Auto merge of #65094 - oxalica:linux-statx, r=alexcrichton

Prefer statx on linux if available

This PR make `metadata`-related functions try to invoke `statx` first on Linux if available,
making `std::fs::Metadata::created` work on Linux with `statx` supported.

It follows the discussion in #61386 , and will fix #59743

The implementation of this PR is simply converting `struct statx` into `struct stat64` with
extra fields for `btime` if `statx` succeeds, since other fields are not currently used.

---

I also did a separated benchmark for `fs::metadata`, `stat64`, `statx`, and `statx` with conversion to `stat64`.
It shows that `statx` with conversion is even more faster than pure `statx`.
I think it's due to `sizeof stat64 == 114` but `sizeof statx == 256`.

Anyway, the bare implementation of `statx` with conversion is only about 0.2% slower than the original impl (`stat64`-family).
With heap-allocation counted (~8.5% of total cost), the difference between `stat` and `statx` (with or without conversion) is just nothing.

Therefore, I think it is not urgent to use bare `struct statx` as underlying representation now.
There is no need to break `std::os::linux::fs::MetadataExt::as_raw_stat` (#61386 (comment))

[Separated bare benchmarks](https://gist.github.com/oxalica/c4073ecb202c599fe41b7f15f86dc79c):
```
metadata_ok             time:   [529.41 ns 529.77 ns 530.19 ns]
metadata_err            time:   [538.71 ns 539.39 ns 540.35 ns]
stat64_ok               time:   [484.32 ns 484.53 ns 484.75 ns]
stat64_err              time:   [481.77 ns 482.00 ns 482.24 ns]
statx_ok                time:   [488.07 ns 488.35 ns 488.62 ns]
statx_err               time:   [487.74 ns 488.00 ns 488.27 ns]
statx_cvt_ok            time:   [485.05 ns 485.28 ns 485.53 ns]
statx_cvt_err           time:   [485.23 ns 485.45 ns 485.67 ns]
```

r? @alexcrichton

Author: bors

src/libstd/fs.rs

@@ -1090,13 +1090,14 @@ impl Metadata {
 
     /// Returns the creation time listed in this metadata.
     ///
-    /// The returned value corresponds to the `birthtime` field of `stat` on
-    /// Unix platforms and the `ftCreationTime` field on Windows platforms.
+    /// The returned value corresponds to the `btime` field of `statx` on
+    /// Linux kernel starting from to 4.11, the `birthtime` field of `stat` on other
+    /// Unix platforms, and the `ftCreationTime` field on Windows platforms.
     ///
     /// # Errors
     ///
     /// This field may not be available on all platforms, and will return an
-    /// `Err` on platforms where it is not available.
+    /// `Err` on platforms or filesystems where it is not available.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -1109,7 +1110,7 @@ impl Metadata {
     ///     if let Ok(time) = metadata.created() {
     ///         println!("{:?}", time);
     ///     } else {
-    ///         println!("Not supported on this platform");
+    ///         println!("Not supported on this platform or filesystem");
     ///     }
     ///     Ok(())
     /// }
@@ -3443,5 +3444,18 @@ mod tests {
             check!(a.created());
             check!(b.created());
         }
+
+        if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
+            // Not always available
+            match (a.created(), b.created()) {
+                (Ok(t1), Ok(t2)) => assert!(t1 <= t2),
+                (Err(e1), Err(e2)) if e1.kind() == ErrorKind::Other &&
+                                      e2.kind() == ErrorKind::Other => {}
+                (a, b) => panic!(
+                    "creation time must be always supported or not supported: {:?} {:?}",
+                    a, b,
+                ),
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs

@@ -41,11 +41,138 @@ pub use crate::sys_common::fs::remove_dir_all;
 
 pub struct File(FileDesc);
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct FileAttr {
-    stat: stat64,
+// FIXME: This should be available on Linux with all `target_arch` and `target_env`.
+// https://github.com/rust-lang/libc/issues/1545
+macro_rules! cfg_has_statx {
+    ({ $($then_tt:tt)* } else { $($else_tt:tt)* }) => {
+        cfg_if::cfg_if! {
+            if #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", target_env = "gnu", any(
+                target_arch = "x86",
+                target_arch = "arm",
+                // target_arch = "mips",
+                target_arch = "powerpc",
+                target_arch = "x86_64",
+                // target_arch = "aarch64",
+                target_arch = "powerpc64",
+                // target_arch = "mips64",
+                // target_arch = "s390x",
+                target_arch = "sparc64",
+            )))] {
+                $($then_tt)*
+            } else {
+                $($else_tt)*
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    ($($block_inner:tt)*) => {
+        #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", target_env = "gnu", any(
+            target_arch = "x86",
+            target_arch = "arm",
+            // target_arch = "mips",
+            target_arch = "powerpc",
+            target_arch = "x86_64",
+            // target_arch = "aarch64",
+            target_arch = "powerpc64",
+            // target_arch = "mips64",
+            // target_arch = "s390x",
+            target_arch = "sparc64",
+        )))]
+        {
+            $($block_inner)*
+        }
+    };
 }
 
