fsnotify: Free fsnotify_mark_connector when there is no mark attached

Currently we free fsnotify_mark_connector structure only when inode /
vfsmount is getting freed. This can however impose noticeable memory
overhead when marks get attached to inodes only temporarily. So free the
connector structure once the last mark is detached from the object.
Since notification infrastructure can be working with the connector
under the protection of fsnotify_mark_srcu, we have to be careful and
free the fsnotify_mark_connector only after SRCU period passes.
Reviewed-by: NMiklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: NAmir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

fs/inode.c

@@ -234,9 +234,6 @@ void __destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	inode_detach_wb(inode);
 	security_inode_free(inode);
 	fsnotify_inode_delete(inode);
-#ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
-	fsnotify_connector_free(&inode->i_fsnotify_marks);
-#endif
 	locks_free_lock_context(inode);
 	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
 		WARN_ON(atomic_long_read(&inode->i_sb->s_remove_count) == 0);

fs/mount.h

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct mount {
 	struct mountpoint *mnt_mp;	/* where is it mounted */
 	struct hlist_node mnt_mp_list;	/* list mounts with the same mountpoint */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
-	struct fsnotify_mark_connector *mnt_fsnotify_marks;
+	struct fsnotify_mark_connector __rcu *mnt_fsnotify_marks;
 	__u32 mnt_fsnotify_mask;
 #endif
 	int mnt_id;			/* mount identifier */

fs/namespace.c

@@ -1108,9 +1108,6 @@ static void cleanup_mnt(struct mount *mnt)
 	if (unlikely(mnt->mnt_pins.first))
 		mnt_pin_kill(mnt);
 	fsnotify_vfsmount_delete(&mnt->mnt);
-#ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
-	fsnotify_connector_free(&mnt->mnt_fsnotify_marks);
-#endif
 	dput(mnt->mnt.mnt_root);
 	deactivate_super(mnt->mnt.mnt_sb);
 	mnt_free_id(mnt);

fs/notify/fsnotify.c

@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, const void *data, int data_is,
 
 	if ((mask & FS_MODIFY) ||
 	    (test_mask & to_tell->i_fsnotify_mask)) {
-		inode_conn = lockless_dereference(to_tell->i_fsnotify_marks);
+		inode_conn = srcu_dereference(to_tell->i_fsnotify_marks,
+					      &fsnotify_mark_srcu);
 		if (inode_conn)
 			inode_node = srcu_dereference(inode_conn->list.first,
 						      &fsnotify_mark_srcu);
@@ -236,11 +237,13 @@ int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, const void *data, int data_is,
 
 	if (mnt && ((mask & FS_MODIFY) ||
 		    (test_mask & mnt->mnt_fsnotify_mask))) {
-		inode_conn = lockless_dereference(to_tell->i_fsnotify_marks);
+		inode_conn = srcu_dereference(to_tell->i_fsnotify_marks,
+					      &fsnotify_mark_srcu);
 		if (inode_conn)
 			inode_node = srcu_dereference(inode_conn->list.first,
 						      &fsnotify_mark_srcu);
-		vfsmount_conn = lockless_dereference(mnt->mnt_fsnotify_marks);
+		vfsmount_conn = srcu_dereference(mnt->mnt_fsnotify_marks,
+					         &fsnotify_mark_srcu);
 		if (vfsmount_conn)
 			vfsmount_node = srcu_dereference(
 						vfsmount_conn->list.first,

fs/notify/fsnotify.h

@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ extern int fsnotify_compare_groups(struct fsnotify_group *a,
 
 /* Find mark belonging to given group in the list of marks */
 extern struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_mark(
-					struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn,
+				struct fsnotify_mark_connector __rcu **connp,
 				struct fsnotify_group *group);
 /* Destroy all marks connected via given connector */
-extern void fsnotify_destroy_marks(struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn);
+extern void fsnotify_destroy_marks(struct fsnotify_mark_connector __rcu **connp);
 /* run the list of all marks associated with inode and destroy them */
 static inline void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	fsnotify_destroy_marks(inode->i_fsnotify_marks);
+	fsnotify_destroy_marks(&inode->i_fsnotify_marks);
 }
 /* run the list of all marks associated with vfsmount and destroy them */
 static inline void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_mount(struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
-	fsnotify_destroy_marks(real_mount(mnt)->mnt_fsnotify_marks);
+	fsnotify_destroy_marks(&real_mount(mnt)->mnt_fsnotify_marks);
 }
 /* prepare for freeing all marks associated with given group */
 extern void fsnotify_detach_group_marks(struct fsnotify_group *group);

