linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 17/19] ext4: Add support for MAP

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Date:   Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:23:01 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ted Tso <tytso@....edu>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/19] ext4: Add support for MAP_SYNC flag

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 6:42 AM, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> wrote:
> On Wed 11-10-17 15:11:21, Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> wrote:
>> > Now when everything is prepared, add support in ext4 to accept MAP_SYNC
>> > as an mmap(2) flag.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
>> > ---
>> >  fs/ext4/file.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>> >  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
>> > index 61a8788168f3..f013cda84b3d 100644
>> > --- a/fs/ext4/file.c
>> > +++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
>> > @@ -364,6 +364,25 @@ static int ext4_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>> >         return 0;
>> >  }
>> >
>> > +#define EXT4_SUPPORTED_MAP_FLAGS (LEGACY_MAP_MASK | MAP_SYNC)
>> > +
>> > +static int ext4_file_mmap_validate(struct file *file,
>> > +                                  struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>> > +                                  unsigned long map_flags)
>> > +{
>> > +       if (map_flags & ~EXT4_SUPPORTED_MAP_FLAGS)
>> > +               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>> > +
>> > +       /*
>> > +        * We don't support synchronous mappings for non-DAX files. At least
>> > +        * until someone comes with a sensible use case.
>> > +        */
>> > +       if (!IS_DAX(file_inode(file)) && (map_flags & MAP_SYNC))
>> > +               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>
>> Perhaps EPERM instead to differentiate the unsupported flags case?
>> There's precedent for mmap returning EPERM for reasons other than
>> incompatible PROT flags.
>
> Hum, I could make it EINVAL. EPERM looks just too bogus to me.

EINVAL is indistinguishable from a kernel that does not support
MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE...