[PATCH] ocfs2: Pin the node manager module for open debugfs files

From: Cen Zhang

Date: Sun Oct 11 2026 - 21:32:39 EST


The node manager debugfs file operation tables do not set owner.
The debugfs full proxy obtains real_fops with fops_get() at open and
keeps it until final release. Without an owner, this does not acquire
a module reference. Normal unload can free the ocfs2_nodemanager
module image while an open file still holds its operation table.

Closing connected_nodes then makes full_proxy_release() read
real_fops->release from freed module memory. Removing the debugfs
entries during module exit does not drain retained open files.

Set owner to THIS_MODULE in the o2net and heartbeat debugfs operation
tables. The existing debugfs get/put pair then keeps the module and
its callbacks alive until the last open file is released.

A controlled test used an unloadable OCFS2 module and case-local probe
filters without changing the candidate open, unload or release logic.
Closing a retained connected_nodes file after normal unload produced:

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff804cfef
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
RIP: 0010:full_proxy_release+0xbf/0x190
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__fput+0x39a/0xa60
fput_close_sync+0xff/0x200
__x64_sys_close+0x8c/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0x114/0x620
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
Modules linked in: [last unloaded: ocfs2_nodemanager]

Fixes: 2309e9e040fe ("ocfs2/net: Add debug interface to o2net")
Fixes: 87d3d3f3931f ("ocfs2/hb: Expose the list of heartbeating nodes via debugfs")
Fixes: 3ba169ccec1c ("ocfs2/cluster: Add new function o2net_fill_node_map()")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@xxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index 8e6ead433228..1d4f71190d27 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -1447,6 +1447,7 @@ static ssize_t o2hb_debug_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */

static const struct file_operations o2hb_debug_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = o2hb_debug_open,
.release = o2hb_debug_release,
.read = o2hb_debug_read,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/netdebug.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/netdebug.c
index f7ab66e70799..5d373002297d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/netdebug.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/netdebug.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ static int nst_fop_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
}

static const struct file_operations nst_seq_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = nst_fop_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
@@ -415,6 +416,7 @@ static int stats_fop_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
}

static const struct file_operations stats_seq_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = stats_fop_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
@@ -427,6 +429,7 @@ static int sc_fop_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
}

static const struct file_operations sc_seq_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = sc_fop_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
@@ -476,6 +479,7 @@ static ssize_t o2net_debug_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
}

static const struct file_operations nodes_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = nodes_fop_open,
.release = o2net_debug_release,
.read = o2net_debug_read,