fs/notify/inode_mark.c

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void fsnotify_clear_inode_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_inode_mark(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 					       struct inode *inode)
 {
-	return fsnotify_find_mark(inode->i_fsnotify_marks, group);
+	return fsnotify_find_mark(&inode->i_fsnotify_marks, group);
 }
 
 /**

fs/notify/mark.c

@@ -89,10 +89,14 @@ struct kmem_cache *fsnotify_mark_connector_cachep;
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(destroy_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(destroy_list);
+static struct fsnotify_mark_connector *connector_destroy_list;
 
 static void fsnotify_mark_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work);
 static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(reaper_work, fsnotify_mark_destroy_workfn);
 
+static void fsnotify_connector_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work);
+static DECLARE_WORK(connector_reaper_work, fsnotify_connector_destroy_workfn);
+
 void fsnotify_get_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 {
 	atomic_inc(&mark->refcnt);
@@ -139,22 +143,73 @@ void fsnotify_recalc_mask(struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn)
 		__fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(conn->inode);
 }
 
+/* Free all connectors queued for freeing once SRCU period ends */
+static void fsnotify_connector_destroy_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn, *free;
+
+	spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
+	conn = connector_destroy_list;
+	connector_destroy_list = NULL;
+	spin_unlock(&destroy_lock);
+
+	synchronize_srcu(&fsnotify_mark_srcu);
+	while (conn) {
+		free = conn;
+		conn = conn->destroy_next;
+		kmem_cache_free(fsnotify_mark_connector_cachep, free);
+	}
+}
+
+
+static struct inode *fsnotify_detach_connector_from_object(
+					struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+
+	if (conn->flags & FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE) {
+		inode = conn->inode;
+		rcu_assign_pointer(inode->i_fsnotify_marks, NULL);
+		inode->i_fsnotify_mask = 0;
+		conn->inode = NULL;
+		conn->flags &= ~FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE;
+	} else if (conn->flags & FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_VFSMOUNT) {
+		rcu_assign_pointer(real_mount(conn->mnt)->mnt_fsnotify_marks,
+				   NULL);
+		real_mount(conn->mnt)->mnt_fsnotify_mask = 0;
+		conn->mnt = NULL;
+		conn->flags &= ~FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_VFSMOUNT;
+	}
+
+	return inode;
+}
+
 static struct inode *fsnotify_detach_from_object(struct fsnotify_mark *mark)
 {
 	struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn;
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+	bool free_conn = false;
 
 	conn = mark->connector;
 	spin_lock(&conn->lock);
 	hlist_del_init_rcu(&mark->obj_list);
 	if (hlist_empty(&conn->list)) {
-		if (conn->flags & FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE)
-			inode = conn->inode;
-	}
+		inode = fsnotify_detach_connector_from_object(conn);
+		free_conn = true;
+	} else {
 		__fsnotify_recalc_mask(conn);
+	}
 	mark->connector = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&conn->lock);
 
+	if (free_conn) {
+		spin_lock(&destroy_lock);
+		conn->destroy_next = connector_destroy_list;
+		connector_destroy_list = conn;
+		spin_unlock(&destroy_lock);
+		queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &connector_reaper_work);
+	}
+
 	return inode;
 }
 
@@ -259,14 +314,6 @@ void fsnotify_destroy_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 	fsnotify_free_mark(mark);
 }
 
