Re: [PATCH 11/38] whiteout: ext2 whiteout support

From: Valerie Aurora
Date: Mon Jul 19 2010 - 18:14:39 EST


On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:24:20PM +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:39:41AM -0700, Valerie Aurora wrote:
> > From: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > This patch adds whiteout support to EXT2. A whiteout is an empty directory
> > entry (inode == 0) with the file type set to EXT2_FT_WHT. Therefore it
> > allocates space in directories. Due to being implemented as a filetype it is
> > necessary to have the EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE flag set.
> >
> > XXX - Needs serious review. Al wonders: What happens with a delete at
> > the beginning of a block? Will we find the matching dentry or the
> > first empty space?
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Valerie Aurora <vaurora@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> > fs/ext2/dir.c | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > fs/ext2/ext2.h | 3 +
> > fs/ext2/inode.c | 11 ++++-
> > fs/ext2/namei.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > fs/ext2/super.c | 6 +++
> > include/linux/ext2_fs.h | 4 ++
> > 6 files changed, 177 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
> > index 57207a9..030bd46 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
> > @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static inline int ext2_match (int len, const char * const name,
> > {
> > if (len != de->name_len)
> > return 0;
> > - if (!de->inode)
> > + if (!de->inode && (de->file_type != EXT2_FT_WHT))
> > return 0;
> > return !memcmp(name, de->name, len);
> > }
> > @@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ static unsigned char ext2_filetype_table[EXT2_FT_MAX] = {
> > [EXT2_FT_FIFO] = DT_FIFO,
> > [EXT2_FT_SOCK] = DT_SOCK,
> > [EXT2_FT_SYMLINK] = DT_LNK,
> > + [EXT2_FT_WHT] = DT_WHT,
> > };
> >
> > #define S_SHIFT 12
> > @@ -448,6 +449,26 @@ ino_t ext2_inode_by_name(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *child)
> > return res;
> > }
> >
> > +/* Special version for filetype based whiteout support */
> > +ino_t ext2_inode_by_dentry(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
> > +{
> > + ino_t res = 0;
> > + struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *de;
> > + struct page *page;
> > +
> > + de = ext2_find_entry (dir, &dentry->d_name, &page);
> > + if (de) {
> > + res = le32_to_cpu(de->inode);
> > + if (!res && de->file_type == EXT2_FT_WHT) {
> > + spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
> > + dentry->d_flags |= DCACHE_WHITEOUT;
> > + spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
> > + }
> > + ext2_put_page(page);
> > + }
> > + return res;
> > +}
> > +
> > /* Releases the page */
> > void ext2_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct ext2_dir_entry_2 *de,
> > struct page *page, struct inode *inode, int update_times)
> > @@ -523,7 +544,8 @@ static ext2_dirent * ext2_append_entry(struct dentry * dentry,
> > goto got_it;
> > name_len = EXT2_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len);
> > rec_len = ext2_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len);
> > - if (!de->inode && rec_len >= reclen)
> > + if (!de->inode && (de->file_type != EXT2_FT_WHT) &&
> > + (rec_len >= reclen))
> > goto got_it;
> > if (rec_len >= name_len + reclen)
> > goto got_it;
> > @@ -564,8 +586,11 @@ int ext2_add_link (struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
> > return PTR_ERR(de);
> >
> > err = -EEXIST;
> > - if (ext2_match (namelen, name, de))
> > + if (ext2_match (namelen, name, de)) {
> > + if (de->file_type == EXT2_FT_WHT)
> > + goto got_it;
> > goto out_unlock;
> > + }
> >
> > got_it:
> > name_len = EXT2_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len);
> > @@ -577,7 +602,8 @@ got_it:
> > &page, NULL);
> > if (err)
> > goto out_unlock;
> > - if (de->inode) {
> > + if (de->inode || ((de->file_type == EXT2_FT_WHT) &&
> > + !ext2_match (namelen, name, de))) {
> > ext2_dirent *de1 = (ext2_dirent *) ((char *) de + name_len);
> > de1->rec_len = ext2_rec_len_to_disk(rec_len - name_len);
> > de->rec_len = ext2_rec_len_to_disk(name_len);
> > @@ -646,6 +672,68 @@ out:
> > return err;
> > }
> >
> > +int ext2_whiteout_entry (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
> > + struct ext2_dir_entry_2 * de, struct page * page)
> > +{
> > + const char *name = dentry->d_name.name;
> > + int namelen = dentry->d_name.len;
> > + unsigned short rec_len, name_len;
> > + loff_t pos;
> > + int err;
> > +
> > + if (!de) {
> > + de = ext2_append_entry(dentry, &page);
> > + BUG_ON(!de);
> > + }
> > +
> > + err = -EEXIST;
> > + if (ext2_match (namelen, name, de) &&
> > + (de->file_type == EXT2_FT_WHT)) {
> > + ext2_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
> > + "entry is already a whiteout in directory #%lu",
> > + dir->i_ino);
> > + goto out_unlock;
> > + }
> > +
> > + name_len = EXT2_DIR_REC_LEN(de->name_len);
> > + rec_len = ext2_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len);
> > +
> > + pos = page_offset(page) +
> > + (char*)de - (char*)page_address(page);
> > + err = __ext2_write_begin(NULL, page->mapping, pos, rec_len, 0,
> > + &page, NULL);
> > + if (err)
> > + goto out_unlock;
> > + /*
> > + * We whiteout an existing entry. Do what ext2_delete_entry() would do,
> > + * except that we don't need to merge with the previous entry since
> > + * we are going to reuse it.
> > + */
> > + if (ext2_match (namelen, name, de))
> > + de->inode = 0;
> > + if (de->inode || (de->file_type == EXT2_FT_WHT)) {
> > + ext2_dirent *de1 = (ext2_dirent *) ((char *) de + name_len);
> > + de1->rec_len = ext2_rec_len_to_disk(rec_len - name_len);
> > + de->rec_len = ext2_rec_len_to_disk(name_len);
> > + de = de1;
> > + }
>
> This looks odd, can someone tell me what's actually going with de and de1
> here please?

This patch needs serious review (as noted). I will corner some ext*
developer at some point to look at it.

-VAL
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