fuse_open.cpp

If using Linux 6.9 or above and enabled (passthrough=true) files
opened or created will use the FUSE passthrough feature.

If direct-io=true / cache.files=off it will override passthrough. If
direct-io-allow-mmap is enabled only mmap will passthrough.

HANDLE_KILLPRIV and V2 are enabled now by default to remove the
kernel's need to issue getattr and getxattr requests.

moveonenospc will not work when leveraging passthrough.

README.md

@@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ These options are the same regardless of whether you use them with the
   longer need the data and it can drop its cache. Recommended when
   **cache.files=partial|full|auto-full|per-process** to limit double
   caching. (default: false)
-* **direct-io-allow-mmap=BOOL**: On newer kernels (>= 6.6) it is
+* **passthrough=off|ro|wo|rw**: On Linux 6.9 and above passthrough allows for
+  near native IO performance. See below for more details. (default:
+  off)
+* **direct-io-allow-mmap=BOOL**: On Linux 6.6 and above it is
   possible to disable file page caching while still allowing for
   shared mmap support. mergerfs will enable this feature if available
   but an option is provided to turn it off for testing and debugging
@@ -411,6 +414,32 @@ fact it will not be automatically included.
 **fuse** package.
 
 
+### passthrough
+
+With Linux 6.9 and above there is a feature in FUSE called
+"passthrough" which can improve performance by allowing a union or
+overlay filesystem (like mergerfs) to pass the file descriptor of a
+file opened on an underlying filesystem to the kernel to work on
+directly rather than calls always having to go to the FUSE server
+(mergerfs). As of Linux 6.9 the functions that can be passthroughed
+are regular file read/write IO and mmap. Other functions may be added
+in the future.
+
+Passthrough requires `cache.files` to be enabled. `cache.files=off`
+(which enables FUSE direct-io feature) will override `passthrough` and
+read/write requests will still be sent to mergerfs.
+
+If `cache.files=off` and `direct-io-allow-mmap=true` (the default)
+then regular read/write IO will be handled by mergerfs but mmap will
+be passthroughed.
+
+NOTE: `moveonenospc` will not work when using `passthrough` as it
+removes mergerfs entirely from the read/write process. If an ENOSPC
+error occurs it will be returned to the caller app immediately. Since
+mergerfs won't be handling the IO it therefore won't be able to handle
+any error returned by said IO.
+
+
 ### inodecalc
 
 Inodes (st_ino) are unique identifiers within a filesystem. Each
@@ -1664,6 +1693,8 @@ over the suggestions below (including the benchmarking section.)
 NOTE: be sure to read about these features before changing them to
 understand what behaviors it may impact
 
+* test theoretical performance using `nullrw` or mounting a ram disk
+* enable `passthrough`
 * disable `security_capability` and/or `xattr`
 * increase cache timeouts `cache.attr`, `cache.entry`, `cache.negative_entry`
 * enable (or disable) page caching (`cache.files`)
@@ -1675,7 +1706,6 @@ understand what behaviors it may impact
 * change the number of worker threads
 * disable `posix_acl`
 * disable `async_read`
-* test theoretical performance using `nullrw` or mounting a ram disk
 * use `symlinkify` if your data is largely static and read-only
 * use tiered cache devices
 * use LVM and LVM cache to place a SSD in front of your HDDs
@@ -1879,7 +1909,7 @@ more details.
 #### rtorrent fails with ENODEV (No such device)
 
 Be sure to set
-`cache.files=partial|full|auto-full|per-processe`. rtorrent and some
+`cache.files=partial|full|auto-full|per-process`. rtorrent and some
 other applications use [mmap](http://linux.die.net/man/2/mmap) to read
 and write to files and offer no fallback to traditional methods. FUSE
 does not currently support mmap while using `direct_io`. There may be

libfuse/include/fuse.h

@@ -667,6 +667,8 @@ int fuse_loop_mt(struct fuse *f);
  */
 struct fuse_context *fuse_get_context(void);
 
+int fuse_get_dev_fuse_fd(const struct fuse_context *);
+
 /**
  * Check if the current request has already been interrupted
  *
@@ -779,6 +781,11 @@ void fuse_gc1();
 void fuse_gc();
 void fuse_invalidate_all_nodes();
 
+int fuse_passthrough_open(const struct fuse_context *fc,
+                          const int                  fd);
+int fuse_passthrough_close(const struct fuse_context *fc,
+                           const int                  backing_id);
+
 EXTERN_C_END
 
