[PATCH 3/3] nfsd: recall deleg if a requested dir attr change can't be encoded

From: Jeff Layton

Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 14:14:22 EST


When the client requested NOTIFY4_CHANGE_DIR_ATTRS,
nfsd4_cb_notify_prepare() tried to append the dir attribute change to the
CB_NOTIFY, but silently dropped it if the attrmask space reservation
failed or nfsd4_encode_dir_attr_change() returned NULL (out of buffer
space, encode error, or no attributes to send). It then returned true
and transmitted a CB_NOTIFY lacking the requested notification, leaving
the client's cached directory attributes stale with no indication.

RFC 8881 s10.4 requires the server to recall the delegation when it
cannot deliver a requested notification. Treat a failure to encode the
dir attribute change like the per-event encode failures already handled
in the loop above: set error and fall through to out_recall.

Fixes: fd0d6dde2a57 ("nfsd: add support to CB_NOTIFY for dir attribute changes")
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index b830aed7ae39..82125937dde2 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -3598,23 +3598,30 @@ nfsd4_cb_notify_prepare(struct nfsd4_callback *cb)
put_event:
nfsd_notify_event_put(nne);
}
- if (!error) {
- if (dp->dl_notify_mask & BIT(NOTIFY4_CHANGE_DIR_ATTRS)) {
- u32 *maskp = (u32 *)xdr_reserve_space(&stream, sizeof(*maskp));
+ if (!error && (dp->dl_notify_mask & BIT(NOTIFY4_CHANGE_DIR_ATTRS))) {
+ u32 *maskp = (u32 *)xdr_reserve_space(&stream, sizeof(*maskp));
+ u8 *p = NULL;

- if (maskp) {
- u8 *p = nfsd4_encode_dir_attr_change(&stream, dp, nf);
-
- if (p) {
- *maskp = BIT(NOTIFY4_CHANGE_DIR_ATTRS);
- ncn->ncn_nf[count].notify_mask.count = 1;
- ncn->ncn_nf[count].notify_mask.element = maskp;
- ncn->ncn_nf[count].notify_vals.data = p;
- ncn->ncn_nf[count].notify_vals.len = (u8 *)stream.p - p;
- ++count;
- }
- }
+ if (maskp)
+ p = nfsd4_encode_dir_attr_change(&stream, dp, nf);
+ if (!p) {
+ /*
+ * The client asked to be told about dir attr changes
+ * but we couldn't encode one. RFC 8881 s10.4 requires
+ * recalling the delegation rather than dropping a
+ * requested notification, so fall through to recall.
+ */
+ error = true;
+ } else {
+ *maskp = BIT(NOTIFY4_CHANGE_DIR_ATTRS);
+ ncn->ncn_nf[count].notify_mask.count = 1;
+ ncn->ncn_nf[count].notify_mask.element = maskp;
+ ncn->ncn_nf[count].notify_vals.data = p;
+ ncn->ncn_nf[count].notify_vals.len = (u8 *)stream.p - p;
+ ++count;
}
+ }
+ if (!error) {
ncn->ncn_nf_cnt = count;
nfsd_file_put(nf);
return true;

--
2.54.0