Re: [PATCH] nfsd: special case truncates some more

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 01:33:48PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I'll need to look at the exact NFS semantics in that area, but after
> a bit of research I can probably come up with something that will work.

Here is my first attempt.  As vfs_truncate will add the ctime and mtime
updates when needed it just leaves handling that quirk to vfs_truncate
and then exits early if no other attributes are set.

Unfortunately at least the Linux client always seems to also request
a mtime update with a size update.  We could keep the

	if (iap->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))

check from the old code and remove ATTR_MTIME, but these racy checks
outside i_rwsem make me feel a bit uneasy.  Jeff, Bruce - any opinion
if we should add something like this:

	/* vfs_truncate will update ctime and mtime if the size changes */
	if (iap->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
		iap->ia_valid &= ATTR_MTIME;

back to nfsd_setattr?  This would avoid the additional setattr call,
but make me feel dirty :)

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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 17:17:48 +0100
Subject: nfsd: special case truncates some more
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Both the NFS protocols and the Linux VFS use a setattr operation with a
bitmap of attributs to set to set various file attributes including the
file size and the uid/gid.

The Linux syscalls never mixe size updates with unrelated updates like
the uid/gid, and some file systems like XFS and GFS2 rely on the fact
that truncates might not update random other attributes, and many
other file systems handle the case but do not update the different
attributes in the same transaction.  NFSD on the other hand passes
the attributes it gets on the wire more or less directly through to
the VFS, leading to updates the file systems don't expect.  XFS at
least has an assert on the allowed attributes, which cought an NFS
client sets the size and group ІD at the same time.

To handles this issue properly this switches nfsd to call vfs_truncate
for size changes, and then handling all other attributes through
notify_change.  As a side effect this also means less boilerplace
code around the size change as we can now reuse the VFS code.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 92 +++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 26c6fdb..4ca5b92 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -332,37 +332,6 @@ nfsd_sanitize_attrs(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *iap)
 	}
 }
 
-static __be32
-nfsd_get_write_access(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
-		struct iattr *iap)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = d_inode(fhp->fh_dentry);
-	int host_err;
-
-	if (iap->ia_size < inode->i_size) {
-		__be32 err;
-
-		err = nfsd_permission(rqstp, fhp->fh_export, fhp->fh_dentry,
-				NFSD_MAY_TRUNC | NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-	}
-
-	host_err = get_write_access(inode);
-	if (host_err)
-		goto out_nfserrno;
-
-	host_err = locks_verify_truncate(inode, NULL, iap->ia_size);
-	if (host_err)
-		goto out_put_write_access;
-	return 0;
-
-out_put_write_access:
-	put_write_access(inode);
-out_nfserrno:
-	return nfserrno(host_err);
-}
-
 /*
  * Set various file attributes.  After this call fhp needs an fh_put.
  */
@@ -377,7 +346,6 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap,
 	__be32		err;
 	int		host_err;
 	bool		get_write_count;
-	int		size_change = 0;
 
 	if (iap->ia_valid & (ATTR_ATIME | ATTR_MTIME | ATTR_SIZE))
 		accmode |= NFSD_MAY_WRITE|NFSD_MAY_OWNER_OVERRIDE;
@@ -390,11 +358,11 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap,
 	/* Get inode */
 	err = fh_verify(rqstp, fhp, ftype, accmode);
 	if (err)
-		goto out;
+		return err;
 	if (get_write_count) {
 		host_err = fh_want_write(fhp);
 		if (host_err)
-			return nfserrno(host_err);
+			goto out_host_err;
 	}
 
 	dentry = fhp->fh_dentry;
@@ -405,50 +373,50 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap,
 		iap->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_MODE;
 
 	if (!iap->ia_valid)
-		goto out;
+		return 0;
 
 	nfsd_sanitize_attrs(inode, iap);
 
+	if (check_guard && guardtime != inode->i_ctime.tv_sec)
+		return nfserr_notsync;
+
 	/*
 	 * The size case is special, it changes the file in addition to the
-	 * attributes.
+	 * attributes, and file systems don't expect it to be mixed with
+	 * "random" attribute changes.  We thus split out the size change
+	 * into a separate calo for vfs_truncate, and do the rest as a
+	 * a separate setattr call.
+	 *
+	 * Note that vfs_truncate will also update ctime and mtime if
+	 * the file size changes.
 	 */
 	if (iap->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
-		err = nfsd_get_write_access(rqstp, fhp, iap);
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
-		size_change = 1;
+		struct path path = {
+			.mnt	= fhp->fh_export->ex_path.mnt,
+			.dentry	= dentry,
+		};
 
-		/*
-		 * RFC5661, Section 18.30.4:
-		 *   Changing the size of a file with SETATTR indirectly
-		 *   changes the time_modify and change attributes.
-		 *
-		 * (and similar for the older RFCs)
-		 */
-		if (iap->ia_size != i_size_read(inode))
-			iap->ia_valid |= ATTR_MTIME;
+		host_err = vfs_truncate(&path, iap->ia_size);
+		if (host_err)
+			goto out_host_err;
+
+		iap->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
+		if (!iap->ia_valid)
+			goto done;
 	}
 
 	iap->ia_valid |= ATTR_CTIME;
 
-	if (check_guard && guardtime != inode->i_ctime.tv_sec) {
-		err = nfserr_notsync;
-		goto out_put_write_access;
-	}
-
 	fh_lock(fhp);
 	host_err = notify_change(dentry, iap, NULL);
 	fh_unlock(fhp);
-	err = nfserrno(host_err);
+	if (host_err)
+		goto out_host_err;
 
-out_put_write_access:
-	if (size_change)
-		put_write_access(inode);
-	if (!err)
-		err = nfserrno(commit_metadata(fhp));
-out:
-	return err;
+done:
+	host_err = commit_metadata(fhp);
+out_host_err:
+	return nfserrno(host_err);
 }
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V4)
-- 
2.1.4