 #endif /* _FUSE_H_ */

libfuse/include/fuse_common.h

@@ -88,26 +88,18 @@ struct fuse_file_info_t
 
   uint32_t noflush:1;
 
+  uint32_t passthrough:1;
+
   /** File handle.  May be filled in by filesystem in open().
       Available in all other file operations */
   uint64_t fh;
 
+  uint32_t backing_id;
+
   /** Lock owner id.  Available in locking operations and flush */
   uint64_t lock_owner;
 };
 
-/**
- * Capability bits for 'fuse_conn_info.capable' and 'fuse_conn_info.want'
- *
- * FUSE_CAP_ASYNC_READ: filesystem supports asynchronous read requests
- * FUSE_CAP_POSIX_LOCKS: filesystem supports "remote" locking
- * FUSE_CAP_ATOMIC_O_TRUNC: filesystem handles the O_TRUNC open flag
- * FUSE_CAP_EXPORT_SUPPORT: filesystem handles lookups of "." and ".."
- * FUSE_CAP_BIG_WRITES: filesystem can handle write size larger than 4kB
- * FUSE_CAP_DONT_MASK: don't apply umask to file mode on create operations
- * FUSE_CAP_IOCTL_DIR: ioctl support on directories
- * FUSE_CAP_CACHE_SYMLINKS: cache READLINK responses
- */
 #define FUSE_CAP_ASYNC_READ           (1ULL << 0)
 #define FUSE_CAP_POSIX_LOCKS          (1ULL << 1)
 #define FUSE_CAP_ATOMIC_O_TRUNC       (1ULL << 3)
@@ -127,6 +119,9 @@ struct fuse_file_info_t
 #define FUSE_CAP_SETXATTR_EXT         (1ULL << 22)
 #define FUSE_CAP_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP (1ULL << 23)
 #define FUSE_CAP_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP    (1ULL << 24)
+#define FUSE_CAP_PASSTHROUGH          (1ULL << 25)
+#define FUSE_CAP_HANDLE_KILLPRIV      (1ULL << 26)
+#define FUSE_CAP_HANDLE_KILLPRIV_V2   (1ULL << 27)
 
 
 /**

libfuse/include/fuse_kernel.h

@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@
  *  7.39
  *  - add FUSE_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP
  *  - add FUSE_STATX and related structures
+ *
+ *  7.40
+ *  - add max_stack_depth to fuse_init_out, add FUSE_PASSTHROUGH init flag
+ *  - add backing_id to fuse_open_out, add FOPEN_PASSTHROUGH open flag
+ *  - add FUSE_NO_EXPORT_SUPPORT init flag
+ *  - add FUSE_NOTIFY_RESEND, add FUSE_HAS_RESEND init flag
  */
 
 #ifndef _LINUX_FUSE_H
@@ -246,7 +252,7 @@
 #define FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION 7
 
 /** Minor version number of this interface */
-#define FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION 39
+#define FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION 40
 
 /** The node ID of the root inode */
 #define FUSE_ROOT_ID 1
@@ -353,6 +359,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
  * FOPEN_STREAM: the file is stream-like (no file position at all)
  * FOPEN_NOFLUSH: don't flush data cache on close (unless FUSE_WRITEBACK_CACHE)
  * FOPEN_PARALLEL_DIRECT_WRITES: Allow concurrent direct writes on the same inode
+ * FOPEN_PASSTHROUGH: passthrough read/write io for this open file
  */
 #define FOPEN_DIRECT_IO		(1 << 0)
 #define FOPEN_KEEP_CACHE	(1 << 1)
@@ -361,6 +368,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
 #define FOPEN_STREAM		(1 << 4)
 #define FOPEN_NOFLUSH		(1 << 5)
 #define FOPEN_PARALLEL_DIRECT_WRITES	(1 << 6)
+#define FOPEN_PASSTHROUGH	(1 << 7)
 
