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1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
2 #ifndef _LINUX_IVERSION_H
3 #define _LINUX_IVERSION_H
4 
5 #include <linux/fs.h>
6 
7 /*
8  * The inode->i_version field:
9  * ---------------------------
10  * The change attribute (i_version) is mandated by NFSv4 and is mostly for
11  * knfsd, but is also used for other purposes (e.g. IMA). The i_version must
12  * appear different to observers if there was a change to the inode's data or
13  * metadata since it was last queried.
14  *
15  * Observers see the i_version as a 64-bit number that never decreases. If it
16  * remains the same since it was last checked, then nothing has changed in the
17  * inode. If it's different then something has changed. Observers cannot infer
18  * anything about the nature or magnitude of the changes from the value, only
19  * that the inode has changed in some fashion.
20  *
21  * Not all filesystems properly implement the i_version counter. Subsystems that
22  * want to use i_version field on an inode should first check whether the
23  * filesystem sets the SB_I_VERSION flag (usually via the IS_I_VERSION macro).
24  *
25  * Those that set SB_I_VERSION will automatically have their i_version counter
26  * incremented on writes to normal files. If the SB_I_VERSION is not set, then
27  * the VFS will not touch it on writes, and the filesystem can use it how it
28  * wishes. Note that the filesystem is always responsible for updating the
29  * i_version on namespace changes in directories (mkdir, rmdir, unlink, etc.).
30  * We consider these sorts of filesystems to have a kernel-managed i_version.
31  *
32  * It may be impractical for filesystems to keep i_version updates atomic with
33  * respect to the changes that cause them.  They should, however, guarantee
34  * that i_version updates are never visible before the changes that caused
35  * them.  Also, i_version updates should never be delayed longer than it takes
36  * the original change to reach disk.
37  *
38  * This implementation uses the low bit in the i_version field as a flag to
39  * track when the value has been queried. If it has not been queried since it
40  * was last incremented, we can skip the increment in most cases.
41  *
42  * In the event that we're updating the ctime, we will usually go ahead and
43  * bump the i_version anyway. Since that has to go to stable storage in some
44  * fashion, we might as well increment it as well.
45  *
46  * With this implementation, the value should always appear to observers to
47  * increase over time if the file has changed. It's recommended to use
48  * inode_eq_iversion() helper to compare values.
49  *
50  * Note that some filesystems (e.g. NFS and AFS) just use the field to store
51  * a server-provided value (for the most part). For that reason, those
52  * filesystems do not set SB_I_VERSION. These filesystems are considered to
53  * have a self-managed i_version.
54  *
55  * Persistently storing the i_version
56  * ----------------------------------
57  * Queries of the i_version field are not gated on them hitting the backing
58  * store. It's always possible that the host could crash after allowing
59  * a query of the value but before it has made it to disk.
60  *
61  * To mitigate this problem, filesystems should always use
62  * inode_set_iversion_queried when loading an existing inode from disk. This
63  * ensures that the next attempted inode increment will result in the value
64  * changing.
65  *
66  * Storing the value to disk therefore does not count as a query, so those
67  * filesystems should use inode_peek_iversion to grab the value to be stored.
68  * There is no need to flag the value as having been queried in that case.
69  */
70 
71 /*
72  * We borrow the lowest bit in the i_version to use as a flag to tell whether
73  * it has been queried since we last incremented it. If it has, then we must
74  * increment it on the next change. After that, we can clear the flag and
75  * avoid incrementing it again until it has again been queried.
76  */
77 #define I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT	(1)
78 #define I_VERSION_QUERIED	(1ULL << (I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT - 1))
79 #define I_VERSION_INCREMENT	(1ULL << I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT)
80 
81 /**
82  * inode_set_iversion_raw - set i_version to the specified raw value
83  * @inode: inode to set
84  * @val: new i_version value to set
85  *
86  * Set @inode's i_version field to @val. This function is for use by
87  * filesystems that self-manage the i_version.
88  *
89  * For example, the NFS client stores its NFSv4 change attribute in this way,
90  * and the AFS client stores the data_version from the server here.
91  */
92 static inline void
93 inode_set_iversion_raw(struct inode *inode, u64 val)
94 {
95 	atomic64_set(&inode->i_version, val);
96 }
97 
98 /**
99  * inode_peek_iversion_raw - grab a "raw" iversion value
100  * @inode: inode from which i_version should be read
101  *
102  * Grab a "raw" inode->i_version value and return it. The i_version is not
103  * flagged or converted in any way. This is mostly used to access a self-managed
104  * i_version.
105  *
106  * With those filesystems, we want to treat the i_version as an entirely
107  * opaque value.
108  */
109 static inline u64
110 inode_peek_iversion_raw(const struct inode *inode)
111 {
112 	return atomic64_read(&inode->i_version);
113 }
114 
115 /**
116  * inode_set_max_iversion_raw - update i_version new value is larger
117  * @inode: inode to set
118  * @val: new i_version to set
119  *
120  * Some self-managed filesystems (e.g Ceph) will only update the i_version
121  * value if the new value is larger than the one we already have.
122  */
123 static inline void
124 inode_set_max_iversion_raw(struct inode *inode, u64 val)
125 {
126 	u64 cur = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
127 
128 	do {
129 		if (cur > val)
130 			break;
131 	} while (!atomic64_try_cmpxchg(&inode->i_version, &cur, val));
132 }
133 
134 /**
135  * inode_set_iversion - set i_version to a particular value
136  * @inode: inode to set
137  * @val: new i_version value to set
138  *
139  * Set @inode's i_version field to @val. This function is for filesystems with
140  * a kernel-managed i_version, for initializing a newly-created inode from
141  * scratch.
