Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
Brad Boyer wrote: This sounds slightly petty to me. For example, generic_file_read() is there just to make it easier to implement the read callback, but it isn't required. In fact, I would think that any filesystem complex enough to be worth making proprietary would not use it. However, that doesn't seem to me to be a good argument for marking it GPL-only. The functionality in question is easier to reimplement, but that doesn't make it right to force it on people just because of a license choice. Yes, most filesystems have their own scheme for managing i_ino assignment, so this is primarily for "pseudo-filesystems". Stuff like pipefs, sockfs, /proc, etc... I'm certainly open to discussion though. Is there a compelling reason to open this up to proprietary software authors? I don't think there is a compelling reason to open it up since the functionality could be reimplemented if needed, but I also think the only reason it is being marked GPL-only is the very common attitude that there should not be any proprietary modules. To be honest, I think it looks bad for someone associated with redhat to be suggesting that life should be made more difficult for those who write proprietary software on Linux. The support from commercial software is a major reason for the success of the RHEL product line. I can't imagine that this attitude will affect support from software companies as long as there is a demand for software on Linux, but it isn't exactly supportive. I have no problem with someone writing, selling and supporting proprietary modules. Knock yourself out. I just don't see a reason why I should contribute code to such an effort. Still though, this was coded in part on company time. I certainly don't want to go against Red Hat's policy in such a matter, so I'll do some due diligence internally as to how this should be done. In the meantime, does anyone have objections or comments on this approach on technical grounds? Thanks, Jeff - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
Brad Boyer wrote: > To be honest, I think it looks bad for someone associated with redhat > to be suggesting that life should be made more difficult for those > who write proprietary software on Linux. The support from commercial > software is a major reason for the success of the RHEL product line. The real reason for the success of the RHEL product line is that its been GPL from the beginning. And commercial software saw it fit to leverage this GPL-pool, which is OK, but to then come around and say that "The support from commercial software is a major reason for the success of the RHEL product line" is trying to portray the situation up-side-down. This does not mean that we shouldn't allow non-GPL linkage, on the contrary, I am even calling for a stable API for the benefit of everyone, but it's probably the closed-source market's arrogant behavior that forces GPL-developers to respond in kind. Which is rather sad, if you think about it. Thanks! -- Al - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
Brad Boyer wrote: To be honest, I think it looks bad for someone associated with redhat to be suggesting that life should be made more difficult for those who write proprietary software on Linux. The support from commercial software is a major reason for the success of the RHEL product line. The real reason for the success of the RHEL product line is that its been GPL from the beginning. And commercial software saw it fit to leverage this GPL-pool, which is OK, but to then come around and say that The support from commercial software is a major reason for the success of the RHEL product line is trying to portray the situation up-side-down. This does not mean that we shouldn't allow non-GPL linkage, on the contrary, I am even calling for a stable API for the benefit of everyone, but it's probably the closed-source market's arrogant behavior that forces GPL-developers to respond in kind. Which is rather sad, if you think about it. Thanks! -- Al - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
Brad Boyer wrote: This sounds slightly petty to me. For example, generic_file_read() is there just to make it easier to implement the read callback, but it isn't required. In fact, I would think that any filesystem complex enough to be worth making proprietary would not use it. However, that doesn't seem to me to be a good argument for marking it GPL-only. The functionality in question is easier to reimplement, but that doesn't make it right to force it on people just because of a license choice. Yes, most filesystems have their own scheme for managing i_ino assignment, so this is primarily for pseudo-filesystems. Stuff like pipefs, sockfs, /proc, etc... I'm certainly open to discussion though. Is there a compelling reason to open this up to proprietary software authors? I don't think there is a compelling reason to open it up since the functionality could be reimplemented if needed, but I also think the only reason it is being marked GPL-only is the very common attitude that there should not be any proprietary modules. To be honest, I think it looks bad for someone associated with redhat to be suggesting that life should be made more difficult for those who write proprietary software on Linux. The support from commercial software is a major reason for the success of the RHEL product line. I can't imagine that this attitude will affect support from software companies as long as there is a demand for software on Linux, but it isn't exactly supportive. I have no problem with someone writing, selling and supporting proprietary modules. Knock yourself out. I just don't see a reason why I should contribute code to such an effort. Still though, this was coded in part on company time. I certainly don't want to go against Red Hat's policy in such a matter, so I'll do some due diligence internally as to how this should be done. In the meantime, does anyone have objections or comments on this approach on technical grounds? Thanks, Jeff - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 09:56:27PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: > My main reasoning for doing this was that the structures involved are > per-superblock. There is virtually no reason that a filesystem would > ever need to touch these structures in another filesystem. I don't think this is relevant to the issue. I wouldn't expect that if you allow people to use this functionality that they would go poking around in other