fs: store real path instead of fake path in backing file f_path

A backing file struct stores two path's, one "real" path that is referring
to f_inode and one "fake" path, which should be displayed to users in
/proc/<pid>/maps.

There is a lot more potential code that needs to know the "real" path, then
code that needs to know the "fake" path.

Instead of code having to request the "real" path with file_real_path(),
store the "real" path in f_path and require code that needs to know the
"fake" path request it with file_user_path().
Replace the file_real_path() helper with a simple const accessor f_path().

After this change, file_dentry() is not expected to observe any files
with overlayfs f_path and real f_inode, so the call to ->d_real() should
not be needed.  Leave the ->d_real() call for now and add an assertion
in ovl_d_real() to catch if we made wrong assumptions.

Suggested-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAJfpegtt48eXhhjDFA1ojcHPNKj3Go6joryCPtEFAKpocyBsnw@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231009153712.1566422-4-amir73il@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index fe63e236da22..02dc608d40d8 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ static inline int file_get_write_access(struct file *f)
 	if (unlikely(error))
 		goto cleanup_inode;
 	if (unlikely(f->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)) {
-		error = mnt_get_write_access(backing_file_real_path(f)->mnt);
+		error = mnt_get_write_access(backing_file_user_path(f)->mnt);
 		if (unlikely(error))
 			goto cleanup_mnt;
 	}
@@ -1182,20 +1182,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_file_open);
 
 /**
  * backing_file_open - open a backing file for kernel internal use
- * @path:	path of the file to open
+ * @user_path:	path that the user reuqested to open
  * @flags:	open flags
  * @real_path:	path of the backing file
  * @cred:	credentials for open
  *
  * Open a backing file for a stackable filesystem (e.g., overlayfs).
- * @path may be on the stackable filesystem and backing inode on the
- * underlying filesystem. In this case, we want to be able to return
- * the @real_path of the backing inode. This is done by embedding the
- * returned file into a container structure that also stores the path of
- * the backing inode on the underlying filesystem, which can be
- * retrieved using backing_file_real_path().
+ * @user_path may be on the stackable filesystem and @real_path on the
+ * underlying filesystem.  In this case, we want to be able to return the
+ * @user_path of the stackable filesystem. This is done by embedding the
+ * returned file into a container structure that also stores the stacked
+ * file's path, which can be retrieved using backing_file_user_path().
  */
-struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
+struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *user_path, int flags,
 			       const struct path *real_path,
 			       const struct cred *cred)
 {
@@ -1206,9 +1205,9 @@ struct file *backing_file_open(const struct path *path, int flags,
 	if (IS_ERR(f))
 		return f;
 
-	f->f_path = *path;
-	path_get(real_path);
-	*backing_file_real_path(f) = *real_path;
+	path_get(user_path);
+	*backing_file_user_path(f) = *user_path;
+	f->f_path = *real_path;
 	error = do_dentry_open(f, d_inode(real_path->dentry), NULL);
 	if (error) {
 		fput(f);