4 files changed, 30 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/flags.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/flags.go
index 0fab876a9..4338ae1fa 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/flags.go
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ type FileFlags struct {
 
 	// NonSeekable indicates that file.offset isn't used.
 	NonSeekable bool
+
+	// Truncate indicates that the file should be truncated before opened.
+	// This is only applicable if the file is regular.
+	Truncate bool
 }
 
 // SettableFileFlags is a subset of FileFlags above that can be changed
@@ -118,6 +122,9 @@ func (f FileFlags) ToLinux() (mask uint) {
 	if f.LargeFile {
 		mask |= linux.O_LARGEFILE
 	}
+	if f.Truncate {
+		mask |= linux.O_TRUNC
+	}
 
 	switch {
 	case f.Read && f.Write:
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/file_state.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/file_state.go
index c2fbb4be9..bb8312849 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/file_state.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/file_state.go
@@ -28,8 +28,14 @@ func (f *fileOperations) afterLoad() {
 
 		// Manually load the open handles.
 		var err error
+
+		// The file may have been opened with Truncate, but we don't
+		// want to re-open it with Truncate or we will lose data.
+		flags := f.flags
+		flags.Truncate = false
+
 		// TODO(b/38173783): Context is not plumbed to save/restore.
-		f.handles, err = f.inodeOperations.fileState.getHandles(context.Background(), f.flags, f.inodeOperations.cachingInodeOps)
+		f.handles, err = f.inodeOperations.fileState.getHandles(context.Background(), flags, f.inodeOperations.cachingInodeOps)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to re-open handle: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/handles.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/handles.go
index 39c8ec33d..b86c49b39 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/handles.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/handles.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (h *handles) DecRef() {
 	})
 }
 
-func newHandles(ctx context.Context, file contextFile, flags fs.FileFlags) (*handles, error) {
+func newHandles(ctx context.Context, client *p9.Client, file contextFile, flags fs.FileFlags) (*handles, error) {
 	_, newFile, err := file.walk(ctx, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ func newHandles(ctx context.Context, file contextFile, flags fs.FileFlags) (*han
 	default:
 		panic("impossible fs.FileFlags")
 	}
+	if flags.Truncate && p9.VersionSupportsOpenTruncateFlag(client.Version()) {
+		p9flags |= p9.OpenTruncate
+	}
 
 	hostFile, _, _, err := newFile.open(ctx, p9flags)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go
index 99910388f..4237bf353 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (i *inodeFileState) setSharedHandlesLocked(flags fs.FileFlags, h *handles)
 // given flags.
 func (i *inodeFileState) getHandles(ctx context.Context, flags fs.FileFlags, cache *fsutil.CachingInodeOperations) (*handles, error) {
 	if !i.canShareHandles() {
-		return newHandles(ctx, i.file, flags)
+		return newHandles(ctx, i.s.client, i.file, flags)
 	}
 
 	i.handlesMu.Lock()
@@ -201,19 +201,25 @@ func (i *inodeFileState) getHandles(ctx context.Context, flags fs.FileFlags, cac
 // whether previously open read handle was recreated. Host mappings must be
 // invalidated if so.
 func (i *inodeFileState) getHandlesLocked(ctx context.Context, flags fs.FileFlags) (*handles, bool, error) {
-	// Do we already have usable shared handles?
-	if flags.Write {
+	// Check if we are able to use cached handles.
+	if flags.Truncate && p9.VersionSupportsOpenTruncateFlag(i.s.client.Version()) {
+		// If we are truncating (and the gofer supports it), then we
+		// always need a new handle. Don't return one from the cache.
+	} else if flags.Write {
 		if i.writeHandles != nil && (i.writeHandlesRW || !flags.Read) {
+			// File is opened for writing, and we have cached write
+			// handles that we can use.
 			i.writeHandles.IncRef()
 			return i.writeHandles, false, nil
 		}
 	} else if i.readHandles != nil {
+		// File is opened for reading and we have cached handles.
 		i.readHandles.IncRef()
 		return i.readHandles, false, nil
 	}
 
-	// No; get new handles and cache them for future sharing.
-	h, err := newHandles(ctx, i.file, flags)
+	// Get new handles and cache them for future sharing.
+	h, err := newHandles(ctx, i.s.client, i.file, flags)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, false, err
 	}
@@ -239,7 +245,7 @@ func (i *inodeFileState) recreateReadHandles(ctx context.Context, writer *handle
 	if !flags.Read {
 		// Writer can't be used for read, must create a new handle.
 		var err error
-		h, err = newHandles(ctx, i.file, fs.FileFlags{Read: true})
+		h, err = newHandles(ctx, i.s.client, i.file, fs.FileFlags{Read: true})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}