filesystems. I would expect people to use it on the filesystem they are writing. > So, this is essentially a service to make it easy for filesystems to > implement i_ino uniqueness. I'm not terribly interested in making things > easier for proprietary filesystems, so I don't see a real reason to make > this available to them. They can always implement their own scheme to do > this. This sounds slightly petty to me. For example, generic_file_read() is there just to make it easier to implement the read callback, but it isn't required. In fact, I would think that any filesystem complex enough to be worth making proprietary would not use it. However, that doesn't seem to me to be a good argument for marking it GPL-only. The functionality in question is easier to reimplement, but that doesn't make it right to force it on people just because of a license choice. > I'm certainly open to discussion though. Is there a compelling reason to > open this up to proprietary software authors? I don't think there is a compelling reason to open it up since the functionality could be reimplemented if needed, but I also think the only reason it is being marked GPL-only is the very common attitude that there should not be any proprietary modules. To be honest, I think it looks bad for someone associated with redhat to be suggesting that life should be made more difficult for those who write proprietary software on Linux. The support from commercial software is a major reason for the success of the RHEL product line. I can't imagine that this attitude will affect support from software companies as long as there is a demand for software on Linux, but it isn't exactly supportive. Brad Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
Brad Boyer wrote: On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 12:21:36PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: Here's an updated (but untested) patch based on your suggestions. I also went ahead and made the exported symbols GPL-only since that seems like it would be appropriate here. Any further thoughts on it? This seems like exactly the sort of thing that should be a generic service available to all filesystem implementors whether it's GPL or not. The usual justification for GPL-only is that it's something random modules shouldn't be touching anyway, but it's something that some part of the tree which could be a module needs. My main reasoning for doing this was that the structures involved are per-superblock. There is virtually no reason that a filesystem would ever need to touch these structures in another filesystem. So, this is essentially a service to make it easy for filesystems to implement i_ino uniqueness. I'm not terribly interested in making things easier for proprietary filesystems, so I don't see a real reason to make this available to them. They can always implement their own scheme to do this. I'm certainly open to discussion though. Is there a compelling reason to open this up to proprietary software authors? -- Jeff - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 12:21:36PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: > Here's an updated (but untested) patch based on your suggestions. I also went > ahead and made the exported symbols GPL-only since that seems like it would be > appropriate here. Any further thoughts on it? I don't know that this is a good idea. I know this isn't likely to be a popular statement, but I think that there should be at least some minor justification to making a symbol GPL-only (it won't take much). This seems like exactly the sort of thing that should be a generic service available to all filesystem implementors whether it's GPL or not. The usual justification for GPL-only is that it's something random modules shouldn't be touching anyway, but it's something that some part of the tree which could be a module needs. Brad Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 12:21:36PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: Here's an updated (but untested) patch based on your suggestions. I also went ahead and made the exported symbols GPL-only since that seems like it would be appropriate here. Any further thoughts on it? I don't know that this is a good idea. I know this isn't likely to be a popular statement, but I think that there should be at least some minor justification to making a symbol GPL-only (it won't take much). This seems like exactly the sort of thing that should be a generic service available to all filesystem implementors whether it's GPL or not. The usual justification for GPL-only is that it's something random modules shouldn't be touching anyway, but it's something that some part of the tree which could be a module needs. Brad Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
Brad Boyer wrote: On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 12:21:36PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: Here's an updated (but untested) patch based on your suggestions. I also went ahead and made the exported symbols GPL-only since that seems like it would be appropriate here. Any further thoughts on it? This seems like exactly the sort of thing that should be a generic service available to all filesystem implementors whether it's GPL or not. The usual justification for GPL-only is that it's something random modules shouldn't be touching anyway, but it's something that some part of the tree which could be a module needs. My main reasoning for doing this was that the structures involved are per-superblock. There is virtually no reason that a filesystem would ever need to touch these structures in another filesystem. So, this is essentially a service to make it easy for filesystems to implement i_ino uniqueness. I'm not terribly interested in making things easier for proprietary filesystems, so I don't see a real reason to make this available to them. They can always implement their own scheme to do this. I'm certainly open to discussion though. Is there a compelling reason to open this up to proprietary software authors? -- Jeff - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 09:56:27PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: My main reasoning for doing this was that the structures involved are per-superblock. There is virtually no reason that a filesystem would ever need to touch these structures in another filesystem. I don't think this is relevant to the issue. I wouldn't expect that if you allow people to use this functionality that they would go poking around in other