fs: factor out backing_file_{read,write}_iter() helpers

Overlayfs submits files io to backing files on other filesystems.
Factor out some common helpers to perform io to backing files, into
fs/backing-file.c.
Suggested-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAJfpeguhmZbjP3JLqtUy0AdWaHOkAPWeP827BBWwRFEAUgnUcQ@mail.gmail.comSigned-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>

fs/backing-file.c

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 /*
  * Common helpers for stackable filesystems and backing files.
  *
+ * Forked from fs/overlayfs/file.c.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2023 CTERA Networks.
  */
 
@@ -46,3 +49,210 @@ struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
 	return f;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_open);
+
+struct backing_aio {
+	struct kiocb iocb;
+	refcount_t ref;
+	struct kiocb *orig_iocb;
+	/* used for aio completion */
+	void (*end_write)(struct file *);
+	struct work_struct work;
+	long res;
+};
+
+static struct kmem_cache *backing_aio_cachep;
+
+#define BACKING_IOCB_MASK \
+	(IOCB_NOWAIT | IOCB_HIPRI | IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC | IOCB_APPEND)
+
+static rwf_t iocb_to_rw_flags(int flags)
+{
+	return (__force rwf_t)(flags & BACKING_IOCB_MASK);
+}
+
+static void backing_aio_put(struct backing_aio *aio)
+{
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&aio->ref)) {
+		fput(aio->iocb.ki_filp);
+		kmem_cache_free(backing_aio_cachep, aio);
+	}
+}
+
+static void backing_aio_cleanup(struct backing_aio *aio, long res)
+{
+	struct kiocb *iocb = &aio->iocb;
+	struct kiocb *orig_iocb = aio->orig_iocb;
+
+	if (aio->end_write)
+		aio->end_write(orig_iocb->ki_filp);
+
+	orig_iocb->ki_pos = iocb->ki_pos;
+	backing_aio_put(aio);
+}
+
+static void backing_aio_rw_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res)
+{
+	struct backing_aio *aio = container_of(iocb, struct backing_aio, iocb);
+	struct kiocb *orig_iocb = aio->orig_iocb;
+
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE)
+		kiocb_end_write(iocb);
+
+	backing_aio_cleanup(aio, res);
+	orig_iocb->ki_complete(orig_iocb, res);
+}
+
+static void backing_aio_complete_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct backing_aio *aio = container_of(work, struct backing_aio, work);
+
+	backing_aio_rw_complete(&aio->iocb, aio->res);
+}
+
+static void backing_aio_queue_completion(struct kiocb *iocb, long res)
+{
+	struct backing_aio *aio = container_of(iocb, struct backing_aio, iocb);
+
+	/*
+	 * Punt to a work queue to serialize updates of mtime/size.
+	 */
+	aio->res = res;
+	INIT_WORK(&aio->work, backing_aio_complete_work);
+	queue_work(file_inode(aio->orig_iocb->ki_filp)->i_sb->s_dio_done_wq,
+		   &aio->work);
+}
+
+static int backing_aio_init_wq(struct kiocb *iocb)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)->i_sb;
+
+	if (sb->s_dio_done_wq)
+		return 0;
+
+	return sb_init_dio_done_wq(sb);
+}
+
+
+ssize_t backing_file_read_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
+			       struct kiocb *iocb, int flags,
+			       struct backing_file_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	struct backing_aio *aio = NULL;
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (!iov_iter_count(iter))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT &&
+	    !(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	old_cred = override_creds(ctx->cred);
+	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
+		rwf_t rwf = iocb_to_rw_flags(flags);
+
+		ret = vfs_iter_read(file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos, rwf);
+	} else {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		aio = kmem_cache_zalloc(backing_aio_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!aio)
+			goto out;
+
+		aio->orig_iocb = iocb;
+		kiocb_clone(&aio->iocb, iocb, get_file(file));
+		aio->iocb.ki_complete = backing_aio_rw_complete;
+		refcount_set(&aio->ref, 2);
+		ret = vfs_iocb_iter_read(file, &aio->iocb, iter);
+		backing_aio_put(aio);
+		if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
+			backing_aio_cleanup(aio, ret);
+	}
+out:
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+
+	if (ctx->accessed)
+		ctx->accessed(ctx->user_file);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_read_iter);
+
+ssize_t backing_file_write_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
+				struct kiocb *iocb, int flags,
+				struct backing_file_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(file->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	if (!iov_iter_count(iter))
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = file_remove_privs(ctx->user_file);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT &&
+	    !(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Stacked filesystems don't support deferred completions, don't copy
+	 * this property in case it is set by the issuer.
+	 */
+	flags &= ~IOCB_DIO_CALLER_COMP;
+
+	old_cred = override_creds(ctx->cred);
+	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
+		rwf_t rwf = iocb_to_rw_flags(flags);
+
+		ret = vfs_iter_write(file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos, rwf);
+		if (ctx->end_write)
+			ctx->end_write(ctx->user_file);
+	} else {
+		struct backing_aio *aio;
+
+		ret = backing_aio_init_wq(iocb);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		aio = kmem_cache_zalloc(backing_aio_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!aio)
+			goto out;
+
+		aio->orig_iocb = iocb;
+		aio->end_write = ctx->end_write;
+		kiocb_clone(&aio->iocb, iocb, get_file(file));
+		aio->iocb.ki_flags = flags;
+		aio->iocb.ki_complete = backing_aio_queue_completion;
+		refcount_set(&aio->ref, 2);
+		ret = vfs_iocb_iter_write(file, &aio->iocb, iter);
+		backing_aio_put(aio);
+		if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
+			backing_aio_cleanup(aio, ret);
+	}
+out:
+	revert_creds(old_cred);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(backing_file_write_iter);
+
+static int __init backing_aio_init(void)
+{
+	backing_aio_cachep = kmem_cache_create("backing_aio",
+					       sizeof(struct backing_aio),
+					       0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
+	if (!backing_aio_cachep)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+fs_initcall(backing_aio_init);

