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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
index c0f2c7586531..d5bf4b6b7509 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst
@@ -56,37 +56,43 @@ inode_operations
prototypes::
- int (*create) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t, bool);
+ int (*create) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t, bool);
struct dentry * (*lookup) (struct inode *,struct dentry *, unsigned int);
int (*link) (struct dentry *,struct inode *,struct dentry *);
int (*unlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
- int (*symlink) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
- int (*mkdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t);
+ int (*symlink) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,const char *);
+ int (*mkdir) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t);
int (*rmdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *);
- int (*mknod) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t,dev_t);
- int (*rename) (struct inode *, struct dentry *,
+ int (*mknod) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t,dev_t);
+ int (*rename) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *, struct dentry *,
struct inode *, struct dentry *, unsigned int);
int (*readlink) (struct dentry *, char __user *,int);
const char *(*get_link) (struct dentry *, struct inode *, struct delayed_call *);
void (*truncate) (struct inode *);
- int (*permission) (struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
- int (*get_acl)(struct inode *, int);
- int (*setattr) (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
- int (*getattr) (const struct path *, struct kstat *, u32, unsigned int);
+ int (*permission) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *, int, unsigned int);
+ struct posix_acl * (*get_inode_acl)(struct inode *, int, bool);
+ int (*setattr) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
+ int (*getattr) (struct mnt_idmap *, const struct path *, struct kstat *, u32, unsigned int);
ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
int (*fiemap)(struct inode *, struct fiemap_extent_info *, u64 start, u64 len);
void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
struct file *, unsigned open_flag,
umode_t create_mode);
- int (*tmpfile) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t);
+ int (*tmpfile) (struct mnt_idmap *, struct inode *,
+ struct file *, umode_t);
+ int (*fileattr_set)(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+ struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa);
+ int (*fileattr_get)(struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa);
+ struct posix_acl * (*get_acl)(struct mnt_idmap *, struct dentry *, int);
+ struct offset_ctx *(*get_offset_ctx)(struct inode *inode);
locking rules:
all may block
-============ =============================================
+============== ==================================================
ops i_rwsem(inode)
-============ =============================================
+============== ==================================================
lookup: shared
create: exclusive
link: exclusive (both)
@@ -95,11 +101,12 @@ symlink: exclusive
mkdir: exclusive
unlink: exclusive (both)
rmdir: exclusive (both)(see below)
-rename: exclusive (all) (see below)
+rename: exclusive (both parents, some children) (see below)
readlink: no
get_link: no
setattr: exclusive
permission: no (may not block if called in rcu-walk mode)
+get_inode_acl: no
get_acl: no
getattr: no
listxattr: no
@@ -107,12 +114,18 @@ fiemap: no
update_time: no
atomic_open: shared (exclusive if O_CREAT is set in open flags)
tmpfile: no
-============ =============================================
+fileattr_get: no or exclusive
+fileattr_set: exclusive
+get_offset_ctx no
+============== ==================================================
Additionally, ->rmdir(), ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_rwsem
exclusive on victim.
cross-directory ->rename() has (per-superblock) ->s_vfs_rename_sem.
+ ->unlink() and ->rename() have ->i_rwsem exclusive on all non-directories
+ involved.
+ ->rename() has ->i_rwsem exclusive on any subdirectory that changes parent.
See Documentation/filesystems/directory-locking.rst for more detailed discussion
of the locking scheme for directory operations.
@@ -126,9 +139,10 @@ prototypes::
int (*get)(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *dentry,
struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer,
size_t size);
- int (*set)(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *dentry,
- struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *buffer,
- size_t size, int flags);
+ int (*set)(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
+ struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
+ struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+ const void *buffer, size_t size, int flags);
locking rules:
all may block
@@ -163,7 +177,6 @@ prototypes::
int (*show_options)(struct seq_file *, struct dentry *);
ssize_t (*quota_read)(struct super_block *, int, char *, size_t, loff_t);
ssize_t (*quota_write)(struct super_block *, int, const char *, size_t, loff_t);
- int (*bdev_try_to_free_page)(struct super_block*, struct page*, gfp_t);
locking rules:
All may block [not true, see below]
@@ -188,7 +201,6 @@ umount_begin: no
show_options: no (namespace_sem)
quota_read: no (see below)
quota_write: no (see below)
-bdev_try_to_free_page: no (see below)
====================== ============ ========================
->statfs() has s_umount (shared) when called by ustat(2) (native or
@@ -204,9 +216,6 @@ dqio_sem) (unless an admin really wants to screw up something and
writes to quota files with quotas on). For other details about locking
see also dquot_operations section.