filesystems. I would expect people to use it on the filesystem they are writing. So, this is essentially a service to make it easy for filesystems to implement i_ino uniqueness. I'm not terribly interested in making things easier for proprietary filesystems, so I don't see a real reason to make this available to them. They can always implement their own scheme to do this. This sounds slightly petty to me. For example, generic_file_read() is there just to make it easier to implement the read callback, but it isn't required. In fact, I would think that any filesystem complex enough to be worth making proprietary would not use it. However, that doesn't seem to me to be a good argument for marking it GPL-only. The functionality in question is easier to reimplement, but that doesn't make it right to force it on people just because of a license choice. I'm certainly open to discussion though. Is there a compelling reason to open this up to proprietary software authors? I don't think there is a compelling reason to open it up since the functionality could be reimplemented if needed, but I also think the only reason it is being marked GPL-only is the very common attitude that there should not be any proprietary modules. To be honest, I think it looks bad for someone associated with redhat to be suggesting that life should be made more difficult for those who write proprietary software on Linux. The support from commercial software is a major reason for the success of the RHEL product line. I can't imagine that this attitude will affect support from software companies as long as there is a demand for software on Linux, but it isn't exactly supportive. Brad Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr hashing)
Thanks again, Randy. Here's an updated and tested patch and description. This one also makes sure that the root inode for the mount gets a unique i_ino value as well. Let me know what you think... --[snip]--- This patch is a proof of concept. It works, but I'd like to get some buyin on the approach before I start doing the legwork to convert all of the existing filesystems to use it. First, the problems: 1) on filesystems w/o permanent inode numbers, i_ino values can be larger than 32 bits, which can cause problems for some 32 bit userspace programs on a 64 bit kernel. 2) many filesystems call new_inode and assume that the i_ino values they are given are unique. They are not guaranteed to be so, since the static counter can wrap. 3) after allocating a new inode, some filesystems call iunique to try to get a unique i_ino value, but they don't actually add their inodes to the hashtable, and so they're still not guaranteed to be unique. One way to fix this would be to just make sure they all use iunique and hash their inodes, but that might slow down lookups for filesystems whose inodes are not pinned in memory. This patch is one way to correct these problems. This adds 2 new functions, an iunique_register and iunique_unregister. Filesystems can call iunique_register at inode creation time, and then at deletion time, we'll automatically unregister them. This patch also adds a new s_generation counter to the superblock. Because i_ino's can be reused so quickly, we don't want NFS getting confused when it happens. When iunique_register is called, we'll assign the s_generation value to the i_generation, and then increment it to help ensure that we get different filehandles. There are some things that need to be cleaned up, of course: - better error handling for the iunique calls - recheck all the possible places where the inode should be unhashed - convert other filesystems - remove the static counter from new_inode and (maybe) eliminate iunique The patch also converts pipefs to use the new scheme as an example. Al Viro had expressed some concern with an earlier patch that this might slow down pipe creation. I've done some testing and I think the impact will be minimal. Timing a small program that creates and closes 100 million pipes in a loop: patched: - real8m8.623s user0m37.418s sys 7m31.196s unpatched: -- real8m7.150s user0m40.943s sys 7m26.204s As the number of pipes grows on the system this time may grow somewhat, but it doesn't seem like it would be terrible. Comments and suggestions appreciated. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 26cdb11..252192a 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ static void dispose_list(struct list_hea list_del_init(>i_sb_list); spin_unlock(_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); + wake_up_inode(inode); destroy_inode(inode); nr_disposed++; @@ -706,6 +708,32 @@ retry: EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique); +int iunique_register(struct inode *inode, int max_reserved) +{ + int rv; + + rv = idr_pre_get(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!rv) + return -ENOMEM; + + spin_lock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); + rv = idr_get_new_above(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, inode, + max_reserved+1, (int *) >i_ino); + inode->i_generation = inode->i_sb->s_generation++; + spin_unlock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); + return rv; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iunique_register); + +void iunique_unregister(struct inode *inode) +{ + spin_lock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); + if (idr_find(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, (int) inode->i_ino)) + idr_remove(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, (int) inode->i_ino); + spin_unlock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iunique_unregister); + struct inode *igrab(struct inode *inode) { spin_lock(_lock); @@ -1025,6 +1053,7 @@ void generic_delete_inode(struct inode * spin_lock(_lock); hlist_del_init(>i_hash); spin_unlock(_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); wake_up_inode(inode); BUG_ON(inode->i_state != I_CLEAR); destroy_inode(inode); @@ -1057,6 +1086,7 @@ static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode->i_state |= I_FREEING; inodes_stat.nr_inodes--; spin_unlock(_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); if (inode->i_data.nrpages) truncate_inode_pages(>i_data, 0); clear_inode(inode); diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c index b1626f2..74dbbf0 100644 --- a/fs/pipe.c +++ b/fs/pipe.c @@ -845,6 +845,9 @@ static struct inode * get_pipe_inode(voi if (!inode) goto fail_inode; + if (iunique_register(inode, 0)) + goto fail_iput; + pipe = alloc_pipe_info(inode); if (!pipe) goto fail_iput; @@