 /**
  * INIT request/reply flags
@@ -410,6 +418,9 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
  *			symlink and mknod (single group that matches parent)
  * FUSE_HAS_EXPIRE_ONLY: kernel supports expiry-only entry invalidation
  * FUSE_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP: allow shared mmap in FOPEN_DIRECT_IO mode.
+ * FUSE_NO_EXPORT_SUPPORT: explicitly disable export support
+ * FUSE_HAS_RESEND: kernel supports resending pending requests, and the high bit
+ *		    of the request ID indicates resend requests
  */
 #define FUSE_ASYNC_READ		(1 << 0)
 #define FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS	(1 << 1)
@@ -449,6 +460,9 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
 #define FUSE_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP	(1ULL << 34)
 #define FUSE_HAS_EXPIRE_ONLY	(1ULL << 35)
 #define FUSE_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP (1ULL << 36)
+#define FUSE_PASSTHROUGH	(1ULL << 37)
+#define FUSE_NO_EXPORT_SUPPORT	(1ULL << 38)
+#define FUSE_HAS_RESEND		(1ULL << 39)
 
 /* Obsolete alias for FUSE_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP */
 #define FUSE_DIRECT_IO_RELAX	FUSE_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP
@@ -635,6 +649,7 @@ enum fuse_notify_code {
 	FUSE_NOTIFY_STORE = 4,
 	FUSE_NOTIFY_RETRIEVE = 5,
 	FUSE_NOTIFY_DELETE = 6,
+	FUSE_NOTIFY_RESEND = 7,
 	FUSE_NOTIFY_CODE_MAX,
 };
 
@@ -761,7 +776,7 @@ struct fuse_create_in {
 struct fuse_open_out {
 	uint64_t	fh;
 	uint32_t	open_flags;
-	uint32_t	padding;
+	int32_t		backing_id;
 };
 
 struct fuse_release_in {
@@ -877,7 +892,8 @@ struct fuse_init_out {
 	uint16_t	max_pages;
 	uint16_t	map_alignment;
 	uint32_t	flags2;
-	uint32_t	unused[7];
+	uint32_t	max_stack_depth;
+	uint32_t	unused[6];
 };
 
 #define CUSE_INIT_INFO_MAX 4096
@@ -960,6 +976,14 @@ struct fuse_fallocate_in {
 	uint32_t	padding;
 };
 
+/**
+ * FUSE request unique ID flag
+ *
+ * Indicates whether this is a resend request. The receiver should handle this
+ * request accordingly.
+ */
+#define FUSE_UNIQUE_RESEND (1ULL << 63)
+
 struct fuse_in_header {
 	uint32_t	len;
 	uint32_t	opcode;
@@ -1049,9 +1073,18 @@ struct fuse_notify_retrieve_in {
 	uint64_t	dummy4;
 };
 
+struct fuse_backing_map {
+	int32_t		fd;
+	uint32_t	flags;
+	uint64_t	padding;
+};
+
 /* Device ioctls: */
 #define FUSE_DEV_IOC_MAGIC		229
 #define FUSE_DEV_IOC_CLONE		_IOR(FUSE_DEV_IOC_MAGIC, 0, uint32_t)
+#define FUSE_DEV_IOC_BACKING_OPEN	_IOW(FUSE_DEV_IOC_MAGIC, 1, \
+					     struct fuse_backing_map)
+#define FUSE_DEV_IOC_BACKING_CLOSE	_IOW(FUSE_DEV_IOC_MAGIC, 2, uint32_t)
 
 struct fuse_lseek_in {
 	uint64_t	fh;

libfuse/lib/debug.c

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ fuse_flag_to_str(const uint64_t offset_)
       FUSE_INIT_FLAG_CASE(CREATE_SUPP_GROUP);
       FUSE_INIT_FLAG_CASE(HAS_EXPIRE_ONLY);
       FUSE_INIT_FLAG_CASE(DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP);
+      FUSE_INIT_FLAG_CASE(PASSTHROUGH);
     }
 
   return NULL;
@@ -804,13 +805,15 @@ debug_fuse_init_out(const uint64_t              unique_,
           " time_gran=%u;"
           " max_pages=%u;"
           " map_alignment=%u;"
+          " max_stack_depth=%u;"
           "\n",
           arg->max_background,
           arg->congestion_threshold,
           arg->max_write,
           arg->time_gran,
           arg->max_pages,
-          arg->map_alignment);
+          arg->map_alignment,
+          arg->max_stack_depth);
 }
 
 static

libfuse/lib/fuse.c

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_TRIM
 #include <malloc.h>
@@ -3682,6 +3683,12 @@ fuse_get_context(void)
   return &fuse_get_context_internal()->ctx;
 }
 
