On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:35:50AM -0500, Peter Staubach wrote: > Hi. > > Here is a patch set which modifies the system to enhance the > ESTALE error handling for system calls which take pathnames > as arguments.
I think your cover letter may be bigger than any of the actual patches.... I'm not complaining! But would it be worth adding this explanation and test code to Documentation/filesystems/ just to keep it around? --b. > > The error, ESTALE, was originally introduced to handle the > situation where a file handle, which NFS uses to uniquely > identify a file on the server, no longer refers to a valid file > on the server. This can happen when the file is removed on the > server, either by an application on the server, some other > client accessing the server, or sometimes even by another > mounted file system from the same client. It can also happen > when the file resides upon a file system which is no longer > exported. > > The error, ESTALE, is usually seen when cached directory > information is used to convert a pathname to a dentry/inode pair. > The information is discovered to be out of date or stale when a > subsequent operation is sent to the NFS server. This can easily > happen in system calls such as stat(2) when the pathname is > converted a dentry/inode pair using cached information, but then > a subsequent GETATTR call to the server discovers that the file > handle is no longer valid. > > System calls which take pathnames as arguments should never see > ESTALE errors from situations like this. These system calls > should either fail with an ENOENT error if the pathname can not > be successfully be translated to a dentry/inode pair or succeed > or fail based on their own semantics. > > ESTALE errors which occur during the lookup process can be > handled by dropping the dentry which refers to the non-existent > file from the dcache and then restarting the lookup process. > Care can be taken to ensure that forward progress is always > being made in order to avoiding infinite loops. > > ESTALE errors which occur during operations subsequent to the > lookup process can be handled by unwinding appropriately and > then performing the lookup process again. Eventually, either > the lookup process will succeed or fail correctly or the > subsequent operation will succeed or fail on its own merits. > > This support is desired in order to tighten up recovery from > discovering stale resources due to the loose cache consistency > semantics that file systems such as NFS employ. In particular, > there are several large Red Hat customers, converting from > Solaris to Linux, who desire this support in order that their > applications environments continue to work. > > Please note that system calls which do not take pathnames as > arguments or perhaps use file descriptors to identify the > file to be manipulated may still fail with ESTALE errors. > There is no recovery possible with these systems calls like > there is with system calls which take pathnames as arguments. > > This support was tested using the attached programs and > running multiple copies on mounted file systems which do not > share superblocks. When two or more copies of this program > are running, many ESTALE errors can be seen over the network. > > Comments? > > Thanx... > > ps > # > #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500 > #define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE > #include <sys/types.h> > #include <sys/stat.h> > #include <sys/statfs.h> > #include <sys/inotify.h> > #include <errno.h> > #include <fcntl.h> > #include <stdio.h> > #include <stdlib.h> > #include <unistd.h> > #include <signal.h> > > void mkdir_test(void); > void link_test(void); > void open_test(void); > void access_test(void); > void chmod_test(void); > void chown_test(void); > void readlink_test(void); > void utimes_test(void); > void chdir_test(void); > void chroot_test(void); > void rename_test(void); > void exec_test(void); > void mknod_test(void); > void statfs_test(void); > void truncate_test(void); > void xattr_test(void); > void inotify_test(void); > > struct tests { > void (*test)(void); > }; > > struct tests tests[] = { > mkdir_test, > link_test, > open_test, > access_test, > chmod_test, > chown_test, > readlink_test, > utimes_test, > chdir_test, > chroot_test, > rename_test, > exec_test, > mknod_test, > statfs_test, > truncate_test, > xattr_test, > inotify_test > }; > > pid_t test_pids[sizeof(tests) / sizeof(tests[0])]; > > pid_t parent_pid; > > void kill_tests(int); > > int > main(int argc, char *argv[]) > { > int i; > > parent_pid = getpid(); > > sigset(SIGINT, kill_tests); > > sighold(SIGINT); > > for (i = 0; i < sizeof(tests) / sizeof(tests[0]); i++) { > test_pids[i] = fork(); > if (test_pids[i] == 0) { > for (;;) > (*tests[i].test)(); > /* NOTREACHED */ > } > } > > sigrelse(SIGINT); > > pause(); > } > > void > kill_tests(int sig) > { > int i; > > for (i = 0; i < sizeof(tests) / sizeof(tests[0]); i++) { > if (test_pids[i] != -1) { > if (kill(test_pids[i], SIGTERM) < 0) > perror("kill"); > } > } > > exit(0); > } > > void > check_error(int error, char *operation) > { > > if (error < 0 && errno == ESTALE) { > perror(operation); > kill(parent_pid, SIGINT); > pause(); > } > } > > void > check_error_child(int error, char *operation) > { > > if (error < 0 && errno == ESTALE) { > perror(operation); > kill(parent_pid, SIGINT); > exit(1); > } > } > > void > do_stats(char *file) > { > int error; > struct stat stbuf; > struct stat64 stbuf64; > > error = stat(file, &stbuf); > check_error(error, "stat"); > > error = stat64(file, &stbuf64); > check_error(error, "stat64"); > > error = lstat(file, &stbuf); > check_error(error, "lstat"); > > error = lstat64(file, &stbuf64); > check_error(error, "lstat64"); > } > > void > do_stats_child(char *file) > { > int error; > struct stat stbuf; > struct stat64 stbuf64; > > error = stat(file, &stbuf); > check_error_child(error, "stat"); > > error = stat64(file, &stbuf64); > check_error_child(error, "stat64"); > > error = lstat(file, &stbuf); > check_error_child(error, "lstat"); > > error = lstat64(file, &stbuf64); > check_error_child(error, "lstat64"); > } > > char *mkdir_dirs[] = { > "mkdir/a", > "mkdir/a/b", > "mkdir/a/b/c", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y", > "mkdir/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z", > NULL > }; > > void > mkdir_test() > { > int i; > int error; > > error = mkdir("mkdir", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > for (i = 0; mkdir_dirs[i] != NULL; i++) { > error = mkdir(mkdir_dirs[i], 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > do_stats(mkdir_dirs[i]); > } > > while (--i >= 0) { > do_stats(mkdir_dirs[i]); > error = rmdir(mkdir_dirs[i]); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > error = rmdir("mkdir"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *link_file_a = "link/a"; > char *link_file_b = "link/b"; > > void > link_test() > { > int error; > int fd; > > error = mkdir("link", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > fd = open(link_file_a, O_CREAT, 0644); > check_error(fd, "open"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(link_file_a); > > error = link(link_file_a, link_file_b); > check_error(error, "link"); > do_stats(link_file_a); > do_stats(link_file_b); > > error = unlink(link_file_a); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > do_stats(link_file_a); > do_stats(link_file_b); > > error = link(link_file_b, link_file_a); > check_error(error, "link"); > do_stats(link_file_a); > do_stats(link_file_b); > > error = unlink(link_file_b); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > do_stats(link_file_a); > do_stats(link_file_b); > > error = unlink(link_file_a); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > do_stats(link_file_a); > do_stats(link_file_b); > > error = rmdir("link"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *open_file = "open/a"; > > void > open_test() > { > int error; > int fd; > > error = mkdir("open", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > fd = open(open_file, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644); > check_error(fd, "open: O_CREAT"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(open_file); > > fd = open(open_file, O_RDWR); > check_error(fd, "open: O_RDWR"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(open_file); > > error = unlink(open_file); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("open"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *access_file = "access/a"; > > void > access_test() > { > int error; > int fd; > > error = mkdir("access", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > fd = open(access_file, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644); > check_error(fd, "open: O_CREAT"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(access_file); > > error = access(access_file, F_OK); > check_error(error, "access"); > > do_stats(access_file); > > error = unlink(access_file); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("access"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *chmod_file = "chmod/a"; > > void > chmod_test() > { > int error; > int fd; > > error = mkdir("chmod", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > fd = open(chmod_file, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644); > check_error(fd, "open: O_CREAT"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(chmod_file); > > error = chmod(chmod_file, 0600); > check_error(error, "chmod"); > > do_stats(chmod_file); > > error = unlink(chmod_file); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("chmod"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *chown_file = "chown/a"; > > void > chown_test() > { > int error; > int fd; > > error = mkdir("chown", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > fd = open(chown_file, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644); > check_error(fd, "open: O_CREAT"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(chown_file); > > error = chown(chown_file, 4597, 4597); > check_error(error, "chown"); > > do_stats(chown_file); > > error = lchown(chown_file, 4596, 4596); > check_error(error, "lchown"); > > do_stats(chown_file); > > error = unlink(chown_file); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("chown"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *readlink_file = "readlink/a"; > > void > readlink_test() > { > int error; > char buf[BUFSIZ]; > > error = mkdir("readlink", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > error = symlink("b", readlink_file); > check_error(error, "symlink"); > > do_stats(readlink_file); > > error = readlink(readlink_file, buf, sizeof(buf)); > check_error(error, "readlink"); > > do_stats(readlink_file); > > error = unlink(readlink_file); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("readlink"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *utimes_file = "utimes/a"; > > void > utimes_test() > { > int error; > int fd; > > error = mkdir("utimes", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > fd = open(utimes_file, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644); > check_error(fd, "open: O_CREAT"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(utimes_file); > > error = utime(utimes_file, NULL); > check_error(error, "utime"); > > do_stats(utimes_file); > > error = utimes(utimes_file, NULL); > check_error(error, "utimes"); > > do_stats(utimes_file); > > error = unlink(utimes_file); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("utimes"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *chdir_dir = "chdir/dir"; > > void > chdir_test() > { > int error; > int pid; > int status; > > error = mkdir("chdir", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > pid = fork(); > if (pid == 0) { > error = mkdir(chdir_dir, 0755); > check_error_child(error, "mkdir"); > > do_stats_child(chdir_dir); > > error = chdir(chdir_dir); > check_error_child(error, "chdir"); > > do_stats_child(chdir_dir); > > exit(0); > } > > (void) wait(&status); > > do_stats(chdir_dir); > > error = rmdir(chdir_dir); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > > error = rmdir("chdir"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *chroot_dir = "chroot/dir"; > > void > chroot_test() > { > int error; > int pid; > int status; > > error = mkdir("chroot", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > pid = fork(); > if (pid == 0) { > error = mkdir(chroot_dir, 0755); > check_error_child(error, "mkdir"); > > do_stats_child(chroot_dir); > > error = chroot(chroot_dir); > check_error_child(error, "chroot"); > > do_stats_child(chroot_dir); > > exit(0); > } > > (void) wait(&status); > > do_stats(chroot_dir); > > error = rmdir(chroot_dir); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > > error = rmdir("chroot"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *rename_file_a = "rename/a"; > char *rename_file_b = "rename/b"; > > void > rename_test() > { > int error; > int fd; > > error = mkdir("rename", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > fd = open(rename_file_a, O_CREAT, 0644); > check_error(fd, "open"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(rename_file_a); > > error = rename(rename_file_a, rename_file_b); > check_error(error, "rename"); > > do_stats(rename_file_a); > do_stats(rename_file_b); > > error = rename(rename_file_b, rename_file_a); > check_error(error, "rename"); > > do_stats(rename_file_a); > do_stats(rename_file_b); > > error = unlink(rename_file_a); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("rename"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *exec_file = "exec/a"; > char *exec_source_file = "exec_test"; > > void > exec_test() > { > int error; > int pid; > int status; > > error = mkdir("exec", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > error = link(exec_source_file, exec_file); > check_error(error, "link"); > do_stats(exec_file); > > pid = fork(); > if (pid == 0) { > error = execl(exec_file, exec_file, NULL); > check_error_child(error, "execl"); > > exit(1); > } > > wait(&status); > > do_stats(exec_file); > > error = unlink(exec_file); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("exec"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *mknod_file = "mknod/a"; > > void > mknod_test() > { > int error; > > error = mkdir("mknod", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > error = mknod(mknod_file, S_IFCHR | 0644, 0); > check_error(error, "mknod"); > > do_stats(mknod_file); > > error = unlink(mknod_file); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("mknod"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > void > statfs_test() > { > int error; > struct statfs stbuf; > struct statfs64 stbuf64; > > error = mkdir("statfs", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > do_stats("statfs"); > > error = statfs("statfs", &stbuf); > check_error(error, "statfs"); > > error = statfs64("statfs", &stbuf64); > check_error(error, "statfs64"); > > error = rmdir("statfs"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *truncate_file = "truncate/a"; > > void > truncate_test() > { > int error; > int fd; > > error = mkdir("truncate", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > fd = open(truncate_file, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644); > check_error(fd, "open: O_CREAT"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(truncate_file); > > error = truncate(truncate_file, 1024); > check_error(error, "truncate"); > > do_stats(truncate_file); > > error = unlink(truncate_file); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("truncate"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *xattr_file = "xattr/a"; > > #define ACL_USER_OBJ (0x01) > #define ACL_USER (0x02) > #define ACL_GROUP_OBJ (0x04) > #define ACL_MASK (0x10) > #define ACL_OTHER (0x20) > > struct posix_acl_xattr_entry { > unsigned short e_tag; > unsigned short e_perm; > unsigned int e_id; > }; > > #define POSIX_ACL_XATTR_VERSION 0x0002 > > struct posix_acl_xattr_header { > unsigned int a_version; > struct posix_acl_xattr_entry a_entries[5]; > }; > > void > xattr_test() > { > int error; > int fd; > char buf[1024]; > struct posix_acl_xattr_header ents; > > error = mkdir("xattr", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > fd = open(xattr_file, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0444); > check_error(fd, "open: O_CREAT"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(xattr_file); > > error = getxattr(xattr_file, "system.posix_acl_access", buf, > sizeof (buf)); > check_error(error, "getxattr"); > error = lgetxattr(xattr_file, "system.posix_acl_access", buf, > sizeof (buf)); > check_error(error, "lgetxattr"); > > ents.a_version = POSIX_ACL_XATTR_VERSION; > ents.a_entries[0].e_tag = ACL_USER_OBJ; > ents.a_entries[0].e_perm = 06; > ents.a_entries[0].e_id = -1; > ents.a_entries[1].e_tag = ACL_USER; > ents.a_entries[1].e_perm = 06; > ents.a_entries[1].e_id = 10; > ents.a_entries[2].e_tag = ACL_GROUP_OBJ; > ents.a_entries[2].e_perm = 06; > ents.a_entries[2].e_id = -1; > ents.a_entries[3].e_tag = ACL_MASK; > ents.a_entries[3].e_perm = 06; > ents.a_entries[3].e_id = -1; > ents.a_entries[4].e_tag = ACL_OTHER; > ents.a_entries[4].e_perm = 06; > ents.a_entries[4].e_id = -1; > > error = setxattr(xattr_file, "system.posix_acl_access", > &ents, sizeof (ents), 0); > check_error(error, "setxattr"); > > do_stats(xattr_file); > > error = lsetxattr(xattr_file, "system.posix_acl_access", > &ents, sizeof (ents), 0); > check_error(error, "lsetxattr"); > > do_stats(xattr_file); > > error = getxattr(xattr_file, "system.posix_acl_access", buf, > sizeof (buf)); > check_error(error, "getxattr"); > error = lgetxattr(xattr_file, "system.posix_acl_access", buf, > sizeof (buf)); > check_error(error, "lgetxattr"); > > error = listxattr(xattr_file, buf, sizeof (buf)); > check_error(error, "listxattr"); > error = llistxattr(xattr_file, buf, sizeof (buf)); > check_error(error, "llistxattr"); > > error = removexattr(xattr_file, "system.posix_acl_access"); > check_error(error, "removexattr"); > > do_stats(xattr_file); > > error = setxattr(xattr_file, "system.posix_acl_access", > &ents, sizeof (ents), 0); > check_error(error, "setxattr"); > > do_stats(xattr_file); > > error = lremovexattr(xattr_file, "system.posix_acl_access"); > check_error(error, "lremovexattr"); > > do_stats(xattr_file); > > error = unlink(xattr_file); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("xattr"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > > char *inotify_file = "inotify/a"; > > void > inotify_test() > { > int error; > int fd; > int wd; > > error = mkdir("inotify", 0755); > check_error(error, "mkdir"); > > fd = open(inotify_file, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0644); > check_error(fd, "open: O_CREAT"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(inotify_file); > > fd = inotify_init(); > check_error(error, "inotify_init"); > > do_stats(inotify_file); > > wd = inotify_add_watch(fd, inotify_file, IN_ALL_EVENTS); > check_error(wd, "inotify_add_watch"); > > do_stats(inotify_file); > > error = inotify_rm_watch(fd, wd); > check_error(error, "inotify_rm_watch"); > > (void) close(fd); > > do_stats(inotify_file); > > error = unlink(inotify_file); > check_error(error, "unlink"); > > error = rmdir("inotify"); > check_error(error, "rmdir"); > } > #include <stdlib.h> > > main() > { > exit(0); > } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/