From cd4108319bb3355a54252377eeaa610e8d603ba7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giuseppe Scrivano Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 18:31:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] erofs: reuse superblock for file-backed mounts When the same file-backed image is mounted multiple times (via path or fd) with the superblock_share mount option, reuse the existing superblock instead of creating a new one. This allows multiple mounts of the same image to share in-kernel data structures more efficiently. The backing file is identified by its inode and fsoffset. If mount options conflict or extra devices are used, a separate superblock is created transparently as a fallback. Remount is not allowed on shared superblocks. Tested by mounting a 177M Fedora EROFS image 20 times with full traversal: #!/bin/sh IMG=${1:-/root/fedora.erofs} OPTS=${2:+-o $2} N=20 DIR=$(mktemp -d) trap "umount $DIR/m* 2>/dev/null; rm -rf $DIR" EXIT sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches INODES_BEFORE=$(grep erofs_inode /proc/slabinfo | awk '{print $2}') MEM_BEFORE=$(grep ^Slab: /proc/meminfo | awk '{print $2}') for i in $(seq 1 $N); do mkdir $DIR/m$i mount -t erofs $OPTS "$IMG" $DIR/m$i find $DIR/m$i > /dev/null done echo "Superblocks: $(grep $DIR /proc/self/mountinfo | \ awk '{print $3}' | sort -u | wc -l)" echo "erofs_inode delta: +$(( $(grep erofs_inode /proc/slabinfo | \ awk '{print $2}') - INODES_BEFORE ))" echo "Slab delta: +$(( $(grep ^Slab: /proc/meminfo | \ awk '{print $2}') - MEM_BEFORE )) kB" without superblock_share: # time ./test.sh /root/fedora.erofs Superblocks: 20 erofs_inode delta: +45864 Slab delta: +37448 kB real 0m2.311s user 0m0.222s sys 0m1.998s with superblock_share: # time ./test.sh /root/fedora.erofs superblock_share Superblocks: 1 erofs_inode delta: +2044 Slab delta: +284 kB real 0m0.679s user 0m0.157s sys 0m0.469s The time difference shows that sharing the superblock also benefits the page cache and inode cache, as subsequent mounts of the same image avoid re-reading the backing file. This is particularly useful for container hosts running multiple containers from the same base image. Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Scrivano Reviewed-by: Gao Xiang Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang --- Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst | 7 ++++ fs/erofs/internal.h | 1 + fs/erofs/super.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst index d301d9ac946a..02caf3b061fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst @@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ inode_share Enable inode page sharing for this filesystem. Inodes wi page cache. source=%s (For file-backed mounts) Specify the backing image as a path or as an already-opened file descriptor. +superblock_share (For file-backed mounts) Share the superblock when the same + backing file is mounted more than once with compatible + options. Remount is not allowed on shared superblocks. =================== ========================================================= File-backed mounts @@ -156,6 +159,10 @@ Only regular files are accepted as backing files; to mount an image that resides on a block device, use the traditional block device mount path instead. +When superblock_share is specified, multiple mounts of the same backing +file at the same fsoffset with compatible mount options can share a single +superblock. Remount is not allowed on shared superblocks. + Sysfs Entries ============= diff --git a/fs/erofs/internal.h b/fs/erofs/internal.h index 12e3a5b80a5a..da58053c1116 100644 --- a/fs/erofs/internal.h +++ b/fs/erofs/internal.h @@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ struct erofs_sb_info { #define EROFS_MOUNT_DAX_NEVER 0x00000080 #define EROFS_MOUNT_DIRECT_IO 0x00000100 #define EROFS_MOUNT_INODE_SHARE 0x00000200 +#define EROFS_MOUNT_SUPERBLOCK_SHARE 0x00000400 #define clear_opt(opt, option) ((opt)->mount_opt &= ~EROFS_MOUNT_##option) #define