-void fsnotify_connector_free(struct fsnotify_mark_connector **connp)
-{
-	if (*connp) {
-		kmem_cache_free(fsnotify_mark_connector_cachep, *connp);
-		*connp = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
 void fsnotify_set_mark_mask_locked(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, __u32 mask)
 {
 	assert_spin_locked(&mark->lock);
@@ -318,7 +365,7 @@ int fsnotify_compare_groups(struct fsnotify_group *a, struct fsnotify_group *b)
 }
 
 static int fsnotify_attach_connector_to_object(
-					struct fsnotify_mark_connector **connp,
+				struct fsnotify_mark_connector __rcu **connp,
 				struct inode *inode,
 				struct vfsmount *mnt)
 {
@@ -331,7 +378,7 @@ static int fsnotify_attach_connector_to_object(
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&conn->list);
 	if (inode) {
 		conn->flags = FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE;
-		conn->inode = inode;
+		conn->inode = igrab(inode);
 	} else {
 		conn->flags = FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_VFSMOUNT;
 		conn->mnt = mnt;
@@ -342,12 +389,42 @@ static int fsnotify_attach_connector_to_object(
 	 */
 	if (cmpxchg(connp, NULL, conn)) {
 		/* Someone else created list structure for us */
+		if (inode)
+			iput(inode);
 		kmem_cache_free(fsnotify_mark_connector_cachep, conn);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Get mark connector, make sure it is alive and return with its lock held.
+ * This is for users that get connector pointer from inode or mount. Users that
+ * hold reference to a mark on the list may directly lock connector->lock as
+ * they are sure list cannot go away under them.
+ */
+static struct fsnotify_mark_connector *fsnotify_grab_connector(
+				struct fsnotify_mark_connector __rcu **connp)
+{
+	struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn;
+	int idx;
+
+	idx = srcu_read_lock(&fsnotify_mark_srcu);
+	conn = srcu_dereference(*connp, &fsnotify_mark_srcu);
+	if (!conn)
+		goto out;
+	spin_lock(&conn->lock);
+	if (!(conn->flags & (FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_INODE |
+			     FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_VFSMOUNT))) {
+		spin_unlock(&conn->lock);
+		srcu_read_unlock(&fsnotify_mark_srcu, idx);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+out:
+	srcu_read_unlock(&fsnotify_mark_srcu, idx);
+	return conn;
+}
+
 /*
  * Add mark into proper place in given list of marks. These marks may be used
  * for the fsnotify backend to determine which event types should be delivered
@@ -360,7 +437,7 @@ static int fsnotify_add_mark_list(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 {
 	struct fsnotify_mark *lmark, *last = NULL;
 	struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn;
-	struct fsnotify_mark_connector **connp;
+	struct fsnotify_mark_connector __rcu **connp;
 	int cmp;
 	int err = 0;
 
@@ -370,21 +447,20 @@ static int fsnotify_add_mark_list(struct fsnotify_mark *mark,
 		connp = &inode->i_fsnotify_marks;
 	else
 		connp = &real_mount(mnt)->mnt_fsnotify_marks;
-
-	if (!*connp) {
+restart:
+	spin_lock(&mark->lock);
+	conn = fsnotify_grab_connector(connp);
+	if (!conn) {
+		spin_unlock(&mark->lock);
 		err = fsnotify_attach_connector_to_object(connp, inode, mnt);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
+		goto restart;
 	}
-	spin_lock(&mark->lock);
-	conn = *connp;
-	spin_lock(&conn->lock);
 
 	/* is mark the first mark? */
 	if (hlist_empty(&conn->list)) {
 		hlist_add_head_rcu(&mark->obj_list, &conn->list);
-		if (inode)
-			igrab(inode);
 		goto added;
 	}
 
@@ -486,15 +562,17 @@ int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark, struct fsnotify_group *group,
  * Given a list of marks, find the mark associated with given group. If found
  * take a reference to that mark and return it, else return NULL.
  */
-struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_mark(struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn,
+struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_mark(
+				struct fsnotify_mark_connector __rcu **connp,
 				struct fsnotify_group *group)
 {
+	struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn;
 	struct fsnotify_mark *mark;
 
+	conn = fsnotify_grab_connector(connp);
 	if (!conn)
 		return NULL;
 
-	spin_lock(&conn->lock);
 	hlist_for_each_entry(mark, &conn->list, obj_list) {
 		if (mark->group == group) {
 			fsnotify_get_mark(mark);
@@ -572,26 +650,20 @@ void fsnotify_detach_group_marks(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 	}
 }
 
