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-rw-r--r--pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go31
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go
index 454242923..c00da5fec 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (i *inodeFileState) WriteFromBlocksAt(ctx context.Context, srcs safemem.Blo
// SetMaskedAttributes implements fsutil.CachedFileObject.SetMaskedAttributes.
func (i *inodeFileState) SetMaskedAttributes(ctx context.Context, mask fs.AttrMask, attr fs.UnstableAttr) error {
- if mask.Empty() {
+ if i.skipSetAttr(mask) {
return nil
}
as, ans := attr.AccessTime.Unix()
@@ -237,6 +237,35 @@ func (i *inodeFileState) SetMaskedAttributes(ctx context.Context, mask fs.AttrMa
})
}
+// skipSetAttr checks if attribute change can be skipped. It can be skipped
+// when:
+// - Mask is empty
+// - Mask contains only atime and/or mtime, and host FD exists
+//
+// Updates to atime and mtime can be skipped because cached value will be
+// "close enough" to host value, given that operation went directly to host FD.
+// Skipping atime updates is particularly important to reduce the number of
+// operations sent to the Gofer for readonly files.
+func (i *inodeFileState) skipSetAttr(mask fs.AttrMask) bool {
+ if mask.Empty() {
+ return true
+ }
+
+ cpy := mask
+ cpy.AccessTime = false
+ cpy.ModificationTime = false
+ if !cpy.Empty() {
+ // More than just atime and mtime is being set.
+ return false
+ }
+
+ i.handlesMu.RLock()
+ defer i.handlesMu.RUnlock()
+ return (i.readonly != nil && i.readonly.Host != nil) ||
+ (i.readthrough != nil && i.readthrough.Host != nil) ||
+ (i.writeback != nil && i.writeback.Host != nil)
+}
+
// Sync implements fsutil.CachedFileObject.Sync.
func (i *inodeFileState) Sync(ctx context.Context) error {
i.handlesMu.RLock()