vfs: don't unnecessarily clone write access for writable fds

There's no need for mnt_want_write_file() to increment mnt_writers when
the file is already open for writing, provided that
mnt_drop_write_file() is changed to conditionally decrement it.

We seem to have ended up in the current situation because
mnt_want_write_file() used to be paired with mnt_drop_write(), due to
mnt_drop_write_file() not having been added yet.  So originally
mnt_want_write_file() had to always increment mnt_writers.

But later mnt_drop_write_file() was added, and all callers of
mnt_want_write_file() were paired with it.  This makes the compatibility
between mnt_want_write_file() and mnt_drop_write() no longer necessary.

Therefore, make __mnt_want_write_file() and __mnt_drop_write_file() skip
incrementing mnt_writers on files already open for writing.  This
removes the only caller of mnt_clone_write(), so remove that too.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Documentation/filesystems/porting.rst

@@ -865,3 +865,10 @@ no matter what.  Everything is handled by the caller.
 
 clone_private_mount() returns a longterm mount now, so the proper destructor of
 its result is kern_unmount() or kern_unmount_array().
+
+---
+
+**mandatory**
+
+mnt_want_write_file() can now only be paired with mnt_drop_write_file(),
+whereas previously it could be paired with mnt_drop_write() as well.

fs/namespace.c

@@ -359,51 +359,37 @@ int mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *m)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_want_write);
 
-/**
- * mnt_clone_write - get write access to a mount
- * @mnt: the mount on which to take a write
- *
- * This is effectively like mnt_want_write, except
- * it must only be used to take an extra write reference
- * on a mountpoint that we already know has a write reference
- * on it. This allows some optimisation.
- *
- * After finished, mnt_drop_write must be called as usual to
- * drop the reference.
- */
-int mnt_clone_write(struct vfsmount *mnt)
-{
-	/* superblock may be r/o */
-	if (__mnt_is_readonly(mnt))
-		return -EROFS;
-	preempt_disable();
-	mnt_inc_writers(real_mount(mnt));
-	preempt_enable();
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_clone_write);
-
 /**
  * __mnt_want_write_file - get write access to a file's mount
  * @file: the file who's mount on which to take a write
  *
- * This is like __mnt_want_write, but it takes a file and can
+ * This is like __mnt_want_write, but if the file is already open for writing it
- * do some optimisations if the file is open for write already
+ * skips incrementing mnt_writers (since the open file already has a reference)
+ * and instead only does the check for emergency r/o remounts.  This must be
+ * paired with __mnt_drop_write_file.
  */
 int __mnt_want_write_file(struct file *file)
 {
-	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITER))
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITER) {
-		return __mnt_want_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+		/*
-	else
+		 * Superblock may have become readonly while there are still
-		return mnt_clone_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+		 * writable fd's, e.g. due to a fs error with errors=remount-ro
+		 */
+		if (__mnt_is_readonly(file->f_path.mnt))
+			return -EROFS;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return __mnt_want_write(file->f_path.mnt);
 }
 
 /**
  * mnt_want_write_file - get write access to a file's mount
  * @file: the file who's mount on which to take a write
  *
- * This is like mnt_want_write, but it takes a file and can
+ * This is like mnt_want_write, but if the file is already open for writing it
- * do some optimisations if the file is open for write already
+ * skips incrementing mnt_writers (since the open file already has a reference)
+ * and instead only does the freeze protection and the check for emergency r/o
+ * remounts.  This must be paired with mnt_drop_write_file.
  */
 int mnt_want_write_file(struct file *file)
 {
@@ -449,7 +435,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mnt_drop_write);
 
 void __mnt_drop_write_file(struct file *file)
 {
-	__mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITER))
+		__mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
 }
 
 void mnt_drop_write_file(struct file *file)

include/linux/mount.h

@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ struct path;
 
 extern int mnt_want_write(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern int mnt_want_write_file(struct file *file);
-extern int mnt_clone_write(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern void mnt_drop_write(struct vfsmount *mnt);
 extern void mnt_drop_write_file(struct file *file);
 extern void mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt);