ACK: [PATCH 1/1] eCryptfs: Use notify_change for truncating lower inodes

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Thu Feb 16 14:49:01 UTC 2012


On 16.02.2012 15:38, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>
> 
> When truncating inodes in the lower filesystem, eCryptfs directly
> invoked vmtruncate(). As Christoph Hellwig pointed out, vmtruncate() is
> a filesystem helper function, but filesystems may need to do more than
> just a call to vmtruncate().
> 
> This patch moves the lower inode truncation out of ecryptfs_truncate()
> and renames the function to truncate_upper().  truncate_upper() updates
> an iattr for the lower inode to indicate if the lower inode needs to be
> truncated upon return.  ecryptfs_setattr() then calls notify_change(),
> using the updated iattr for the lower inode, to complete the truncation.
> 
> For eCryptfs functions needing to truncate, ecryptfs_truncate() is
> reintroduced as a simple way to truncate the upper inode to a specified
> size and then truncate the lower inode accordingly.
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/451368
> 
> This is a backport of commit 5f3ef64f4da1c587cdcfaaac72311225b7df094c
> 
> Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
> Acked-by: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland at canonical.com>
> Cc: ecryptfs-devel at lists.launchpad.net
> Cc: linux-fsdevel at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>
> ---
>  fs/ecryptfs/inode.c |   99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> index 88ba4d4..7ce5471 100644
> --- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> @@ -758,18 +758,23 @@ upper_size_to_lower_size(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - * ecryptfs_truncate
> + * truncate_upper
>   * @dentry: The ecryptfs layer dentry
> - * @new_length: The length to expand the file to
> + * @ia: Address of the ecryptfs inode's attributes
> + * @lower_ia: Address of the lower inode's attributes
>   *
>   * Function to handle truncations modifying the size of the file. Note
>   * that the file sizes are interpolated. When expanding, we are simply
> - * writing strings of 0's out. When truncating, we need to modify the
> - * underlying file size according to the page index interpolations.
> + * writing strings of 0's out. When truncating, we truncate the upper
> + * inode and update the lower_ia according to the page index
> + * interpolations. If ATTR_SIZE is set in lower_ia->ia_valid upon return,
> + * the caller must use lower_ia in a call to notify_change() to perform
> + * the truncation of the lower inode.
>   *
>   * Returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise
>   */
> -int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
> +static int truncate_upper(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *ia,
> +			  struct iattr *lower_ia)
>  {
>  	int rc = 0;
>  	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
> @@ -780,8 +785,10 @@ int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
>  	loff_t lower_size_before_truncate;
>  	loff_t lower_size_after_truncate;
>  
> -	if (unlikely((new_length == i_size)))
> +	if (unlikely((ia->ia_size == i_size))) {
> +		lower_ia->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
>  		goto out;
> +	}
>  	crypt_stat = &ecryptfs_inode_to_private(dentry->d_inode)->crypt_stat;
>  	/* Set up a fake ecryptfs file, this is used to interface with
>  	 * the file in the underlying filesystem so that the
> @@ -801,28 +808,30 @@ int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
>  		&fake_ecryptfs_file,
>  		ecryptfs_inode_to_private(dentry->d_inode)->lower_file);
>  	/* Switch on growing or shrinking file */
> -	if (new_length > i_size) {
> +	if (ia->ia_size > i_size) {
>  		char zero[] = { 0x00 };
>  
> +		lower_ia->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
>  		/* Write a single 0 at the last position of the file;
>  		 * this triggers code that will fill in 0's throughout
>  		 * the intermediate portion of the previous end of the
>  		 * file and the new and of the file */
>  		rc = ecryptfs_write(&fake_ecryptfs_file, zero,
> -				    (new_length - 1), 1);
> -	} else { /* new_length < i_size_read(inode) */
> -		/* We're chopping off all the pages down do the page
> -		 * in which new_length is located. Fill in the end of
> -		 * that page from (new_length & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK) to
> +				    (ia->ia_size - 1), 1);
> +	} else { /* ia->ia_size < i_size_read(inode) */
> +		/* We're chopping off all the pages down to the page
> +		 * in which ia->ia_size is located. Fill in the end of
> +		 * that page from (ia->ia_size & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK) to
>  		 * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE with zeros. */
>  		size_t num_zeros = (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
> -				    - (new_length & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK));
> +				    - (ia->ia_size & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK));
>  
