Thread (38 messages) 38 messages, 4 authors, 2026-03-03

Re: [PATCH 09/14] xattr: move user limits for xattrs to generic infra

From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Date: 2026-02-27 15:20:38
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On Mon 16-02-26 14:32:05, Christian Brauner wrote:
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

								Honza
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
---
 fs/kernfs/inode.c           | 75 ++-------------------------------------------
 fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h |  3 +-
 fs/xattr.c                  | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/kernfs.h      |  2 --
 include/linux/xattr.h       | 18 +++++++++++
 5 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/inode.c b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
index dfc3315b5afc..1de10500842d 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/inode.c
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ static struct kernfs_iattrs *__kernfs_iattrs(struct kernfs_node *kn, bool alloc)
 	ret->ia_mtime = ret->ia_atime;
 	ret->ia_ctime = ret->ia_atime;
 
-	atomic_set(&ret->nr_user_xattrs, 0);
-	atomic_set(&ret->user_xattr_size, 0);
+	simple_xattr_limits_init(&ret->xattr_limits);
 
 	/* If someone raced us, recognize it. */
 	if (!try_cmpxchg(&kn->iattr, &attr, ret))
@@ -355,69 +354,6 @@ static int kernfs_vfs_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	return kernfs_xattr_set(kn, name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
-static int kernfs_vfs_user_xattr_add(struct kernfs_node *kn,
-				     const char *full_name,
-				     struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
-				     const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
-{
-	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;
-
-	if (atomic_inc_return(nr) > KERNFS_MAX_USER_XATTRS) {
-		ret = -ENOSPC;
-		goto dec_count_out;
-	}
-
-	if (atomic_add_return(size, sz) > KERNFS_USER_XATTR_SIZE_LIMIT) {
-		ret = -ENOSPC;
-		goto dec_size_out;
-	}
-
-	old_xattr = simple_xattr_set(xattrs, full_name, value, size, flags);
-	if (!old_xattr)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (IS_ERR(old_xattr)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(old_xattr);
-		goto dec_size_out;
-	}
-
-	ret = 0;
-	size = old_xattr->size;
-	simple_xattr_free_rcu(old_xattr);
-dec_size_out:
-	atomic_sub(size, sz);
-dec_count_out:
-	atomic_dec(nr);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int kernfs_vfs_user_xattr_rm(struct kernfs_node *kn,
-				    const char *full_name,
-				    struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
-				    const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
-{
-	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);
-	if (!old_xattr)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (IS_ERR(old_xattr))
-		return PTR_ERR(old_xattr);
-
-	atomic_sub(old_xattr->size, sz);
-	atomic_dec(nr);
-	simple_xattr_free_rcu(old_xattr);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int kernfs_vfs_user_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 				     struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 				     struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
@@ -440,13 +376,8 @@ static int kernfs_vfs_user_xattr_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(xattrs))
 		return PTR_ERR(xattrs);
 
-	if (value)
-		return kernfs_vfs_user_xattr_add(kn, full_name, xattrs,
-						 value, size, flags);
-	else
-		return kernfs_vfs_user_xattr_rm(kn, full_name, xattrs,
-						value, size, flags);
-
+	return simple_xattr_set_limited(xattrs, &attrs->xattr_limits,
+					full_name, value, size, flags);
 }
 
 static const struct xattr_handler kernfs_trusted_xattr_handler = {
diff --git a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
index 1324ed8c0661..1d3831e3a270 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
+++ b/fs/kernfs/kernfs-internal.h
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ struct kernfs_iattrs {
 	struct timespec64	ia_ctime;
 
 	struct simple_xattrs	*xattrs;
-	atomic_t		nr_user_xattrs;
-	atomic_t		user_xattr_size;
+	struct simple_xattr_limits xattr_limits;
 };
 
 struct kernfs_root {
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 328ed7558dfc..5e559b1c651f 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -1427,6 +1427,71 @@ struct simple_xattr *simple_xattr_set(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
 	return old_xattr;
 }
 