fs/overlayfs/file.c

@@ -16,19 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/backing-file.h>
 #include "overlayfs.h"
 
-#include "../internal.h"	/* for sb_init_dio_done_wq */
-
-struct ovl_aio_req {
-	struct kiocb iocb;
-	refcount_t ref;
-	struct kiocb *orig_iocb;
-	/* used for aio completion */
-	struct work_struct work;
-	long res;
-};
-
-static struct kmem_cache *ovl_aio_request_cachep;
-
 static char ovl_whatisit(struct inode *inode, struct inode *realinode)
 {
 	if (realinode != ovl_inode_upper(inode))
@@ -275,84 +262,16 @@ static void ovl_file_accessed(struct file *file)
 	touch_atime(&file->f_path);
 }
 
-#define OVL_IOCB_MASK \
-	(IOCB_NOWAIT | IOCB_HIPRI | IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC | IOCB_APPEND)
-
-static rwf_t iocb_to_rw_flags(int flags)
-{
-	return (__force rwf_t)(flags & OVL_IOCB_MASK);
-}
-
-static inline void ovl_aio_put(struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req)
-{
-	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&aio_req->ref)) {
-		fput(aio_req->iocb.ki_filp);
-		kmem_cache_free(ovl_aio_request_cachep, aio_req);
-	}
-}
-
-static void ovl_aio_cleanup_handler(struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req)
-{
-	struct kiocb *iocb = &aio_req->iocb;
-	struct kiocb *orig_iocb = aio_req->orig_iocb;
-
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE)
-		ovl_file_modified(orig_iocb->ki_filp);
-
-	orig_iocb->ki_pos = iocb->ki_pos;
-	ovl_aio_put(aio_req);
-}
-
-static void ovl_aio_rw_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res)
-{
-	struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req = container_of(iocb,
-						   struct ovl_aio_req, iocb);
-	struct kiocb *orig_iocb = aio_req->orig_iocb;
-
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE)
-		kiocb_end_write(iocb);
-
-	ovl_aio_cleanup_handler(aio_req);
-	orig_iocb->ki_complete(orig_iocb, res);
-}
-
-static void ovl_aio_complete_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req = container_of(work,
-						   struct ovl_aio_req, work);
-
-	ovl_aio_rw_complete(&aio_req->iocb, aio_req->res);
-}
-
-static void ovl_aio_queue_completion(struct kiocb *iocb, long res)
-{
-	struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req = container_of(iocb,
-						   struct ovl_aio_req, iocb);
-	struct kiocb *orig_iocb = aio_req->orig_iocb;
-
-	/*
-	 * Punt to a work queue to serialize updates of mtime/size.
-	 */
-	aio_req->res = res;
-	INIT_WORK(&aio_req->work, ovl_aio_complete_work);
-	queue_work(file_inode(orig_iocb->ki_filp)->i_sb->s_dio_done_wq,
-		   &aio_req->work);
-}
-
-static int ovl_init_aio_done_wq(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	if (sb->s_dio_done_wq)
-		return 0;
-
-	return sb_init_dio_done_wq(sb);
-}
-
 static ssize_t ovl_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct fd real;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	ssize_t ret;
+	struct backing_file_ctx ctx = {
+		.cred = ovl_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb),
+		.user_file = file,
+		.accessed = ovl_file_accessed,
+	};
 
 	if (!iov_iter_count(iter))
 		return 0;
@@ -361,37 +280,8 @@ static ssize_t ovl_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT &&
-	    !(real.file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
-		goto out_fdput;
-
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
-	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
-		rwf_t rwf = iocb_to_rw_flags(iocb->ki_flags);
-
-		ret = vfs_iter_read(real.file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos, rwf);
-	} else {
-		struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req;
-
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		aio_req = kmem_cache_zalloc(ovl_aio_request_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!aio_req)
-			goto out;
-
-		aio_req->orig_iocb = iocb;
-		kiocb_clone(&aio_req->iocb, iocb, get_file(real.file));
-		aio_req->iocb.ki_complete = ovl_aio_rw_complete;
-		refcount_set(&aio_req->ref, 2);
-		ret = vfs_iocb_iter_read(real.file, &aio_req->iocb, iter);
-		ovl_aio_put(aio_req);
-		if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
-			ovl_aio_cleanup_handler(aio_req);
-	}
-out:
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
-	ovl_file_accessed(file);
-out_fdput:
+	ret = backing_file_read_iter(real.file, iter, iocb, iocb->ki_flags,
+				     &ctx);
 	fdput(real);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -402,9 +292,13 @@ static ssize_t ovl_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct fd real;
-	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	int ifl = iocb->ki_flags;
+	struct backing_file_ctx ctx = {
+		.cred = ovl_creds(inode->i_sb),
+		.user_file = file,
+		.end_write = ovl_file_modified,
+	};
 
 	if (!iov_iter_count(iter))
 		return 0;
@@ -412,19 +306,11 @@ static ssize_t ovl_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	/* Update mode */
 	ovl_copyattr(inode);
-	ret = file_remove_privs(file);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_unlock;
 
 	ret = ovl_real_fdget(file, &real);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT &&
-	    !(real.file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
-		goto out_fdput;
-
 	if (!ovl_should_sync(OVL_FS(inode->i_sb)))
 		ifl &= ~(IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC);
 
