[PATCH v2 4/5] fs: handle hypothetical filesystems hich use I_DONTCACHE and drop the lock in ->drop_inode

[Mateusz Guzik]

f2fs and ntfs play games where they transitiong the refcount 0->1 and release
the inode spinlock, allowing other threads to grab a ref of their own.
They also return 0 in that case, making this problem harmless.

Should they start using the I_DONTCACHE machinery down the road while
retaining the above, iput_final() will get a race where it can proceed
to teardown an inode with references.

Future-proof it.

Developing better ->drop_inode and sanitizing all users is left as en
exercise for the reader.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/inode.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 1f5a383ccf27..fc6045e6d43f 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1933,20 +1933,29 @@ static void iput_final(struct inode *inode)
 	else
 		drop = inode_generic_drop(inode);
 
-	if (!drop &&
-	    !(inode_state_read(inode) & I_DONTCACHE) &&
-	    (sb->s_flags & SB_ACTIVE)) {
+	/*
+	 * XXXCRAP: there are ->drop_inode hooks playing nasty games releasing the
+	 * spinlock and temporarily grabbing refs. This opens a possibility someone
+	 * else will sneak in and grab a ref while it happens.
+	 *
+	 * If such a hook returns 0 (== don't drop) this happens to be harmless as long
+	 * as the inode is not marked with I_DONTCACHE. Otherwise we are proceeding with
+	 * teardown despite references being present.
+	 *
+	 * Damage-control the problem by including the count in the decision. However,
+	 * assert no refs showed up if the hook decided to drop the inode.
+	 */
+	if (drop)
+		VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(icount_read(inode) != 0, inode);
+
+	if (icount_read(inode) > 0 ||
+	    (!drop && !(inode_state_read(inode) & I_DONTCACHE) &&
+	    (sb->s_flags & SB_ACTIVE))) {
 		__inode_lru_list_add(inode, true);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Re-check ->i_count in case the ->drop_inode() hooks played games.
-	 * Note we only execute this if the verdict was to drop the inode.
-	 */
-	VFS_BUG_ON_INODE(icount_read(inode) != 0, inode);
-
 	if (drop) {
 		inode_state_set(inode, I_FREEING);
 	} else {
-- 
2.48.1