-->bdev_try_to_free_page is called from the ->releasepage handler of
-the block device inode. See there for more details.
-
file_system_type
================
@@ -236,71 +245,64 @@ address_space_operations
prototypes::
int (*writepage)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc);
- int (*readpage)(struct file *, struct page *);
+ int (*read_folio)(struct file *, struct folio *);
int (*writepages)(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *);
- int (*set_page_dirty)(struct page *page);
+ bool (*dirty_folio)(struct address_space *, struct folio *folio);
void (*readahead)(struct readahead_control *);
- int (*readpages)(struct file *filp, struct address_space *mapping,
- struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages);
int (*write_begin)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping,
- loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+ loff_t pos, unsigned len,
struct page **pagep, void **fsdata);
int (*write_end)(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
struct page *page, void *fsdata);
sector_t (*bmap)(struct address_space *, sector_t);
- void (*invalidatepage) (struct page *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
- int (*releasepage) (struct page *, int);
- void (*freepage)(struct page *);
+ void (*invalidate_folio) (struct folio *, size_t start, size_t len);
+ bool (*release_folio)(struct folio *, gfp_t);
+ void (*free_folio)(struct folio *);
int (*direct_IO)(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *iter);
- bool (*isolate_page) (struct page *, isolate_mode_t);
- int (*migratepage)(struct address_space *, struct page *, struct page *);
- void (*putback_page) (struct page *);
- int (*launder_page)(struct page *);
- int (*is_partially_uptodate)(struct page *, unsigned long, unsigned long);
- int (*error_remove_page)(struct address_space *, struct page *);
- int (*swap_activate)(struct file *);
+ int (*migrate_folio)(struct address_space *, struct folio *dst,
+ struct folio *src, enum migrate_mode);
+ int (*launder_folio)(struct folio *);
+ bool (*is_partially_uptodate)(struct folio *, size_t from, size_t count);
+ int (*error_remove_folio)(struct address_space *, struct folio *);
+ int (*swap_activate)(struct swap_info_struct *sis, struct file *f, sector_t *span)
int (*swap_deactivate)(struct file *);
+ int (*swap_rw)(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter);
locking rules:
- All except set_page_dirty and freepage may block
+ All except dirty_folio and free_folio may block
-====================== ======================== =========
-ops PageLocked(page) i_rwsem
-====================== ======================== =========
+====================== ======================== ========= ===============
+ops folio locked i_rwsem invalidate_lock
+====================== ======================== ========= ===============
writepage: yes, unlocks (see below)
-readpage: yes, unlocks
+read_folio: yes, unlocks shared
writepages:
-set_page_dirty no
-readahead: yes, unlocks
-readpages: no
+dirty_folio: maybe
+readahead: yes, unlocks shared
write_begin: locks the page exclusive
write_end: yes, unlocks exclusive
bmap:
-invalidatepage: yes
-releasepage: yes
-freepage: yes
+invalidate_folio: yes exclusive
+release_folio: yes
+free_folio: yes
direct_IO:
-isolate_page: yes
-migratepage: yes (both)
-putback_page: yes
-launder_page: yes
+migrate_folio: yes (both)
+launder_folio: yes
is_partially_uptodate: yes
-error_remove_page: yes
+error_remove_folio: yes
swap_activate: no
swap_deactivate: no
-====================== ======================== =========
+swap_rw: yes, unlocks
+====================== ======================== ========= ===============
-->write_begin(), ->write_end() and ->readpage() may be called from
+->write_begin(), ->write_end() and ->read_folio() may be called from
the request handler (/dev/loop).
-->readpage() unlocks the page, either synchronously or via I/O
+->read_folio() unlocks the folio, either synchronously or via I/O
completion.
-->readahead() unlocks the pages that I/O is attempted on like ->readpage().
