Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] fsnotify: skip unattached marks

[Jan Kara]

On Wed 25-10-17 10:41:36, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> After having gone through a ref-unref for the mark, dereferencing the group
> (e.g. in fsnotify_compare_groups()) is wrong since the group may be
> completely gone by that time.  So before continuing to traverse the mark
> list, check if the mark is still attached.

Are you sure this can happen? The thing is: Group reference from mark is
dropped only in fsnotify_final_mark_destroy(). That gets called after SRCU
period is finished from fsnotify_mark_destroy_workfn(). And SRCU period in
which we have dropped our mark reference in fsnotify_finish_user_wait() has
not yet ended. What am I missing?

								Honza

> This is done in the generic case, not just when we go through
> fsnotify_prepare_user_wait()/fsnotify_finish_user_wait(), otherwise it
> would introduce unnecessary complexity.  And it shouldn't hurt to skip
> unattached marks anyway ("flags" is very likely in same cacheline as
> neighbouring "ignored_mask", which is pulled in anyway).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 9385a84d7e1f ("fsnotify: Pass fsnotify_iter_info into handle_event handler")
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.12
> ---
>  fs/notify/fsnotify.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
> index 48ec61f4c4d5..0ab6a7179e4d 100644
> --- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
> +++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
> @@ -328,12 +328,16 @@ int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, const void *data, int data_is,
>  			inode_mark = hlist_entry(srcu_dereference(inode_node, &fsnotify_mark_srcu),
>  						 struct fsnotify_mark, obj_list);
>  			inode_group = inode_mark->group;
> +			if (!(inode_mark->flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ATTACHED))
> +				goto skip_inode;
>  		}
>  
>  		if (vfsmount_node) {
>  			vfsmount_mark = hlist_entry(srcu_dereference(vfsmount_node, &fsnotify_mark_srcu),
>  						    struct fsnotify_mark, obj_list);
>  			vfsmount_group = vfsmount_mark->group;
> +			if (!(vfsmount_mark->flags & FSNOTIFY_MARK_FLAG_ATTACHED))
> +				goto skip_vfsmount;
>  		}
>  
>  		iter_info.inode_mark = inode_mark;
> @@ -357,10 +361,11 @@ int fsnotify(struct inode *to_tell, __u32 mask, const void *data, int data_is,
>  
>  		if (ret && (mask & ALL_FSNOTIFY_PERM_EVENTS))
>  			goto out;
> -
> +skip_inode:
>  		if (inode_group)
>  			inode_node = srcu_dereference(inode_node->next,
>  						      &fsnotify_mark_srcu);
> +skip_vfsmount:
>  		if (vfsmount_group)
>  			vfsmount_node = srcu_dereference(vfsmount_node->next,
>  							 &fsnotify_mark_srcu);
> -- 
> 2.5.5
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR