From: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
To: Daeho Jeong <daeho43@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, kernel-team@android.com
Cc: chao@kernel.org, Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>, stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: disallow mmap write and data-modifying fallocate on atomic files
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:37:18 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <99957074-c89a-44c4-a86d-f65e7dc85024@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261010024133.2444761-1-daeho43@gmail.com>
On 10/10/26 10:41, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>
>
> Stores through a shared writable mapping and fallocate with
> FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE, FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE, FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE or
> FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE do not go through ->write_begin, so they bypass
> the COW inode and modify the original inode directly. Reject them while
> the file is in atomic write mode, as fallocate already does for pinned
> and compressed files. A write fault gets SIGBUS and fallocate gets
> -EOPNOTSUPP.
>
> fallocate without these flags only preallocates blocks and stays
> allowed.
>
> f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite() cannot take inode_lock, so check the flag under
> invalidate_lock, and hold invalidate_lock in
> f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write() from the flush until the flag is set.
> Otherwise a fault could check the flag, then start_atomic_write could
> flush and set the flag, and the fault would dirty the folio afterwards.
>
> Cc: stable@kernel.org
> Fixes: 3db1de0e582c ("f2fs: change the current atomic write way")
> Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>
Daeho,
Please take a look at https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261010024133.2444761-1-daeho43%40gmail.com
I think we need to apply this after ("f2fs: remove mappedtodisk flag usage in mmap write path")
More details are in my comments on this patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/496b913c-eb81-4fa8-be72-c6a06a10aba2@kernel.org/
Otherwise it looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Thanks,
> ---
> v2: serialize atomic flag check in f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite().
> ---
> fs/f2fs/file.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> index ef4d218e694..7020b3e8940 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> @@ -187,6 +187,17 @@ static vm_fault_t f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> file_update_time(vmf->vma->vm_file);
> filemap_invalidate_lock_shared(inode->i_mapping);
>
> + /*
> + * mmap stores bypass the COW inode and would break atomicity. Check
> + * under invalidate_lock: f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write() holds it while
> + * flushing dirty folios and setting FI_ATOMIC_FILE, so either it sees
> + * our dirty folio and writes it back, or we see the flag.
> + */
> + if (unlikely(f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode))) {
> + err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + goto out_sem;
> + }
> +
> folio_lock(folio);
> if (unlikely(folio->mapping != inode->i_mapping ||
> folio_pos(folio) > i_size_read(inode) ||
> @@ -2113,9 +2124,11 @@ static long f2fs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode,
>
> /*
> * Pinned file should not support partial truncation since the block
> - * can be used by applications.
> + * can be used by applications. Atomic files should not either, since
> + * these modify the original inode directly and break atomicity.
> */
> - if ((f2fs_compressed_file(inode) || f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode)) &&
> + if ((f2fs_compressed_file(inode) || f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode) ||
> + f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode)) &&
> (mode & (FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE |
> FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE | FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE))) {
> ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> @@ -2403,6 +2416,8 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write(struct file *filp, bool truncate)
>
> f2fs_down_write(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
> f2fs_down_write(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[READ]);
> + /* serialize with f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(), see the comment there */
> + filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
>
> /*
> * Should wait end_io to count F2FS_WB_CP_DATA correctly by
> @@ -2458,6 +2473,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write(struct file *filp, bool truncate)
> f2fs_i_size_write(fi->cow_inode, isize);
>
> out_unlock:
> + filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
> f2fs_up_write(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[READ]);
> f2fs_up_write(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
> if (ret)
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