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Cachefiles keeps track of how much space is available on the backing
filesystem and refuses new writes permission to start if there isn't enough
(we especially don't want ENOSPC happening). It also tracks the amount of
data pending in DIO writes (cache->b_writing) and reduces the amount of
free space available by this amount before deciding if it can set up a new
write.
However, the old fscache I/O API was very much page-granularity dependent
and, as such, cachefiles's cache->bshift was meant to be a multiplier to
get from PAGE_SIZE to block size (ie. a blocksize of 512 would give a shift
of 3 for a 4KiB page) - and this was incorrectly being used to turn the
number of bytes in a DIO write into a number of blocks, leading to a
massive over estimation of the amount of data in flight.
Fix this by changing cache->bshift to be a multiplier from bytes to
blocksize and deal with quantities of blocks, not quantities of pages.
Fix also the rounding in the calculation in cachefiles_write() which needs
a "- 1" inserting.
Fixes: 047487c947e8 ("cachefiles: Implement the I/O routines")
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164251398954.3435901.7138806620218474123.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
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Add stat counters of no-space events that caused caching not to happen and
display in /proc/fs/fscache/stats.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819653216.215744.17210522251617386509.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906958369.143852.7257100711818401748.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967166917.1823006.14842444049198947892.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021566184.640689.4417328329632709265.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Store the volume coherency data in an xattr and check it when we rebind the
volume. If it doesn't match the cache volume is moved to the graveyard and
rebuilt anew.
Changes
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ver #4:
- Remove a couple of debugging prints.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967164397.1823006.2950539849831291830.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021563138.640689.15851092065380543119.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Implement the methods for beginning and ending an I/O operation.
When called to begin an I/O operation, we are guaranteed that the cookie
has reached a certain stage (we're called by fscache after it has done a
suitable wait).
If a file is available, we paste a ref over into the cache resources for
the I/O routines to use. This means that the object can be invalidated
whilst the I/O is ongoing without the need to synchronise as the file
pointer in the object is replaced, but the file pointer in the cache
resources is unaffected.
Ending the operation just requires ditching any refs we have and dropping
the access guarantee that fscache got for us on the cookie.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819645033.215744.2199344081658268312.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906951916.143852.9531384743995679857.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967161222.1823006.4461476204800357263.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021559030.640689.3684291785218094142.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Implement the wrangling of backing files, including the following pieces:
(1) Lookup and creation of a file on disk, using a tmpfile if the file
isn't yet present. The file is then opened, sized for DIO and the
file handle is attached to the cachefiles_object struct. The inode is
marked to indicate that it's in use by a kernel service.
(2) Invalidation of an object, creating a tmpfile and switching the file
pointer in the cachefiles object.
(3) Committing a file to disk, including setting the coherency xattr on it
and, if necessary, creating a hard link to it.
Note that this would be a good place to use Omar Sandoval's vfs_link()
with AT_LINK_REPLACE[1] as I may have to unlink an old file before I
can link a tmpfile into place.
(4) Withdrawal of open objects when a cache is being withdrawn or a cookie
is relinquished. This involves committing or discarding the file.
Changes
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ver #2:
- Fix logging of wrong error[1].
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211203094950.GA2480@kili/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819644097.215744.4505389616742411239.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906949512.143852.14222856795032602080.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967158526.1823006.17482695321424642675.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021557060.640689.16373541458119269871.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Implement the ability for the userspace daemon to try and cull a file or
directory in the cache. Two daemon commands are implemented:
(1) The "inuse" command. This queries if a file is in use or whether it
can be deleted. It checks the S_KERNEL_FILE flag on the inode
referred to by the specified filename.
(2) The "cull" command. This asks for a file or directory to be removed,
where removal means either unlinking it or moving it to the graveyard
directory for userspace to dismantle.
Changes
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ver #2:
- Fix logging of wrong error[1].
- Need to unmark an inode we've moved to the graveyard before unlocking.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211203094950.GA2480@kili/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819643179.215744.13641580295708315695.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906945705.143852.8177595531814485350.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967155792.1823006.1088936326902550910.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021555037.640689.9472627499842585255.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Use an inode flag, S_KERNEL_FILE, to mark that a backing file is in use by
the kernel to prevent cachefiles or other kernel services from interfering
with that file.
Using S_SWAPFILE instead isn't really viable as that has other effects in
the I/O paths.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819642273.215744.6414248677118690672.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906943215.143852.16972351425323967014.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967154118.1823006.13227551961786743991.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021541207.640689.564689725898537127.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021552299.640689.10578652796777392062.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Use an xattr on each backing file in the cache to store some metadata, such
as the content type and the coherency data.
Five content types are defined:
(0) No content stored.
(1) The file contains a single monolithic blob and must be all or nothing.
This would be used for something like an AFS directory or a symlink.
(2) The file is populated with content completely up to a point with
nothing beyond that.
(3) The file has a map attached and is sparsely populated. This would be
stored in one or more additional xattrs.
(4) The file is dirty, being in the process of local modification and the
contents are not necessarily represented correctly by the metadata.
