[Gluster-devel] v3.6.3 doesn't respect default ACLs?

Niels de Vos ndevos at redhat.com
Mon Aug 10 16:26:34 UTC 2015


On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 04:00:48PM +0530, Raghavendra Bhat wrote:
> On 07/27/2015 08:30 PM, Glomski, Patrick wrote:
> >I built a patched version of 3.6.4 and the problem does seem to be fixed
> >on a test server/client when I mounted with those flags (acl,
> >resolve-gids, and gid-timeout). Seeing as it was a test system, I can't
> >really provide anything meaningful as to the performance hit seen without
> >the gid-timeout option. Thank you for implementing it so quickly, though!
> >
> >Is there any chance of getting this fix incorporated in the upcoming 3.6.5
> >release?
> >
> >Patrick
> 
> I am planning to include this fix in 3.6.5. This fix is still under review.
> Once it is accepted in master, it cab be backported to release-3.6 branch. I
> will wait till then and make 3.6.5.

I dont think there is a tracker bug for 3.6.5 yet? Or at least I could
not find it by an alias.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252072 is used to get the
backport in release-3.6.x, please review and merge :-)

Thanks,
Niels

> 
> Regards,
> Raghavendra Bhat
> 
> >
> >
> >On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Niels de Vos <ndevos at redhat.com
> ><mailto:ndevos at redhat.com>> wrote:
> >
> >    On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:30:04PM +0200, Niels de Vos wrote:
> >    > On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 03:20:41PM -0400, Glomski, Patrick wrote:
> >    > > Gluster devs,
> >    > >
> >    > > I'm running gluster v3.6.3 (both server and client side). Since my
> >    > > application requires more than 32 groups, I don't mount with
> >    ACLs on the
> >    > > client. If I mount with ACLs between the bricks and set a
> >    default ACL on
> >    > > the server, I think I'm right in stating that the server
> >    should respect
> >    > > that ACL whenever a new file or folder is made.
> >    >
> >    > I would expect that the ACL gets in herited on the brick. When a new
> >    > file is created without the default ACL, things seem to be
> >    wrong. You
> >    > mention that creating the file directly on the brick has the correct
> >    > ACL, so there must be some Gluster component interfering.
> >    >
> >    > You reminded me on IRC about this email, and that helped a lot.
> >    Its very
> >    > easy to get distracted when trying to investigate things from the
> >    > mailinglists.
> >    >
> >    > I had a brief look, and I think we could reach a solution. An
> >    ugly patch
> >    > for initial testing is ready. Well... it compiles. I'll try to
> >    run some
> >    > basic tests tomorrow and see if it improves things and does not
> >    crash
> >    > immediately.
> >    >
> >    > The change can be found here:
> >    > http://review.gluster.org/11732
> >    >
> >    > It basically adds a "resolve-gids" mount option for the FUSE client.
> >    > This causes the fuse daemon to call getgrouplist() and retrieve
> >    all the
> >    > groups for the UID that accesses the mountpoint. Without this
> >    option,
> >    > the behavior is not changed, and /proc/$PID/status is used to
> >    get up to
> >    > 32 groups (the $PID is the process that accesses the mountpoint).
> >    >
> >    > You probably want to also mount with "gid-timeout=N" where N is
> >    seconds
> >    > that the group cache is valid. In the current master branch this
> >    is set
> >    > to 300 seconds (like the sssd default), but if the groups of a used
> >    > rarely change, this value can be increased. Previous versions had a
> >    > lower timeout which could cause resolving the groups on almost each
> >    > network packet that arrives (HUGE performance impact).
> >    >
> >    > When using this option, you may also need to enable
> >    server.manage-gids.
> >    > This option allows using more than ~93 groups on the bricks. The
> >    network
> >    > packets can only contain ~93 groups, when server.manage-gids is
> >    enabled,
> >    > the groups are not sent in the network packets, but are resolved
> >    on the
> >    > bricks with getgrouplist().
> >
> >    The patch linked above had been tested, corrected and updated. The
> >    change works for me on a test-system.
> >
> >    A backport that you should be able to include in a package for 3.6 can
> >    be found here: http://termbin.com/f3cj
> >    Let me know if you are not familiar with rebuilding patched packages,
