Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] tmpfs: Support 64-bit inums per-sb

From: Amir Goldstein
Date: Thu Jan 02 2020 - 15:08:12 EST


On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 8:50 PM Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The default is still set to inode32 for backwards compatibility, but
> system administrators can opt in to the new 64-bit inode numbers by
> either:
>
> 1. Passing inode64 on the command line when mounting, or
> 2. Configuring the kernel with CONFIG_TMPFS_INODE64=y
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxx
> ---
> Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt | 11 ++++++
> fs/Kconfig | 18 +++++++++
> include/linux/shmem_fs.h | 1 +
> mm/shmem.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 4 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
> index 5ecbc03e6b2f..203e12a684c9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt
> @@ -136,6 +136,15 @@ These options do not have any effect on remount. You can change these
> parameters with chmod(1), chown(1) and chgrp(1) on a mounted filesystem.
>
>
> +tmpfs has a mount option to select whether it will wrap at 32- or 64-bit inode
> +numbers:
> +
> +inode64 Use 64-bit inode numbers
> +inode32 Use 32-bit inode numbers
> +
> +On 64-bit, the default is set by CONFIG_TMPFS_INODE64. On 32-bit, inode64 is
> +not legal and will produce an error at mount time.
> +
> So 'mount -t tmpfs -o size=10G,nr_inodes=10k,mode=700 tmpfs /mytmpfs'
> will give you tmpfs instance on /mytmpfs which can allocate 10GB
> RAM/SWAP in 10240 inodes and it is only accessible by root.
> @@ -147,3 +156,5 @@ Updated:
> Hugh Dickins, 4 June 2007
> Updated:
> KOSAKI Motohiro, 16 Mar 2010
> +Updated:
> + Chris Down, 2 Jan 2020
> diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
> index 7b623e9fc1b0..af2048ae71eb 100644
> --- a/fs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/Kconfig
> @@ -199,6 +199,24 @@ config TMPFS_XATTR
>
> If unsure, say N.
>
> +config TMPFS_INODE64
> + bool "Use 64-bit ino_t by default in tmpfs"
> + depends on TMPFS && 64BIT
> + default n
> + help
> + tmpfs has historically used only inode numbers as wide as an unsigned
> + int. In some cases this can cause wraparound, potentially resulting in
> + multiple files with the same inode number on a single device. This option
> + makes tmpfs use the full width of ino_t by default, similarly to the
> + inode64 mount option.
> +
> + tmpfs mounts that are used privately by the kernel and are not visible to
> + users are unaffected.

Admins won't know what the line above means and they shouldn't care.
It adds no information, so better remove it.

