From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] tftp: emulate backwards seek by reopening the file
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:44:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260312144428.2158727-3-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260312144428.2158727-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
TFTP is a streaming protocol with no native seek support.
We emulate forward seeks are emulated by reading and discarding data.
Backwards seeks were previously rejected with -ENOSYS, breaking higher
level code that assumes seeking to be possible.
Given that we have a heuristic in-place for detecting excessive data
discards through seeking, let's implement backwards seeking to allow the
pattern of reading the start of a buffer to detect type at one location
and then reading everything at once at a later time.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
---
fs/tftp.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/tftp.c b/fs/tftp.c
index e5a276ed5cae..8683c3841c68 100644
--- a/fs/tftp.c
+++ b/fs/tftp.c
@@ -822,6 +822,9 @@ static int tftp_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
{
struct file_priv *priv = f->private_data;
+ if (!priv)
+ return 0;
+
return tftp_do_close(priv);
}
@@ -831,6 +834,9 @@ static int tftp_write(struct file *f, const void *inbuf, size_t insize)
size_t size, now;
int ret;
+ if (!priv)
+ return -EREMOTEIO;
+
pr_vdebug("%s: %zu\n", __func__, insize);
size = insize;
@@ -866,6 +872,9 @@ static int tftp_read(struct file *f, void *buf, size_t insize)
size_t outsize = 0, now;
int ret = 0;
+ if (!priv)
+ return -EREMOTEIO;
+
pr_vdebug("%s %zu\n", __func__, insize);
while (insize) {
@@ -902,14 +911,34 @@ static int tftp_read(struct file *f, void *buf, size_t insize)
static int tftp_lseek(struct file *f, loff_t pos)
{
+ struct file_priv *priv = f->private_data;
static loff_t seek_discard_total;
int ret = 0;
char *buf;
loff_t f_pos = f->f_pos;
+ if (!priv)
+ return -EREMOTEIO;
+
/* We cannot seek backwards without reloading or caching the file */
- if (pos < f_pos)
- return -ENOSYS;
+ if (pos < f_pos) {
+ /* We can reopen read streams, but not write streams */
+ if (priv->push)
+ return -ENOSYS;
+
+ tftp_do_close(priv);
+
+ priv = tftp_do_open(&f->fsdev->dev, f->f_flags,
+ f->f_path.dentry, false);
+ if (IS_ERR(priv)) {
+ f->private_data = NULL;
+ return PTR_ERR(priv);
+ }
+
+ f->private_data = priv;
+ f->f_pos = 0;
+ f_pos = 0;
+ }
if (pos == f_pos)
return 0;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-12 14:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-12 14:44 [PATCH 1/5] tftp: skip memory allocation when seeking to current position Ahmad Fatoum
2026-03-12 14:44 ` [PATCH 2/5] tftp: warn when seek-heavy access wastes network bandwidth Ahmad Fatoum
2026-03-12 14:44 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message]
2026-03-12 14:44 ` [PATCH 4/5] libfile: drop TFTP-specific hack in open_fdt() Ahmad Fatoum
2026-03-12 14:44 ` [PATCH 5/5] fs: fix relative path resolution when CWD is on a TFTP mount Ahmad Fatoum
2026-03-17 10:21 ` [PATCH 1/5] tftp: skip memory allocation when seeking to current position Sascha Hauer
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