+cfg_has_statx! {{
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    pub struct FileAttr {
+        stat: stat64,
+        statx_extra_fields: Option<StatxExtraFields>,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    struct StatxExtraFields {
+        // This is needed to check if btime is supported by the filesystem.
+        stx_mask: u32,
+        stx_btime: libc::statx_timestamp,
+    }
+
+    // We prefer `statx` on Linux if available, which contains file creation time.
+    // Default `stat64` contains no creation time.
+    unsafe fn try_statx(
+        fd: c_int,
+        path: *const libc::c_char,
+        flags: i32,
+        mask: u32,
+    ) -> Option<io::Result<FileAttr>> {
+        use crate::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+
+        // Linux kernel prior to 4.11 or glibc prior to glibc 2.28 don't support `statx`
+        // We store the availability in a global to avoid unnecessary syscalls
+        static HAS_STATX: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(true);
+        syscall! {
+            fn statx(
+                fd: c_int,
+                pathname: *const libc::c_char,
+                flags: c_int,
+                mask: libc::c_uint,
+                statxbuf: *mut libc::statx
+            ) -> c_int
+        }
+
+        if !HAS_STATX.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let mut buf: libc::statx = mem::zeroed();
+        let ret = cvt(statx(fd, path, flags, mask, &mut buf));
+        match ret {
+            Err(err) => match err.raw_os_error() {
+                Some(libc::ENOSYS) => {
+                    HAS_STATX.store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                    return None;
+                }
+                _ => return Some(Err(err)),
+            }
+            Ok(_) => {
+                // We cannot fill `stat64` exhaustively because of private padding fields.
+                let mut stat: stat64 = mem::zeroed();
+                // `c_ulong` on gnu-mips, `dev_t` otherwise
+                stat.st_dev = libc::makedev(buf.stx_dev_major, buf.stx_dev_minor) as _;
+                stat.st_ino = buf.stx_ino as libc::ino64_t;
+                stat.st_nlink = buf.stx_nlink as libc::nlink_t;
+                stat.st_mode = buf.stx_mode as libc::mode_t;
+                stat.st_uid = buf.stx_uid as libc::uid_t;
+                stat.st_gid = buf.stx_gid as libc::gid_t;
+                stat.st_rdev = libc::makedev(buf.stx_rdev_major, buf.stx_rdev_minor) as _;
+                stat.st_size = buf.stx_size as off64_t;
+                stat.st_blksize = buf.stx_blksize as libc::blksize_t;
+                stat.st_blocks = buf.stx_blocks as libc::blkcnt64_t;
+                stat.st_atime = buf.stx_atime.tv_sec as libc::time_t;
+                // `i64` on gnu-x86_64-x32, `c_ulong` otherwise.
+                stat.st_atime_nsec = buf.stx_atime.tv_nsec as _;
+                stat.st_mtime = buf.stx_mtime.tv_sec as libc::time_t;
+                stat.st_mtime_nsec = buf.stx_mtime.tv_nsec as _;
+                stat.st_ctime = buf.stx_ctime.tv_sec as libc::time_t;
+                stat.st_ctime_nsec = buf.stx_ctime.tv_nsec as _;
+
+                let extra = StatxExtraFields {
+                    stx_mask: buf.stx_mask,
+                    stx_btime: buf.stx_btime,
+                };
+
+                Some(Ok(FileAttr { stat, statx_extra_fields: Some(extra) }))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+} else {
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    pub struct FileAttr {
+        stat: stat64,
+    }
+}}
+
 // all DirEntry's will have a reference to this struct
 struct InnerReadDir {
     dirp: Dir,
@@ -97,6 +224,20 @@ pub struct FileType { mode: mode_t }
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct DirBuilder { mode: mode_t }
 