+int
+fuse_get_dev_fuse_fd(const struct fuse_context *fc_)
+{
+  return fuse_chan_fd(fc_->fuse->se->ch);
+}
+
 enum {
       KEY_HELP,
 };
@@ -4156,3 +4163,30 @@ fuse_log_metrics_get(void)
 {
   return g_LOG_METRICS;
 }
+
+int
+fuse_passthrough_open(const struct fuse_context *fc_,
+                      const int                  fd_)
+{
+  int rv;
+  int dev_fuse_fd;
+  struct fuse_backing_map bm = {0};
+
+  dev_fuse_fd = fuse_get_dev_fuse_fd(fc_);
+  bm.fd       = fd_;
+
+  rv = ioctl(dev_fuse_fd,FUSE_DEV_IOC_BACKING_OPEN,&bm);
+
+  return rv;
+}
+
+int
+fuse_passthrough_close(const struct fuse_context *fc_,
+                       const int                  backing_id_)
+{
+  int dev_fuse_fd;
+
+  dev_fuse_fd = fuse_get_dev_fuse_fd(fc_);
+
+  return ioctl(dev_fuse_fd, FUSE_DEV_IOC_BACKING_CLOSE, &backing_id_);
+}

libfuse/lib/fuse_lowlevel.c

@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ fill_open(struct fuse_open_out   *arg_,
     arg_->open_flags |= FOPEN_PARALLEL_DIRECT_WRITES;
   if(ffi_->noflush)
     arg_->open_flags |= FOPEN_NOFLUSH;
+  if(ffi_->passthrough)
+    {
+      arg_->open_flags |= FOPEN_PASSTHROUGH;
+      arg_->backing_id = ffi_->backing_id;
+    }
 }
 
 int
@@ -1175,6 +1180,12 @@ do_init(fuse_req_t             req,
         f->conn.capable |= FUSE_CAP_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP;
       if(inargflags & FUSE_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP)
         f->conn.capable |= FUSE_CAP_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP;
+      if(inargflags & FUSE_PASSTHROUGH)
+        f->conn.capable |= FUSE_CAP_PASSTHROUGH;
+      if(inargflags & FUSE_HANDLE_KILLPRIV)
+        f->conn.capable |= FUSE_CAP_HANDLE_KILLPRIV;
+      if(inargflags & FUSE_HANDLE_KILLPRIV_V2)
+        f->conn.capable |= FUSE_CAP_HANDLE_KILLPRIV_V2;
     }
   else
     {
@@ -1248,6 +1259,15 @@ do_init(fuse_req_t             req,
     outargflags |= FUSE_CREATE_SUPP_GROUP;
   if(f->conn.want & FUSE_CAP_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP)
     outargflags |= FUSE_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP;
+  if(f->conn.want & FUSE_CAP_HANDLE_KILLPRIV)
+    outargflags |= FUSE_HANDLE_KILLPRIV;
+  if(f->conn.want & FUSE_CAP_HANDLE_KILLPRIV_V2)
+    outargflags |= FUSE_HANDLE_KILLPRIV_V2;
+  if(f->conn.want & FUSE_CAP_PASSTHROUGH)
+    {
+      outargflags |= FUSE_PASSTHROUGH;
+      outarg.max_stack_depth = 2;
+    }
 
   if(inargflags & FUSE_INIT_EXT)
     {

src/config.cpp

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ namespace l
     IFERT("export-support");
     IFERT("fsname");
     IFERT("fuse_msg_size");
+    IFERT("handle-killpriv");
+    IFERT("handle-killpriv-v2");
     IFERT("mount");
     IFERT("nullrw");
     IFERT("pid");
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@ Config::Config()
     fsname(),
     func(),
     fuse_msg_size(FUSE_MAX_MAX_PAGES),
+    handle_killpriv(true),
+    handle_killpriv_v2(true),
     ignorepponrename(false),
     inodecalc("hybrid-hash"),
     lazy_umount_mountpoint(false),
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ Config::Config()
     nfsopenhack(NFSOpenHack::ENUM::OFF),
     nullrw(false),
     parallel_direct_writes(false),
+    passthrough(PassthroughEnum::off),
     posix_acl(false),
     readahead(0),
     readdir("seq"),
@@ -180,6 +185,8 @@ Config::Config()
   _map["func.unlink"]            = &func.unlink;
   _map["func.utimens"]           = &func.utimens;
   _map["fuse_msg_size"]          = &fuse_msg_size;
+  _map["handle-killpriv"]        = &handle_killpriv;
+  _map["handle-killpriv-v2"]     = &handle_killpriv_v2;
   _map["ignorepponrename"]       = &ignorepponrename;
   _map["inodecalc"]              = &inodecalc;
   _map["kernel_cache"]           = &kernel_cache;
@@ -194,6 +201,7 @@ Config::Config()
   _map["nullrw"]                 = &nullrw;
   _map["pid"]                    = &pid;
   _map["parallel-direct-writes"] = &parallel_direct_writes;
+  _map["passthrough"]            = &passthrough;
   _map["pin-threads"]            = &fuse_pin_threads;
   _map["posix_acl"]              = &posix_acl;
   _map["readahead"]              = &readahead;

