linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] loop: use vfs_getattr

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Message-ID: <20250812200707.233139-1-rajeevm@hpe.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:07:07 +0000
From: Rajeev Mishra <rajeevm@....com>
To: axboe@...nel.dk, yukuai1@...weicloud.com
Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rajeev Mishra <rajeevm@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] loop: use vfs_getattr_nosec() for accurate file size

This commit includes the following changes:
 1. Renamed get_size to lo_calculate_size.
 2. Merged the functionality of get_size and
    get_loop_size into lo_calculate_size.
 3  Updated callers of the above functions
    to use lo_calculate_size.
 4. Replaced i_size_read with vfs_getattr_nosec()
    to obtain a more accurate file size for
     network filesystems where cached metadata may be stale

Signed-off-by: Rajeev Mishra <rajeevm@....com>
---
 drivers/block/loop.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 1b6ee91f8eb9..6bfec38275b0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -137,20 +137,43 @@ static void loop_global_unlock(struct loop_device *lo, bool global)
 static int max_part;
 static int part_shift;
 
-static loff_t get_size(loff_t offset, loff_t sizelimit, struct file *file)
+/**
+ * lo_calculate_size - calculate the effective size of a loop device
+ * @lo: loop device
+ * @file: backing file
+ *
+ * Calculate the effective size of the loop device based on backing file size,
+ * offset, and size limit. Uses vfs_getattr_nosec() for accurate file size
+ * information, particularly important for network filesystems where cached
+ * metadata may be stale.
+ *
+ * Returns: size in 512-byte sectors, or 0 on error
+ */
+static loff_t lo_calculate_size(struct loop_device *lo, struct file *file)
 {
+	struct kstat stat;
 	loff_t loopsize;
+	int ret;
 
-	/* Compute loopsize in bytes */
-	loopsize = i_size_read(file->f_mapping->host);
-	if (offset > 0)
-		loopsize -= offset;
-	/* offset is beyond i_size, weird but possible */
+	/*
+	 * Get the accurate file size. This provides better results than
+	 * cached inode data, particularly for network filesystems where
+	 * metadata may be stale.
+	 */
+	ret = vfs_getattr_nosec(&file->f_path, &stat, STATX_SIZE, 0);
+	if (ret)
+		return 0;
+
+	loopsize = stat.size;
+
+	if (lo->lo_offset > 0)
+		loopsize -= lo->lo_offset;
+	/* offset is beyond file size, weird but possible */
 	if (loopsize < 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (sizelimit > 0 && sizelimit < loopsize)
-		loopsize = sizelimit;
+	if (lo->lo_sizelimit > 0 && lo->lo_sizelimit < loopsize)
+		loopsize = lo->lo_sizelimit;
 	/*
 	 * Unfortunately, if we want to do I/O on the device,
 	 * the number of 512-byte sectors has to fit into a sector_t.
@@ -158,11 +181,6 @@ static loff_t get_size(loff_t offset, loff_t sizelimit, struct file *file)
 	return loopsize >> 9;
 }
 
-static loff_t get_loop_size(struct loop_device *lo, struct file *file)
-{
-	return get_size(lo->lo_offset, lo->lo_sizelimit, file);
-}
-
 /*
  * We support direct I/O only if lo_offset is aligned with the logical I/O size
  * of backing device, and the logical block size of loop is bigger than that of
@@ -569,7 +587,7 @@ static int loop_change_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev,
 	error = -EINVAL;
 
 	/* size of the new backing store needs to be the same */
-	if (get_loop_size(lo, file) != get_loop_size(lo, old_file))
+	if (lo_calculate_size(lo, file) != lo_calculate_size(lo, old_file))
 		goto out_err;
 
 	/*
@@ -1063,7 +1081,7 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, blk_mode_t mode,
 	loop_update_dio(lo);
 	loop_sysfs_init(lo);
 
-	size = get_loop_size(lo, file);
+	size = lo_calculate_size(lo, file);
 	loop_set_size(lo, size);
 
 	/* Order wrt reading lo_state in loop_validate_file(). */
@@ -1255,8 +1273,7 @@ loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info64 *info)
 	if (partscan)
 		clear_bit(GD_SUPPRESS_PART_SCAN, &lo->lo_disk->state);
 	if (!err && size_changed) {
-		loff_t new_size = get_size(lo->lo_offset, lo->lo_sizelimit,
-					   lo->lo_backing_file);
+		loff_t new_size = lo_calculate_size(lo, lo->lo_backing_file);
 		loop_set_size(lo, new_size);
 	}
 out_unlock:
@@ -1399,7 +1416,7 @@ static int loop_set_capacity(struct loop_device *lo)
 	if (unlikely(lo->lo_state != Lo_bound))
 		return -ENXIO;
 
-	size = get_loop_size(lo, lo->lo_backing_file);
+	size = lo_calculate_size(lo, lo->lo_backing_file);
 	loop_set_size(lo, size);
 
 	return 0;
-- 
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