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
Jeff Layton wrote: On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 08:52:27AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: Thanks for having a look, Randy... s/idr_/iunique_/ Doh! Can you tell I cut and pasted this email from earlier ones? :-) - don't attempt to remove inodes with values <100 Please explain that one. (May be obvious to some, but not to me.) Actually, we probably don't need to do that now. My thought here was to add a low range of i_ino numbers that could be used by the filesystem code without needing to call iunique (in particular for things like the root inode in the filesystem). It's probably best to not do this though and let the filesystem handle it on its own. Better to post patches inline (for review) rather than as attachments. Here's an updated (but untested) patch based on your suggestions. I also went ahead and made the exported symbols GPL-only since that seems like it would be appropriate here. Any further thoughts on it? Just needs new/updated patch description. and one "typo" fixed. diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 26cdb11..e45cec9 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -706,6 +708,32 @@ retry: EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique); +int iunique_register(struct inode *inode, int max_reserved) +{ + int rv; + + rv = idr_pre_get(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, GFP_KERNEL); + if (! rv) No space after !, just: if (!rv) + return -ENOMEM; + + spin_lock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); + rv = idr_get_new_above(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, inode, + max_reserved+1, (int *) >i_ino); + inode->i_generation = inode->i_sb->s_generation++; + spin_unlock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); + return rv; +} Thanks. -- ~Randy - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 08:52:27AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: Thanks for having a look, Randy... > s/idr_/iunique_/ Doh! Can you tell I cut and pasted this email from earlier ones? :-) > > - don't attempt to remove inodes with values <100 > > Please explain that one. (May be obvious to some, but not to me.) Actually, we probably don't need to do that now. My thought here was to add a low range of i_ino numbers that could be used by the filesystem code without needing to call iunique (in particular for things like the root inode in the filesystem). It's probably best to not do this though and let the filesystem handle it on its own. > Better to post patches inline (for review) rather than as attachments. Here's an updated (but untested) patch based on your suggestions. I also went ahead and made the exported symbols GPL-only since that seems like it would be appropriate here. Any further thoughts on it? Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 26cdb11..e45cec9 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ static void dispose_list(struct list_hea list_del_init(>i_sb_list); spin_unlock(_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); + wake_up_inode(inode); destroy_inode(inode); nr_disposed++; @@ -706,6 +708,32 @@ retry: EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique); +int iunique_register(struct inode *inode, int max_reserved) +{ + int rv; + + rv = idr_pre_get(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, GFP_KERNEL); + if (! rv) + return -ENOMEM; + + spin_lock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); + rv = idr_get_new_above(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, inode, + max_reserved+1, (int *) >i_ino); + inode->i_generation = inode->i_sb->s_generation++; + spin_unlock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); + return rv; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iunique_register); + +void iunique_unregister(struct inode *inode) +{ + spin_lock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); + if (idr_find(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, (int) inode->i_ino)) + idr_remove(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, (int) inode->i_ino); + spin_unlock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iunique_unregister); + struct inode *igrab(struct inode *inode) { spin_lock(_lock); @@ -1025,6 +1053,7 @@ void generic_delete_inode(struct inode * spin_lock(_lock); hlist_del_init(>i_hash); spin_unlock(_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); wake_up_inode(inode); BUG_ON(inode->i_state != I_CLEAR); destroy_inode(inode); @@ -1057,6 +1086,7 @@ static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode->i_state |= I_FREEING; inodes_stat.nr_inodes--; spin_unlock(_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); if (inode->i_data.nrpages) truncate_inode_pages(>i_data, 0); clear_inode(inode); diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c index b1626f2..d74ae65 100644 --- a/fs/pipe.c +++ b/fs/pipe.c @@ -845,6 +845,9 @@ static struct inode * get_pipe_inode(voi if (!inode) goto fail_inode; + if (iunique_register(inode, 0)) + goto fail_iput; + pipe = alloc_pipe_info(inode); if (!pipe) goto fail_iput; diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c index 47e554c..d2dbdec 100644 --- a/fs/super.c +++ b/fs/super.c @@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(s s->s_qcop = sb_quotactl_ops; s->s_op = _op; s->s_time_gran = 10; + idr_init(>s_inode_ids); + spin_lock_init(>s_inode_ids_lock); } out: return s; diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 2fe6e3f..3afb4a2 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ #include #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -961,6 +962,12 @@ #endif /* Granularity of c/m/atime in ns. Cannot be worse than a second */ u32s_time_gran; + + /* for fs's with dynamic i_ino values, track them with idr, and increment + the generation every time we register a new inode */ + __u32 s_generation; + struct idr s_inode_ids; + spinlock_t s_inode_ids_lock; }; extern struct timespec current_fs_time(struct super_block *sb); @@ -1681,6 +1688,8 @@ extern void inode_init_once(struct inode extern void iput(struct inode *); extern struct inode * igrab(struct inode *); extern ino_t iunique(struct super_block *, ino_t); +extern int iunique_register(struct inode *inode, int max_reserved); +extern void iunique_unregister(struct inode *inode); extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode); extern void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode); extern void generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:48:36 -0500 Jeff Layton wrote: > This patch is a proof of concept. It works, but still needs a bit of > polish before it's ready for submission. First, the problems: > > > This patch is a first step at correcting these problems. This adds 2 new > functions, an idr_register and idr_unregister. Filesystems can call > idr_register at inode creation time, and then at deletion time, we'll > automatically unregister them. s/idr_/iunique_/ > This patch also adds a new s_generation counter to the superblock. > Because i_ino's can be reused so quickly, we don't want NFS getting > confused when it happens. When iunique_register is called, we'll assign > the s_generation value to the i_generation, and then increment it to > help ensure that we get different filehandles. > > There are some things that need to be cleaned up, of course: > > - error handling for the idr calls > > - recheck all the possible places where the inode should be unhashed > > - don't attempt to remove inodes with values <100 Please explain that one. (May be obvious to some, but not to me.) > - convert other filesystems > > - remove the static counter from new_inode and (maybe) eliminate iunique > > Comments and suggestions appreciated. Better to post patches inline (for review) rather than as attachments. Some (mostly style) comments on the patch: + rv = idr_pre_get(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, GFP_KERNEL); + if (! rv) + return -ENOMEM; if (!rv) + rv = idr_get_new_above(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, inode, + max_reserved+1, (int *) >i_ino); max_reserved + 1, +} + +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique_register); No need for the extra blank line after the function closing brace. Just put the EXPORT_SYMBOL immediately on the next line. (in multiple places) @@ -1681,6 +1688,8 @@ extern void inode_init_once(struct inode extern void iput(struct inode *); extern struct inode * igrab(struct inode *); extern ino_t iunique(struct super_block *, ino_t); +extern int iunique_register(struct inode *, int); +extern void iunique_unregister(struct inode *); extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode); extern void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode); extern void generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode); Some of these have a parameter name, some don't. Having a (meaningful) parameter name is strongly preferred. --- ~Randy - 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/
[RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
This patch is a proof of concept. It works, but still needs a bit of polish before it's ready for submission. First, the problems: 1) on filesystems w/o permanent inode numbers, i_ino values can be larger than 32 bits, which can cause problems for some 32 bit userspace programs on a 64 bit kernel. 2) many filesystems call new_inode and assume that the i_ino values they are given are unique. They are not guaranteed to be so, since the static counter can wrap. 3) after allocating a new inode, some filesystems call iunique to try to get a unique i_ino value, but they don't actually add their inodes to the hashtable, so they're still not guaranteed to be unique. This patch is a first step at correcting these problems. This adds 2 new functions, an idr_register and idr_unregister. Filesystems can call idr_register at inode creation time, and then at deletion time, we'll automatically unregister them. This patch also adds a new s_generation counter to the superblock. Because i_ino's can be reused so quickly, we don't want NFS getting confused when it happens. When iunique_register is called, we'll assign the s_generation value to the i_generation, and then increment it to help ensure that we get different filehandles. There are some things that need to be cleaned up, of course: - error handling for the idr calls - recheck all the possible places where the inode should be unhashed - don't attempt to remove inodes with values <100 - convert other filesystems - remove the static counter from new_inode and (maybe) eliminate iunique The patch also converts pipefs to use the new scheme as an example. Al Viro had expressed some concern with an earlier patch that this might slow down pipe creation. I've done some testing and I think the impact will be minimal. Timing a small program that creates and closes 100 million pipes in a loop: patched: - real8m8.623s user0m37.418s sys 7m31.196s unpatched: -- real8m7.150s user0m40.943s sys 7m26.204s As the number of pipes grows on the system, this time may grow somewhat but it doesn't seem like it would be terrible. Comments and suggestions appreciated. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 26cdb11..841e2fc 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ static void dispose_list(struct list_hea list_del_init(>i_sb_list); spin_unlock(_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); + wake_up_inode(inode); destroy_inode(inode); nr_disposed++; @@ -706,6 +708,34 @@ retry: EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique); +int iunique_register(struct inode *inode, int max_reserved) +{ + int rv; + + rv = idr_pre_get(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, GFP_KERNEL); + if (! rv) + return -ENOMEM; + + spin_lock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); + rv = idr_get_new_above(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, inode, + max_reserved+1, (int *) >i_ino); + inode->i_generation = inode->i_sb->s_generation++; + spin_unlock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); + return rv; +} + +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique_register); + +void iunique_unregister(struct inode *inode) +{ + spin_lock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); + if (idr_find(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, (int) inode->i_ino)) + idr_remove(>i_sb->s_inode_ids, (int) inode->i_ino); + spin_unlock(>i_sb->s_inode_ids_lock); +} + +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique_unregister); + struct inode *igrab(struct inode *inode) { spin_lock(_lock); @@ -1025,6 +1055,7 @@ void generic_delete_inode(struct inode * spin_lock(_lock); hlist_del_init(>i_hash); spin_unlock(_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); wake_up_inode(inode); BUG_ON(inode->i_state != I_CLEAR); destroy_inode(inode); @@ -1057,6 +1088,7 @@ static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode->i_state |= I_FREEING; inodes_stat.nr_inodes--; spin_unlock(_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); if (inode->i_data.nrpages) truncate_inode_pages(>i_data, 0); clear_inode(inode); diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c index b1626f2..d74ae65 100644 --- a/fs/pipe.c +++ b/fs/pipe.c @@ -845,6 +845,9 @@ static struct inode * get_pipe_inode(voi if (!inode) goto fail_inode; + if (iunique_register(inode, 0)) + goto fail_iput; + pipe = alloc_pipe_info(inode); if (!pipe) goto fail_iput; diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c index 47e554c..d2dbdec 100644 --- a/fs/super.c +++ b/fs/super.c @@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(s s->s_qcop = sb_quotactl_ops; s->s_op = _op; s->s_time_gran = 10; + idr_init(>s_inode_ids); + spin_lock_init(>s_inode_ids_lock); } out: return s; diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 2fe6e3f..3ad12a6 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ #include #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -961,6 +962,12 @@ #endif /* Granularity of c/m/atime in ns. Cannot be worse than a second */ u32 s_time_gran; + + /* for fs's with dynamic i_ino values, track them with idr, and increment + the generation every
[RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
This patch is a proof of concept. It works, but still needs a bit of polish before it's ready for submission. First, the problems: 1) on filesystems w/o permanent inode numbers, i_ino values can be larger than 32 bits, which can cause problems for some 32 bit userspace programs on a 64 bit kernel. 2) many filesystems call new_inode and assume that the i_ino values they are given are unique. They are not guaranteed to be so, since the static counter can wrap. 3) after allocating a new inode, some filesystems call iunique to try to get a unique i_ino value, but they don't actually add their inodes to the hashtable, so they're still not guaranteed to be unique. This patch is a first step at correcting these problems. This adds 2 new functions, an idr_register and idr_unregister. Filesystems can call idr_register at inode creation time, and then at deletion time, we'll automatically unregister them. This patch also adds a new s_generation counter to the superblock. Because i_ino's can be reused so quickly, we don't want NFS getting confused when it happens. When iunique_register is called, we'll assign the s_generation value to the i_generation, and then increment it to help ensure that we get different filehandles. There are some things that need to be cleaned up, of course: - error handling for the idr calls - recheck all the possible places where the inode should be unhashed - don't attempt to remove inodes with values 100 - convert other filesystems - remove the static counter from new_inode and (maybe) eliminate iunique The patch also converts pipefs to use the new scheme as an example. Al Viro had expressed some concern with an earlier patch that this might slow down pipe creation. I've done some testing and I think the impact will be minimal. Timing a small program that creates and closes 100 million pipes in a loop: patched: - real8m8.623s user0m37.418s sys 7m31.196s unpatched: -- real8m7.150s user0m40.943s sys 7m26.204s As the number of pipes grows on the system, this time may grow somewhat but it doesn't seem like it would be terrible. Comments and suggestions appreciated. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton [EMAIL PROTECTED] diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 26cdb11..841e2fc 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ static void dispose_list(struct list_hea list_del_init(inode-i_sb_list); spin_unlock(inode_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); + wake_up_inode(inode); destroy_inode(inode); nr_disposed++; @@ -706,6 +708,34 @@ retry: EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique); +int iunique_register(struct inode *inode, int max_reserved) +{ + int rv; + + rv = idr_pre_get(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, GFP_KERNEL); + if (! rv) + return -ENOMEM; + + spin_lock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); + rv = idr_get_new_above(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, inode, + max_reserved+1, (int *) inode-i_ino); + inode-i_generation = inode-i_sb-s_generation++; + spin_unlock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); + return rv; +} + +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique_register); + +void iunique_unregister(struct inode *inode) +{ + spin_lock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); + if (idr_find(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, (int) inode-i_ino)) + idr_remove(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, (int) inode-i_ino); + spin_unlock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); +} + +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique_unregister); + struct inode *igrab(struct inode *inode) { spin_lock(inode_lock); @@ -1025,6 +1055,7 @@ void generic_delete_inode(struct inode * spin_lock(inode_lock); hlist_del_init(inode-i_hash); spin_unlock(inode_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); wake_up_inode(inode); BUG_ON(inode-i_state != I_CLEAR); destroy_inode(inode); @@ -1057,6 +1088,7 @@ static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode-i_state |= I_FREEING; inodes_stat.nr_inodes--; spin_unlock(inode_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); if (inode-i_data.nrpages) truncate_inode_pages(inode-i_data, 0); clear_inode(inode); diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c index b1626f2..d74ae65 100644 --- a/fs/pipe.c +++ b/fs/pipe.c @@ -845,6 +845,9 @@ static struct inode * get_pipe_inode(voi if (!inode) goto fail_inode; + if (iunique_register(inode, 0)) + goto fail_iput; + pipe = alloc_pipe_info(inode); if (!pipe) goto fail_iput; diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c index 47e554c..d2dbdec 100644 --- a/fs/super.c +++ b/fs/super.c @@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(s s-s_qcop = sb_quotactl_ops; s-s_op = default_op; s-s_time_gran = 10; + idr_init(s-s_inode_ids); + spin_lock_init(s-s_inode_ids_lock); } out: return s; diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 2fe6e3f..3ad12a6 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ #include linux/prio_tree.h #include linux/init.h #include linux/sched.h #include linux/mutex.h +#include linux/idr.h #include asm/atomic.h #include asm/semaphore.h @@ -961,6 +962,12 @@ #endif /* Granularity of c/m/atime in ns.
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:48:36 -0500 Jeff Layton wrote: This patch is a proof of concept. It works, but still needs a bit of polish before it's ready for submission. First, the problems: This patch is a first step at correcting these problems. This adds 2 new functions, an idr_register and idr_unregister. Filesystems can call idr_register at inode creation time, and then at deletion time, we'll automatically unregister them. s/idr_/iunique_/ This patch also adds a new s_generation counter to the superblock. Because i_ino's can be reused so quickly, we don't want NFS getting confused when it happens. When iunique_register is called, we'll assign the s_generation value to the i_generation, and then increment it to help ensure that we get different filehandles. There are some things that need to be cleaned up, of course: - error handling for the idr calls - recheck all the possible places where the inode should be unhashed - don't attempt to remove inodes with values 100 Please explain that one. (May be obvious to some, but not to me.) - convert other filesystems - remove the static counter from new_inode and (maybe) eliminate iunique Comments and suggestions appreciated. Better to post patches inline (for review) rather than as attachments. Some (mostly style) comments on the patch: + rv = idr_pre_get(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, GFP_KERNEL); + if (! rv) + return -ENOMEM; if (!rv) + rv = idr_get_new_above(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, inode, + max_reserved+1, (int *) inode-i_ino); max_reserved + 1, +} + +EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique_register); No need for the extra blank line after the function closing brace. Just put the EXPORT_SYMBOL immediately on the next line. (in multiple places) @@ -1681,6 +1688,8 @@ extern void inode_init_once(struct inode extern void iput(struct inode *); extern struct inode * igrab(struct inode *); extern ino_t iunique(struct super_block *, ino_t); +extern int iunique_register(struct inode *, int); +extern void iunique_unregister(struct inode *); extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode); extern void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode); extern void generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode); Some of these have a parameter name, some don't. Having a (meaningful) parameter name is strongly preferred. --- ~Randy - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 08:52:27AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: Thanks for having a look, Randy... s/idr_/iunique_/ Doh! Can you tell I cut and pasted this email from earlier ones? :-) - don't attempt to remove inodes with values 100 Please explain that one. (May be obvious to some, but not to me.) Actually, we probably don't need to do that now. My thought here was to add a low range of i_ino numbers that could be used by the filesystem code without needing to call iunique (in particular for things like the root inode in the filesystem). It's probably best to not do this though and let the filesystem handle it on its own. Better to post patches inline (for review) rather than as attachments. Here's an updated (but untested) patch based on your suggestions. I also went ahead and made the exported symbols GPL-only since that seems like it would be appropriate here. Any further thoughts on it? Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton [EMAIL PROTECTED] diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 26cdb11..e45cec9 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ static void dispose_list(struct list_hea list_del_init(inode-i_sb_list); spin_unlock(inode_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); + wake_up_inode(inode); destroy_inode(inode); nr_disposed++; @@ -706,6 +708,32 @@ retry: EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique); +int iunique_register(struct inode *inode, int max_reserved) +{ + int rv; + + rv = idr_pre_get(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, GFP_KERNEL); + if (! rv) + return -ENOMEM; + + spin_lock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); + rv = idr_get_new_above(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, inode, + max_reserved+1, (int *) inode-i_ino); + inode-i_generation = inode-i_sb-s_generation++; + spin_unlock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); + return rv; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iunique_register); + +void iunique_unregister(struct inode *inode) +{ + spin_lock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); + if (idr_find(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, (int) inode-i_ino)) + idr_remove(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, (int) inode-i_ino); + spin_unlock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iunique_unregister); + struct inode *igrab(struct inode *inode) { spin_lock(inode_lock); @@ -1025,6 +1053,7 @@ void generic_delete_inode(struct inode * spin_lock(inode_lock); hlist_del_init(inode-i_hash); spin_unlock(inode_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); wake_up_inode(inode); BUG_ON(inode-i_state != I_CLEAR); destroy_inode(inode); @@ -1057,6 +1086,7 @@ static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode-i_state |= I_FREEING; inodes_stat.nr_inodes--; spin_unlock(inode_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); if (inode-i_data.nrpages) truncate_inode_pages(inode-i_data, 0); clear_inode(inode); diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c index b1626f2..d74ae65 100644 --- a/fs/pipe.c +++ b/fs/pipe.c @@ -845,6 +845,9 @@ static struct inode * get_pipe_inode(voi if (!inode) goto fail_inode; + if (iunique_register(inode, 0)) + goto fail_iput; + pipe = alloc_pipe_info(inode); if (!pipe) goto fail_iput; diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c index 47e554c..d2dbdec 100644 --- a/fs/super.c +++ b/fs/super.c @@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(s s-s_qcop = sb_quotactl_ops; s-s_op = default_op; s-s_time_gran = 10; + idr_init(s-s_inode_ids); + spin_lock_init(s-s_inode_ids_lock); } out: return s; diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 2fe6e3f..3afb4a2 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ #include linux/prio_tree.h #include linux/init.h #include linux/sched.h #include linux/mutex.h +#include linux/idr.h #include asm/atomic.h #include asm/semaphore.h @@ -961,6 +962,12 @@ #endif /* Granularity of c/m/atime in ns. Cannot be worse than a second */ u32s_time_gran; + + /* for fs's with dynamic i_ino values, track them with idr, and increment + the generation every time we register a new inode */ + __u32 s_generation; + struct idr s_inode_ids; + spinlock_t s_inode_ids_lock; }; extern struct timespec current_fs_time(struct super_block *sb); @@ -1681,6 +1688,8 @@ extern void inode_init_once(struct inode extern void iput(struct inode *); extern struct inode * igrab(struct inode *); extern ino_t iunique(struct super_block *, ino_t); +extern int iunique_register(struct inode *inode, int max_reserved); +extern void iunique_unregister(struct inode *inode); extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode); extern void
