From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: arnd@arndb.de
Cc: linux-afs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, samba-technical@lists.samba.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dhowells@redhat.com,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 00/12] Enhanced file stat system call
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:54:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151120145422.18930.72662.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
Implement new system calls to provide enhanced file stats and enhanced
filesystem stats. The patches can be found here:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/log/?h=xstat
===========
DESCRIPTION
===========
The third patch provides this new system call:
long ret = statx(int dfd,
const char *filename,
unsigned atflag,
unsigned mask,
struct statx *buffer);
This is an enhanced file stat function that provides a number of useful
features, in summary:
(1) More information: creation time, data version number,
flags/attributes. A subset of these is available through a number of
filesystems (such as CIFS, NFS, AFS, Ext4 and BTRFS).
(2) Lightweight stat (AT_NO_ATTR_SYNC): Ask for just those details of
interest, and allow a network fs to approximate anything not of
interest, without going to the server.
(3) Heavyweight stat (AT_FORCE_ATTR_SYNC): Force a network fs to flush
buffers and go to the server, even if it thinks its cached attributes
are up to date.
(4) Allow the filesystem to indicate what it can/cannot provide: A
filesystem can now say it doesn't support a standard stat feature if
that isn't available.
(5) Make the fields a consistent size on all arches, and make them large.
(6) Can be extended by using more request flags and using up the padding
space in the statx struct.
Note that no lstat() equivalent is required as that can be implemented
through statx() with atflag == 0. There is also no fstat() equivalent as
that can be implemented through statx() with filename == NULL and the
relevant fd passed as dfd.
The seventh patch provides another new system call:
long ret = fsinfo(int dfd,
const char *filename,
unsigned atflag,
unsigned request,
void *buffer);
This is an enhanced filesystem stat and information retrieval function that
provides more information, in summary:
(1) All the information provided by statfs() and more. The fields are
made large.
(2) Provides information about timestamp range and resolution to
complement statx().
(3) Provides information about IOC flags supported in statx()'s return.
(4) Provides volume binary IDs and UUIDs.
(5) Provides the filesystem name according to the kernel as a string
(eg. "ext4" or "nfs3") in addition to the magic number.
(6) Provides information obtained from network filesystems, such as volume
and domain names.
(7) Has lots of spare space that can be used for future extenstions and a
bit mask indicating what was provided.
Note that I've added a 'request' identifier. This is to select the set of
data to be returned. The idea is that 'buffer' points to a fixed-size
struct selected by request. Currently only 0 is available and this refers
to 'struct fsinfo'. However, I could split up the buffer into say 3:
(0) statfs-type information
(1) Timestamp and IOC flags info.
(2) Network fs strings.
However, some of this might be better retrieved through getxattr().
=======
TESTING
=======
Test programs are added into samples/statx/ by the appropriate patches.
David
---
David Howells (12):
Ext4: Fix extended timestamp encoding and decoding
statx: Provide IOC flags for Windows fs attributes
statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available
statx: AFS: Return enhanced file attributes
statx: Ext4: Return enhanced file attributes
statx: NFS: Return enhanced file attributes
statx: CIFS: Return enhanced attributes
fsinfo: Add a system call to make enhanced filesystem info available
fsinfo: Ext4: Return information through the filesystem info syscall
fsinfo: AFS: Return information through the filesystem info syscall
fsinfo: NFS: Return information through the filesystem info syscall
fsinfo: CIFS: Return information through the filesystem info syscall
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 2
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 2
fs/afs/inode.c | 23 ++
fs/afs/super.c | 39 ++++
fs/cifs/cifsfs.c | 25 +++
fs/cifs/cifsfs.h | 4
fs/cifs/cifsglob.h | 8 +
fs/cifs/dir.c | 2
fs/cifs/inode.c | 124 ++++++++++---
fs/cifs/netmisc.c | 4
fs/exportfs/expfs.c | 4
fs/ext4/ext4.h | 24 ++-
fs/ext4/file.c | 2
fs/ext4/inode.c | 31 +++
fs/ext4/namei.c | 2
fs/ext4/super.c | 39 ++++
fs/ext4/symlink.c | 2
fs/nfs/inode.c | 45 ++++-
fs/nfs/internal.h | 1
fs/nfs/nfs4super.c | 1
fs/nfs/super.c | 58 ++++++
fs/ntfs/time.h | 2
fs/stat.c | 305 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
fs/statfs.c | 218 +++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/fs.h | 7 +
include/linux/stat.h | 14 +
