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Message-ID: <CAOQ4uxiHQx=_d_22RBUvr9FSbtF-+DJMnoRi0QnODXRR=c47gA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:27:10 +0200
From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
To: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <gabriel@...sman.be>
Cc: André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com>, 
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, 
	kernel-dev@...lia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/9] ovl: Create ovl_casefold() to support casefolded strncmp()

On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
<gabriel@...sman.be> wrote:
>
> André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com> writes:
>
> > To add overlayfs support casefold layers, create a new function
> > ovl_casefold(), to be able to do case-insensitive strncmp().
> >
> > ovl_casefold() allocates a new buffer and stores the casefolded version
> > of the string on it. If the allocation or the casefold operation fails,
> > fallback to use the original string.
> >
> > The case-insentive name is then used in the rb-tree search/insertion
> > operation. If the name is found in the rb-tree, the name can be
> > discarded and the buffer is freed. If the name isn't found, it's then
> > stored at struct ovl_cache_entry to be used later.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com>
> > ---
> > Changes from v6:
> >  - Last version was using `strncmp(... tmp->len)` which was causing
> >    regressions. It should be `strncmp(... len)`.
> >  - Rename cf_len to c_len
> >  - Use c_len for tree operation: (cmp < 0 || len < tmp->c_len)
> >  - Remove needless kfree(cf_name)
> > ---
> >  fs/overlayfs/readdir.c | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >  1 file changed, 94 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
> > index b65cdfce31ce27172d28d879559f1008b9c87320..dfc661b7bc3f87efbf14991e97cee169400d823b 100644
> > --- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
> > +++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
> > @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ struct ovl_cache_entry {
> >       bool is_upper;
> >       bool is_whiteout;
> >       bool check_xwhiteout;
> > +     const char *c_name;
> > +     int c_len;
> >       char name[];
> >  };
> >
> > @@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ struct ovl_readdir_data {
> >       struct list_head *list;
> >       struct list_head middle;
> >       struct ovl_cache_entry *first_maybe_whiteout;
> > +     struct unicode_map *map;
> >       int count;
> >       int err;
> >       bool is_upper;
> > @@ -66,6 +69,27 @@ static struct ovl_cache_entry *ovl_cache_entry_from_node(struct rb_node *n)
> >       return rb_entry(n, struct ovl_cache_entry, node);
> >  }
> >
> > +static int ovl_casefold(struct unicode_map *map, const char *str, int len, char **dst)
> > +{
> > +     const struct qstr qstr = { .name = str, .len = len };
> > +     int cf_len;
> > +
> > +     if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE) || !map || is_dot_dotdot(str, len))
> > +             return 0;
> > +
> > +     *dst = kmalloc(NAME_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +
> > +     if (dst) {
> > +             cf_len = utf8_casefold(map, &qstr, *dst, NAME_MAX);
> > +
> > +             if (cf_len > 0)
> > +                     return cf_len;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     kfree(*dst);
> > +     return 0;
> > +}
>
> Hi,
>
> I should just note this does not differentiates allocation errors from
> casefolding errors (invalid encoding).  It might be just a theoretical
> error because GFP_KERNEL shouldn't fail (wink, wink) and the rest of the
> operation is likely to fail too, but if you have an allocation failure, you
> can end up with an inconsistent cache, because a file is added under the
> !casefolded name and a later successful lookup will look for the
> casefolded version.

Good point.
I will fix this in my tree.