> +
> + To override this default, use the inode32 or inode64 mount options.
> +
> + If unsure, say N.
> +
> config HUGETLBFS
> bool "HugeTLB file system support"
> depends on X86 || IA64 || SPARC64 || (S390 && 64BIT) || \
> diff --git a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
> index dec4353cf3b7..0e645ecd6451 100644
> --- a/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct shmem_sb_info {
> unsigned char huge; /* Whether to try for hugepages */
> kuid_t uid; /* Mount uid for root directory */
> kgid_t gid; /* Mount gid for root directory */
> + bool full_inums; /* If i_ino should be uint or ino_t */
> ino_t last_ino; /* The last used per-sb inode number */
> struct mempolicy *mpol; /* default memory policy for mappings */
> spinlock_t shrinklist_lock; /* Protects shrinklist */
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index 8af9fb922a96..fd2542e5ada9 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -115,11 +115,13 @@ struct shmem_options {
> kuid_t uid;
> kgid_t gid;
> umode_t mode;
> + bool full_inums;
> int huge;
> int seen;
> #define SHMEM_SEEN_BLOCKS 1
> #define SHMEM_SEEN_INODES 2
> #define SHMEM_SEEN_HUGE 4
> +#define SHMEM_SEEN_INUMS 8
> };
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
> @@ -2260,7 +2262,8 @@ static struct inode *shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, const struct inode
> if (use_sb_ino) {
> spin_lock(&sbinfo->stat_lock);
> inode->i_ino = sbinfo->last_ino++;
> - if (unlikely(inode->i_ino >= UINT_MAX)) {
> + if (unlikely(!sbinfo->full_inums &&
> + inode->i_ino >= UINT_MAX)) {
> /*
> * Emulate get_next_ino uint wraparound for
> * compatibility
> @@ -2277,6 +2280,12 @@ static struct inode *shmem_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, const struct inode
> * since max_inodes is always 0, and is called from
> * potentially unknown contexts. As such, use the global
> * allocator which doesn't require the per-sb stat_lock.
> + *
> + * No special behaviour is needed for
> + * sbinfo->full_inums, because it's not possible to
> + * manually set on callers of this type, and
> + * CONFIG_TMPFS_INODE64 only applies to user-visible
> + * mounts.
> */
> inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
> }
> @@ -3450,6 +3459,7 @@ static int shmem_parse_one(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
> unsigned long long size;
> char *rest;
> int opt;
> + const char *err;
>
> opt = fs_parse(fc, &shmem_fs_parameters, param, &result);
> if (opt < 0)
> @@ -3511,6 +3521,18 @@ static int shmem_parse_one(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
> break;
> }
> goto unsupported_parameter;
> + case Opt_inode32:
> + ctx->full_inums = false;
> + ctx->seen |= SHMEM_SEEN_INUMS;
> + break;
> + case Opt_inode64:
> + if (sizeof(ino_t) < 8) {
> + err = "Cannot use inode64 with <64bit inums in kernel";
> + goto err_msg;
> + }
> + ctx->full_inums = true;
> + ctx->seen |= SHMEM_SEEN_INUMS;
> + break;
> }
> return 0;
>
> @@ -3518,6 +3540,8 @@ static int shmem_parse_one(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
> return invalf(fc, "tmpfs: Unsupported parameter '%s'", param->key);
> bad_value:
> return invalf(fc, "tmpfs: Bad value for '%s'", param->key);
> +err_msg:
> + return invalf(fc, "tmpfs: %s", err);
> }
>
> static int shmem_parse_options(struct fs_context *fc, void *data)
> @@ -3602,6 +3626,12 @@ static int shmem_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc)
> }
> }
>
> + if ((ctx->seen & SHMEM_SEEN_INUMS) && !ctx->full_inums &&
> + sbinfo->last_ino > UINT_MAX) {
> + err = "Current inum too high to switch to 32-bit inums";
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> if (ctx->seen & SHMEM_SEEN_HUGE)
> sbinfo->huge = ctx->huge;
> if (ctx->seen & SHMEM_SEEN_BLOCKS)
> @@ -3643,6 +3673,29 @@ static int shmem_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root)
> if (!gid_eq(sbinfo->gid, GLOBAL_ROOT_GID))
> seq_printf(seq, ",gid=%u",
> from_kgid_munged(&init_user_ns, sbinfo->gid));
> +
> + /*
> + * Showing inode{64,32} might be useful even if it's the system default,
> + * since then people don't have to resort to checking both here and
> + * /proc/config.gz to confirm 64-bit inums were successfully applied
> + * (which may not even exist if IKCONFIG_PROC isn't enabled).
> + *
> + * We hide it when inode64 isn't the default and we are using 32-bit
> + * inodes, since that probably just means the feature isn't even under
> + * consideration.
> + *
> + * As such:
> + *
> + * +-----------------+-----------------+
> + * | TMPFS_INODE64=y | TMPFS_INODE64=n |
> + * +------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
> + * | full_inums=true | show | show |
> + * | full_inums=false | show | hide |
> + * +------------------+-----------------+-----------------+
> + *
> + */
> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS_INODE64) || !sbinfo->full_inums)

Condition does not match comment - should be || sbinfo->full_inums)

> + seq_printf(seq, ",inode%d", (sbinfo->full_inums ? 64 : 32));
> #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGE_PAGECACHE
> /* Rightly or wrongly, show huge mount option unmasked by shmem_huge */
> if (sbinfo->huge)
> @@ -3702,6 +3755,7 @@ static int shmem_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
> sbinfo->free_inodes = sbinfo->max_inodes = ctx->inodes;
> sbinfo->uid = ctx->uid;
> sbinfo->gid = ctx->gid;
> + sbinfo->full_inums = ctx->full_inums;
> sbinfo->mode = ctx->mode;
> sbinfo->huge = ctx->huge;
> sbinfo->mpol = ctx->mpol;
> @@ -3915,6 +3969,7 @@ int shmem_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
> ctx->mode = 0777 | S_ISVTX;
> ctx->uid = current_fsuid();
> ctx->gid = current_fsgid();
> + ctx->full_inums = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TMPFS_INODE64);
>

This is the wrong place for this - it is also being set for the kern_mount.
Follow the lead of shmem_default_max_inodes.

Thanks,
Amir.