From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 01:33:55 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: "Darrick J. Wong" Cc: david@fromorbit.com, sandeen@redhat.com, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, Amir Goldstein , linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/26] vfs: create generic_remap_file_range_touch to update inode metadata Message-ID: <20181017083355.GE16896@infradead.org> References: <153965939489.1256.7400115244528045860.stgit@magnolia> <153965996673.3607.133184523000924340.stgit@magnolia> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <153965996673.3607.133184523000924340.stgit@magnolia> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 08:19:26PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > From: Darrick J. Wong > > Create a new VFS helper to handle inode metadata updates when remapping > into a file. If the operation can possibly alter the file contents, we > must update the ctime and mtime and remove security privileges, just > like we do for regular file writes. Wire up ocfs2 to ensure consistent > behavior. Subject line doesn't match the actual function name.. > +/* Update inode timestamps and remove security privileges when remapping. */ > +static int generic_remap_file_range_target(struct file *file, > + unsigned int remap_flags) > +{ > + int ret; > + > + /* If can't alter the file contents, we're done. */ > + if (remap_flags & REMAP_FILE_DEDUP) > + return 0; > + > + /* Update the timestamps, since we can alter file contents. */ > + if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_NOCMTIME)) { > + ret = file_update_time(file); > + if (ret) > + return ret; > + } > + > + /* > + * Clear the security bits if the process is not being run by root. > + * This keeps people from modifying setuid and setgid binaries. > + */ > + return file_remove_privs(file); > +} > + > /* > * Check that the two inodes are eligible for cloning, the ranges make > * sense, and then flush all dirty data. Caller must ensure that the > @@ -1820,6 +1844,10 @@ int generic_remap_file_range_prep(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in, > if (ret) > return ret; > > + ret = generic_remap_file_range_target(file_out, remap_flags); > + if (ret) > + return ret; > + Also I find the name still somewhat odd. Why don't we side-step that issue by moving the code directly into generic_remap_file_range_prep? Something like this folded in: diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index 37a7d3fe35d8..6de813cf9e63 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -1752,30 +1752,6 @@ static int generic_remap_check_len(struct inode *inode_in, return (remap_flags & REMAP_FILE_DEDUP) ? -EBADE : -EINVAL; } -/* Update inode timestamps and remove security privileges when remapping. */ -static int generic_remap_file_range_target(struct file *file, - unsigned int remap_flags) -{ - int ret; - - /* If can't alter the file contents, we're done. */ - if (remap_flags & REMAP_FILE_DEDUP) - return 0; - - /* Update the timestamps, since we can alter file contents. */ - if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_NOCMTIME)) { - ret = file_update_time(file); - if (ret) - return ret; - } - - /* - * Clear the security bits if the process is not being run by root. - * This keeps people from modifying setuid and setgid binaries. - */ - return file_remove_privs(file); -} - /* * Read a page's worth of file data into the page cache. Return the page * locked. @@ -1950,9 +1926,25 @@ int generic_remap_file_range_prep(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in, if (ret) return ret; - ret = generic_remap_file_range_target(file_out, remap_flags); - if (ret) - return ret; + if (!(remap_flags & REMAP_FILE_DEDUP)) { + /* + * Update the timestamps, since we can alter file contents. + */ + if (!(file_out->f_mode & FMODE_NOCMTIME)) { + ret = file_update_time(file_out); + if (ret) + return ret; + } + + /* + * Clear the security bits if the process is not being run by + * root. This keeps people from modifying setuid and setgid + * binaries. + */ + ret = file_remove_privs(file_out); + if (ret) + return ret; + } return 0; }