>
> > +
> >  static bool ovl_cache_entry_find_link(const char *name, int len,
> >                                     struct rb_node ***link,
> >                                     struct rb_node **parent)
> > @@ -79,10 +103,10 @@ static bool ovl_cache_entry_find_link(const char *name, int len,
> >
> >               *parent = *newp;
> >               tmp = ovl_cache_entry_from_node(*newp);
> > -             cmp = strncmp(name, tmp->name, len);
> > +             cmp = strncmp(name, tmp->c_name, len);
> >               if (cmp > 0)
> >                       newp = &tmp->node.rb_right;
> > -             else if (cmp < 0 || len < tmp->len)
> > +             else if (cmp < 0 || len < tmp->c_len)
> >                       newp = &tmp->node.rb_left;
> >               else
> >                       found = true;
> > @@ -101,10 +125,10 @@ static struct ovl_cache_entry *ovl_cache_entry_find(struct rb_root *root,
> >       while (node) {
> >               struct ovl_cache_entry *p = ovl_cache_entry_from_node(node);
> >
> > -             cmp = strncmp(name, p->name, len);
> > +             cmp = strncmp(name, p->c_name, len);
> >               if (cmp > 0)
> >                       node = p->node.rb_right;
> > -             else if (cmp < 0 || len < p->len)
> > +             else if (cmp < 0 || len < p->c_len)
> >                       node = p->node.rb_left;
> >               else
> >                       return p;
> > @@ -145,6 +169,7 @@ static bool ovl_calc_d_ino(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
> >
> >  static struct ovl_cache_entry *ovl_cache_entry_new(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
> >                                                  const char *name, int len,
> > +                                                const char *c_name, int c_len,
> >                                                  u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
> >  {
> >       struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
> > @@ -167,6 +192,14 @@ static struct ovl_cache_entry *ovl_cache_entry_new(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
> >       /* Defer check for overlay.whiteout to ovl_iterate() */
> >       p->check_xwhiteout = rdd->in_xwhiteouts_dir && d_type == DT_REG;
> >
> > +     if (c_name && c_name != name) {
> > +             p->c_name = c_name;
> > +             p->c_len = c_len;
> > +     } else {
> > +             p->c_name = p->name;
> > +             p->c_len = len;
> > +     }
> > +
> >       if (d_type == DT_CHR) {
> >               p->next_maybe_whiteout = rdd->first_maybe_whiteout;
> >               rdd->first_maybe_whiteout = p;
> > @@ -174,48 +207,55 @@ static struct ovl_cache_entry *ovl_cache_entry_new(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
> >       return p;
> >  }
> >
> > -static bool ovl_cache_entry_add_rb(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
> > -                               const char *name, int len, u64 ino,
> > +/* Return 0 for found, 1 for added, <0 for error */
> > +static int ovl_cache_entry_add_rb(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
> > +                               const char *name, int len,
> > +                               const char *c_name, int c_len,
> > +                               u64 ino,
> >                                 unsigned int d_type)
> >  {
> >       struct rb_node **newp = &rdd->root->rb_node;
> >       struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
> >       struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
> >
> > -     if (ovl_cache_entry_find_link(name, len, &newp, &parent))
> > -             return true;
> > +     if (ovl_cache_entry_find_link(c_name, c_len, &newp, &parent))
> > +             return 0;
> >
> > -     p = ovl_cache_entry_new(rdd, name, len, ino, d_type);
> > +     p = ovl_cache_entry_new(rdd, name, len, c_name, c_len, ino, d_type);
> >       if (p == NULL) {
> >               rdd->err = -ENOMEM;
> > -             return false;
> > +             return -ENOMEM;
> >       }
> >
> >       list_add_tail(&p->l_node, rdd->list);
> >       rb_link_node(&p->node, parent, newp);
> >       rb_insert_color(&p->node, rdd->root);
> >
> > -     return true;
> > +     return 1;
> >  }
> >
> > -static bool ovl_fill_lowest(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
> > +/* Return 0 for found, 1 for added, <0 for error */
> > +static int ovl_fill_lowest(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
> >                          const char *name, int namelen,
> > +                        const char *c_name, int c_len,
> >                          loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
> >  {
> >       struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
> >
> > -     p = ovl_cache_entry_find(rdd->root, name, namelen);
> > +     p = ovl_cache_entry_find(rdd->root, c_name, c_len);
> >       if (p) {
> >               list_move_tail(&p->l_node, &rdd->middle);
> > +             return 0;
> >       } else {
> > -             p = ovl_cache_entry_new(rdd, name, namelen, ino, d_type);
> > +             p = ovl_cache_entry_new(rdd, name, namelen, c_name, c_len,
> > +                                     ino, d_type);
> >               if (p == NULL)
> >                       rdd->err = -ENOMEM;
> >               else
> >                       list_add_tail(&p->l_node, &rdd->middle);
> >       }
> >
> > -     return rdd->err == 0;
> > +     return rdd->err ?: 1;
> >  }
> >
> >  void ovl_cache_free(struct list_head *list)
> > @@ -223,8 +263,11 @@ void ovl_cache_free(struct list_head *list)
> >       struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
> >       struct ovl_cache_entry *n;
> >
> > -     list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, list, l_node)
> > +     list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, list, l_node) {
> > +             if (p->c_name != p->name)
> > +                     kfree(p->c_name);
> >               kfree(p);
> > +     }
> >
> >       INIT_LIST_HEAD(list);
> >  }
> > @@ -260,12 +303,36 @@ static bool ovl_fill_merge(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
> >  {
> >       struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd =
> >               container_of(ctx, struct ovl_readdir_data, ctx);
> > +     struct ovl_fs *ofs = OVL_FS(rdd->dentry->d_sb);
> > +     const char *c_name = NULL;
> > +     char *cf_name = NULL;
> > +     int c_len = 0, ret;
> > +
> > +     if (ofs->casefold)
> > +             c_len = ovl_casefold(rdd->map, name, namelen, &cf_name);
> > +
> > +     if (c_len <= 0) {
> > +             c_name = name;
> > +             c_len = namelen;
> > +     } else {
> > +             c_name = cf_name;
> > +     }
> >
> >       rdd->count++;
> >       if (!rdd->is_lowest)
> > -             return ovl_cache_entry_add_rb(rdd, name, namelen, ino, d_type);
> > +             ret = ovl_cache_entry_add_rb(rdd, name, namelen, c_name, c_len, ino, d_type);
> >       else
> > -             return ovl_fill_lowest(rdd, name, namelen, offset, ino, d_type);
> > +             ret = ovl_fill_lowest(rdd, name, namelen, c_name, c_len, offset, ino, d_type);
> > +
> > +     /*
> > +      * If ret == 1, that means that c_name is being used as part of struct
> > +      * ovl_cache_entry and will be freed at ovl_cache_free(). Otherwise,
> > +      * c_name was found in the rb-tree so we can free it here.
> > +      */
> > +     if (ret != 1 && c_name != name)
> > +             kfree(c_name);
> > +
>
> The semantics of this being conditionally freed is a bit annoying, as
> it is already replicated in 3 places. I suppose a helper would come in
> hand.

Yeh.

I have already used ovl_cache_entry_free() in my tree.

Thanks,
Amir.

>
> In this specific case, it could just be:
>
> if (ret != 1)
>         kfree(cf_name);
>
>
> > +     return ret >= 0;
> >  }
> >
> >  static int ovl_check_whiteouts(const struct path *path, struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd)
> > @@ -357,12 +424,18 @@ static int ovl_dir_read_merged(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list,
> >               .list = list,
> >               .root = root,
> >               .is_lowest = false,
> > +             .map = NULL,
> >       };
> >       int idx, next;
> >       const struct ovl_layer *layer;
> > +     struct ovl_fs *ofs = OVL_FS(dentry->d_sb);
> >
> >       for (idx = 0; idx != -1; idx = next) {
> >               next = ovl_path_next(idx, dentry, &realpath, &layer);
> > +
> > +             if (ofs->casefold)
> > +                     rdd.map = sb_encoding(realpath.dentry->d_sb);
> > +
> >               rdd.is_upper = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry) == realpath.dentry;
> >               rdd.in_xwhiteouts_dir = layer->has_xwhiteouts &&
> >                                       ovl_dentry_has_xwhiteouts(dentry);
> > @@ -555,7 +628,7 @@ static bool ovl_fill_plain(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
> >               container_of(ctx, struct ovl_readdir_data, ctx);
> >
> >       rdd->count++;
> > -     p = ovl_cache_entry_new(rdd, name, namelen, ino, d_type);
> > +     p = ovl_cache_entry_new(rdd, name, namelen, NULL, 0, ino, d_type);
> >       if (p == NULL) {
> >               rdd->err = -ENOMEM;
> >               return false;
> > @@ -1023,6 +1096,8 @@ int ovl_check_empty_dir(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
> >
> >  del_entry:
> >               list_del(&p->l_node);
> > +             if (p->c_name != p->name)
> > +                     kfree(p->c_name);
> >               kfree(p);
> >       }
>
> --
> Gabriel Krisman Bertazi

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