Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/6] f2fs: do not expose unwritten blocks to user by DIO

[Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>]

On 2021/11/17 5:45, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> DIO preallocates physical blocks before writing data, but if an error occurrs
> or power-cut happens, we can see block contents from the disk. This patch tries
> to fix it by 1) turning to buffered writes for DIO into holes, 2) truncating
> unwritten blocks from error or power-cut.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
> ---
>   fs/f2fs/data.c |  5 ++++-
>   fs/f2fs/f2fs.h |  5 +++++
>   fs/f2fs/file.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>   3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> index 3b27fb7daa8b..7ac1a39fcad2 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> @@ -1543,8 +1543,11 @@ int f2fs_map_blocks(struct inode *inode, struct f2fs_map_blocks *map,
>   					flag != F2FS_GET_BLOCK_DIO);
>   				err = __allocate_data_block(&dn,
>   							map->m_seg_type);
> -				if (!err)
> +				if (!err) {
> +					if (flag == F2FS_GET_BLOCK_PRE_DIO)
> +						file_need_truncate(inode);

We will leave FADVISE_TRUNC_BIT flag in below call path, is this as expected?

- fallocate
  - expand_inode_data
   - f2fs_map_blocks(F2FS_GET_BLOCK_PRE_DIO)

Thanks,

>   					set_inode_flag(inode, FI_APPEND_WRITE);
> +				}
>   			}
>   			if (err)
>   				goto sync_out;
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> index be871a79c634..14bea669f87e 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> @@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ enum {
>   #define FADVISE_KEEP_SIZE_BIT	0x10
>   #define FADVISE_HOT_BIT		0x20
>   #define FADVISE_VERITY_BIT	0x40
> +#define FADVISE_TRUNC_BIT	0x80
>   
>   #define FADVISE_MODIFIABLE_BITS	(FADVISE_COLD_BIT | FADVISE_HOT_BIT)
>   
> @@ -681,6 +682,10 @@ enum {
>   #define file_is_verity(inode)	is_file(inode, FADVISE_VERITY_BIT)
>   #define file_set_verity(inode)	set_file(inode, FADVISE_VERITY_BIT)
>   
> +#define file_should_truncate(inode)	is_file(inode, FADVISE_TRUNC_BIT)
> +#define file_need_truncate(inode)	set_file(inode, FADVISE_TRUNC_BIT)
> +#define file_dont_truncate(inode)	clear_file(inode, FADVISE_TRUNC_BIT)
> +
>   #define DEF_DIR_LEVEL		0
>   
>   enum {
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> index 4bf77a5bf998..ec8de0662437 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> @@ -960,10 +960,21 @@ int f2fs_setattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, struct dentry *dentry,
>   		down_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
>   		filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
>   
> +		/*
> +		 * Truncate stale preallocated blocks used by the previous DIO.
> +		 */
> +		if (file_should_truncate(inode)) {
> +			err = f2fs_truncate(inode);
> +			if (err)
> +				goto out_unlock;
> +			file_dont_truncate(inode);
> +		}
> +
>   		truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
>   
>   		if (attr->ia_size <= old_size)
>   			err = f2fs_truncate(inode);
> +out_unlock:
>   		/*
>   		 * do not trim all blocks after i_size if target size is
>   		 * larger than i_size.
> @@ -4257,6 +4268,13 @@ static int f2fs_preallocate_blocks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
>   	/* If it will be an out-of-place direct write, don't bother. */
>   	if (dio && f2fs_lfs_mode(sbi))
>   		return 0;
> +	/*
> +	 * Don't preallocate holes aligned to DIO_SKIP_HOLES which turns into
> +	 * buffered IO, if DIO meets any holes.
> +	 */
> +	if (dio && i_size_read(inode) &&
> +		(F2FS_BYTES_TO_BLK(pos) < F2FS_BLK_ALIGN(i_size_read(inode))))
> +		return 0;
>   
>   	/* No-wait I/O can't allocate blocks. */
>   	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
> @@ -4366,10 +4384,14 @@ static ssize_t f2fs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
>   		if (preallocated > 0 && i_size_read(inode) < target_size) {
>   			down_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
>   			filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
> -			f2fs_truncate(inode);
> +			if (!f2fs_truncate(inode))
> +				file_dont_truncate(inode);
>   			filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
>   			up_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
> +		} else {
> +			file_dont_truncate(inode);
>   		}
> +
>   		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_PREALLOCATED_ALL);
>   
>   		if (ret > 0)
>