Forwarded: [PATCH] 9p: add printk diagnostics to identify -ENOENT source in v9fs_fid_lookup
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Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 19:44:28 EST
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Subject: [PATCH] 9p: add printk diagnostics to identify -ENOENT source in v9fs_fid_lookup
Author: kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
Add printk(KERN_WARNING) at the three points in
v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid() where a racing unlink/rename can cause a
symlink fid walk to fail, to determine which one produces the
-ENOENT seen in the "WARNING in v9fs_init_request (2)" reproducer.
Diagnostic only, not a functional fix.
Reported-by: syzbot+344c09c64fcd8d3d2782@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/9p/fid.c | 10 ++++++++++
fs/9p/vfs_addr.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/9p/fid.c b/fs/9p/fid.c
index 76242d450aa7..d8d79a4c88ef 100644
--- a/fs/9p/fid.c
+++ b/fs/9p/fid.c
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid(struct dentry *dentry,
old_fid = fid;
fid = p9_client_walk(old_fid, 1, &dentry->d_name.name, 1);
+ if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "DIAG: single-component p9_client_walk "
+ "failed, name=%pd err=%ld\n", dentry, PTR_ERR(fid));
+ }
p9_fid_put(old_fid);
goto fid_out;
}
@@ -251,6 +255,9 @@ static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid(struct dentry *dentry,
old_fid = fid;
}
if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "DIAG: multipath p9_client_walk failed, "
+ "name=%pd component_index=%d err=%ld\n",
+ dentry, i, PTR_ERR(fid));
kfree(wnames);
goto err_out;
}
@@ -262,6 +269,9 @@ static struct p9_fid *v9fs_fid_lookup_with_uid(struct dentry *dentry,
spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
if (d_unhashed(dentry)) {
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "DIAG: walk succeeded but dentry "
+ "unhashed, manufacturing -ENOENT, name=%pd\n",
+ dentry);
p9_fid_put(fid);
fid = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
} else {
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
index 1ac0b3dcc077..fc05bd963506 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_addr.c
@@ -136,21 +136,37 @@ static int v9fs_init_request(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct file *file)
if (file) {
fid = file->private_data;
- if (!fid)
- goto no_fid;
+ if (!fid) {
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "DIAG: v9fs_init_request: file has no fid, "
+ "inode->i_ino=%llx\n", rreq->inode->i_ino);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
p9_fid_get(fid);
} else if (S_ISLNK(rreq->inode->i_mode)) {
dentry = d_find_any_alias(rreq->inode);
- if (!dentry)
- goto no_fid;
+ if (!dentry) {
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "DIAG: v9fs_init_request: symlink inode has no "
+ "dentry alias, inode->i_ino=%llx\n",
+ rreq->inode->i_ino);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
fid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry);
+ if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "DIAG: v9fs_init_request: v9fs_fid_lookup failed "
+ "for symlink, err=%ld dentry=%pd4 inode->i_ino=%llx\n",
+ PTR_ERR(fid), dentry, rreq->inode->i_ino);
+ dput(dentry);
+ return PTR_ERR(fid);
+ }
dput(dentry);
- if (IS_ERR(fid))
- goto no_fid;
} else {
fid = v9fs_fid_find_inode(rreq->inode, writing, INVALID_UID, true);
- if (!fid)
- goto no_fid;
+ if (!fid) {
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "DIAG: v9fs_init_request: non-symlink inode has "
+ "no open/writeback fid, inode->i_ino=%llx\n",
+ rreq->inode->i_ino);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
}
rreq->wsize = fid->clnt->msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
@@ -163,11 +179,6 @@ static int v9fs_init_request(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct file *file)
WARN_ON(rreq->origin == NETFS_READ_FOR_WRITE && !(fid->mode & P9_ORDWR));
rreq->netfs_priv = fid;
return 0;
-
-no_fid:
- WARN_ONCE(1, "folio expected an open fid inode->i_ino=%llx\n",
- rreq->inode->i_ino);
- return -EINVAL;
}
/**
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