On Wed, 12 Jun 2024, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 10:10 AM NeilBrown <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > When a file is opened and created with open(..., O_CREAT) we get
> > both the CREATE and OPEN fsnotify events and would expect them in that
> > order. For most filesystems we get them in that order because
> > open_last_lookups() calls fsnofify_create() and then do_open() (from
> > path_openat()) calls vfs_open()->do_dentry_open() which calls
> > fsnotify_open().
> >
> > However when ->atomic_open is used, the
> > do_dentry_open() -> fsnotify_open()
> > call happens from finish_open() which is called from the ->atomic_open
> > handler in lookup_open() which is called *before* open_last_lookups()
> > calls fsnotify_create. So we get the "open" notification before
> > "create" - which is backwards. ltp testcase inotify02 tests this and
> > reports the inconsistency.
> >
> > This patch lifts the fsnotify_open() call out of do_dentry_open() and
> > places it higher up the call stack. There are three callers of
> > do_dentry_open().
> >
> > For vfs_open() and kernel_file_open() the fsnotify_open() is placed
> > directly in that caller so there should be no behavioural change.
> >
> > For finish_open() there are two cases:
> > - finish_open is used in ->atomic_open handlers. For these we add a
> > call to fsnotify_open() at the top of do_open() if FMODE_OPENED is
> > set - which means do_dentry_open() has been called.
> > - finish_open is used in ->tmpfile() handlers. For these a similar
> > call to fsnotify_open() is added to vfs_tmpfile()
>
> Any handlers other than ovl_tmpfile()?
Local filesystems tend to call finish_open_simple() which is a trivial
wrapper around finish_open().
Every .tmpfile handler calls either finish_open() or finish_open_simple().
> This one is a very recent and pretty special case.
> Did open(O_TMPFILE) used to emit an OPEN event before that change?
I believe so, yes.
Thanks,
NeilBrown
>
> >
> > With this patch NFSv3 is restored to its previous behaviour (before
> > ->atomic_open support was added) of generating CREATE notifications
> > before OPEN, and NFSv4 now has that same correct ordering that is has
> > not had before. I haven't tested other filesystems.
> >
> > Fixes: 7c6c5249f061 ("NFS: add atomic_open for NFSv3 to handle O_TRUNC correctly.")
> > Reported-by: James Clark <[email protected]>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]
> > Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > fs/namei.c | 5 +++++
> > fs/open.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
> > 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
> > index 37fb0a8aa09a..057afacc4b60 100644
> > --- a/fs/namei.c
> > +++ b/fs/namei.c
> > @@ -3612,6 +3612,9 @@ static int do_open(struct nameidata *nd,
> > int acc_mode;
> > int error;
> >
> > + if (file->f_mode & FMODE_OPENED)
> > + fsnotify_open(file);
> > +
> > if (!(file->f_mode & (FMODE_OPENED | FMODE_CREATED))) {
> > error = complete_walk(nd);
> > if (error)
> > @@ -3700,6 +3703,8 @@ int vfs_tmpfile(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> > mode = vfs_prepare_mode(idmap, dir, mode, mode, mode);
> > error = dir->i_op->tmpfile(idmap, dir, file, mode);
> > dput(child);
> > + if (file->f_mode & FMODE_OPENED)
> > + fsnotify_open(file);
> > if (error)
> > return error;
> > /* Don't check for other permissions, the inode was just created */
> > diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
> > index 89cafb572061..970f299c0e77 100644
> > --- a/fs/open.c
> > +++ b/fs/open.c
> > @@ -1004,11 +1004,6 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
> > }
> > }
> >
> > - /*
> > - * Once we return a file with FMODE_OPENED, __fput() will call
> > - * fsnotify_close(), so we need fsnotify_open() here for symmetry.
> > - */
> > - fsnotify_open(f);
> > return 0;
> >
> > cleanup_all:
> > @@ -1085,8 +1080,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_path);
> > */
> > int vfs_open(const struct path *path, struct file *file)
> > {
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > file->f_path = *path;
> > - return do_dentry_open(file, NULL);
> > + ret = do_dentry_open(file, NULL);
> > + if (!ret)
> > + /*
> > + * Once we return a file with FMODE_OPENED, __fput() will call
> > + * fsnotify_close(), so we need fsnotify_open() here for symmetry.
> > + */
> > + fsnotify_open(file);
>
> I agree that this change preserves the logic, but (my own) comment
> above is inconsistent with the case of:
>
> if ((f->f_flags & O_DIRECT) && !(f->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> Which does set FMODE_OPENED, but does not emit an OPEN event.
If I understand correctly, that case doesn't emit an OPEN event before
my patch, but will result in a CLOSE event.
After my patch ... I think it still doesn't emit OPEN.
I wonder if, instead of adding the the fsnotify_open() in do_open(), we
should put it in the\
if (file->f_mode & (FMODE_OPENED | FMODE_CREATED)) {
case of open_last_lookups().
Or maybe it really doesn't hurt to have a CLOSE event without and OPEN.
OPEN without CLOSE would be problematic, but the other way around
shouldn't matter.... It feels untidy, but maybe we don't care.
Thanks,
NeilBrown
>
> I have a feeling that the comment is correct about the CLOSE event in
> that case, but honestly, I don't think this corner case is that important,
> just maybe the comment needs to be slightly clarified?
>
> Thanks,
> Amir.
>
> > + return ret;
> > }
> >
> > struct file *dentry_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
> > @@ -1178,7 +1182,8 @@ struct file *kernel_file_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
> > if (error) {
> > fput(f);
> > f = ERR_PTR(error);
> > - }
> > + } else
> > + fsnotify_open(f);
> > return f;
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_file_open);
> > --
> > 2.44.0
> >
>