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr)
Jeff Layton wrote: On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 08:52:27AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote: Thanks for having a look, Randy... s/idr_/iunique_/ Doh! Can you tell I cut and pasted this email from earlier ones? :-) - don't attempt to remove inodes with values 100 Please explain that one. (May be obvious to some, but not to me.) Actually, we probably don't need to do that now. My thought here was to add a low range of i_ino numbers that could be used by the filesystem code without needing to call iunique (in particular for things like the root inode in the filesystem). It's probably best to not do this though and let the filesystem handle it on its own. Better to post patches inline (for review) rather than as attachments. Here's an updated (but untested) patch based on your suggestions. I also went ahead and made the exported symbols GPL-only since that seems like it would be appropriate here. Any further thoughts on it? Just needs new/updated patch description. and one typo fixed. diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 26cdb11..e45cec9 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -706,6 +708,32 @@ retry: EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique); +int iunique_register(struct inode *inode, int max_reserved) +{ + int rv; + + rv = idr_pre_get(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, GFP_KERNEL); + if (! rv) No space after !, just: if (!rv) + return -ENOMEM; + + spin_lock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); + rv = idr_get_new_above(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, inode, + max_reserved+1, (int *) inode-i_ino); + inode-i_generation = inode-i_sb-s_generation++; + spin_unlock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); + return rv; +} Thanks. -- ~Randy - 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/
Re: [RFC][PATCH] ensure i_ino uniqueness in filesystems without permanent inode numbers (via idr hashing)
Thanks again, Randy. Here's an updated and tested patch and description. This one also makes sure that the root inode for the mount gets a unique i_ino value as well. Let me know what you think... --[snip]--- This patch is a proof of concept. It works, but I'd like to get some buyin on the approach before I start doing the legwork to convert all of the existing filesystems to use it. First, the problems: 1) on filesystems w/o permanent inode numbers, i_ino values can be larger than 32 bits, which can cause problems for some 32 bit userspace programs on a 64 bit kernel. 2) many filesystems call new_inode and assume that the i_ino values they are given are unique. They are not guaranteed to be so, since the static counter can wrap. 3) after allocating a new inode, some filesystems call iunique to try to get a unique i_ino value, but they don't actually add their inodes to the hashtable, and so they're still not guaranteed to be unique. One way to fix this would be to just make sure they all use iunique and hash their inodes, but that might slow down lookups for filesystems whose inodes are not pinned in memory. This patch is one way to correct these problems. This adds 2 new functions, an iunique_register and iunique_unregister. Filesystems can call iunique_register at inode creation time, and then at deletion time, we'll automatically unregister them. This patch also adds a new s_generation counter to the superblock. Because i_ino's can be reused so quickly, we don't want NFS getting confused when it happens. When iunique_register is called, we'll assign the s_generation value to the i_generation, and then increment it to help ensure that we get different filehandles. There are some things that need to be cleaned up, of course: - better error handling for the iunique calls - recheck all the possible places where the inode should be unhashed - convert other filesystems - remove the static counter from new_inode and (maybe) eliminate iunique The patch also converts pipefs to use the new scheme as an example. Al Viro had expressed some concern with an earlier patch that this might slow down pipe creation. I've done some testing and I think the impact will be minimal. Timing a small program that creates and closes 100 million pipes in a loop: patched: - real8m8.623s user0m37.418s sys 7m31.196s unpatched: -- real8m7.150s user0m40.943s sys 7m26.204s As the number of pipes grows on the system this time may grow somewhat, but it doesn't seem like it would be terrible. Comments and suggestions appreciated. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton [EMAIL PROTECTED] diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 26cdb11..252192a 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ static void dispose_list(struct list_hea list_del_init(inode-i_sb_list); spin_unlock(inode_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); + wake_up_inode(inode); destroy_inode(inode); nr_disposed++; @@ -706,6 +708,32 @@ retry: EXPORT_SYMBOL(iunique); +int iunique_register(struct inode *inode, int max_reserved) +{ + int rv; + + rv = idr_pre_get(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!rv) + return -ENOMEM; + + spin_lock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); + rv = idr_get_new_above(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, inode, + max_reserved+1, (int *) inode-i_ino); + inode-i_generation = inode-i_sb-s_generation++; + spin_unlock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); + return rv; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iunique_register); + +void iunique_unregister(struct inode *inode) +{ + spin_lock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); + if (idr_find(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, (int) inode-i_ino)) + idr_remove(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids, (int) inode-i_ino); + spin_unlock(inode-i_sb-s_inode_ids_lock); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iunique_unregister); + struct inode *igrab(struct inode *inode) { spin_lock(inode_lock); @@ -1025,6 +1053,7 @@ void generic_delete_inode(struct inode * spin_lock(inode_lock); hlist_del_init(inode-i_hash); spin_unlock(inode_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); wake_up_inode(inode); BUG_ON(inode-i_state != I_CLEAR); destroy_inode(inode); @@ -1057,6 +1086,7 @@ static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode-i_state |= I_FREEING; inodes_stat.nr_inodes--; spin_unlock(inode_lock); + iunique_unregister(inode); if (inode-i_data.nrpages) truncate_inode_pages(inode-i_data, 0); clear_inode(inode); diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c index b1626f2..74dbbf0 100644 --- a/fs/pipe.c +++ b/fs/pipe.c @@ -845,6 +845,9 @@ static struct inode * get_pipe_inode(voi if (!inode) goto fail_inode; + if (iunique_register(inode, 0)) + goto fail_iput; + pipe =