-
-->readpages() populates the pagecache with the passed pages and starts
-I/O against them. They come unlocked upon I/O completion.
+->readahead() unlocks the folios that I/O is attempted on like ->read_folio().
->writepage() is used for two purposes: for "memory cleansing" and for
"sync". These are quite different operations and the behaviour may differ
@@ -360,43 +362,57 @@ If nr_to_write is NULL, all dirty pages must be written.
writepages should _only_ write pages which are present on
mapping->io_pages.
-->set_page_dirty() is called from various places in the kernel
-when the target page is marked as needing writeback. It may be called
-under spinlock (it cannot block) and is sometimes called with the page
-not locked.
+->dirty_folio() is called from various places in the kernel when
+the target folio is marked as needing writeback. The folio cannot be
+truncated because either the caller holds the folio lock, or the caller
+has found the folio while holding the page table lock which will block
+truncation.
->bmap() is currently used by legacy ioctl() (FIBMAP) provided by some
filesystems and by the swapper. The latter will eventually go away. Please,
keep it that way and don't breed new callers.
-->invalidatepage() is called when the filesystem must attempt to drop
+->invalidate_folio() is called when the filesystem must attempt to drop
some or all of the buffers from the page when it is being truncated. It
-returns zero on success. If ->invalidatepage is zero, the kernel uses
-block_invalidatepage() instead.
-
-->releasepage() is called when the kernel is about to try to drop the
-buffers from the page in preparation for freeing it. It returns zero to
-indicate that the buffers are (or may be) freeable. If ->releasepage is zero,
-the kernel assumes that the fs has no private interest in the buffers.
-
-->freepage() is called when the kernel is done dropping the page
+returns zero on success. The filesystem must exclusively acquire
+invalidate_lock before invalidating page cache in truncate / hole punch
+path (and thus calling into ->invalidate_folio) to block races between page
+cache invalidation and page cache filling functions (fault, read, ...).
+
+->release_folio() is called when the MM wants to make a change to the
+folio that would invalidate the filesystem's private data. For example,
+it may be about to be removed from the address_space or split. The folio
+is locked and not under writeback. It may be dirty. The gfp parameter
+is not usually used for allocation, but rather to indicate what the
+filesystem may do to attempt to free the private data. The filesystem may
+return false to indicate that the folio's private data cannot be freed.
+If it returns true, it should have already removed the private data from
+the folio. If a filesystem does not provide a ->release_folio method,
+the pagecache will assume that private data is buffer_heads and call
+try_to_free_buffers().
+
+->free_folio() is called when the kernel has dropped the folio
from the page cache.
-->launder_page() may be called prior to releasing a page if
-it is still found to be dirty. It returns zero if the page was successfully
-cleaned, or an error value if not. Note that in order to prevent the page
+->launder_folio() may be called prior to releasing a folio if
+it is still found to be dirty. It returns zero if the folio was successfully
+cleaned, or an error value if not. Note that in order to prevent the folio
getting mapped back in and redirtied, it needs to be kept locked
across the entire operation.
-->swap_activate will be called with a non-zero argument on
-files backing (non block device backed) swapfiles. A return value
-of zero indicates success, in which case this file can be used for
-backing swapspace. The swapspace operations will be proxied to the
-address space operations.
+->swap_activate() will be called to prepare the given file for swap. It
+should perform any validation and preparation necessary to ensure that
+writes can be performed with minimal memory allocation. It should call
+add_swap_extent(), or the helper iomap_swapfile_activate(), and return
+the number of extents added. If IO should be submitted through
+->swap_rw(), it should set SWP_FS_OPS, otherwise IO will be submitted
+directly to the block device ``sis->bdev``.
->swap_deactivate() will be called in the sys_swapoff()
path after ->swap_activate() returned success.
+->swap_rw will be called for swap IO if SWP_FS_OPS was set by ->swap_activate().
