linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] fs: add fadvise file

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Message-ID: <87iojdygbl.fsf@openvz.org>
Date:	Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:31:26 +0400
From:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] fs: add fadvise file_operation

Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> writes:

> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 07:21:26PM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
>> sys_fadvise result in direct f_mode modification, which  may be not
>> suitable for some unusual filesytems where file mode invariant is more
>> complex. In order to support such filesystems we have to delegate fadvise
>> logic to filesystem layer.
>
> Is there a real use case for it?  So for it seems mostly about ecryptfs,
> and even that use is lacking a proper explanation.
Fairly to say original issue was with vzfs (COW stack filesystem for
containers from openvz). As far as I understand direct analog is
unionfs. We asserted  v_file->mode == lower_file->f_mode, but
fadvise (POSIX_FADV_{RANDOM,RANDOM,SEQUENTIAL})changes v_file->mode directly.
>
> Also fadvice and set_flags seem entirely unrelated, I don't understand
> why you're throwing fadvice in thise series.
It has semantic relation. Both methods manipulate filp->XXX internals directly
No problem I can split this to separate patch set.
>
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