>  		if (!(crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_ENCRYPTED)) {
> -			rc = vmtruncate(inode, new_length);
> +			rc = vmtruncate(inode, ia->ia_size);
>  			if (rc)
>  				goto out_free;
> -			rc = vmtruncate(lower_dentry->d_inode, new_length);
> +			lower_ia->ia_size = ia->ia_size;
> +			lower_ia->ia_valid |= ATTR_SIZE;
>  			goto out_free;
>  		}
>  		if (num_zeros) {
> @@ -834,7 +843,7 @@ int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
>  				goto out_free;
>  			}
>  			rc = ecryptfs_write(&fake_ecryptfs_file, zeros_virt,
> -					    new_length, num_zeros);
> +					    ia->ia_size, num_zeros);
>  			kfree(zeros_virt);
>  			if (rc) {
>  				printk(KERN_ERR "Error attempting to zero out "
> @@ -843,7 +852,7 @@ int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
>  				goto out_free;
>  			}
>  		}
> -		vmtruncate(inode, new_length);
> +		vmtruncate(inode, ia->ia_size);
>  		rc = ecryptfs_write_inode_size_to_metadata(inode);
>  		if (rc) {
>  			printk(KERN_ERR	"Problem with "
> @@ -856,10 +865,12 @@ int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
>  		lower_size_before_truncate =
>  		    upper_size_to_lower_size(crypt_stat, i_size);
>  		lower_size_after_truncate =
> -		    upper_size_to_lower_size(crypt_stat, new_length);
> -		if (lower_size_after_truncate < lower_size_before_truncate)
> -			vmtruncate(lower_dentry->d_inode,
> -				   lower_size_after_truncate);
> +		    upper_size_to_lower_size(crypt_stat, ia->ia_size);
> +		if (lower_size_after_truncate < lower_size_before_truncate) {
> +			lower_ia->ia_size = lower_size_after_truncate;
> +			lower_ia->ia_valid |= ATTR_SIZE;
> +		} else
> +			lower_ia->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
>  	}
>  out_free:
>  	if (ecryptfs_file_to_private(&fake_ecryptfs_file))
> @@ -869,6 +880,33 @@ out:
>  	return rc;
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * ecryptfs_truncate
> + * @dentry: The ecryptfs layer dentry
> + * @new_length: The length to expand the file to
> + *
> + * Simple function that handles the truncation of an eCryptfs inode and
> + * its corresponding lower inode.
> + *
> + * Returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise
> + */
> +int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
> +{
> +	struct iattr ia = { .ia_valid = ATTR_SIZE, .ia_size = new_length };
> +	struct iattr lower_ia = { .ia_valid = 0 };
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	rc = truncate_upper(dentry, &ia, &lower_ia);
> +	if (!rc && lower_ia.ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
> +		struct dentry *lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
> +
> +		mutex_lock(&lower_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
> +		rc = notify_change(lower_dentry, &lower_ia);
> +		mutex_unlock(&lower_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
> +	}
> +	return rc;
> +}
> +
>  static int
>  ecryptfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
>  {
> @@ -891,6 +929,7 @@ static int ecryptfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *ia)
>  {
>  	int rc = 0;
>  	struct dentry *lower_dentry;
> +	struct iattr lower_ia;
>  	struct inode *inode;
>  	struct inode *lower_inode;
>  	struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat;
> @@ -929,15 +968,11 @@ static int ecryptfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *ia)
>  		}
>  	}
>  	mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_mutex);
> +	memcpy(&lower_ia, ia, sizeof(lower_ia));
> +	if (ia->ia_valid & ATTR_FILE)
> +		lower_ia.ia_file = ecryptfs_file_to_lower(ia->ia_file);
>  	if (ia->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
> -		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG,
> -				"ia->ia_valid = [0x%x] ATTR_SIZE" " = [0x%x]\n",
> -				ia->ia_valid, ATTR_SIZE);
> -		rc = ecryptfs_truncate(dentry, ia->ia_size);
> -		/* ecryptfs_truncate handles resizing of the lower file */
> -		ia->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_SIZE;
> -		ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "ia->ia_valid = [%x]\n",
> -				ia->ia_valid);
> +		rc = truncate_upper(dentry, ia, &lower_ia);
>  		if (rc < 0)
>  			goto out;
>  	}
> @@ -946,11 +981,11 @@ static int ecryptfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *ia)
>  	 * mode change is for clearing setuid/setgid bits. Allow lower fs
>  	 * to interpret this in its own way.
>  	 */
> -	if (ia->ia_valid & (ATTR_KILL_SUID | ATTR_KILL_SGID))
> -		ia->ia_valid &= ~ATTR_MODE;
> +	if (lower_ia.ia_valid & (ATTR_KILL_SUID | ATTR_KILL_SGID))
> +		lower_ia.ia_valid &= ~ATTR_MODE;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&lower_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
> -	rc = notify_change(lower_dentry, ia);
> +	rc = notify_change(lower_dentry, &lower_ia);
>  	mutex_unlock(&lower_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
>  out:
>  	fsstack_copy_attr_all(inode, lower_inode, NULL);
In upstream since 2.6.33, looking similar as the backport and trusting Colin's
testing...

Acked-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>




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