linux-kernel - [PATCH v21 17/30] ecryptfs: Provide a splice-read stub

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Date:   Sat, 20 May 2023 01:00:36 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Tyler Hicks <code@...icks.com>,
        ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v21 17/30] ecryptfs: Provide a splice-read stub

Provide a splice_read stub for ecryptfs to update the access time on the
lower file after the operation.  Splicing from a direct I/O fd will update
the access time when ->read_iter() is called.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
cc: Tyler Hicks <code@...icks.com>
cc: ecryptfs@...r.kernel.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org
cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
---
 fs/ecryptfs/file.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index 268b74499c28..284395587be0 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -44,6 +44,31 @@ static ssize_t ecryptfs_read_update_atime(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/*
+ * ecryptfs_splice_read_update_atime
+ *
+ * generic_file_splice_read updates the atime of upper layer inode.  But, it
+ * doesn't give us a chance to update the atime of the lower layer inode.  This
+ * function is a wrapper to generic_file_read.  It updates the atime of the
+ * lower level inode if generic_file_read returns without any errors. This is
+ * to be used only for file reads.  The function to be used for directory reads
+ * is ecryptfs_read.
+ */
+static ssize_t ecryptfs_splice_read_update_atime(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
+						 struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+						 size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	ssize_t rc;
+	const struct path *path;
+
+	rc = generic_file_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
+	if (rc >= 0) {
+		path = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower_path(in->f_path.dentry);
+		touch_atime(path);
+	}
+	return rc;
+}
+
 struct ecryptfs_getdents_callback {
 	struct dir_context ctx;
 	struct dir_context *caller;
@@ -414,5 +439,5 @@ const struct file_operations ecryptfs_main_fops = {
 	.release = ecryptfs_release,
 	.fsync = ecryptfs_fsync,
 	.fasync = ecryptfs_fasync,
-	.splice_read = generic_file_splice_read,
+	.splice_read = ecryptfs_splice_read_update_atime,
 };