Re: [for-6.1 v2 2/2] virtiofsd: Add support for FUSE_SYNCFS request

[Greg Kurz]

On Wed, 5 May 2021 14:52:42 -0400
Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 05:21:35PM +0200, Greg Kurz wrote:
> > Honor the expected behavior of syncfs() to synchronously flush all
> > data and metadata on linux systems.
> > 
> > Flushing is done with syncfs(). This is suboptimal as it will also
> > flush writes performed by any other process on the same file system,
> > and thus add an unbounded time penalty to syncfs(). This may be
> > optimized in the future, but enforce correctness first.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>
> > ---
> >  tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c       | 19 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.h       | 13 ++++++++++++
> >  tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c      | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c |  1 +
> >  4 files changed, 62 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c 
> > b/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c
> > index 58e32fc96369..918ab11f54c2 100644
> > --- a/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c
> > +++ b/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c
> > @@ -1870,6 +1870,24 @@ static void do_lseek(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t 
> > nodeid,
> >      }
> >  }
> >  
> > +static void do_syncfs(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t nodeid,
> > +                      struct fuse_mbuf_iter *iter)
> > +{
> > +    struct fuse_syncfs_in *arg;
> > +
> > +    arg = fuse_mbuf_iter_advance(iter, sizeof(*arg));
> > +    if (!arg) {
> > +        fuse_reply_err(req, EINVAL);
> > +        return;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (req->se->op.syncfs) {
> > +        req->se->op.syncfs(req, arg->flags);
> > +    } else {
> > +        fuse_reply_err(req, ENOSYS);
> > +    }
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void do_init(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t nodeid,
> >                      struct fuse_mbuf_iter *iter)
> >  {
> > @@ -2267,6 +2285,7 @@ static struct {
> >      [FUSE_RENAME2] = { do_rename2, "RENAME2" },
> >      [FUSE_COPY_FILE_RANGE] = { do_copy_file_range, "COPY_FILE_RANGE" },
> >      [FUSE_LSEEK] = { do_lseek, "LSEEK" },
> > +    [FUSE_SYNCFS] = { do_syncfs, "SYNCFS" },
> >  };
> >  
> >  #define FUSE_MAXOP (sizeof(fuse_ll_ops) / sizeof(fuse_ll_ops[0]))
> > diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.h 
> > b/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.h
> > index 3bf786b03485..220bb3db4898 100644
> > --- a/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.h
> > +++ b/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.h
> > @@ -1225,6 +1225,19 @@ struct fuse_lowlevel_ops {
> >       */
> >      void (*lseek)(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, off_t off, int whence,
> >                    struct fuse_file_info *fi);
> > +
> > +    /**
> > +     * Synchronize file system content
> > +     *
> > +     * If this request is answered with an error code of ENOSYS,
> > +     * this is treated as success and future calls to syncfs() will
> > +     * succeed automatically without being sent to the filesystem
> > +     * process.
> > +     *
> > +     * @param req request handle
> > +     * @param flags not used yet
> > +     */
> > +    void (*syncfs)(fuse_req_t req, uint64_t flags);
> >  };
> >  
> >  /**
> > diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c 
> > b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
> > index 1553d2ef454f..6790a2f6fe10 100644
> > --- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
> > +++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
> > @@ -3124,6 +3124,34 @@ static void lo_lseek(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, 
> > off_t off, int whence,
> >      }
> >  }
> >  
> > +static void lo_syncfs(fuse_req_t req, uint64_t flags)
> > +{
> > +    struct lo_data *lo = lo_data(req);
> > +    int fd, ret;
> > +
> > +    /* No flags supported yet */
> > +    if (flags) {
> > +        fuse_reply_err(req, EINVAL);
> > +        return;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    fd = lo_inode_open(lo, &lo->root, O_RDONLY);
> > +    if (fd < 0) {
> > +        fuse_reply_err(req, errno);
> > +        return;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    /*
> > +     * FIXME: this is suboptimal because it will also flush unrelated
> > +     *        writes not coming from the client. This can dramatically
> > +     *        increase the time spent in syncfs() if some process is
> > +     *        writing lots of data on the same filesystem as virtiofsd.
> > +     */
> > +    ret = syncfs(fd);
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 

Hi Vivek,

> As we discussed in the community call that this works only if there are
> no other filesystems mounted as submounts under exported directory.
> 
> We proably need to find a way to call syncfs() on all the filesystems
> which are submounts of exported directory. Might not be easy at all.
> 

I must confess I didn't investigate this case. I'll start looking.

> Just mentioning it here so that we have a note about the limitation of
> current patch.
> 

Sure. I'll add a note for that.

> Vivek
> 
> > +    fuse_reply_err(req, ret < 0 ? errno : 0);
> > +    close(fd);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void lo_destroy(void *userdata)
> >  {
> >      struct lo_data *lo = (struct lo_data *)userdata;
> > @@ -3184,6 +3212,7 @@ static struct fuse_lowlevel_ops lo_oper = {
> >      .copy_file_range = lo_copy_file_range,
> >  #endif
> >      .lseek = lo_lseek,
> > +    .syncfs = lo_syncfs,
> >      .destroy = lo_destroy,
> >  };
> >  
> > diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c 
> > b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c
> > index 62441cfcdb95..343188447901 100644
> > --- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c
> > +++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_seccomp.c
> > @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static const int syscall_allowlist[] = {
> >      SCMP_SYS(set_robust_list),
> >      SCMP_SYS(setxattr),
> >      SCMP_SYS(symlinkat),
> > +    SCMP_SYS(syncfs),
> >      SCMP_SYS(time), /* Rarely needed, except on static builds */
> >      SCMP_SYS(tgkill),
> >      SCMP_SYS(unlinkat),
> > -- 
> > 2.26.3
> > 
>