+
file_lock_operations
====================
@@ -430,17 +446,21 @@ prototypes::
void (*lm_break)(struct file_lock *); /* break_lease callback */
int (*lm_change)(struct file_lock **, int);
bool (*lm_breaker_owns_lease)(struct file_lock *);
+ bool (*lm_lock_expirable)(struct file_lock *);
+ void (*lm_expire_lock)(void);
locking rules:
====================== ============= ================= =========
-ops inode->i_lock blocked_lock_lock may block
+ops flc_lock blocked_lock_lock may block
====================== ============= ================= =========
-lm_notify: yes yes no
+lm_notify: no yes no
lm_grant: no no no
lm_break: yes no no
lm_change yes no no
-lm_breaker_owns_lease: no no no
+lm_breaker_owns_lease: yes no no
+lm_lock_expirable yes no no
+lm_expire_lock no no yes
====================== ============= ================= =========
buffer_head
@@ -468,14 +488,13 @@ prototypes::
int (*direct_access) (struct block_device *, sector_t, void **,
unsigned long *);
void (*unlock_native_capacity) (struct gendisk *);
- int (*revalidate_disk) (struct gendisk *);
int (*getgeo)(struct block_device *, struct hd_geometry *);
void (*swap_slot_free_notify) (struct block_device *, unsigned long);
locking rules:
======================= ===================
-ops bd_mutex
+ops open_mutex
======================= ===================
open: yes
release: yes
@@ -483,7 +502,6 @@ ioctl: no
compat_ioctl: no
direct_access: no
unlock_native_capacity: no
-revalidate_disk: no
getgeo: no
swap_slot_free_notify: no (see below)
======================= ===================
@@ -502,7 +520,7 @@ prototypes::
ssize_t (*write) (struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
- int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
+ int (*iopoll) (struct kiocb *kiocb, bool spin);
int (*iterate_shared) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
__poll_t (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
@@ -514,14 +532,6 @@ prototypes::
int (*fsync) (struct file *, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync);
int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int);
int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *);
- ssize_t (*readv) (struct file *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long,
- loff_t *);
- ssize_t (*writev) (struct file *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long,
- loff_t *);
- ssize_t (*sendfile) (struct file *, loff_t *, size_t, read_actor_t,
- void __user *);
- ssize_t (*sendpage) (struct file *, struct page *, int, size_t,
- loff_t *, int);
unsigned long (*get_unmapped_area)(struct file *, unsigned long,
unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
int (*check_flags)(int);
@@ -532,6 +542,14 @@ prototypes::
size_t, unsigned int);
int (*setlease)(struct file *, long, struct file_lock **, void **);
long (*fallocate)(struct file *, int, loff_t, loff_t);
+ void (*show_fdinfo)(struct seq_file *m, struct file *f);
+ unsigned (*mmap_capabilities)(struct file *);
+ ssize_t (*copy_file_range)(struct file *, loff_t, struct file *,
+ loff_t, size_t, unsigned int);
+ loff_t (*remap_file_range)(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
+ struct file *file_out, loff_t pos_out,
+ loff_t len, unsigned int remap_flags);
+ int (*fadvise)(struct file *, loff_t, loff_t, int);
locking rules:
All may block.
@@ -544,9 +562,8 @@ mutex or just to use i_size_read() instead.
Note: this does not protect the file->f_pos against concurrent modifications
since this is something the userspace has to take care about.
-->iterate() is called with i_rwsem exclusive.
-
-->iterate_shared() is called with i_rwsem at least shared.
+->iterate_shared() is called with i_rwsem held for reading, and with the
+file f_pos_lock held exclusively
->fasync() is responsible for maintaining the FASYNC bit in filp->f_flags.
Most instances call fasync_helper(), which does that maintenance, so it's
@@ -566,6 +583,25 @@ in sys_read() and friends.
the lease within the individual filesystem to record the result of the
operation
+->fallocate implementation must be really careful to maintain page cache
+consistency when punching holes or performing other operations that invalidate
+page cache contents. Usually the filesystem needs to call
+truncate_inode_pages_range() to invalidate relevant range of the page cache.
+However the filesystem usually also needs to update its internal (and on disk)
+view of file offset -> disk block mapping. Until this update is finished, the
+filesystem needs to block page faults and reads from reloading now-stale page
+cache contents from the disk. Since VFS acquires mapping->invalidate_lock in
+shared mode when loading pages from disk (filemap_fault(), filemap_read(),
+readahead paths), the fallocate implementation must take the invalidate_lock to
+prevent reloading.
