linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 19/23] xfs: disable direct read path for fs-verity sealed files

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Date:   Tue, 4 Apr 2023 09:10:47 -0700
From:   "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
To:     Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@...hat.com>
Cc:     dchinner@...hat.com, ebiggers@...nel.org, hch@...radead.org,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, fsverity@...ts.linux.dev,
        rpeterso@...hat.com, agruenba@...hat.com, xiang@...nel.org,
        chao@...nel.org, damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com, jth@...nel.org,
        linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        cluster-devel@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 19/23] xfs: disable direct read path for fs-verity
 sealed files

On Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 04:53:15PM +0200, Andrey Albershteyn wrote:
> The direct path is not supported on verity files. Attempts to use direct
> I/O path on such files should fall back to buffered I/O path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@...hat.com>
> ---
>  fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 14 +++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> index 947b5c436172..9e072e82f6c1 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> @@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ xfs_file_dax_read(
>  	struct kiocb		*iocb,
>  	struct iov_iter		*to)
>  {
> -	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping->host);
> +	struct inode		*inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping->host;
> +	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
>  	ssize_t			ret = 0;
>  
>  	trace_xfs_file_dax_read(iocb, to);
> @@ -297,10 +298,17 @@ xfs_file_read_iter(
>  
>  	if (IS_DAX(inode))
>  		ret = xfs_file_dax_read(iocb, to);
> -	else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)
> +	else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT && !fsverity_active(inode))
>  		ret = xfs_file_dio_read(iocb, to);
> -	else
> +	else {
> +		/*
> +		 * In case fs-verity is enabled, we also fallback to the
> +		 * buffered read from the direct read path. Therefore,
> +		 * IOCB_DIRECT is set and need to be cleared
> +		 */
> +		iocb->ki_flags &= ~IOCB_DIRECT;
>  		ret = xfs_file_buffered_read(iocb, to);

XFS doesn't usually allow directio fallback to the pagecache.  Why would
fsverity be any different?

--D

> +	}
>  
>  	if (ret > 0)
>  		XFS_STATS_ADD(mp, xs_read_bytes, ret);
> -- 
> 2.38.4
>