+static inline void simple_xattr_limits_dec(struct simple_xattr_limits *limits,
+					   size_t size)
+{
+	atomic_sub(size, &limits->xattr_size);
+	atomic_dec(&limits->nr_xattrs);
+}
+
+static inline int simple_xattr_limits_inc(struct simple_xattr_limits *limits,
+					  size_t size)
+{
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&limits->nr_xattrs) > SIMPLE_XATTR_MAX_NR) {
+		atomic_dec(&limits->nr_xattrs);
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
+
+	if (atomic_add_return(size, &limits->xattr_size) <= SIMPLE_XATTR_MAX_SIZE)
+		return 0;
+
+	simple_xattr_limits_dec(limits, size);
+	return -ENOSPC;
+}
+
+/**
+ * simple_xattr_set_limited - set an xattr with per-inode user.* limits
+ * @xattrs: the header of the xattr object
+ * @limits: per-inode limit counters for user.* xattrs
+ * @name: the name of the xattr to set or remove
+ * @value: the value to store (NULL to remove)
+ * @size: the size of @value
+ * @flags: XATTR_CREATE, XATTR_REPLACE, or 0
+ *
+ * Like simple_xattr_set(), but enforces per-inode count and total value size
+ * limits for user.* xattrs. Uses speculative pre-increment of the atomic
+ * counters to avoid races without requiring external locks.
+ *
+ * Return: On success zero is returned. On failure a negative error code is
+ * returned.
+ */
+int simple_xattr_set_limited(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
+			     struct simple_xattr_limits *limits,
+			     const char *name, const void *value,
+			     size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	struct simple_xattr *old_xattr;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (value) {
+		ret = simple_xattr_limits_inc(limits, size);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
+	old_xattr = simple_xattr_set(xattrs, name, value, size, flags);
+	if (IS_ERR(old_xattr)) {
+		if (value)
+			simple_xattr_limits_dec(limits, size);
+		return PTR_ERR(old_xattr);
+	}
+	if (old_xattr) {
+		simple_xattr_limits_dec(limits, old_xattr->size);
+		simple_xattr_free_rcu(old_xattr);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static bool xattr_is_trusted(const char *name)
 {
 	return !strncmp(name, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX, XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN);
diff --git a/include/linux/kernfs.h b/include/linux/kernfs.h
index b5a5f32fdfd1..d8f57f0af5e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernfs.h
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ enum kernfs_node_type {
 
 #define KERNFS_TYPE_MASK		0x000f
 #define KERNFS_FLAG_MASK		~KERNFS_TYPE_MASK
-#define KERNFS_MAX_USER_XATTRS		128
-#define KERNFS_USER_XATTR_SIZE_LIMIT	(128 << 10)
 
 enum kernfs_node_flag {
 	KERNFS_ACTIVATED	= 0x0010,
diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h
index f60357d9f938..90a43a117127 100644
--- a/include/linux/xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/xattr.h
@@ -118,6 +118,20 @@ struct simple_xattr {
 	char value[];
 };
 
+#define SIMPLE_XATTR_MAX_NR		128
+#define SIMPLE_XATTR_MAX_SIZE		(128 << 10)
+
+struct simple_xattr_limits {
+	atomic_t	nr_xattrs;	/* current user.* xattr count */
+	atomic_t	xattr_size;	/* current total user.* value bytes */
+};
+
+static inline void simple_xattr_limits_init(struct simple_xattr_limits *limits)
+{
+	atomic_set(&limits->nr_xattrs, 0);
+	atomic_set(&limits->xattr_size, 0);
+}
+
 int simple_xattrs_init(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs);
 struct simple_xattrs *simple_xattrs_alloc(void);
 struct simple_xattrs *simple_xattrs_lazy_alloc(struct simple_xattrs **xattrsp,
@@ -132,6 +146,10 @@ int simple_xattr_get(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs, const char *name,
 struct simple_xattr *simple_xattr_set(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
 				      const char *name, const void *value,
 				      size_t size, int flags);
+int simple_xattr_set_limited(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
+			     struct simple_xattr_limits *limits,
+			     const char *name, const void *value,
+			     size_t size, int flags);
 ssize_t simple_xattr_list(struct inode *inode, struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
 			  char *buffer, size_t size);
 int simple_xattr_add(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
-- 
2.47.3
-- 
Jan Kara [off-list ref]
SUSE Labs, CR
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