kernfs: remove iattr_mutex

All allocations of struct kernfs_iattrs are serialized through a global
mutex. Simply do a racy allocation and let the first one win. I bet most
callers are under inode->i_rwsem anyway and it wouldn't be needed but
let's not require that.

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250623063854.1896364-2-song@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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Christian Brauner 2025-06-22 23:38:51 -07:00
parent 19272b37aa
commit d1f4e90260
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@ -24,45 +24,46 @@ static const struct inode_operations kernfs_iops = {
.listxattr = kernfs_iop_listxattr,
};
static struct kernfs_iattrs *__kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn, int alloc)
static struct kernfs_iattrs *__kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn, bool alloc)
{
static DEFINE_MUTEX(iattr_mutex);
struct kernfs_iattrs *ret;
struct kernfs_iattrs *ret __free(kfree) = NULL;
struct kernfs_iattrs *attr;
mutex_lock(&iattr_mutex);
attr = READ_ONCE(kn->iattr);
if (attr || !alloc)
return attr;
if (kn->iattr || !alloc)
goto out_unlock;
kn->iattr = kmem_cache_zalloc(kernfs_iattrs_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!kn->iattr)
goto out_unlock;
ret = kmem_cache_zalloc(kernfs_iattrs_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ret)
return NULL;
/* assign default attributes */
kn->iattr->ia_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
kn->iattr->ia_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
ret->ia_uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
ret->ia_gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
ktime_get_real_ts64(&kn->iattr->ia_atime);
kn->iattr->ia_mtime = kn->iattr->ia_atime;
kn->iattr->ia_ctime = kn->iattr->ia_atime;
ktime_get_real_ts64(&ret->ia_atime);
ret->ia_mtime = ret->ia_atime;
ret->ia_ctime = ret->ia_atime;
simple_xattrs_init(&kn->iattr->xattrs);
atomic_set(&kn->iattr->nr_user_xattrs, 0);
atomic_set(&kn->iattr->user_xattr_size, 0);
out_unlock:
ret = kn->iattr;
mutex_unlock(&iattr_mutex);
return ret;
simple_xattrs_init(&ret->xattrs);
atomic_set(&ret->nr_user_xattrs, 0);
atomic_set(&ret->user_xattr_size, 0);
/* If someone raced us, recognize it. */
if (!try_cmpxchg(&kn->iattr, &attr, ret))
return READ_ONCE(kn->iattr);
return no_free_ptr(ret);
}
static struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn)
{
return __kernfs_iattrs(kn, 1);
return __kernfs_iattrs(kn, true);
}
static struct kernfs_iattrs *kernfs_iattrs_noalloc(struct kernfs_node *kn)
{
return __kernfs_iattrs(kn, 0);
return __kernfs_iattrs(kn, false);
}
int __kernfs_setattr(struct kernfs_node *kn, const struct iattr *iattr)
@ -141,9 +142,9 @@ ssize_t kernfs_iop_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buf, size_t size)
struct kernfs_node *kn = kernfs_dentry_node(dentry);
struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs;
attrs = kernfs_iattrs(kn);
attrs = kernfs_iattrs_noalloc(kn);
if (!attrs)
return -ENOMEM;
return -ENODATA;
return simple_xattr_list(d_inode(dentry), &attrs->xattrs, buf, size);
}
@ -166,9 +167,10 @@ static inline void set_inode_attr(struct inode *inode,
static void kernfs_refresh_inode(struct kernfs_node *kn, struct inode *inode)
{
struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs = kn->iattr;
struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs;
inode->i_mode = kn->mode;
attrs = kernfs_iattrs_noalloc(kn);
if (attrs)
/*
* kernfs_node has non-default attributes get them from
@ -306,7 +308,9 @@ int kernfs_xattr_set(struct kernfs_node *kn, const char *name,
const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
{
struct simple_xattr *old_xattr;
struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs = kernfs_iattrs(kn);
struct kernfs_iattrs *attrs;
attrs = kernfs_iattrs(kn);
if (!attrs)
return -ENOMEM;
@ -345,8 +349,9 @@ static int kernfs_vfs_user_xattr_add(struct kernfs_node *kn,
struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
{
atomic_t *sz = &kn->iattr->user_xattr_size;
atomic_t *nr = &kn->iattr->nr_user_xattrs;
struct kernfs_iattrs *attr = kernfs_iattrs_noalloc(kn);
atomic_t *sz = &attr->user_xattr_size;
atomic_t *nr = &attr->nr_user_xattrs;
struct simple_xattr *old_xattr;
int ret;
@ -384,8 +389,9 @@ static int kernfs_vfs_user_xattr_rm(struct kernfs_node *kn,
struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
{
atomic_t *sz = &kn->iattr->user_xattr_size;
atomic_t *nr = &kn->iattr->nr_user_xattrs;
struct kernfs_iattrs *attr = kernfs_iattrs_noalloc(kn);
atomic_t *sz = &attr->user_xattr_size;
atomic_t *nr = &attr->nr_user_xattrs;
struct simple_xattr *old_xattr;
old_xattr = simple_xattr_set(xattrs, full_name, value, size, flags);