include/linux/syscalls.h | 6 +
include/linux/time64.h | 2
include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h | 2
include/uapi/linux/fs.h | 7 +
include/uapi/linux/stat.h | 185 +++++++++++++++++++
samples/Makefile | 3
samples/statx/Makefile | 13 +
samples/statx/test-fsinfo.c | 179 +++++++++++++++++++
samples/statx/test-statx.c | 273 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
35 files changed, 1558 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 samples/statx/Makefile
create mode 100644 samples/statx/test-fsinfo.c
create mode 100644 samples/statx/test-statx.c
next reply other threads:[~2015-11-20 14:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-20 14:54 David Howells [this message]
2015-11-20 14:54 ` [PATCH 01/12] Ext4: Fix extended timestamp encoding and decoding David Howells
[not found] ` <20151120145434.18930.89755.stgit-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-24 17:37 ` Andreas Dilger
2015-11-24 17:37 ` Andreas Dilger
2015-11-24 19:36 ` Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <20151124193646.GA3482-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-24 20:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-11-24 20:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-11-29 2:45 ` Theodore Ts'o
2015-11-29 2:45 ` Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <20151129024555.GA31968-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-29 21:30 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-11-29 21:30 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-11-30 14:16 ` Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <20151130141605.GA4316-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-30 14:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-11-30 14:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2015-11-30 14:46 ` Elmar Stellnberger
2015-11-26 15:28 ` David Howells
2015-11-26 15:28 ` David Howells
2015-11-20 14:54 ` [PATCH 02/12] statx: Provide IOC flags for Windows fs attributes David Howells
[not found] ` <20151120145447.18930.5308.stgit-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-24 19:52 ` Theodore Ts'o
2015-11-24 19:52 ` Theodore Ts'o
2015-11-26 15:35 ` David Howells
[not found] ` <7976.1448552129-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-26 16:01 ` David Howells
2015-11-26 16:01 ` David Howells
2015-11-26 22:10 ` Andreas Dilger
2015-11-26 22:10 ` Andreas Dilger
2015-11-20 14:54 ` [PATCH 03/12] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available David Howells
[not found] ` <20151120145457.18930.79678.stgit-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-24 20:21 ` Dave Chinner
2015-11-24 20:21 ` Dave Chinner
2015-12-04 12:06 ` Pavel Machek
2015-12-04 12:06 ` Pavel Machek
2015-12-21 23:21 ` David Howells
2015-11-20 14:55 ` [PATCH 04/12] statx: AFS: Return enhanced file attributes David Howells
2015-11-20 14:55 ` [PATCH 05/12] statx: Ext4: " David Howells
2015-11-20 14:55 ` [PATCH 06/12] statx: NFS: " David Howells
2015-11-20 14:55 ` [PATCH 07/12] statx: CIFS: Return enhanced attributes David Howells
2015-11-24 17:33 ` Steve French
2015-11-24 17:34 ` Steve French
2015-11-24 17:34 ` Steve French
2015-11-20 14:56 ` [PATCH 08/12] fsinfo: Add a system call to make enhanced filesystem info available David Howells
2015-11-20 14:56 ` [PATCH 09/12] fsinfo: Ext4: Return information through the filesystem info syscall David Howells
2015-11-20 14:56 ` [PATCH 10/12] fsinfo: AFS: " David Howells
2015-11-20 14:56 ` [PATCH 11/12] fsinfo: NFS: " David Howells
[not found] ` <20151120145422.18930.72662.stgit-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-20 14:56 ` [PATCH 12/12] fsinfo: CIFS: " David Howells
2015-11-20 14:56 ` David Howells
2015-11-24 8:11 ` [RFC][PATCH 00/12] Enhanced file stat system call Christoph Hellwig
2015-11-24 8:11 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-11-20 16:19 ` Martin Steigerwald
2015-11-24 8:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-11-24 8:48 ` Martin Steigerwald
2015-11-24 8:50 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-11-20 16:28 ` David Howells
2015-11-20 16:28 ` David Howells
2015-11-20 16:35 ` Martin Steigerwald
[not found] ` <4495.1448036915-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-25 17:51 ` J. Bruce Fields
2015-11-25 17:51 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20151125175153.GA30335-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-25 19:30 ` Andreas Dilger
2015-11-25 19:30 ` Andreas Dilger
2015-11-20 16:50 ` Casey Schaufler
[not found] ` <564F4F4E.8060603-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org>
2015-11-24 8:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-11-24 8:15 ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-11-24 14:43 ` Casey Schaufler
2015-11-24 16:28 ` Andreas Dilger
2015-11-26 15:19 ` David Howells
2015-11-26 22:06 ` Andreas Dilger
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