The file should be deleted if this is seen on binding.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819641320.215744.16346770087799536862.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906942248.143852.5423738045012094252.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967151734.1823006.9301249989443622576.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021550471.640689.553853918307994335.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Implement a function to encode a binary cookie key as something that can be
used as a filename. Four options are considered:
(1) All printable chars with no '/' characters. Prepend a 'D' to indicate
the encoding but otherwise use as-is.
(2) Appears to be an array of __be32. Encode as 'S' plus a list of
hex-encoded 32-bit ints separated by commas. If a number is 0, it is
rendered as "" instead of "0".
(3) Appears to be an array of __le32. Encoded as (2) but with a 'T'
encoding prefix.
(4) Encoded as base64 with an 'E' prefix plus a second char indicating how
much padding is involved. A non-standard base64 encoding is used
because '/' cannot be used in the encoded form.
If (1) is not possible, whichever of (2), (3) or (4) produces the shortest
string is selected (hex-encoding a number may be less dense than base64
encoding it).
Note that the prefix characters have to be selected from the set [DEIJST@]
lest cachefilesd remove the files because it recognise the name.
Changes
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ver #2:
- Fix a short allocation that didn't allow for a string terminator[1]
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/bcefb8f2-576a-b3fc-cc29-89808ebfd7c1@linux.alibaba.com/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819640393.215744.15212364106412961104.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906940529.143852.17352132319136117053.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967149827.1823006.6088580775428487961.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021549223.640689.14762875188193982341.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Implement allocate, get, see and put functions for the cachefiles_object
struct. The members of the struct we're going to need are also added.
Additionally, implement a lifecycle tracepoint.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819639457.215744.4600093239395728232.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906939569.143852.3594314410666551982.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967148857.1823006.6332962598220464364.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021547762.640689.8422781599594931000.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Implement support for creating the directory layout for a volume on disk
and setting up and withdrawing volume caching.
Each volume has a directory named for the volume key under the root of the
cache (prefixed with an 'I' to indicate to cachefilesd that it's an index)
and then creates a bunch of hash bucket subdirectories under that (named as
'@' plus a hex number) in which cookie files will be created.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819635314.215744.13081522301564537723.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906936397.143852.17788457778396467161.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967143860.1823006.7185205806080225038.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021545212.640689.5064821392307582927.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Do the following:
(1) Fill out cachefiles_daemon_add_cache() so that it sets up the cache
directories and registers the cache with cachefiles.
(2) Add a function to do the top-level part of cache withdrawal and
unregistration.
(3) Add a function to sync a cache.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819633175.215744.10857127598041268340.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906935445.143852.15545194974036410029.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967142904.1823006.244055483596047072.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021543872.640689.14370017789605073222.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Implement a function to get/create structural directories in the cache.
This is used for setting up a cache and creating volume substructures. The
directory in memory are marked with the S_KERNEL_FILE inode flag whilst
they're in use to tell rmdir to reject attempts to remove them.
Changes
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ver #3:
- Return an indication as to whether the directory was freshly created.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819631182.215744.3322471539523262619.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906933130.143852.962088616746509062.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967141952.1823006.7832985646370603833.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021542169.640689.18266858945694357839.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Provide a function to check how much space there is. This also flips the
state on the cache and will signal the daemon to inform it of the change
and to ask it to do some culling if necessary.
We will also need to subtract the amount of data currently being written to
the cache (cache->b_writing) from the amount of available space to avoid
hitting ENOSPC accidentally.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819629322.215744.13457425294680841213.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906930100.143852.1681026700865762069.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967140058.1823006.7781243664702837128.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021539957.640689.12477177372616805706.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Register a misc device with which to talk to the daemon. The misc device
holds a cache set up through it around and closing the device kills the
cache.
cachefilesd communicates with the kernel by passing it single-line text
commands. Parse these and use them to parameterise the cache state. This
does not implement the command to actually bring a cache online. That's
left for later.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819628388.215744.17712097043607299608.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906929128.143852.14065207858943654011.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967139085.1823006.3514846391807454287.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021538400.640689.9172006906288062041.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Implement code to derive a new set of creds for the cachefiles to use when
making VFS or I/O calls and to change the auditing info since the
application interacting with the network filesystem is not accessing the
cache directly. Cachefiles uses override_creds() to change the effective
creds temporarily.
set_security_override_from_ctx() is called to derive the LSM 'label' that
the cachefiles driver will act with. set_create_files_as() is called to
determine the LSM 'label' that will be applied to files and directories
created in the cache. These functions alter the new creds.
Also implement a couple of functions to wrap the calls to begin/end cred
overriding.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819627469.215744.3603633690679962985.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906928172.143852.15886637013364286786.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967138138.1823006.7620933448261939504.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021537001.640689.4081334436031700558.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Add a macro to report a cache I/O error and to tell fscache that the cache
is in trouble.
Also add a pointer to the fscache cache cookie from the cachefiles_cache
struct as we need that to pass to fscache_io_error().
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819626562.215744.1503690975344731661.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906927235.143852.13694625647880837563.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967137158.1823006.2065038830569321335.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021536053.640689.5306822604644352548.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Add two trace points to log errors, one for vfs operations like mkdir or
create, and one for I/O operations, like read, write or truncate.