+cfg_has_statx! {{
+    impl FileAttr {
+        fn from_stat64(stat: stat64) -> Self {
+            Self { stat, statx_extra_fields: None }
+        }
+    }
+} else {
+    impl FileAttr {
+        fn from_stat64(stat: stat64) -> Self {
+            Self { stat }
+        }
+    }
+}}
+
 impl FileAttr {
     pub fn size(&self) -> u64 { self.stat.st_size as u64 }
     pub fn perm(&self) -> FilePermissions {
@@ -164,6 +305,22 @@ impl FileAttr {
                   target_os = "macos",
                   target_os = "ios")))]
     pub fn created(&self) -> io::Result<SystemTime> {
+        cfg_has_statx! {
+            if let Some(ext) = &self.statx_extra_fields {
+                return if (ext.stx_mask & libc::STATX_BTIME) != 0 {
+                    Ok(SystemTime::from(libc::timespec {
+                        tv_sec: ext.stx_btime.tv_sec as libc::time_t,
+                        tv_nsec: ext.stx_btime.tv_nsec as _,
+                    }))
+                } else {
+                    Err(io::Error::new(
+                        io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                        "creation time is not available for the filesystem",
+                    ))
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
         Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other,
                            "creation time is not available on this platform \
                             currently"))
@@ -306,12 +463,25 @@ impl DirEntry {
 
     #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "emscripten", target_os = "android"))]
     pub fn metadata(&self) -> io::Result<FileAttr> {
-        let fd = cvt(unsafe {dirfd(self.dir.inner.dirp.0)})?;
+        let fd = cvt(unsafe { dirfd(self.dir.inner.dirp.0) })?;
+        let name = self.entry.d_name.as_ptr();
+
+        cfg_has_statx! {
+            if let Some(ret) = unsafe { try_statx(
+                fd,
+                name,
+                libc::AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | libc::AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT,
+                libc::STATX_ALL,
+            ) } {
+                return ret;
+            }
+        }
+
         let mut stat: stat64 = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
         cvt(unsafe {
-            fstatat64(fd, self.entry.d_name.as_ptr(), &mut stat, libc::AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)
+            fstatat64(fd, name, &mut stat, libc::AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW)
         })?;
-        Ok(FileAttr { stat })
+        Ok(FileAttr::from_stat64(stat))
     }
 
     #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "emscripten", target_os = "android")))]
@@ -517,11 +687,24 @@ impl File {
     }
 
     pub fn file_attr(&self) -> io::Result<FileAttr> {
+        let fd = self.0.raw();
+
+        cfg_has_statx! {
+            if let Some(ret) = unsafe { try_statx(
+                fd,
+                b"\0" as *const _ as *const libc::c_char,
+                libc::AT_EMPTY_PATH | libc::AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT,
+                libc::STATX_ALL,
+            ) } {
+                return ret;
+            }
+        }
+
         let mut stat: stat64 = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
         cvt(unsafe {
-            fstat64(self.0.raw(), &mut stat)
+            fstat64(fd, &mut stat)
         })?;
-        Ok(FileAttr { stat })
+        Ok(FileAttr::from_stat64(stat))
     }
 
     pub fn fsync(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
@@ -798,20 +981,44 @@ pub fn link(src: &Path, dst: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
 
 pub fn stat(p: &Path) -> io::Result<FileAttr> {
     let p = cstr(p)?;
+
+    cfg_has_statx! {
+        if let Some(ret) = unsafe { try_statx(
+            libc::AT_FDCWD,
+            p.as_ptr(),
+            libc::AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT,
+            libc::STATX_ALL,
+        ) } {
+            return ret;
+        }
+    }
+
     let mut stat: stat64 = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
     cvt(unsafe {
         stat64(p.as_ptr(), &mut stat)
     })?;
-    Ok(FileAttr { stat })
+    Ok(FileAttr::from_stat64(stat))
 }
 
 pub fn lstat(p: &Path) -> io::Result<FileAttr> {
     let p = cstr(p)?;
+
+    cfg_has_statx! {
+        if let Some(ret) = unsafe { try_statx(
+            libc::AT_FDCWD,
+            p.as_ptr(),
+            libc::AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | libc::AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT,
+            libc::STATX_ALL,
+        ) } {
+            return ret;
+        }
+    }
+
     let mut stat: stat64 = unsafe { mem::zeroed() };
     cvt(unsafe {
         lstat64(p.as_ptr(), &mut stat)
     })?;
-    Ok(FileAttr { stat })
+    Ok(FileAttr::from_stat64(stat))
 }
 
 pub fn canonicalize(p: &Path) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {