepare()
  fs: convert simple use of generic_file_*_mmap() to .mmap_prepare()
  mm/filemap: introduce generic_file_*_mmap_prepare() helpers
  fs/xfs: transition from deprecated .mmap hook to .mmap_prepare
  fs/ext4: transition from deprecated .mmap hook to .mmap_prepare
  fs/dax: make it possible to check dev dax support without a VMA
  fs: consistently use can_mmap_file() helper
  mm/nommu: use file_has_valid_mmap_hooks() helper
  mm: rename call_mmap/mmap_prepare to vfs_mmap/mmap_prepare
2025-07-28 13:43:25 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 7879d7aff0 Merge tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull misc VFS updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This contains the usual selections of misc updates for this cycle.

  Features:

   - Add ext4 IOCB_DONTCACHE support

     This refactors the address_space_operations write_begin() and
     write_end() callbacks to take const struct kiocb * as their first
     argument, allowing IOCB flags such as IOCB_DONTCACHE to propagate
     to the filesystem's buffered I/O path.

     Ext4 is updated to implement handling of the IOCB_DONTCACHE flag
     and advertises support via the FOP_DONTCACHE file operation flag.

     Additionally, the i915 driver's shmem write paths are updated to
     bypass the legacy write_begin/write_end interface in favor of
     directly calling write_iter() with a constructed synchronous kiocb.
     Another i915 change replaces a manual write loop with
     kernel_write() during GEM shmem object creation.

  Cleanups:

   - don't duplicate vfs_open() in kernel_file_open()

   - proc_fd_getattr(): don't bother with S_ISDIR() check

   - fs/ecryptfs: replace snprintf with sysfs_emit in show function

   - vfs: Remove unnecessary list_for_each_entry_safe() from
     evict_inodes()

   - filelock: add new locks_wake_up_waiter() helper

   - fs: Remove three arguments from block_write_end()

   - VFS: change old_dir and new_dir in struct renamedata to dentrys

   - netfs: Remove unused declaration netfs_queue_write_request()

  Fixes:

   - eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion

   - eventpoll: fix sphinx documentation build warning

   - fs/read_write: Fix spelling typo

   - fs: annotate data race between poll_schedule_timeout() and
     pollwake()

   - fs/pipe: set FMODE_NOWAIT in create_pipe_files()

   - docs/vfs: update references to i_mutex to i_rwsem

   - fs/buffer: remove comment about hard sectorsize

   - fs/buffer: remove the min and max limit checks in __getblk_slow()

   - fs/libfs: don't assume blocksize <= PAGE_SIZE in
     generic_check_addressable

   - fs_context: fix parameter name in infofc() macro

   - fs: Prevent file descriptor table allocations exceeding INT_MAX"

* tag 'vfs-6.17-rc1.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (24 commits)
  netfs: Remove unused declaration netfs_queue_write_request()
  eventpoll: fix sphinx documentation build warning
  ext4: support uncached buffered I/O
  mm/pagemap: add write_begin_get_folio() helper function
  fs: change write_begin/write_end interface to take struct kiocb *
  drm/i915: Refactor shmem_pwrite() to use kiocb and write_iter
  drm/i915: Use kernel_write() in shmem object create
  eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion
  vfs: Remove unnecessary list_for_each_entry_safe() from evict_inodes()
  fs/libfs: don't assume blocksize <= PAGE_SIZE in generic_check_addressable
  fs/buffer: remove the min and max limit checks in __getblk_slow()
  fs: Prevent file descriptor table allocations exceeding INT_MAX
  fs: Remove three arguments from block_write_end()
  fs/ecryptfs: replace snprintf with sysfs_emit in show function
  fs: annotate suspected data race between poll_schedule_timeout() and pollwake()
  docs/vfs: update references to i_mutex to i_rwsem
  fs/buffer: remove comment about hard sectorsize
  fs_context: fix parameter name in infofc() macro
  VFS: change old_dir and new_dir in struct renamedata to dentrys
  proc_fd_getattr(): don't bother with S_ISDIR() check
  ...
2025-07-28 11:22:56 -07:00
Taotao Chen e9d8e2bf23 fs: change write_begin/write_end interface to take struct kiocb *
Change the address_space_operations callbacks write_begin() and
write_end() to take struct kiocb * as the first argument instead of
struct file *.