src/config.hpp

@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@
 #include "config_cachefiles.hpp"
 #include "config_flushonclose.hpp"
 #include "config_follow_symlinks.hpp"
-#include "config_pid.hpp"
 #include "config_inodecalc.hpp"
 #include "config_link_exdev.hpp"
 #include "config_log_metrics.hpp"
 #include "config_moveonenospc.hpp"
 #include "config_nfsopenhack.hpp"
+#include "config_passthrough.hpp"
+#include "config_pid.hpp"
 #include "config_rename_exdev.hpp"
 #include "config_set.hpp"
 #include "config_statfs.hpp"
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ public:
   ConfigSTR      fsname;
   Funcs          func;
   ConfigUINT64   fuse_msg_size;
+  ConfigBOOL     handle_killpriv;
+  ConfigBOOL     handle_killpriv_v2;
   ConfigBOOL     ignorepponrename;
   InodeCalc      inodecalc;
   ConfigBOOL     kernel_cache;
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ public:
   NFSOpenHack    nfsopenhack;
   ConfigBOOL     nullrw;
   ConfigBOOL     parallel_direct_writes;
+  Passthrough    passthrough;
   ConfigGetPid   pid;
   ConfigBOOL     posix_acl;
   ConfigUINT64   readahead;

src/config_passthrough.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#/*
+  ISC License
+
+  Copyright (c) 2024, Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@spawn.link>
+
+  Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+  purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+  copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+  WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+  ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+  WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+  ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+  OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include "config_passthrough.hpp"
+#include "ef.hpp"
+#include "errno.hpp"
+
+template<>
+std::string
+Passthrough::to_string() const
+{
+  return _data._to_string();
+}
+
+template<>
+int
+Passthrough::from_string(const std::string &s_)
+{
+  better_enums::optional<PassthroughEnum> e;
+
+  e = PassthroughEnum::_from_string_nothrow(s_.c_str());
+  if(!e)
+    return -EINVAL;
+  
+  _data = *e;
+
+  return 0;
+}

src/config_passthrough.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+  ISC License
+
+  Copyright (c) 2024, Antonio SJ Musumeci <trapexit@spawn.link>
+
+  Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+  purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+  copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+  WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+  ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+  WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+  ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+  OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "better_enum.hpp"
+
+#include "enum.hpp"
+
+
+BETTER_ENUM(PassthroughEnum, uint8_t, off, ro, wo, rw);
+
+typedef Enum<PassthroughEnum> Passthrough;

src/enum.hpp

@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ public:
     return _data;
   }
 
+  ENUM
+  operator+() const
+  {
+    return _data;
+  }
+
 public:
   bool operator==(const ENUM data_) const
   {

src/fileinfo.hpp

@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@ public:
            bool const  direct_io_)
     : FH(fusepath_),
       fd(fd_),
+      backing_id(0),
       direct_io(direct_io_)
   {
   }
 
 public:
   int fd;
+  int backing_id;
   uint32_t direct_io:1;
   std::mutex mutex;
 };

src/fuse_create.cpp

@@ -170,6 +170,29 @@ namespace l
     return 0;
   }
 
+  static
+  int
+  passthrough(const fuse_context *fc_,
+              fuse_file_info_t   *ffi_)
+  {
+    int backing_id;
+    FileInfo *fi;
+    const ugid::SetRootGuard ugid;
+
+    fi = reinterpret_cast<FileInfo*>(ffi_->fh);
+
+    backing_id = fuse_passthrough_open(fc_,fi->fd);
+    if(backing_id <= 0)
+      return 0;
+
+    ffi_->passthrough = true;
+    ffi_->keep_cache  = false;
+    fi->backing_id    = backing_id;
+    ffi_->backing_id  = backing_id;
+
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   static
   int
   create(const Policy::Search &searchFunc_,
@@ -208,6 +231,15 @@ namespace l
   }
 }
 