Also add the beginnings of a struct that is going to represent a data file
and place a debugging ID in it for the tracepoints to record.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819625632.215744.17907340966178411033.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906926297.143852.18267924605548658911.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967135390.1823006.2512120406360156424.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021534029.640689.1875723624947577095.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Add support for injecting ENOSPC or EIO errors. This needs to be enabled
by CONFIG_CACHEFILES_ERROR_INJECTION=y. Once enabled, ENOSPC on things
like write and mkdir can be triggered by:
echo 1 >/proc/sys/cachefiles/error_injection
and EIO can be triggered on most operations by:
echo 2 >/proc/sys/cachefiles/error_injection
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819624706.215744.6911916249119962943.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906925343.143852.5465695512984025812.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967134412.1823006.7354285948280296595.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021532340.640689.18209494225772443698.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Define the cachefiles_cache struct that's going to carry the cache-level
parameters and state of a cache.
Define the beginning of the cachefiles_object struct that's going to carry
the state for a data storage object. For the moment this is just a
debugging ID for logging purposes.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819623690.215744.2824739137193655547.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906924292.143852.15881439716653984905.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967131405.1823006.4480555941533935597.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021530610.640689.846094074334176928.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Introduce basic skeleton of the rewritten cachefiles driver including
config options so that it can be enabled for compilation.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819622766.215744.9108359326983195047.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906923341.143852.3856498104256721447.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967130320.1823006.15791456613198441566.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021528993.640689.9069695476048171884.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Delete the code from the cachefiles driver to make it easier to rewrite and
resubmit in a logical manner.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819577641.215744.12718114397770666596.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906883770.143852.4149714614981373410.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967076066.1823006.7175712134577687753.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021483619.640689.7586546280515844702.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
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Remove the histogram stuff as it's mostly going to be outdated.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/162431195953.2908479.16770977195634296638.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/
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Add an alternate API by which the cache can be accessed through a kiocb,
doing async DIO, rather than using the current API that tells the cache
where all the pages are.
The new API is intended to be used in conjunction with the netfs helper
library. A filesystem must pick one or the other and not mix them.
Filesystems wanting to use the new API must #define FSCACHE_USE_NEW_IO_API
before #including the header. This prevents them from continuing to use
the old API at the same time as there are incompatibilities in how the
PG_fscache page bit is used.
Changes:
v6:
- Provide a routine to shape a write so that the start and length can be
aligned for DIO[3].
v4:
- Use the vfs_iocb_iter_read/write() helpers[1]
- Move initial definition of fscache_begin_read_operation() here.
- Remove a commented-out line[2]
- Combine ki->term_func calls in cachefiles_read_complete()[2].
- Remove explicit NULL initialiser[2].
- Remove extern on func decl[2].
- Put in param names on func decl[2].
- Remove redundant else[2].
- Fill out the kdoc comment for fscache_begin_read_operation().
- Rename fs/fscache/page2.c to io.c to match later patches.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-and-tested-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org
cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org
cc: ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org
cc: v9fs-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210216102614.GA27555@lst.de/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210216084230.GA23669@lst.de/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161781047695.463527.7463536103593997492.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ [3]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161118142558.1232039.17993829899588971439.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # rfc
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161161037850.2537118.8819808229350326503.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161340402057.1303470.8038373593844486698.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161539545919.286939.14573472672781434757.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161653801477.2770958.10543270629064934227.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v5
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161789084517.6155.12799689829859169640.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v6
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Based on 1 normalized pattern(s):
this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
it under the terms of the gnu general public licence as published by
the free software foundation either version 2 of the licence or at
your option any later version
extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier
GPL-2.0-or-later
has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 114 file(s).
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net>
Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190520170857.552531963@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Add some tracepoints to fscache:
(*) fscache_cookie - Tracks a cookie's usage count.
(*) fscache_netfs - Logs registration of a network filesystem, including
the pointer to the cookie allocated.
(*) fscache_acquire - Logs cookie acquisition.
(*) fscache_relinquish - Logs cookie relinquishment.
(*) fscache_enable - Logs enablement of a cookie.
(*) fscache_disable - Logs disablement of a cookie.
(*) fscache_osm - Tracks execution of states in the object state machine.
and cachefiles:
(*) cachefiles_ref - Tracks a cachefiles object's usage count.
(*) cachefiles_lookup - Logs result of lookup_one_len().
(*) cachefiles_mkdir - Logs result of vfs_mkdir().
(*) cachefiles_create - Logs result of vfs_create().
(*) cachefiles_unlink - Logs calls to vfs_unlink().
(*) cachefiles_rename - Logs calls to vfs_rename().
(*) cachefiles_mark_active - Logs an object becoming active.
(*) cachefiles_wait_active - Logs a wait for an old object to be
destroyed.
(*) cachefiles_mark_inactive - Logs an object becoming inactive.
(*) cachefiles_mark_buried - Logs the burial of an object.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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<linux/wait_bit.h>
The wait_bit*() types and APIs are mixed into wait.h, but they
are a pretty orthogonal extension of wait-queues.
Furthermore, only about 50 kernel files use these APIs, while
over 1000 use the regular wait-queue functionality.
So clean up the main wait.h by moving the wait-bit functionality
out of it, into a separate .h and .c file:
include/linux/wait_bit.h for types and APIs
kernel/sched/wait_bit.c for the implementation
Update all header dependencies.
This reduces the size of wait.h rather significantly, by about 30%.
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Rename:
wait_queue_t => wait_queue_entry_t
'wait_queue_t' was always a slight misnomer: its name implies that it's a "queue",
but in reality it's a queue *entry*. The 'real' queue is the wait queue head,
which had to carry the name.
Start sorting this out by renaming it to 'wait_queue_entry_t'.
This also allows the real structure name 'struct __wait_queue' to
lose its double underscore and become 'struct wait_queue_entry',
which is the more canonical nomenclature for such data types.
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Add #include <linux/cred.h> dependencies to all .c files rely on sched.h
doing that for them.
Note that even if the count where we need to add extra headers seems high,
it's still a net win, because <linux/sched.h> is included in over
2,200 files ...
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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An NULL-pointer dereference happens in cachefiles_mark_object_inactive()
when it tries to read i_blocks so that it can tell the cachefilesd daemon
how much space it's making available.
The problem is that cachefiles_drop_object() calls
cachefiles_mark_object_inactive() after calling cachefiles_delete_object()
because the object being marked active staves off attempts to (re-)use the
file at that filename until after it has been deleted. This means that
d_inode is NULL by the time we come to try to access it.
To fix the problem, have the caller of cachefiles_mark_object_inactive()
supply the number of blocks freed up.
Without this, the following oops may occur:
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000098
IP: [<ffffffffa06c5cc1>] cachefiles_mark_object_inactive+0x61/0xb0 [cachefiles]
...
CPU: 11 PID: 527 Comm: kworker/u64:4 Tainted: G I ------------ 3.10.0-470.el7.x86_64 #1
Hardware name: Hewlett-Packard HP Z600 Workstation/0B54h, BIOS 786G4 v03.19 03/11/2011
Workqueue: fscache_object fscache_object_work_func [fscache]
task: ffff880035edaf10 ti: ffff8800b77c0000 task.ti: ffff8800b77c0000
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa06c5cc1>] cachefiles_mark_object_inactive+0x61/0xb0 [cachefiles]
RSP: 0018:ffff8800b77c3d70 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8800bf6cc400 RCX: 0000000000000034
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff880090ffc710 RDI: ffff8800bf761ef8
RBP: ffff8800b77c3d88 R08: 2000000000000000 R09: 0090ffc710000000
R10: ff51005d2ff1c400 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff880090ffc600
R13: ffff8800bf6cc520 R14: ffff8800bf6cc400 R15: ffff8800bf6cc498
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8800bb8c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 0000000000000098 CR3: 00000000019ba000 CR4: 00000000000007e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Stack:
ffff880090ffc600 ffff8800bf6cc400 ffff8800867df140 ffff8800b77c3db0
ffffffffa06c48cb ffff880090ffc600 ffff880090ffc180 ffff880090ffc658
ffff8800b77c3df0 ffffffffa085d846 ffff8800a96b8150 ffff880090ffc600
Call Trace:
[<ffffffffa06c48cb>] cachefiles_drop_object+0x6b/0xf0 [cachefiles]
[<ffffffffa085d846>] fscache_drop_object+0xd6/0x1e0 [fscache]
[<ffffffffa085d615>] fscache_object_work_func+0xa5/0x200 [fscache]
[<ffffffff810a605b>] process_one_work+0x17b/0x470
[<ffffffff810a6e96>] worker_thread+0x126/0x410
[<ffffffff810a6d70>] ? rescuer_thread+0x460/0x460
[<ffffffff810ae64f>] kthread+0xcf/0xe0
[<ffffffff810ae580>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x140/0x140
[<ffffffff81695418>] ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90
[<ffffffff810ae580>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x140/0x140
The oopsing code shows:
callq 0xffffffff810af6a0 <wake_up_bit>
mov 0xf8(%r12),%rax
mov 0x30(%rax),%rax
mov 0x98(%rax),%rax <---- oops here
lock add %rax,0x130(%rbx)
where this is:
d_backing_inode(object->dentry)->i_blocks
Fixes: a5b3a80b899bda0f456f1246c4c5a1191ea01519 (CacheFiles: Provide read-and-reset release counters for cachefilesd)
Reported-by: Jianhong Yin <jiyin@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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Provide read-and-reset objects- and blocks-released counters for cachefilesd
to use to work out whether there's anything new that can be culled.
One of the problems cachefilesd has is that if all the objects in the cache
are pinned by inodes lying dormant in the kernel inode cache, there isn't
anything for it to cull. In such a case, it just spins around walking the
filesystem tree and scanning for something to cull. This eats up a lot of
CPU time.
By telling cachefilesd if there have been any releases, the daemon can
sleep until there is the possibility of something to do.
cachefilesd finds this information by the following means:
(1) When the control fd is read, the kernel presents a list of values of
interest. "freleased=N" and "breleased=N" are added to this list to
indicate the number of files released and number of blocks released
since the last read call. At this point the counters are reset.
(2) POLLIN is signalled if the number of files released becomes greater
than 0.
Note that by 'released' it just means that the kernel has released its
interest in those files for the moment, not necessarily that the files
should be deleted from the cache.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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__GFP_WAIT was used to signal that the caller was in atomic context and
could not sleep. Now it is possible to distinguish between true atomic
context and callers that are not willing to sleep. The latter should
clear __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM so kswapd will still wake. As clearing
__GFP_WAIT behaves differently, there is a risk that people will clear the
wrong flags. This patch renames __GFP_WAIT to __GFP_RECLAIM to clearly
indicate what it does -- setting it allows all reclaim activity, clearing
them prevents it.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@gmail.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Count the number of objects that get culled by the cache backend and the
number of objects that the cache backend declines to instantiate due to lack
of space in the cache.
These numbers are made available through /proc/fs/fscache/stats
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>
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Commit 0227d6abb378 ("fs/cachefiles: replace kerror by pr_err") didn't
include newline featuring in original kerror definition
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
Reported-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> [3.16.x]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Also add pr_fmt in internal.h
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Implement the FS-Cache interface to check the consistency of a cache object in
CacheFiles.
Original-author: Hongyi Jia <jiayisuse@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Hongyi Jia <jiayisuse@gmail.com>
cc: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
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Downgrade the requirements passed to the allocator in the gfp flags parameter.
FS-Cache/CacheFiles can handle OOM conditions simply by aborting the attempt to
store an object or a page in the cache.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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Add a dummy printk function for the maintenance of unused printks through gcc
format checking, and also so that side-effect checking is maintained too.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Fix an occasional EIO returned by a call to vfs_unlink():
[ 4868.465413] CacheFiles: I/O Error: Unlink failed
[ 4868.465444] FS-Cache: Cache cachefiles stopped due to I/O error
[ 4947.320011] CacheFiles: File cache on md3 unregistering
[ 4947.320041] FS-Cache: Withdrawing cache "mycache"
[ 5127.348683] FS-Cache: Cache "mycache" added (type cachefiles)
[ 5127.348716] CacheFiles: File cache on md3 registered
[ 7076.871081] CacheFiles: I/O Error: Unlink failed
[ 7076.871130] FS-Cache: Cache cachefiles stopped due to I/O error
[ 7116.780891] CacheFiles: File cache on md3 unregistering
[ 7116.780937] FS-Cache: Withdrawing cache "mycache"
[ 7296.813394] FS-Cache: Cache "mycache" added (type cachefiles)
[ 7296.813432] CacheFiles: File cache on md3 registered
What happens is this:
(1) A cached NFS file is seen to have become out of date, so NFS retires the
object and immediately acquires a new object with the same key.
(2) Retirement of the old object is done asynchronously - so the lookup/create
to generate the new object may be done first.
This can be a problem as the old object and the new object must exist at
the same point in the backing filesystem (i.e. they must have the same
pathname).
(3) The lookup for the new object sees that a backing file already exists,
checks to see whether it is valid and sees that it isn't. It then deletes
that file and creates a new one on disk.
(4) The retirement phase for the old file is then performed. It tries to
delete the dentry it has, but ext4_unlink() returns -EIO because the inode
attached to that dentry no longer matches the inode number associated with
the filename in the parent directory.
The trace below shows this quite well.
[md5sum] ==> __fscache_relinquish_cookie(ffff88002d12fb58{NFS.fh,ffff88002ce62100},1)
[md5sum] ==> __fscache_acquire_cookie({NFS.server},{NFS.fh},ffff88002ce62100)
NFS has retired the old cookie and asked for a new one.
[kslowd] ==> fscache_object_state_machine({OBJ52,OBJECT_ACTIVE,24})
[kslowd] <== fscache_object_state_machine() [->OBJECT_DYING]
[kslowd] ==> fscache_object_state_machine({OBJ53,OBJECT_INIT,0})
[kslowd] <== fscache_object_state_machine() [->OBJECT_LOOKING_UP]
[kslowd] ==> fscache_object_state_machine({OBJ52,OBJECT_DYING,24})
[kslowd] <== fscache_object_state_machine() [->OBJECT_RECYCLING]
The old object (OBJ52) is going through the terminal states to get rid of it,
whilst the new object - (OBJ53) - is coming into being.
[kslowd] ==> fscache_object_state_machine({OBJ53,OBJECT_LOOKING_UP,0})
[kslowd] ==> cachefiles_walk_to_object({ffff88003029d8b8},OBJ53,@68,)
[kslowd] lookup '@68'
[kslowd] next -> ffff88002ce41bd0 positive
[kslowd] advance
[kslowd] lookup 'Es0g00og0_Nd_XCYe3BOzvXrsBLMlN6aw16M1htaA'
[kslowd] next -> ffff8800369faac8 positive
The new object has looked up the subdir in which the file would be in (getting
dentry ffff88002ce41bd0) and then looked up the file itself (getting dentry
ffff8800369faac8).
[kslowd] validate 'Es0g00og0_Nd_XCYe3BOzvXrsBLMlN6aw16M1htaA'
[kslowd] ==> cachefiles_bury_object(,'@68','Es0g00og0_Nd_XCYe3BOzvXrsBLMlN6aw16M1htaA')
[kslowd] remove ffff8800369faac8 from ffff88002ce41bd0
[kslowd] unlink stale object
[kslowd] <== cachefiles_bury_object() = 0
It then checks the file's xattrs to see if it's valid. NFS says that the
auxiliary data indicate the file is out of date (obvious to us - that's why NFS
ditched the old version and got a new one). CacheFiles then deletes the old
file (dentry ffff8800369faac8).