> >    and I can build a test-version for you tomorrow.
> >
> >    On glusterfs-3.6, you will want to pass a gid-timeout mount option
> >    too.
> >    The option enables caching of the resolved groups that the uid belongs
> >    too, if caching is not enebled (or expires quickly), you will probably
> >    notice a preformance hit. Newer version of GlusterFS set the
> >    timeout to
> >    300 seconds (like the default timeout sssd uses).
> >
> >    Please test and let me know if this fixes your use case.
> >
> >    Thanks,
> >    Niels
> >
> >
> >    >
> >    > Cheers,
> >    > Niels
> >    >
> >    > > Maybe an example is in order:
> >    > >
> >    > > We first set up a test directory with setgid bit so that our new
> >    > > subdirectories inherit the group.
> >    > > [root at gfs01a hpc_shared]# mkdir test; cd test; chown
> >    pglomski.users .;
> >    > > chmod 2770 .; getfacl .
> >    > > # file: .
> >    > > # owner: pglomski
> >    > > # group: users
> >    > > # flags: -s-
> >    > > user::rwx
> >    > > group::rwx
> >    > > other::---
> >    > >
> >    > > New subdirectories share the group, but the umask leads to
> >    them being group
> >    > > read-only.
> >    > > [root at gfs01a test]# mkdir a; getfacl a
> >    > > # file: a
> >    > > # owner: root
> >    > > # group: users
> >    > > # flags: -s-
> >    > > user::rwx
> >    > > group::r-x
> >    > > other::r-x
> >    > >
> >    > > Setting default ACLs on the server allows group write to new
> >    directories
> >    > > made on the server.
> >    > > [root at gfs01a test]# setfacl -m d:g::rwX ./; mkdir b; getfacl b
> >    > > # file: b
> >    > > # owner: root
> >    > > # group: users
> >    > > # flags: -s-
> >    > > user::rwx
> >    > > group::rwx
> >    > > other::---
> >    > > default:user::rwx
> >    > > default:group::rwx
> >    > > default:other::---
> >    > >
> >    > > The respect for ACLs is (correctly) shared across bricks.
> >    > > [root at gfs02a test]# getfacl b
> >    > > # file: b
> >    > > # owner: root
> >    > > # group: users
> >    > > # flags: -s-
> >    > > user::rwx
> >    > > group::rwx
> >    > > other::---
> >    > > default:user::rwx
> >    > > default:group::rwx
> >    > > default:other::---
> >    > >
> >    > > [root at gfs02a test]# mkdir c; getfacl c
> >    > > # file: c
> >    > > # owner: root
> >    > > # group: users
> >    > > # flags: -s-
> >    > > user::rwx
> >    > > group::rwx
> >    > > other::---
> >    > > default:user::rwx
> >    > > default:group::rwx
> >    > > default:other::---
> >    > >
> >    > > However, when folders are created client-side, the default
> >    ACLs appear on
> >    > > the server, but don't seem to be correctly applied.
> >    > > [root at client test]# mkdir d; getfacl d
> >    > > # file: d
> >    > > # owner: root
> >    > > # group: users
> >    > > # flags: -s-
> >    > > user::rwx
> >    > > group::r-x
> >    > > other::---
> >    > >
> >    > > [root at gfs01a test]# getfacl d
> >    > > # file: d
> >    > > # owner: root
> >    > > # group: users
> >    > > # flags: -s-
> >    > > user::rwx
> >    > > group::r-x
> >    > > other::---
> >    > > default:user::rwx
> >    > > default:group::rwx
> >    > > default:other::---
> >    > >
> >    > > As no groups or users were specified, I shouldn't need to
> >    specify a mask
> >    > > for the ACL and, indeed, specifying a mask doesn't help.
> >    > >
> >    > > If it helps diagnose the problem, the volume options are as
> >    follows:
> >    > > Options Reconfigured:
> >    > > performance.io-thread-count: 32
> >    > > performance.cache-size: 128MB
> >    > > performance.write-behind-window-size: 128MB
> >    > > server.allow-insecure: on
> >    > > network.ping-timeout: 10
> >    > > storage.owner-gid: 100
> >    > > geo-replication.indexing: off
> >    > > geo-replication.ignore-pid-check: on
> >    > > changelog.changelog: on
> >    > > changelog.fsync-interval: 3
> >    > > changelog.rollover-time: 15
> >    > > server.manage-gids: on
> >    > >
> >    > > This approach to server-side ACLs worked properly with
> >    previous versions of
> >    > > gluster. Can anyone assess the situation for me, confirm/deny that
> >    > > something changed, and possibly suggest how I can achieve
> >    inherited groups
> >    > > with write permission for new subdirectories in a >32-group
> >    environment?
> >    > >
> >    > > Thanks for your time,
> >    > >
> >    > > Patrick
> >    >
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