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+// Copyright 2020 The Monogon Project Authors.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package fsquota provides a simplified interface to interact with Linux's filesystem qouta API.
+// It only supports setting quotas on directories, not groups or users.
+// Quotas need to be already enabled on the filesystem to be able to use them using this package.
+// See the quotactl package if you intend to use this on a filesystem where quotas need to be
+// enabled manually.
+package fsquota
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"os"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+
+	"git.monogon.dev/source/nexantic.git/metropolis/node/common/fsquota/fsxattrs"
+	"git.monogon.dev/source/nexantic.git/metropolis/node/common/fsquota/quotactl"
+)
+
+// SetQuota sets the quota of bytes and/or inodes in a given path. To not set a limit, set the
+// corresponding argument to zero. Setting both arguments to zero removes the quota entirely.
+// This function can only be called on an empty directory. It can't be used to create a quota
+// below a directory which already has a quota since Linux doesn't offer hierarchical quotas.
+func SetQuota(path string, maxBytes uint64, maxInodes uint64) error {
+	dir, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer dir.Close()
+	source, err := fsinfoGetSource(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var valid uint32
+	if maxBytes > 0 {
+		valid |= quotactl.FlagBLimitsValid
+	}
+	if maxInodes > 0 {
+		valid |= quotactl.FlagILimitsValid
+	}
+
+	attrs, err := fsxattrs.Get(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var lastID uint32 = attrs.ProjectID
+	if lastID == 0 {
+		// No project/quota exists for this directory, assign a new project quota
+		// TODO(lorenz): This is racy, but the kernel does not support atomically assigning
+		// quotas. So this needs to be added to the kernels setquota interface. Due to the short
+		// time window and infrequent calls this should not be an immediate issue.
+		for {
+			quota, err := quotactl.GetNextQuota(source, quotactl.QuotaTypeProject, lastID)
+			if err == unix.ENOENT || err == unix.ESRCH {
+				// We have enumerated all quotas, nothing exists here
+				break
+			} else if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to call GetNextQuota: %w", err)
+			}
+			if quota.ID > lastID+1 {
+				// Take the first ID in the quota ID gap
+				lastID++
+				break
+			}
+			lastID++
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If both limits are zero, this is a delete operation, process it as such
+	if maxBytes == 0 && maxInodes == 0 {
+		valid = quotactl.FlagBLimitsValid | quotactl.FlagILimitsValid
+		attrs.ProjectID = 0
+		attrs.Flags &= ^fsxattrs.FlagProjectInherit
+	} else {
+		attrs.ProjectID = lastID
+		attrs.Flags |= fsxattrs.FlagProjectInherit
+	}
+
+	if err := fsxattrs.Set(dir, attrs); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Always round up to the nearest block size
+	bytesLimitBlocks := uint64(math.Ceil(float64(maxBytes) / float64(1024)))
+
+	return quotactl.SetQuota(source, quotactl.QuotaTypeProject, lastID, &quotactl.Quota{
+		BHardLimit: bytesLimitBlocks,
+		BSoftLimit: bytesLimitBlocks,
+		IHardLimit: maxInodes,
+		ISoftLimit: maxInodes,
+		Valid:      valid,
+	})
+}
+
+type Quota struct {
+	Bytes      uint64
+	BytesUsed  uint64
+	Inodes     uint64
+	InodesUsed uint64
+}
+
+// GetQuota returns the current active quota and its utilization at the given path
+func GetQuota(path string) (*Quota, error) {
+	dir, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer dir.Close()
+	source, err := fsinfoGetSource(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	attrs, err := fsxattrs.Get(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if attrs.ProjectID == 0 {
+		return nil, os.ErrNotExist
+	}
+	quota, err := quotactl.GetQuota(source, quotactl.QuotaTypeProject, attrs.ProjectID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &Quota{
+		Bytes:      quota.BHardLimit * 1024,
+		BytesUsed:  quota.CurSpace,
+		Inodes:     quota.IHardLimit,
+		InodesUsed: quota.CurInodes,
+	}, nil
+}