[kslowd] redo lookup
[kslowd] lookup 'Es0g00og0_Nd_XCYe3BOzvXrsBLMlN6aw16M1htaA'
[kslowd] next -> ffff88002cd94288 negative
[kslowd] create -> ffff88002cd94288{ffff88002cdaf238{ino=148247}}
CacheFiles then redoes the lookup and gets a negative result in a new dentry
(ffff88002cd94288) which it then creates a file for.
[kslowd] ==> cachefiles_mark_object_active(,OBJ53)
[kslowd] <== cachefiles_mark_object_active() = 0
[kslowd] === OBTAINED_OBJECT ===
[kslowd] <== cachefiles_walk_to_object() = 0 [148247]
[kslowd] <== fscache_object_state_machine() [->OBJECT_AVAILABLE]
The new object is then marked active and the state machine moves to the
available state - at which point NFS can start filling the object.
[kslowd] ==> fscache_object_state_machine({OBJ52,OBJECT_RECYCLING,20})
[kslowd] ==> fscache_release_object()
[kslowd] ==> cachefiles_drop_object({OBJ52,2})
[kslowd] ==> cachefiles_delete_object(,OBJ52{ffff8800369faac8})
The old object, meanwhile, goes on with being retired. If allocation occurs
first, cachefiles_delete_object() has to wait for dir->d_inode->i_mutex to
become available before it can continue.
[kslowd] ==> cachefiles_bury_object(,'@68','Es0g00og0_Nd_XCYe3BOzvXrsBLMlN6aw16M1htaA')
[kslowd] remove ffff8800369faac8 from ffff88002ce41bd0
[kslowd] unlink stale object
EXT4-fs warning (device sda6): ext4_unlink: Inode number mismatch in unlink (148247!=148193)
CacheFiles: I/O Error: Unlink failed
FS-Cache: Cache cachefiles stopped due to I/O error
CacheFiles then tries to delete the file for the old object, but the dentry it
has (ffff8800369faac8) no longer points to a valid inode for that directory
entry, and so ext4_unlink() returns -EIO when de->inode does not match i_ino.
[kslowd] <== cachefiles_bury_object() = -5
[kslowd] <== cachefiles_delete_object() = -5
[kslowd] <== fscache_object_state_machine() [->OBJECT_DEAD]
[kslowd] ==> fscache_object_state_machine({OBJ53,OBJECT_AVAILABLE,0})
[kslowd] <== fscache_object_state_machine() [->OBJECT_ACTIVE]
(Note that the above trace includes extra information beyond that produced by
the upstream code).
The fix is to note when an object that is being retired has had its object
deleted preemptively by a replacement object that is being created, and to
skip the second removal attempt in such a case.
Reported-by: Greg M <gregm@servu.net.au>
Reported-by: Mark Moseley <moseleymark@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Romain DEGEZ <romain.degez@smartjog.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Fix up renamed filenames in comments in fs/cachefiles/internal.h.
Originally, the files were all called cf-xxx.c, but they got renamed to
just xxx.c.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Add an FS-Cache cache-backend that permits a mounted filesystem to be used as a
backing store for the cache.
CacheFiles uses a userspace daemon to do some of the cache management - such as
reaping stale nodes and culling. This is called cachefilesd and lives in
/sbin. The source for the daemon can be downloaded from:
http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/cachefs/cachefilesd.c
And an example configuration from:
http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/cachefs/cachefilesd.conf
The filesystem and data integrity of the cache are only as good as those of the
filesystem providing the backing services. Note that CacheFiles does not
attempt to journal anything since the journalling interfaces of the various
filesystems are very specific in nature.
CacheFiles creates a misc character device - "/dev/cachefiles" - that is used
to communication with the daemon. Only one thing may have this open at once,
and whilst it is open, a cache is at least partially in existence. The daemon
opens this and sends commands down it to control the cache.
CacheFiles is currently limited to a single cache.
CacheFiles attempts to maintain at least a certain percentage of free space on
the filesystem, shrinking the cache by culling the objects it contains to make
space if necessary - see the "Cache Culling" section. This means it can be
placed on the same medium as a live set of data, and will expand to make use of
spare space and automatically contract when the set of data requires more
space.
============
REQUIREMENTS
============
The use of CacheFiles and its daemon requires the following features to be
available in the system and in the cache filesystem:
- dnotify.
- extended attributes (xattrs).
- openat() and friends.
- bmap() support on files in the filesystem (FIBMAP ioctl).
- The use of bmap() to detect a partial page at the end of the file.
It is strongly recommended that the "dir_index" option is enabled on Ext3
filesystems being used as a cache.
=============
CONFIGURATION
=============
The cache is configured by a script in /etc/cachefilesd.conf. These commands
set up cache ready for use. The following script commands are available:
(*) brun <N>%
(*) bcull <N>%
(*) bstop <N>%
(*) frun <N>%
(*) fcull <N>%
(*) fstop <N>%
Configure the culling limits. Optional. See the section on culling
The defaults are 7% (run), 5% (cull) and 1% (stop) respectively.