Update all affected function prototypes, implementations, call sites,
and related documentation across VFS, filesystems, and block layer.

Part of a series refactoring address_space_operations write_begin and
write_end callbacks to use struct kiocb for passing write context and
flags.

Signed-off-by: Taotao Chen <chentaotao@didiglobal.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716093559.217344-4-chentaotao@didiglobal.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-07-16 14:48:18 +02:00
Lorenzo Stoakes 951ea2f484 fs: convert simple use of generic_file_*_mmap() to .mmap_prepare()
Since commit c84bf6dd2b ("mm: introduce new .mmap_prepare() file
callback"), the f_op->mmap() hook has been deprecated in favour of
f_op->mmap_prepare().

We have provided generic .mmap_prepare() equivalents, so update all file
systems that specify these directly in their file_operations structures.

This updates 9p, adfs, affs, bfs, fat, hfs, hfsplus, hostfs, hpfs, jffs2,
jfs, minix, omfs, ramfs and ufs file systems directly.

It updates generic_ro_fops which impacts qnx4, cramfs, befs, squashfs,
frebxfs, qnx6, efs, romfs, erofs and isofs file systems.

There are remaining file systems which use generic hooks in a less direct
way which we address in a subsequent commit.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/c7dc90e44a9e75e750939ea369290d6e441a18e6.1750099179.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <Slava.Dubeyko@ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-06-17 13:47:45 +02:00
Al Viro 05fb0e6664 new helper: set_default_d_op()
... to be used instead of manually assigning to ->s_d_op.
All in-tree filesystem converted (and field itself is renamed,
so any out-of-tree ones in need of conversion will be caught
by compiler).

Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2025-06-10 22:21:16 -04:00
Linus Torvalds 26d8e43079 Merge tag 'vfs-6.15-rc1.async.dir' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull vfs async dir updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This contains cleanups that fell out of the work from async directory
  handling:

   - Change kern_path_locked() and user_path_locked_at() to never return
     a negative dentry. This simplifies the usability of these helpers
     in various places

   - Drop d_exact_alias() from the remaining place in NFS where it is
     still used. This also allows us to drop the d_exact_alias() helper
     completely

   - Drop an unnecessary call to fh_update() from nfsd_create_locked()

   - Change i_op->mkdir() to return a struct dentry

     Change vfs_mkdir() to return a dentry provided by the filesystems
     which is hashed and positive. This allows us to reduce the number
     of cases where the resulting dentry is not positive to very few
     cases. The code in these places becomes simpler and easier to
     understand.

   - Repack DENTRY_* and LOOKUP_* flags"

* tag 'vfs-6.15-rc1.async.dir' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  doc: fix inline emphasis warning
  VFS: Change vfs_mkdir() to return the dentry.
  nfs: change mkdir inode_operation to return alternate dentry if needed.
  fuse: return correct dentry for ->mkdir
  ceph: return the correct dentry on mkdir
  hostfs: store inode in dentry after mkdir if possible.
  Change inode_operations.mkdir to return struct dentry *
  nfsd: drop fh_update() from S_IFDIR branch of nfsd_create_locked()
  nfs/vfs: discard d_exact_alias()
  VFS: add common error checks to lookup_one_qstr_excl()
  VFS: change kern_path_locked() and user_path_locked_at() to never return negative dentry
  VFS: repack LOOKUP_ bit flags.
  VFS: repack DENTRY_ flags.
2025-03-24 10:47:14 -07:00
NeilBrown 88d5baf690 Change inode_operations.mkdir to return struct dentry *
Some filesystems, such as NFS, cifs, ceph, and fuse, do not have
complete control of sequencing on the actual filesystem (e.g.  on a
different server) and may find that the inode created for a mkdir
request already exists in the icache and dcache by the time the mkdir
request returns.  For example, if the filesystem is mounted twice the
directory could be visible on the other mount before it is on the
original mount, and a pair of name_to_handle_at(), open_by_handle_at()
calls could instantiate the directory inode with an IS_ROOT() dentry
before the first mkdir returns.

This means that the dentry passed to ->mkdir() may not be the one that
is associated with the inode after the ->mkdir() completes.  Some
callers need to interact with the inode after the ->mkdir completes and
they currently need to perform a lookup in the (rare) case that the
dentry is no longer hashed.

