btrfs: add quota override flag to enable quota override for CAP_SYS_RESOURCE
This patch introduces the quota override flag to btrfs_fs_info, and a
change to quota limit checking code to temporarily allow for quota to be
overridden for processes with CAP_SYS_RESOURCE.
It's useful for administrative programs, such as log rotation, that may
need to temporarily use more disk space in order to free up a greater
amount of overall disk space without yielding more disk space to the
rest of userland.
Eventually, we may want to add the idea of an operator-specific quota,
operator reserved space, or something else to allow for administrative
override, but this is perhaps the simplest solution.
Signed-off-by: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@sargun.me>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
[ minor changelog edits ]
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index deffbeb..458fec0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -2338,6 +2338,11 @@ static int qgroup_reserve(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 num_bytes, bool enforce)
if (num_bytes == 0)
return 0;
+
+ if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_QUOTA_OVERRIDE, &fs_info->flags) &&
+ capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
+ enforce = false;
+
retry:
spin_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_lock);
quota_root = fs_info->quota_root;