Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: add F2FS_IOC_SET_COMPRESS_OPTION ioctl

[Eric Biggers]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 11:27:30AM +0900, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> > f2fs_readonly() is redundant with mnt_want_write_file().
> >
> > Also, shouldn't this require a writable file descriptor?  As-is, this ioctl can
> > be called on a file owned by another user, as long as the caller has read
> > access.
> >
> > Note: if you change this to require a writable file descriptor, then
> > f2fs_readonly(), mnt_want_write_file(), and IS_IMMUTABLE() all would no longer
> > be needed.
> 
> I agree that f2fs_readonly() is redundant.
> But, sorry, I don't get the rest. I thought mnt_want_write_file() is a
> way to check whether the caller has a proper write permission or not.
> I think just using mnt_want_write_file() is enough for this ioctl. Am
> I missing something?

mnt_want_write_file() checks for write permission to the mount, not to the file.

I think this ioctl wants what f2fs_sec_trim_file() does:

	if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
		return -EBADF;

	file_start_write(filp);
	inode_lock(inode);
	...
	inode_unlock(inode);
	file_end_write(filp);


After all you shouldn't be able to change the compression options of a file
given only read access to it, right?

> > I don't think the check for i_writecount == 1 accomplishes anything because it
> > just means there are no *other* writable file descriptors.  It doesn't mean that
> > some other thread isn't concurrently trying to write to this same file
> > descriptor.  So the lock needs to be enough.  Is it?
> 
> This is to detect any possibility of other threads mmap-ing and
> writing the file.
> Using only inode lock is not enough to prevent them from making dirty pages.

Well, as I said, i_writecount == 1 doesn't guarantee that other threads aren't
mmap'ing or writing to the file.  It just guarantees that there aren't any other
writable file descriptors.  (Actually, file descriptions.)  Multiple threads can
be using the same file descriptor (or the same file description) concurrently.

- Eric