The commands beginning with a 'b' are file space (block) limits, those
beginning with an 'f' are file count limits.
(*) dir <path>
Specify the directory containing the root of the cache. Mandatory.
(*) tag <name>
Specify a tag to FS-Cache to use in distinguishing multiple caches.
Optional. The default is "CacheFiles".
(*) debug <mask>
Specify a numeric bitmask to control debugging in the kernel module.
Optional. The default is zero (all off). The following values can be
OR'd into the mask to collect various information:
1 Turn on trace of function entry (_enter() macros)
2 Turn on trace of function exit (_leave() macros)
4 Turn on trace of internal debug points (_debug())
This mask can also be set through sysfs, eg:
echo 5 >/sys/modules/cachefiles/parameters/debug
==================
STARTING THE CACHE
==================
The cache is started by running the daemon. The daemon opens the cache device,
configures the cache and tells it to begin caching. At that point the cache
binds to fscache and the cache becomes live.
The daemon is run as follows:
/sbin/cachefilesd [-d]* [-s] [-n] [-f <configfile>]
The flags are:
(*) -d
Increase the debugging level. This can be specified multiple times and
is cumulative with itself.
(*) -s
Send messages to stderr instead of syslog.
(*) -n
Don't daemonise and go into background.
(*) -f <configfile>
Use an alternative configuration file rather than the default one.
===============
THINGS TO AVOID
===============
Do not mount other things within the cache as this will cause problems. The
kernel module contains its own very cut-down path walking facility that ignores
mountpoints, but the daemon can't avoid them.
Do not create, rename or unlink files and directories in the cache whilst the
cache is active, as this may cause the state to become uncertain.
Renaming files in the cache might make objects appear to be other objects (the
filename is part of the lookup key).
Do not change or remove the extended attributes attached to cache files by the
cache as this will cause the cache state management to get confused.
Do not create files or directories in the cache, lest the cache get confused or
serve incorrect data.
Do not chmod files in the cache. The module creates things with minimal
permissions to prevent random users being able to access them directly.
=============
CACHE CULLING
=============
The cache may need culling occasionally to make space. This involves
discarding objects from the cache that have been used less recently than
anything else. Culling is based on the access time of data objects. Empty
directories are culled if not in use.
Cache culling is done on the basis of the percentage of blocks and the
percentage of files available in the underlying filesystem. There are six
"limits":
(*) brun
(*) frun
If the amount of free space and the number of available files in the cache
rises above both these limits, then culling is turned off.
(*) bcull
(*) fcull
If the amount of available space or the number of available files in the
cache falls below either of these limits, then culling is started.
(*) bstop
(*) fstop
If the amount of available space or the number of available files in the
cache falls below either of these limits, then no further allocation of
disk space or files is permitted until culling has raised things above
these limits again.
These must be configured thusly:
0 <= bstop < bcull < brun < 100
0 <= fstop < fcull < frun < 100
Note that these are percentages of available space and available files, and do
_not_ appear as 100 minus the percentage displayed by the "df" program.
The userspace daemon scans the cache to build up a table of cullable objects.
These are then culled in least recently used order. A new scan of the cache is
started as soon as space is made in the table. Objects will be skipped if
their atimes have changed or if the kernel module says it is still using them.
===============
CACHE STRUCTURE
===============
The CacheFiles module will create two directories in the directory it was
given:
(*) cache/
(*) graveyard/
The active cache objects all reside in the first directory. The CacheFiles
kernel module moves any retired or culled objects that it can't simply unlink
to the graveyard from which the daemon will actually delete them.
The daemon uses dnotify to monitor the graveyard directory, and will delete
anything that appears therein.
The module represents index objects as directories with the filename "I..." or
"J...". Note that the "cache/" directory is itself a special index.
Data objects are represented as files if they have no children, or directories
if they do. Their filenames all begin "D..." or "E...". If represented as a
directory, data objects will have a file in the directory called "data" that
actually holds the data.
Special objects are similar to data objects, except their filenames begin
"S..." or "T...".
If an object has children, then it will be represented as a directory.
Immediately in the representative directory are a collection of directories
named for hash values of the child object keys with an '@' prepended. Into
this directory, if possible, will be placed the representations of the child
objects:
INDEX INDEX INDEX DATA FILES
========= ========== ================================= ================
cache/@4a/I03nfs/@30/Ji000000000000000--fHg8hi8400
cache/@4a/I03nfs/@30/Ji000000000000000--fHg8hi8400/@75/Es0g000w...DB1ry
cache/@4a/I03nfs/@30/Ji000000000000000--fHg8hi8400/@75/Es0g000w...N22ry
cache/@4a/I03nfs/@30/Ji000000000000000--fHg8hi8400/@75/Es0g000w...FP1ry
If the key is so long that it exceeds NAME_MAX with the decorations added on to
it, then it will be cut into pieces, the first few of which will be used to
make a nest of directories, and the last one of which will be the objects
inside the last directory. The names of the intermediate directories will have
'+' prepended:
J1223/@23/+xy...z/+kl...m/Epqr
Note that keys are raw data, and not only may they exceed NAME_MAX in size,
they may also contain things like '/' and NUL characters, and so they may not
be suitable for turning directly into a filename.
