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* [PATCH 0/4] fs: fcntl/fadvice fixes v2
@ 2014-10-18 15:21 Dmitry Monakhov
  2014-10-18 15:21 ` [PATCH 1/4] fs: fcntl add set_flags wrapper -v2 Dmitry Monakhov
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From: Dmitry Monakhov @ 2014-10-18 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: linux-fsdevel, viro, hch, Dmitry Monakhov

fcntl(F_SETFL) and fadvise performs direct manipulation with file's internals.
w/o notifying to fs layer. This behavior be not be suitable for some filesystems
(mostly stack-fs like ecryptfs, unionfs, etc). Let's introduce new ->set_flags()
callback for that purpose. This callback is responsible for flags check so
->check_flags() no longer required.

TOC:
 fs: fcntl add set_flags wrapper -v2
 fs: add fadvise file_operation
 ecryptfs: add fadvise/set_flags calbacks
 cifs: add set_flag callback

*OPEN ISSUE REMAINS*
This series does not fix all issues related with set_flags.
Race between fcntl(toggling O_DIRECT) vs write() is still possible
Usually O_DIRECT checked twice during call chain:
 ->xxx_file_write_iter
 --->__generic_file_write_iter
So we may end-up up with two different values. Some filesystems (btrfs/xfs)
avoid this issue by copy-pasting __generic_file_write_iter.
One of possible way to fix this issue it to save flags in kiocb->ki_flags
as we already do with ->ki_pos. And fixup all places accordingly.
I've calculated numbers of direct access to ->f_flags it is close to 150,
half of that number is ->open() methods. So patch would not be gigantic.
And finally here is my question to AlViro and Christoph and other VFS-people:
*Are you agree with that approach?* Please say your word.

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2014-10-18 15:21 [PATCH 0/4] fs: fcntl/fadvice fixes v2 Dmitry Monakhov
2014-10-18 15:21 ` [PATCH 1/4] fs: fcntl add set_flags wrapper -v2 Dmitry Monakhov
2014-10-18 15:21 ` [PATCH 2/4] fs: add fadvise file_operation Dmitry Monakhov
2014-10-19 14:51   ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-10-21  8:31     ` Dmitry Monakhov
2014-10-18 15:21 ` [PATCH 3/4] ecryptfs: add fadvise/set_flags calbacks Dmitry Monakhov
2014-10-19 14:50   ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-10-18 15:21 ` [PATCH 4/4] cifs: add set_flag callback Dmitry Monakhov

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