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Message-ID: <20240827145502.GP865349@frogsfrogsfrogs>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:55:02 -0700
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Chandan Babu R <chandan.babu@...cle.com>,
	Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] fs: sort out the fallocate mode vs flag mess

On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 08:50:47AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The fallocate system call takes a mode argument, but that argument
> contains a wild mix of exclusive modes and an optional flags.
> 
> Replace FALLOC_FL_SUPPORTED_MASK with FALLOC_FL_MODE_MASK, which excludes
> the optional flag bit, so that we can use switch statement on the value
> to easily enumerate the cases while getting the check for duplicate modes
> for free.
> 
> To make this (and in the future the file system implementations) more
> readable also add a symbolic name for the 0 mode used to allocate blocks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

For a brief moment I wondered if it were possible to set more than one
mode bit but it looks like none of the implementations support that kind
of wackiness (e.g. COLLAPSE|INSERT_RANGE for magicks!) so we're good:

Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...nel.org>

--D

> ---
>  fs/open.c                   | 51 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  include/linux/falloc.h      | 18 ++++++++-----
>  include/uapi/linux/falloc.h |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
> index 22adbef7ecc2a6..daf1b55ca8180b 100644
> --- a/fs/open.c
> +++ b/fs/open.c
> @@ -252,40 +252,39 @@ int vfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
>  	if (offset < 0 || len <= 0)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	/* Return error if mode is not supported */
> -	if (mode & ~FALLOC_FL_SUPPORTED_MASK)
> +	if (mode & ~(FALLOC_FL_MODE_MASK | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE))
>  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>  
> -	/* Punch hole and zero range are mutually exclusive */
> -	if ((mode & (FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE)) ==
> -	    (FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE))
> -		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> -
> -	/* Punch hole must have keep size set */
> -	if ((mode & FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE) &&
> -	    !(mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE))
> +	/*
> +	 * Modes are exclusive, even if that is not obvious from the encoding
> +	 * as bit masks and the mix with the flag in the same namespace.
> +	 *
> +	 * To make things even more complicated, FALLOC_FL_ALLOCATE_RANGE is
> +	 * encoded as no bit set.
> +	 */
> +	switch (mode & FALLOC_FL_MODE_MASK) {
> +	case FALLOC_FL_ALLOCATE_RANGE:
> +	case FALLOC_FL_UNSHARE_RANGE:
> +	case FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE:
> +		break;
> +	case FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE:
> +		if (!(mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE))
> +			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +		break;
> +	case FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE:
> +	case FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE:
> +		if (mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE)
> +			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +		break;
> +	default:
>  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> -
> -	/* Collapse range should only be used exclusively. */
> -	if ((mode & FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE) &&
> -	    (mode & ~FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE))
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -
> -	/* Insert range should only be used exclusively. */
> -	if ((mode & FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE) &&
> -	    (mode & ~FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE))
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -
> -	/* Unshare range should only be used with allocate mode. */
> -	if ((mode & FALLOC_FL_UNSHARE_RANGE) &&
> -	    (mode & ~(FALLOC_FL_UNSHARE_RANGE | FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE)))
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
>  		return -EBADF;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * We can only allow pure fallocate on append only files
> +	 * On append-only files only space preallocation is supported.
>  	 */
>  	if ((mode & ~FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE) && IS_APPEND(inode))
>  		return -EPERM;
> diff --git a/include/linux/falloc.h b/include/linux/falloc.h
> index f3f0b97b167579..3f49f3df6af5fb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/falloc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/falloc.h
> @@ -25,12 +25,18 @@ struct space_resv {
>  #define FS_IOC_UNRESVSP64	_IOW('X', 43, struct space_resv)
>  #define FS_IOC_ZERO_RANGE	_IOW('X', 57, struct space_resv)
>  
> -#define	FALLOC_FL_SUPPORTED_MASK	(FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE |		\
> -					 FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |		\
> -					 FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE |	\
> -					 FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE |		\
> -					 FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE |	\
> -					 FALLOC_FL_UNSHARE_RANGE)
> +/*
> + * Mask of all supported fallocate modes.  Only one can be set at a time.
> + *
> + * In addition to the mode bit, the mode argument can also encode flags.
> + * FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE is the only supported flag so far.
> + */
> +#define FALLOC_FL_MODE_MASK	(FALLOC_FL_ALLOCATE_RANGE |	\
> +				 FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |		\
> +				 FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE |	\
> +				 FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE |		\
> +				 FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE |	\
> +				 FALLOC_FL_UNSHARE_RANGE)
>  
>  /* on ia32 l_start is on a 32-bit boundary */
>  #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h b/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
> index 51398fa57f6cdf..5810371ed72bbd 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>  #ifndef _UAPI_FALLOC_H_
>  #define _UAPI_FALLOC_H_
>  
> +#define FALLOC_FL_ALLOCATE_RANGE 0x00 /* allocate range */
>  #define FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE	0x01 /* default is extend size */
>  #define FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE	0x02 /* de-allocates range */
>  #define FALLOC_FL_NO_HIDE_STALE	0x04 /* reserved codepoint */
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
> 

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