142  *
143  * In this case, we do not set the QUERIED flag since we know that this value
144  * has never been queried.
145  */
146 static inline void
147 inode_set_iversion(struct inode *inode, u64 val)
148 {
149 	inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, val << I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT);
150 }
151 
152 /**
153  * inode_set_iversion_queried - set i_version to a particular value as quereied
154  * @inode: inode to set
155  * @val: new i_version value to set
156  *
157  * Set @inode's i_version field to @val, and flag it for increment on the next
158  * change.
159  *
160  * Filesystems that persistently store the i_version on disk should use this
161  * when loading an existing inode from disk.
162  *
163  * When loading in an i_version value from a backing store, we can't be certain
164  * that it wasn't previously viewed before being stored. Thus, we must assume
165  * that it was, to ensure that we don't end up handing out the same value for
166  * different versions of the same inode.
167  */
168 static inline void
169 inode_set_iversion_queried(struct inode *inode, u64 val)
170 {
171 	inode_set_iversion_raw(inode, (val << I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT) |
172 				I_VERSION_QUERIED);
173 }
174 
175 bool inode_maybe_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode, bool force);
176 
177 /**
178  * inode_inc_iversion - forcibly increment i_version
179  * @inode: inode that needs to be updated
180  *
181  * Forcbily increment the i_version field. This always results in a change to
182  * the observable value.
183  */
184 static inline void
185 inode_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode)
186 {
187 	inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, true);
188 }
189 
190 /**
191  * inode_iversion_need_inc - is the i_version in need of being incremented?
192  * @inode: inode to check
193  *
194  * Returns whether the inode->i_version counter needs incrementing on the next
195  * change. Just fetch the value and check the QUERIED flag.
196  */
197 static inline bool
198 inode_iversion_need_inc(struct inode *inode)
199 {
200 	return inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode) & I_VERSION_QUERIED;
201 }
202 
203 /**
204  * inode_inc_iversion_raw - forcibly increment raw i_version
205  * @inode: inode that needs to be updated
206  *
207  * Forcbily increment the raw i_version field. This always results in a change
208  * to the raw value.
209  *
210  * NFS will use the i_version field to store the value from the server. It
211  * mostly treats it as opaque, but in the case where it holds a write
212  * delegation, it must increment the value itself. This function does that.
213  */
214 static inline void
215 inode_inc_iversion_raw(struct inode *inode)
216 {
217 	atomic64_inc(&inode->i_version);
218 }
219 
220 /**
221  * inode_peek_iversion - read i_version without flagging it to be incremented
222  * @inode: inode from which i_version should be read
223  *
224  * Read the inode i_version counter for an inode without registering it as a
225  * query.
226  *
227  * This is typically used by local filesystems that need to store an i_version
228  * on disk. In that situation, it's not necessary to flag it as having been
229  * viewed, as the result won't be used to gauge changes from that point.
230  */
231 static inline u64
232 inode_peek_iversion(const struct inode *inode)
233 {
234 	return inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode) >> I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT;
235 }
236 
237 /**
238  * inode_query_iversion - read i_version for later use
239  * @inode: inode from which i_version should be read
240  *
241  * Read the inode i_version counter. This should be used by callers that wish
242  * to store the returned i_version for later comparison. This will guarantee
243  * that a later query of the i_version will result in a different value if
244  * anything has changed.
245  *
246  * In this implementation, we fetch the current value, set the QUERIED flag and
247  * then try to swap it into place with a cmpxchg, if it wasn't already set. If
248  * that fails, we try again with the newly fetched value from the cmpxchg.
249  */
250 static inline u64
251 inode_query_iversion(struct inode *inode)
252 {
253 	u64 cur, new;
254 
255 	cur = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
256 	do {
257 		/* If flag is already set, then no need to swap */
258 		if (cur & I_VERSION_QUERIED) {
259 			/*
260 			 * This barrier (and the implicit barrier in the
261 			 * cmpxchg below) pairs with the barrier in
262 			 * inode_maybe_inc_iversion().
263 			 */
264 			smp_mb();
265 			break;
266 		}
267 
268 		new = cur | I_VERSION_QUERIED;
269 	} while (!atomic64_try_cmpxchg(&inode->i_version, &cur, new));
270 	return cur >> I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT;
271 }
272 
273 /*
274  * For filesystems without any sort of change attribute, the best we can
275  * do is fake one up from the ctime:
276  */
277 static inline u64 time_to_chattr(struct timespec64 *t)
278 {
279 	u64 chattr = t->tv_sec;
280 
281 	chattr <<= 32;
282 	chattr += t->tv_nsec;
283 	return chattr;
284 }
285 
286 /**
287  * inode_eq_iversion_raw - check whether the raw i_version counter has changed
288  * @inode: inode to check
289  * @old: old value to check against its i_version
290  *
291  * Compare the current raw i_version counter with a previous one. Returns true
292  * if they are the same or false if they are different.
293  */
294 static inline bool
295 inode_eq_iversion_raw(const struct inode *inode, u64 old)
296 {
297 	return inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode) == old;
298 }
299 
300 /**
301  * inode_eq_iversion - check whether the i_version counter has changed
302  * @inode: inode to check
303  * @old: old value to check against its i_version
304  *
305  * Compare an i_version counter with a previous one. Returns true if they are
306  * the same, and false if they are different.
307  *
308  * Note that we don't need to set the QUERIED flag in this case, as the value
309  * in the inode is not being recorded for later use.
310  */
311 static inline bool
312 inode_eq_iversion(const struct inode *inode, u64 old)
313 {
314 	return inode_peek_iversion(inode) == old;
315 }
316 #endif
317