@@ -433,39 +319,7 @@ static ssize_t ovl_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	 * this property in case it is set by the issuer.
 	 */
 	ifl &= ~IOCB_DIO_CALLER_COMP;
-
-	old_cred = ovl_override_creds(file_inode(file)->i_sb);
-	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb)) {
-		rwf_t rwf = iocb_to_rw_flags(ifl);
-
-		ret = vfs_iter_write(real.file, iter, &iocb->ki_pos, rwf);
-		/* Update size */
-		ovl_file_modified(file);
-	} else {
-		struct ovl_aio_req *aio_req;
-
-		ret = ovl_init_aio_done_wq(inode->i_sb);
-		if (ret)
-			goto out;
-
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		aio_req = kmem_cache_zalloc(ovl_aio_request_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!aio_req)
-			goto out;
-
-		aio_req->orig_iocb = iocb;
-		kiocb_clone(&aio_req->iocb, iocb, get_file(real.file));
-		aio_req->iocb.ki_flags = ifl;
-		aio_req->iocb.ki_complete = ovl_aio_queue_completion;
-		refcount_set(&aio_req->ref, 2);
-		ret = vfs_iocb_iter_write(real.file, &aio_req->iocb, iter);
-		ovl_aio_put(aio_req);
-		if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED)
-			ovl_aio_cleanup_handler(aio_req);
-	}
-out:
-	revert_creds(old_cred);
-out_fdput:
+	ret = backing_file_write_iter(real.file, iter, iocb, ifl, &ctx);
 	fdput(real);
 
 out_unlock:
@@ -777,19 +631,3 @@ const struct file_operations ovl_file_operations = {
 	.copy_file_range	= ovl_copy_file_range,
 	.remap_file_range	= ovl_remap_file_range,
 };
-
-int __init ovl_aio_request_cache_init(void)
-{
-	ovl_aio_request_cachep = kmem_cache_create("ovl_aio_req",
-						   sizeof(struct ovl_aio_req),
-						   0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
-	if (!ovl_aio_request_cachep)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void ovl_aio_request_cache_destroy(void)
-{
-	kmem_cache_destroy(ovl_aio_request_cachep);
-}

fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h

@@ -417,6 +417,12 @@ int ovl_want_write(struct dentry *dentry);
 void ovl_drop_write(struct dentry *dentry);
 struct dentry *ovl_workdir(struct dentry *dentry);
 const struct cred *ovl_override_creds(struct super_block *sb);
+
+static inline const struct cred *ovl_creds(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return OVL_FS(sb)->creator_cred;
+}
+
 int ovl_can_decode_fh(struct super_block *sb);
 struct dentry *ovl_indexdir(struct super_block *sb);
 bool ovl_index_all(struct super_block *sb);
@@ -829,8 +835,6 @@ struct dentry *ovl_create_temp(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *workdir,
 
 /* file.c */
 extern const struct file_operations ovl_file_operations;
-int __init ovl_aio_request_cache_init(void);
-void ovl_aio_request_cache_destroy(void);
 int ovl_real_fileattr_get(const struct path *realpath, struct fileattr *fa);
 int ovl_real_fileattr_set(const struct path *realpath, struct fileattr *fa);
 int ovl_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct fileattr *fa);

fs/overlayfs/super.c

@@ -1501,14 +1501,10 @@ static int __init ovl_init(void)
 	if (ovl_inode_cachep == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = ovl_aio_request_cache_init();
-	if (!err) {
-		err = register_filesystem(&ovl_fs_type);
-		if (!err)
-			return 0;
+	err = register_filesystem(&ovl_fs_type);
+	if (!err)
+		return 0;
 
-		ovl_aio_request_cache_destroy();
-	}
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ovl_inode_cachep);
 
 	return err;
@@ -1524,7 +1520,6 @@ static void __exit ovl_exit(void)
 	 */
 	rcu_barrier();
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ovl_inode_cachep);
-	ovl_aio_request_cache_destroy();
 }
 
 module_init(ovl_init);

include/linux/backing-file.h

@@ -9,9 +9,24 @@
 #define _LINUX_BACKING_FILE_H
 
 #include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+struct backing_file_ctx {
+	const struct cred *cred;
+	struct file *user_file;
+	void (*accessed)(struct file *);
+	void (*end_write)(struct file *);
+};
 
 struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
 			       const struct path *real_path,
 			       const struct cred *cred);
+ssize_t backing_file_read_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
+			       struct kiocb *iocb, int flags,
+			       struct backing_file_ctx *ctx);
+ssize_t backing_file_write_iter(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter,
+				struct kiocb *iocb, int flags,
+				struct backing_file_ctx *ctx);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_BACKING_FILE_H */