To handle this, CacheFiles will use a suitably printable filename directly and
"base-64" encode ones that aren't directly suitable. The two versions of
object filenames indicate the encoding:
OBJECT TYPE PRINTABLE ENCODED
=============== =============== ===============
Index "I..." "J..."
Data "D..." "E..."
Special "S..." "T..."
Intermediate directories are always "@" or "+" as appropriate.
Each object in the cache has an extended attribute label that holds the object
type ID (required to distinguish special objects) and the auxiliary data from
the netfs. The latter is used to detect stale objects in the cache and update
or retire them.
Note that CacheFiles will erase from the cache any file it doesn't recognise or
any file of an incorrect type (such as a FIFO file or a device file).
==========================
SECURITY MODEL AND SELINUX
==========================
CacheFiles is implemented to deal properly with the LSM security features of
the Linux kernel and the SELinux facility.
One of the problems that CacheFiles faces is that it is generally acting on
behalf of a process, and running in that process's context, and that includes a
security context that is not appropriate for accessing the cache - either
because the files in the cache are inaccessible to that process, or because if
the process creates a file in the cache, that file may be inaccessible to other
processes.
The way CacheFiles works is to temporarily change the security context (fsuid,
fsgid and actor security label) that the process acts as - without changing the
security context of the process when it the target of an operation performed by
some other process (so signalling and suchlike still work correctly).
When the CacheFiles module is asked to bind to its cache, it:
(1) Finds the security label attached to the root cache directory and uses
that as the security label with which it will create files. By default,
this is:
cachefiles_var_t
(2) Finds the security label of the process which issued the bind request
(presumed to be the cachefilesd daemon), which by default will be:
cachefilesd_t
and asks LSM to supply a security ID as which it should act given the
daemon's label. By default, this will be:
cachefiles_kernel_t
SELinux transitions the daemon's security ID to the module's security ID
based on a rule of this form in the policy.
type_transition <daemon's-ID> kernel_t : process <module's-ID>;
For instance:
type_transition cachefilesd_t kernel_t : process cachefiles_kernel_t;
The module's security ID gives it permission to create, move and remove files
and directories in the cache, to find and access directories and files in the
cache, to set and access extended attributes on cache objects, and to read and
write files in the cache.
The daemon's security ID gives it only a very restricted set of permissions: it
may scan directories, stat files and erase files and directories. It may
not read or write files in the cache, and so it is precluded from accessing the
data cached therein; nor is it permitted to create new files in the cache.
There are policy source files available in:
http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/fscache/cachefilesd-0.8.tar.bz2
and later versions. In that tarball, see the files:
cachefilesd.te
cachefilesd.fc
cachefilesd.if
They are built and installed directly by the RPM.
If a non-RPM based system is being used, then copy the above files to their own
directory and run:
make -f /usr/share/selinux/devel/Makefile
semodule -i cachefilesd.pp
You will need checkpolicy and selinux-policy-devel installed prior to the
build.
By default, the cache is located in /var/fscache, but if it is desirable that
it should be elsewhere, than either the above policy files must be altered, or
an auxiliary policy must be installed to label the alternate location of the
cache.
For instructions on how to add an auxiliary policy to enable the cache to be
located elsewhere when SELinux is in enforcing mode, please see:
/usr/share/doc/cachefilesd-*/move-cache.txt
When the cachefilesd rpm is installed; alternatively, the document can be found
in the sources.
==================
A NOTE ON SECURITY
==================
CacheFiles makes use of the split security in the task_struct. It allocates
its own task_security structure, and redirects current->act_as to point to it
when it acts on behalf of another process, in that process's context.
The reason it does this is that it calls vfs_mkdir() and suchlike rather than
bypassing security and calling inode ops directly. Therefore the VFS and LSM
may deny the CacheFiles access to the cache data because under some
circumstances the caching code is running in the security context of whatever
process issued the original syscall on the netfs.
Furthermore, should CacheFiles create a file or directory, the security
parameters with that object is created (UID, GID, security label) would be
derived from that process that issued the system call, thus potentially
preventing other processes from accessing the cache - including CacheFiles's
cache management daemon (cachefilesd).
What is required is to temporarily override the security of the process that
issued the system call. We can't, however, just do an in-place change of the
security data as that affects the process as an object, not just as a subject.
This means it may lose signals or ptrace events for example, and affects what
the process looks like in /proc.
So CacheFiles makes use of a logical split in the security between the
objective security (task->sec) and the subjective security (task->act_as). The
objective security holds the intrinsic security properties of a process and is
never overridden. This is what appears in /proc, and is what is used when a
process is the target of an operation by some other process (SIGKILL for
example).
The subjective security holds the active security properties of a process, and
may be overridden. This is not seen externally, and is used whan a process
acts upon another object, for example SIGKILLing another process or opening a
file.
LSM hooks exist that allow SELinux (or Smack or whatever) to reject a request
for CacheFiles to run in a context of a specific security label, or to create
files and directories with another security label.
This documentation is added by the patch to:
Documentation/filesystems/caching/cachefiles.txt
Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Tested-by: Daire Byrne <Daire.Byrne@framestore.com>
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