+
+->copy_file_range and ->remap_file_range implementations need to serialize
+against modifications of file data while the operation is running. For
+blocking changes through write(2) and similar operations inode->i_rwsem can be
+used. To block changes to file contents via a memory mapping during the
+operation, the filesystem must take mapping->invalidate_lock to coordinate
+with ->page_mkwrite.
+
dquot_operations
================
@@ -602,50 +638,62 @@ vm_operations_struct
prototypes::
- void (*open)(struct vm_area_struct*);
- void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct*);
- vm_fault_t (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct*, struct vm_fault *);
+ void (*open)(struct vm_area_struct *);
+ void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct *);
+ vm_fault_t (*fault)(struct vm_fault *);
+ vm_fault_t (*huge_fault)(struct vm_fault *, unsigned int order);
+ vm_fault_t (*map_pages)(struct vm_fault *, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end);
vm_fault_t (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *);
vm_fault_t (*pfn_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *, struct vm_fault *);
int (*access)(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, void*, int, int);
locking rules:
-============= ========= ===========================
+============= ========== ===========================
ops mmap_lock PageLocked(page)
-============= ========= ===========================
-open: yes
-close: yes
-fault: yes can return with page locked
-map_pages: yes
-page_mkwrite: yes can return with page locked
-pfn_mkwrite: yes
-access: yes
-============= ========= ===========================
-
-->fault() is called when a previously not present pte is about
-to be faulted in. The filesystem must find and return the page associated
-with the passed in "pgoff" in the vm_fault structure. If it is possible that
-the page may be truncated and/or invalidated, then the filesystem must lock
-the page, then ensure it is not already truncated (the page lock will block
+============= ========== ===========================
+open: write
+close: read/write
+fault: read can return with page locked
+huge_fault: maybe-read
+map_pages: maybe-read
+page_mkwrite: read can return with page locked
+pfn_mkwrite: read
+access: read
+============= ========== ===========================
+
+->fault() is called when a previously not present pte is about to be faulted
+in. The filesystem must find and return the page associated with the passed in
+"pgoff" in the vm_fault structure. If it is possible that the page may be
+truncated and/or invalidated, then the filesystem must lock invalidate_lock,
+then ensure the page is not already truncated (invalidate_lock will block
subsequent truncate), and then return with VM_FAULT_LOCKED, and the page
locked. The VM will unlock the page.
+->huge_fault() is called when there is no PUD or PMD entry present. This
+gives the filesystem the opportunity to install a PUD or PMD sized page.
+Filesystems can also use the ->fault method to return a PMD sized page,
+so implementing this function may not be necessary. In particular,
+filesystems should not call filemap_fault() from ->huge_fault().
+The mmap_lock may not be held when this method is called.
+
->map_pages() is called when VM asks to map easy accessible pages.
Filesystem should find and map pages associated with offsets from "start_pgoff"
-till "end_pgoff". ->map_pages() is called with page table locked and must
+till "end_pgoff". ->map_pages() is called with the RCU lock held and must
not block. If it's not possible to reach a page without blocking,
-filesystem should skip it. Filesystem should use do_set_pte() to setup
+filesystem should skip it. Filesystem should use set_pte_range() to setup
page table entry. Pointer to entry associated with the page is passed in
"pte" field in vm_fault structure. Pointers to entries for other offsets
should be calculated relative to "pte".
-->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only pte is
-about to become writeable. The filesystem again must ensure that there are
-no truncate/invalidate races, and then return with the page locked. If
-the page has been truncated, the filesystem should not look up a new page
-like the ->fault() handler, but simply return with VM_FAULT_NOPAGE, which
-will cause the VM to retry the fault.
+->page_mkwrite() is called when a previously read-only pte is about to become
+writeable. The filesystem again must ensure that there are no
+truncate/invalidate races or races with operations such as ->remap_file_range
+or ->copy_file_range, and then return with the page locked. Usually
+mapping->invalidate_lock is suitable for proper serialization. If the page has
+been truncated, the filesystem should not look up a new page like the ->fault()
+handler, but simply return with VM_FAULT_NOPAGE, which will cause the VM to
+retry the fault.
->pfn_mkwrite() is the same as page_mkwrite but when the pte is
VM_PFNMAP or VM_MIXEDMAP with a page-less entry. Expected return is