package syscallcompat import ( "syscall" "golang.org/x/sys/unix" "github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/v2/internal/tlog" ) // FS_NOCOW_FL is the flag set by "chattr +C" to disable copy-on-write on // btrfs. Not exported by golang.org/x/sys/unix, value from linux/fs.h. const FS_NOCOW_FL = 0x00800000 // dirHasNoCow checks whether the directory at the given path has the // NOCOW (No Copy-on-Write) attribute set (i.e. "chattr +C"). // When a directory has this attribute, files created within it inherit // NOCOW, which makes fallocate work correctly on btrfs because writes // go in-place rather than through COW. func dirHasNoCow(path string) bool { fd, err := syscall.Open(path, syscall.O_RDONLY|syscall.O_DIRECTORY, 0) if err != nil { tlog.Debug.Printf("dirHasNoCow: Open %q failed: %v", path, err) return false } defer syscall.Close(fd) flags, err := unix.IoctlGetInt(fd, unix.FS_IOC_GETFLAGS) if err != nil { tlog.Debug.Printf("dirHasNoCow: FS_IOC_GETFLAGS on %q failed: %v", path, err) return false } return flags&FS_NOCOW_FL != 0 } // DetectQuirks decides if there are known quirks on the backing filesystem // that need to be workarounded. // // Tested by tests/root_test.TestBtrfsQuirks func DetectQuirks(cipherdir string) (q uint64) { var st unix.Statfs_t err := unix.Statfs(cipherdir, &st) if err != nil { tlog.Warn.Printf("DetectQuirks: Statfs on %q failed: %v", cipherdir, err) return 0 } // Preallocation on Btrfs is broken ( https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/395 ) // and slow ( https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/63 ). // // The root cause is that btrfs COW allocates new blocks on write even for // preallocated extents, defeating the purpose of fallocate. However, if the // backing directory has the NOCOW attribute (chattr +C), writes go in-place // and fallocate works correctly. // // Cast to uint32 avoids compile error on arm: "constant 2435016766 overflows int32" if uint32(st.Type) == unix.BTRFS_SUPER_MAGIC { if dirHasNoCow(cipherdir) { tlog.Debug.Printf("DetectQuirks: Btrfs detected but cipherdir has NOCOW attribute (chattr +C), fallocate should work correctly") } else { // LogQuirk is called in fusefrontend/root_node.go q |= QuirkBtrfsBrokenFalloc } } return q }