+constexpr
+const
+uint64_t
+_(const PassthroughEnum e,
+  const uint64_t        m)
+{
+  return ((((uint64_t)e) << 32) | (m & O_ACCMODE));
+}
+
 namespace FUSE
 {
   int
@@ -247,6 +279,17 @@ namespace FUSE
                        fc->umask);
       }
 
+    if(rv != 0)
+      return rv;
+
+    switch(_(cfg->passthrough,ffi_->flags))
+      {
+      case _(PassthroughEnum::ro,O_RDONLY):
+      case _(PassthroughEnum::wo,O_WRONLY):
+      case _(PassthroughEnum::rw,O_RDWR):
+        return l::passthrough(fc,ffi_);
+      }
+
     return rv;
   }
 }

src/fuse_init.cpp

@@ -147,8 +147,11 @@ namespace FUSE
     l::want_if_capable(conn_,FUSE_CAP_DIRECT_IO_ALLOW_MMAP,&cfg->direct_io_allow_mmap);
     l::want_if_capable(conn_,FUSE_CAP_DONT_MASK);
     l::want_if_capable(conn_,FUSE_CAP_EXPORT_SUPPORT,&cfg->export_support);
+    l::want_if_capable(conn_,FUSE_CAP_HANDLE_KILLPRIV,&cfg->handle_killpriv);
+    l::want_if_capable(conn_,FUSE_CAP_HANDLE_KILLPRIV_V2,&cfg->handle_killpriv_v2);
     l::want_if_capable(conn_,FUSE_CAP_IOCTL_DIR);
     l::want_if_capable(conn_,FUSE_CAP_PARALLEL_DIROPS);
+    l::want_if_capable(conn_,FUSE_CAP_PASSTHROUGH);
     l::want_if_capable(conn_,FUSE_CAP_POSIX_ACL,&cfg->posix_acl);
     l::want_if_capable(conn_,FUSE_CAP_READDIR_PLUS,&cfg->readdirplus);
     l::want_if_capable(conn_,FUSE_CAP_WRITEBACK_CACHE,&cfg->writeback_cache);

src/fuse_open.cpp

@@ -218,6 +218,29 @@ namespace l
     return 0;
   }
 
+  static
+  int
+  passthrough(const fuse_context *fc_,
+              fuse_file_info_t   *ffi_)
+  {
+    int backing_id;
+    FileInfo *fi;
+    const ugid::SetRootGuard ugid;
+
+    fi = reinterpret_cast<FileInfo*>(ffi_->fh);
+
+    backing_id = fuse_passthrough_open(fc_,fi->fd);
+    if(backing_id <= 0)
+      return 0;
+
+    ffi_->passthrough = true;
+    ffi_->keep_cache  = false;
+    fi->backing_id    = backing_id;
+    ffi_->backing_id  = backing_id;
+
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   static
   int
   open(const Policy::Search &searchFunc_,
@@ -238,6 +261,15 @@ namespace l
   }
 }
 
+constexpr
+const
+uint64_t
+_(const PassthroughEnum e,
+  const uint64_t        m)
+{
+  return ((((uint64_t)e) << 32) | (m & O_ACCMODE));
+}
+
 namespace FUSE
 {
   int
@@ -264,6 +296,17 @@ namespace FUSE
                  cfg->link_cow,
                  cfg->nfsopenhack);
 
+    if(rv != 0)
+      return rv;
+
+    switch(_(cfg->passthrough,ffi_->flags))
+      {
+      case _(PassthroughEnum::ro,O_RDONLY):
+      case _(PassthroughEnum::wo,O_WRONLY):
+      case _(PassthroughEnum::rw,O_RDWR):
+        return l::passthrough(fc,ffi_);
+      }
+
     return rv;
   }
 }

src/fuse_release.cpp

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "fileinfo.hpp"
 #include "fs_close.hpp"
 #include "fs_fadvise.hpp"
+#include "ugid.hpp"
 
 #include "fuse.h"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,16 @@ namespace l
         fs::fadvise_dontneed(fi_->fd);
       }
 
+    if(fi_->backing_id)
+      {
+        const fuse_context *fc;
+        const ugid::SetRootGuard ugid;
+
+        fc = fuse_get_context();
+
+        fuse_passthrough_close(fc,fi_->backing_id);
+      }
+
     fs::close(fi_->fd);
 
     delete fi_;