[PATCH v2 00/21] fuse: extend passthrough to inode operations
Joanne Koong <[email protected]> Fri, 15 May 2026 17:39:43 -0700
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This series extends fuse passthrough to support inode operations (getattr +
setattr) and directory readdir.
The existing FUSE_PASSTHROUGH mode attaches a backing file to a fuse inode
only when a passthrough file is open. This series introduces
FUSE_PASSTHROUGH_INO, a stricter mode requiring one-to-one inode number
mapping, which allows attaching a backing file for the lifetime of the fuse
inode.
This is based off Amir's work. Patches 1-7 are from his git tree in [1].
For testing/debugging, this was done using the passthrough_hp server with the
changes in [2] applied.
This series was run through fstests using passthrough_hp in [2]. There were no
regressions seen compared to passthrough_hp --nopassthrough and an improvement
in generic 683, 684, and 685 (dropping suid/sgid) now passing. Compared to
passthrough_hp without inode operations passed through, generic tests 080 and
215 (mapped write timestamp updates) now pass.
This is on top of commit ea2ff881bb8e ("fuse: reduce attributes invalidated on
directory change") + a locally applied patch [3], in Miklos's fuse tree.
[1] https://github.com/amir73il/linux/commits/fuse-backing-inode-wip/
[2] https://github.com/joannekoong/libfuse/commits/extended_passthrough_v2/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/fuse-devel/[email protected]/T/#u
Changelog
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v1: https://lore.kernel.org/fuse-devel/CAOQ4uxjBZL6CY0mJEiHrw8aR28MHg5pU+Pfr9fUqGdKPDOdwcw@mail.gmail.com/T/
v1 -> v2:
- Address Amir's feedback (especially about not mixing cached io mode with
passthrough mode, dropping the passthrough open patch, modeling some of the
logic after overlayfs)
- Diff between v2 and v1 for Amir's patches 1-7:
https://gist.github.com/joannekoong/451eb02e716fa6321a622a61a95aea04
Amir Goldstein (7):
fuse: introduce FUSE_PASSTHROUGH_INO mode
fuse: prepare for passthrough of inode operations
fuse: prepare for readdir passthrough on directories
fuse: implement passthrough for readdir
fuse: prepare for long lived reference on backing file
fuse: implement passthrough for getattr/statx
fuse: prepare to setup backing inode passthrough on lookup
Joanne Koong (14):
fuse: handle zero ops_mask in FUSE_DEV_IOC_BACKING_OPEN
fuse: handle partial io passthrough for read/write, splice, and mmap
fuse: prepare to cache statx attributes from entry replies
fuse: clean up fuse_dentry_revalidate()
fuse: add struct fuse_entry2_out and helpers for extended entry
replies
fuse: add passthrough lookup
fuse: add passthrough support for entry creation
fuse: add passthrough support for create+open
fuse: allow backing_id=0 in open to inherit inode's backing file
backing-inode: add backing_inode_copyattr()
backing-inode: add backing_inode_setattr()
fuse: add passthrough setattr
fuse: use passthrough getattr in setattr suid/sgid handling
docs: fuse: document extended passthrough (FUSE_PASSTHROUGH_INO)
.../filesystems/fuse/fuse-passthrough.rst | 126 ++++++
fs/Makefile | 2 +-
fs/backing-inode.c | 97 +++++
fs/fuse/backing.c | 64 ++-
fs/fuse/cuse.c | 2 +-
fs/fuse/dir.c | 391 +++++++++++++-----
fs/fuse/file.c | 37 +-
fs/fuse/fuse_i.h | 83 +++-
fs/fuse/inode.c | 27 +-
fs/fuse/iomode.c | 122 +++++-
fs/fuse/passthrough.c | 122 +++++-
fs/fuse/readdir.c | 5 +-
fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 66 +--
fs/overlayfs/util.c | 33 +-
include/linux/backing-inode.h | 18 +
include/uapi/linux/fuse.h | 32 +-
16 files changed, 969 insertions(+), 258 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 fs/backing-inode.c
create mode 100644 include/linux/backing-inode.h
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