linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] kernfs: create vm_operations_struct without page

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Message-ID: <ZmKUpXQmMLpH8vf5@infradead.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 22:03:33 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Martin Oliveira <martin.oliveira@...eticom.com>,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>,
	Michael Guralnik <michaelgur@...dia.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
	Valentine Sinitsyn <valesini@...dex-team.ru>,
	Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] kernfs: create vm_operations_struct without
 page_mkwrite()

On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 10:54:06PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 01:29:29PM -0600, Martin Oliveira wrote:
> > The standard kernfs vm_ops installs a page_mkwrite() operator which
> > modifies the file update time on write.
> > 
> > This not always required (or makes sense), such as in the P2PDMA, which
> > uses the sysfs file as an allocator from userspace.
> 
> That's not a good idea, please don't do that.  sysfs binary files are
> "pass through", why would you want to use this as an allocator?

I think the real question is why sysfs binary files implement
page_mkwrite by default.  page_mkwrite is needed for file systems that
need to allocate space from a free space pool, which seems odd for
sysfs.