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Fuse OverlayFs implementation #156

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These commits add first implementation of userspace OverlayFs, which aims to add writable upper layer for Nydus, and makes Nydus capable to get more control over user's file writing behavior.

The implementation refers a lot to kernel Overlay Fs, but there're still some differences due to limitation of Fuse
protocol. And the first implementation is not perfect but could be a start.

It was tested under xfstest testsuite, about 300+ test cases were tested and only 25 failed as designed or being limited by Fuse. I'll add external CI process later to make xfstest workable later.

Let me know your review opinions.

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xfstests CI action costs about 39min, one example log: https://github.com/WeiZhang555/fuse-backend-rs/actions/runs/6322500147/job/17168241410

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@WeiZhang555 WeiZhang555 force-pushed the overlay-impl branch 3 times, most recently from 6031c63 to 48dcb15 Compare November 6, 2023 15:41
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@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ pub use async_io::{AsyncFileSystem, AsyncZeroCopyReader, AsyncZeroCopyWriter};
mod sync_io;
pub use sync_io::FileSystem;

#[cfg(all(any(feature = "fusedev", feature = "virtiofs"), target_os = "linux"))]
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It would be preferrable to mount overlayfs inside guest, so is there any need to turn on overlayfs for virtiofs?

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The idea of Fuse OverlayFS is to take over Container RootFs totally through Nydus and Fuse-backend-rs, so I suppose mounting overlayfs on host is strong requirement.

Besides, the OverlayFs replies heavily on Passthroughfs currently, so I copied #[cfg] for 'passthroughfs' from src/lib.rs:

#[cfg(all(any(feature = "fusedev", feature = "virtiofs"), target_os = "linux"))]
pub mod passthrough;

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Add unionmount-testsuite as Overlay function test cases, this gave us more confidence on the functionality.

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The Integration into Nydus can be seen in Nydus PR

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ping @hhhhsdxxxx @jiangliu @eryugey

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lgtm

Add first implementation of overlay fs which can imitate kernel
overlay fs. This allow you to customize a union fs with many customized
layers, for example, one passthrough fs as upper layer and one NFS as
lower layer.

This can be quite useful for some projects relying on fuse-backend-rs,
e.g. Nydus, which can add writable upper layer on readonly RAFS lower
layer, to act as a complete container rootfs.

More details will be added in docs.

Signed-off-by: Yang Bo <[email protected]>
This commit refactor a lot to previous one, including:

* Modified layer trait
* Lots of bugfixes to make xfstests happy.
* Performance improvement.
* Whiteout logics
* Remove plugin & Direct layer logics.
* A better inode allocator with inode consistency guarantee.

Signed-off-by: Wei Zhang <[email protected]>
Add xfstests into CI for overlayfs, it will work as Github Actions.

Currently not all test cases can be run, only about half of `generic/*`
for the Fuse Overlay FS, some test cases are expected to fail due to
missing function implementation, little are unexpected due to potential
bugs which will be investigated laterly.

Signed-off-by: Wei Zhang <[email protected]>
Add basic introduction for overlay fs implementations, also architecture
design are illustrated.

Signed-off-by: Wei Zhang <[email protected]>
Add unionmount-testsuite into CI for Overlay implementation

Signed-off-by: Wei Zhang <[email protected]>
@eryugey eryugey merged commit 7f485f4 into cloud-hypervisor:master Mar 11, 2024
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