Add MultiGetAttr message to 9P

While using remote-validation, the vast majority of time spent during
FS operations is re-walking the path to check for modifications and
then closing the file given that in most cases it has not been
modified externally.

This change introduces a new 9P message called MultiGetAttr which bulks
query attributes of several files in one shot. The returned attributes are
then used to update cached dentries before they are walked. File attributes
are updated for files that still exist. Dentries that have been deleted are
removed from the cache. And negative cache entries are removed if a new
file/directory was created externally. Similarly, synthetic dentries are
replaced if a file/directory is created externally.

The bulk update needs to be carefull not to follow symlinks, cross mount
points, because the gofer doesn't know how to resolve symlinks and where
mounts points are located. It also doesn't walk to the parent ("..") to
avoid deadlocks.

Here are the results:

Workload        VFS1       VFS2     Change
bazel action     115s       70s	     28.8s
Stat/100      11,043us   7,623us      974us

Updates #1638

PiperOrigin-RevId: 369325957

1 files changed, 59 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/p9/file.go b/pkg/p9/file.go
index c59c6a65b..97e0231d6 100644
--- a/pkg/p9/file.go
+++ b/pkg/p9/file.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 package p9
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/fd"
 )
@@ -72,6 +74,15 @@ type File interface {
 	// On the server, WalkGetAttr has a read concurrency guarantee.
 	WalkGetAttr([]string) ([]QID, File, AttrMask, Attr, error)
 
+	// MultiGetAttr batches up multiple calls to GetAttr(). names is a list of
+	// path components similar to Walk(). If the first component name is empty,
+	// the current file is stat'd and included in the results. If the walk reaches
+	// a file that doesn't exist or not a directory, MultiGetAttr returns the
+	// partial result with no error.
+	//
+	// On the server, MultiGetAttr has a read concurrency guarantee.
+	MultiGetAttr(names []string) ([]FullStat, error)
+
 	// StatFS returns information about the file system associated with
 	// this file.
 	//
@@ -306,6 +317,53 @@ func (DisallowClientCalls) SetAttrClose(SetAttrMask, SetAttr) error {
 type DisallowServerCalls struct{}
 
 // Renamed implements File.Renamed.
-func (*clientFile) Renamed(File, string) {
+func (*DisallowServerCalls) Renamed(File, string) {
 	panic("Renamed should not be called on the client")
 }
+
+// DefaultMultiGetAttr implements File.MultiGetAttr() on top of File.
+func DefaultMultiGetAttr(start File, names []string) ([]FullStat, error) {
+	stats := make([]FullStat, 0, len(names))
+	parent := start
+	mask := AttrMaskAll()
+	for i, name := range names {
+		if len(name) == 0 && i == 0 {
+			qid, valid, attr, err := parent.GetAttr(mask)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			stats = append(stats, FullStat{
+				QID:   qid,
+				Valid: valid,
+				Attr:  attr,
+			})
+			continue
+		}
+		qids, child, valid, attr, err := parent.WalkGetAttr([]string{name})
+		if parent != start {
+			_ = parent.Close()
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, unix.ENOENT) {
+				return stats, nil
+			}
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		stats = append(stats, FullStat{
+			QID:   qids[0],
+			Valid: valid,
+			Attr:  attr,
+		})
+		if attr.Mode.FileType() != ModeDirectory {
+			// Doesn't need to continue if entry is not a dir. Including symlinks
+			// that cannot be followed.
+			_ = child.Close()
+			break
+		}
+		parent = child
+	}
+	if parent != start {
+		_ = parent.Close()
+	}
+	return stats, nil
+}