set_opt(opt, option) ((opt)->mount_opt |= EROFS_MOUNT_##option) diff --git a/fs/erofs/super.c b/fs/erofs/super.c index 0967aace9f7f..16fa3b853f1b 100644 --- a/fs/erofs/super.c +++ b/fs/erofs/super.c @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static void erofs_default_options(struct erofs_sb_info *sbi) enum { Opt_user_xattr, Opt_acl, Opt_cache_strategy, Opt_dax, Opt_dax_enum, Opt_device, Opt_domain_id, Opt_directio, Opt_fsoffset, Opt_inode_share, - Opt_source, + Opt_source, Opt_superblock_share, }; static const struct constant_table erofs_param_cache_strategy[] = { @@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ static const struct fs_parameter_spec erofs_fs_parameters[] = { fsparam_u64("fsoffset", Opt_fsoffset), fsparam_flag("inode_share", Opt_inode_share), fsparam_file_or_string("source", Opt_source), + fsparam_flag("superblock_share", Opt_superblock_share), {} }; @@ -560,6 +561,12 @@ static int erofs_fc_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, else set_opt(&sbi->opt, INODE_SHARE); break; + case Opt_superblock_share: + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EROFS_FS_BACKED_BY_FILE)) + errorfc(fc, "%s option not supported", erofs_fs_parameters[opt].name); + else + set_opt(&sbi->opt, SUPERBLOCK_SHARE); + break; case Opt_source: return erofs_fc_parse_source(fc, param); } @@ -667,6 +674,16 @@ static int erofs_fc_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc) errorfc(fc, "FSDAX is not allowed when inode_share is on"); return -EINVAL; } + if (test_opt(&sbi->opt, SUPERBLOCK_SHARE) && + test_opt(&sbi->opt, INODE_SHARE)) { + errorfc(fc, "superblock_share is not allowed when inode_share is on"); + return -EINVAL; + } + if (test_opt(&sbi->opt, SUPERBLOCK_SHARE) && + sbi->devs->extra_devices) { + errorfc(fc, "superblock_share does not support extra devices"); + return -EINVAL; + } sbi->blkszbits = PAGE_SHIFT; if (erofs_is_fileio_mode(sbi)) { @@ -794,6 +811,35 @@ static int erofs_fc_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc) return 0; } +/* + * The function is used only with a sbi that has SUPERBLOCK_SHARE set, + * so that the memcmp later ensures new_sbi is also shareable. + */ +static int erofs_sb_share_test_super(struct super_block *sb, + struct fs_context *fc) +{ + struct erofs_sb_info *sbi = EROFS_SB(sb); + struct erofs_sb_info *new_sbi = fc->s_fs_info; + + if (sb->s_iflags & SB_I_RETIRED) + return 0; + if (!sbi->dif0.file || !new_sbi->dif0.file) + return 0; + return file_inode(sbi->dif0.file) == file_inode(new_sbi->dif0.file) && + sbi->dif0.fsoff == new_sbi->dif0.fsoff && + !memcmp(&sbi->opt, &new_sbi->opt, sizeof(sbi->opt)); +} + +static int erofs_file_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc) +{ + struct erofs_sb_info *sbi = fc->s_fs_info; + + if (!test_opt(&sbi->opt, SUPERBLOCK_SHARE)) + return get_tree_nodev(fc, erofs_fc_fill_super); + + return get_tree_super(fc, erofs_sb_share_test_super, erofs_fc_fill_super); +} + static int erofs_fc_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc) { struct erofs_sb_info *sbi = fc->s_fs_info; @@ -809,7 +855,7 @@ static int erofs_fc_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc) errorfc(fc, "source is unsupported"); return -EINVAL; } - return get_tree_nodev(fc, erofs_fc_fill_super); + return erofs_file_get_tree(fc); } ret = get_tree_bdev_flags(fc, erofs_fc_fill_super, @@ -827,7 +873,7 @@ static int erofs_fc_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc) if (S_ISREG(file_inode(sbi->dif0.file)->i_mode) && sbi->dif0.file->f_mapping->a_ops->read_folio) - return get_tree_nodev(fc, erofs_fc_fill_super); + return erofs_file_get_tree(fc); } return ret; } @@ -840,6 +886,10 @@ static int erofs_fc_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc) DBG_BUGON(!sb_rdonly(sb)); + /* Shared superblocks must not be reconfigured. */ + if (test_opt(&sbi->opt, SUPERBLOCK_SHARE)) + return -EBUSY; + if (new_sbi->domain_id) erofs_info(sb, "ignoring reconfiguration for domain_id.");