[PATCH 1/2] fuse: fix invalidate lock leak on setattr writeback failure
From: Baokun Li
Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 11:22:43 EST
fuse_do_setattr() takes filemap_invalidate_lock() for a DAX truncate
(fault_blocked = true) and releases it at the out:/error: labels. But
when a writeback flush is also needed, a write_inode_now() failure
returns directly and leaks the lock, so any later fault or truncate on
the file stalls on the stale rwsem.
For example, truncate(2) on a setuid file reaches fuse_do_setattr()
with both ATTR_SIZE and ATTR_MODE set:
truncate(2)
└─ do_truncate()
├─ dentry_needs_remove_privs() # S_ISUID
└─ notify_change() # KILL_SUID -> ATTR_MODE
└─ fuse_setattr() # no killpriv:
│ # ia_valid |= ATTR_MODE
└─ fuse_do_setattr()
├─ filemap_invalidate_lock() # IS_DAX && is_truncate
└─ write_inode_now() # is_wb && ATTR_MODE
└─ if (err) # e.g. daemon -> -EIO
return err # <- lock leaked
Fix this by adding an unlock label that releases the lock before
returning the error, and use it for the fuse_dax_break_layouts()
failure path as well.
Fixes: 6ae330cad6ef ("virtiofs: serialize truncate/punch_hole and dax fault path")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v5.10+
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fuse/dir.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 0e2a1039fa43..48763bc192f3 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -2161,10 +2161,8 @@ int fuse_do_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
filemap_invalidate_lock(mapping);
fault_blocked = true;
err = fuse_dax_break_layouts(inode, 0, -1);
- if (err) {
- filemap_invalidate_unlock(mapping);
- return err;
- }
+ if (err)
+ goto unlock;
}
if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_OPEN) {
@@ -2191,7 +2189,7 @@ int fuse_do_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
ATTR_TIMES_SET)) {
err = write_inode_now(inode, true);
if (err)
- return err;
+ goto unlock;
fuse_set_nowrite(inode);
fuse_release_nowrite(inode);
@@ -2299,6 +2297,7 @@ int fuse_do_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
clear_bit(FUSE_I_SIZE_UNSTABLE, &fi->state);
+unlock:
if (fault_blocked)
filemap_invalidate_unlock(mapping);
return err;
--
2.43.7