This lookup-after-mkdir requires that the directory remains locked to
avoid races.  Planned future patches to lock the dentry rather than the
directory will mean that this lookup cannot be performed atomically with
the mkdir.

To remove this barrier, this patch changes ->mkdir to return the
resulting dentry if it is different from the one passed in.
Possible returns are:
  NULL - the directory was created and no other dentry was used
  ERR_PTR() - an error occurred
  non-NULL - this other dentry was spliced in

This patch only changes file-systems to return "ERR_PTR(err)" instead of
"err" or equivalent transformations.  Subsequent patches will make
further changes to some file-systems to return a correct dentry.

Not all filesystems reliably result in a positive hashed dentry:

- NFS, cifs, hostfs will sometimes need to perform a lookup of
  the name to get inode information.  Races could result in this
  returning something different. Note that this lookup is
  non-atomic which is what we are trying to avoid.  Placing the
  lookup in filesystem code means it only happens when the filesystem
  has no other option.
- kernfs and tracefs leave the dentry negative and the ->revalidate
  operation ensures that lookup will be called to correctly populate
  the dentry.  This could be fixed but I don't think it is important
  to any of the users of vfs_mkdir() which look at the dentry.

The recommendation to use
    d_drop();d_splice_alias()
is ugly but fits with current practice.  A planned future patch will
change this.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250227013949.536172-2-neilb@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-02-27 20:00:17 +01:00
Simon Tatham 011ea742a2 affs: don't write overlarge OFS data block size fields
If a data sector on an OFS floppy contains a value > 0x1e8 (the
largest amount of data that fits in the sector after its header), then
an Amiga reading the file can return corrupt data, by taking the
overlarge size at its word and reading past the end of the buffer it
read the disk sector into!

The cause: when affs_write_end_ofs() writes data to an OFS filesystem,
the new size field for a data block was computed by adding the amount
of data currently being written (into the block) to the existing value
of the size field. This is correct if you're extending the file at the
end, but if you seek backwards in the file and overwrite _existing_
data, it can lead to the size field being larger than the maximum
legal value.

This commit changes the calculation so that it sets the size field to
the max of its previous size and the position within the block that we
just wrote up to.

Signed-off-by: Simon Tatham <anakin@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
2025-02-26 15:20:57 +01:00
Simon Tatham e4cf8ec4de affs: generate OFS sequence numbers starting at 1
If I write a file to an OFS floppy image, and try to read it back on
an emulated Amiga running Workbench 1.3, the Amiga reports a disk
error trying to read the file. (That is, it's unable to read it _at
all_, even to copy it to the NIL: device. It isn't a matter of getting
the wrong data and being unable to parse the file format.)

This is because the 'sequence number' field in the OFS data block
header is supposed to be based at 1, but affs writes it based at 0.
All three locations changed by this patch were setting the sequence
number to a variable 'bidx' which was previously obtained by dividing
a file position by bsize, so bidx will naturally use 0 for the first
block. Therefore all three should add 1 to that value before writing
it into the sequence number field.

With this change, the Amiga successfully reads the file.

For data block reference: https://wiki.osdev.org/FFS_(Amiga)

Signed-off-by: Simon Tatham <anakin@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
2025-02-26 15:16:51 +01:00
Christian Brauner 5b00a0f96d Merge patch series "adfs, affs, befs, hfs, hfsplus: convert to new mount api"
Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> says:

These were all tested against images I created or obtained, using a
script to test random combinations of valid and invalid mount and
remount options, and comparing the results before and after the changes.

AFAICT, all parsing works as expected and behavior is unchanged.

* patches from https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240916172735.866916-1-sandeen@redhat.com:
  hfsplus: convert hfsplus to use the new mount api
  hfs: convert hfs to use the new mount api
  befs: convert befs to use the new mount api
  affs: convert affs to use the new mount api
  adfs: convert adfs to use the new mount api

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240916172735.866916-1-sandeen@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2024-10-08 14:41:53 +02:00
Eric Sandeen de25e36d83 affs: convert affs to use the new mount api
Convert the affs filesystem to use the new mount API.
Tested by comparing random mount & remount options before and after
the change.

Cc: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a1c72d1a-8389-45cb-9aa6-638bfa1ebc23@sandeen.net
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2024-09-18 11:44:43 +02:00