Merge patch series "pipe: don't update {a,c,m}time for anonymous pipes"

Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> says:

Don't update {a,c,m}time for anonymous pipes for performance reasons.

* patches from https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250205181716.GA13817@redhat.com:
  pipe: don't update {a,c,m}time for anonymous pipes
  pipe: introduce struct file_operations pipeanon_fops

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250205181716.GA13817@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 47 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 94b59045ab44..2ae75adfba64 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static inline unsigned int pipe_update_tail(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 }
 
 static ssize_t
-pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
+anon_pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 {
 	size_t total_len = iov_iter_count(to);
 	struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
@@ -404,8 +404,15 @@ pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 	if (wake_next_reader)
 		wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(&pipe->rd_wait, EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM);
 	kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_writers, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+fifo_pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
+{
+	int ret = anon_pipe_read(iocb, to);
 	if (ret > 0)
-		file_accessed(filp);
+		file_accessed(iocb->ki_filp);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -426,7 +433,7 @@ static inline bool pipe_writable(const struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
 }
 
 static ssize_t
-pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
+anon_pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 {
 	struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe = filp->private_data;
@@ -604,11 +611,21 @@ out:
 	kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
 	if (wake_next_writer)
 		wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(&pipe->wr_wait, EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM);
-	if (ret > 0 && sb_start_write_trylock(file_inode(filp)->i_sb)) {
-		int err = file_update_time(filp);
-		if (err)
-			ret = err;
-		sb_end_write(file_inode(filp)->i_sb);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+fifo_pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
+{
+	int ret = anon_pipe_write(iocb, from);
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
+		if (sb_start_write_trylock(file_inode(filp)->i_sb)) {
+			int err = file_update_time(filp);
+			if (err)
+				ret = err;
+			sb_end_write(file_inode(filp)->i_sb);
+		}
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -878,6 +895,8 @@ static const struct dentry_operations pipefs_dentry_operations = {
 	.d_dname	= pipefs_dname,
 };
 
+static const struct file_operations pipeanon_fops;
+
 static struct inode * get_pipe_inode(void)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = new_inode_pseudo(pipe_mnt->mnt_sb);
@@ -895,7 +914,7 @@ static struct inode * get_pipe_inode(void)
 	inode->i_pipe = pipe;
 	pipe->files = 2;
 	pipe->readers = pipe->writers = 1;
-	inode->i_fop = &pipefifo_fops;
+	inode->i_fop = &pipeanon_fops;
 
 	/*
 	 * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
@@ -938,7 +957,7 @@ int create_pipe_files(struct file **res, int flags)
 
 	f = alloc_file_pseudo(inode, pipe_mnt, "",
 				O_WRONLY | (flags & (O_NONBLOCK | O_DIRECT)),
-				&pipefifo_fops);
+				&pipeanon_fops);
 	if (IS_ERR(f)) {
 		free_pipe_info(inode->i_pipe);
 		iput(inode);
@@ -949,7 +968,7 @@ int create_pipe_files(struct file **res, int flags)
 	f->f_pipe = 0;
 
 	res[0] = alloc_file_clone(f, O_RDONLY | (flags & O_NONBLOCK),
-				  &pipefifo_fops);
+				  &pipeanon_fops);
 	if (IS_ERR(res[0])) {
 		put_pipe_info(inode, inode->i_pipe);
 		fput(f);
@@ -1107,8 +1126,8 @@ static void wake_up_partner(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
 
 static int fifo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
+	bool is_pipe = inode->i_fop == &pipeanon_fops;
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
-	bool is_pipe = inode->i_sb->s_magic == PIPEFS_MAGIC;
 	int ret;
 
 	filp->f_pipe = 0;
@@ -1232,8 +1251,19 @@ err:
 
 const struct file_operations pipefifo_fops = {
 	.open		= fifo_open,
-	.read_iter	= pipe_read,
-	.write_iter	= pipe_write,
+	.read_iter	= fifo_pipe_read,
+	.write_iter	= fifo_pipe_write,
+	.poll		= pipe_poll,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= pipe_ioctl,
+	.release	= pipe_release,
+	.fasync		= pipe_fasync,
+	.splice_write	= iter_file_splice_write,
+};
+
+static const struct file_operations pipeanon_fops = {
+	.open		= fifo_open,
+	.read_iter	= anon_pipe_read,
+	.write_iter	= anon_pipe_write,
 	.poll		= pipe_poll,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= pipe_ioctl,
 	.release	= pipe_release,
@@ -1388,7 +1418,9 @@ struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file, bool for_splice)
 {
 	struct pipe_inode_info *pipe = file->private_data;
 
-	if (file->f_op != &pipefifo_fops || !pipe)
+	if (!pipe)
+		return NULL;
+	if (file->f_op != &pipefifo_fops && file->f_op != &pipeanon_fops)
 		return NULL;
 	if (for_splice && pipe_has_watch_queue(pipe))
 		return NULL;