-void fsnotify_destroy_marks(struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn)
+/* Destroy all marks attached to inode / vfsmount */
+void fsnotify_destroy_marks(struct fsnotify_mark_connector __rcu **connp)
 {
+	struct fsnotify_mark_connector *conn;
 	struct fsnotify_mark *mark;
 
-	if (!conn)
-		return;
-
-	while (1) {
+	while ((conn = fsnotify_grab_connector(connp))) {
 		/*
 		 * We have to be careful since we can race with e.g.
-		 * fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group() and once we drop 'lock',
-		 * mark can get removed from the obj_list and destroyed. But
-		 * we are holding mark reference so mark cannot be freed and
-		 * calling fsnotify_destroy_mark() more than once is fine.
+		 * fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group() and once we drop the list
+		 * lock, mark can get removed from the obj_list and destroyed.
+		 * But we are holding mark reference so mark cannot be freed
+		 * and calling fsnotify_destroy_mark() more than once is fine.
 		 */
-		spin_lock(&conn->lock);
-		if (hlist_empty(&conn->list)) {
-			spin_unlock(&conn->lock);
-			break;
-		}
 		mark = hlist_entry(conn->list.first, struct fsnotify_mark,
 				   obj_list);
 		fsnotify_get_mark(mark);

fs/notify/vfsmount_mark.c

@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ struct fsnotify_mark *fsnotify_find_vfsmount_mark(struct fsnotify_group *group,
 {
 	struct mount *m = real_mount(mnt);
 
-	return fsnotify_find_mark(m->mnt_fsnotify_marks, group);
+	return fsnotify_find_mark(&m->mnt_fsnotify_marks, group);
 }

include/linux/fs.h

@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ struct inode {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
 	__u32			i_fsnotify_mask; /* all events this inode cares about */
-	struct fsnotify_mark_connector	*i_fsnotify_marks;
+	struct fsnotify_mark_connector __rcu	*i_fsnotify_marks;
 #endif
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION)

include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h

@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ struct fsnotify_group {
 /*
  * Inode / vfsmount point to this structure which tracks all marks attached to
  * the inode / vfsmount. The reference to inode / vfsmount is held by this
- * structure whenever the list is non-empty. The structure is freed only when
- * inode / vfsmount gets freed.
+ * structure. We destroy this structure when there are no more marks attached
+ * to it. The structure is protected by fsnotify_mark_srcu.
  */
 struct fsnotify_mark_connector {
 	spinlock_t lock;
@@ -209,7 +209,11 @@ struct fsnotify_mark_connector {
 		struct inode *inode;
 		struct vfsmount *mnt;
 	};
+	union {
 		struct hlist_head list;
+		/* Used listing heads to free after srcu period expires */
+		struct fsnotify_mark_connector *destroy_next;
+	};
 };
 
 /*
@@ -361,7 +365,6 @@ extern void fsnotify_clear_vfsmount_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 extern void fsnotify_clear_inode_marks_by_group(struct fsnotify_group *group);
 /* run all the marks in a group, and clear all of the marks attached to given object type */
 extern void fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags(struct fsnotify_group *group, unsigned int flags);
-extern void fsnotify_connector_free(struct fsnotify_mark_connector **connp);
 extern void fsnotify_get_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
 extern void fsnotify_put_mark(struct fsnotify_mark *mark);
 extern void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct super_block *sb);

kernel/auditsc.c

@@ -1597,8 +1597,7 @@ static inline void handle_one(const struct inode *inode)
 	struct audit_tree_refs *p;
 	struct audit_chunk *chunk;
 	int count;
-	if (likely(!inode->i_fsnotify_marks ||
-		   hlist_empty(&inode->i_fsnotify_marks->list)))
+	if (likely(!inode->i_fsnotify_marks))
 		return;
 	context = current->audit_context;
 	p = context->trees;
@@ -1641,8 +1640,7 @@ static void handle_path(const struct dentry *dentry)
 	seq = read_seqbegin(&rename_lock);
 	for(;;) {
 		struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(d);
-		if (inode && unlikely(inode->i_fsnotify_marks &&
-		    !hlist_empty(&inode->i_fsnotify_marks->list))) {
+		if (inode && unlikely(inode->i_fsnotify_marks)) {
 			struct audit_chunk *chunk;
 			chunk = audit_tree_lookup(inode);
 			if (chunk) {