From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Mike Marshall <hubcap@omnibond.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: Orangefs ABI documentation
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 23:13:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160209231328.GK17997@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160209224050.GJ17997@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 10:40:50PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> And the version in orangefs-2.9.3.tar.gz (your Frankenstein module?) is
> vulnerable to the same race. 2.8.1 isn't - it ignores signals on the
> cancel, but that means waiting for cancel to be processed (or timed out)
> on any interrupted read() before we return to userland. We can return
> to that behaviour, of course, but I suspect that offloading it to something
> async (along with freeing the slot used by original operation) would be
> better from QoI point of view.
That breakage had been introduced between 2.8.5 and 2.8.6 (at some point
during the spring of 2012). AFAICS, all versions starting with 2.8.6 are
vulnerable...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-09 23:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 111+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-15 21:46 Orangefs ABI documentation Mike Marshall
2016-01-22 7:11 ` Al Viro
2016-01-22 11:09 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-22 16:59 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-22 17:08 ` Al Viro
2016-01-22 17:40 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-22 17:43 ` Al Viro
2016-01-22 18:17 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-22 18:37 ` Al Viro
2016-01-22 19:07 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-22 19:21 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-22 20:04 ` Al Viro
2016-01-22 20:30 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-23 0:12 ` Al Viro
2016-01-23 1:28 ` Al Viro
2016-01-23 2:54 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-23 19:10 ` Al Viro
2016-01-23 19:24 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-23 21:35 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-23 22:05 ` Al Viro
2016-01-23 21:40 ` Al Viro
2016-01-23 22:36 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-24 0:16 ` Al Viro
2016-01-24 4:05 ` Al Viro
2016-01-24 22:12 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-30 17:22 ` Al Viro
2016-01-26 19:52 ` Martin Brandenburg
2016-01-30 17:34 ` Al Viro
2016-01-30 18:27 ` Al Viro
2016-02-04 23:30 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-06 19:42 ` Al Viro
2016-02-07 1:38 ` Al Viro
2016-02-07 3:53 ` Al Viro
2016-02-07 20:01 ` [RFC] bufmap-related wait logics (Re: Orangefs ABI documentation) Al Viro
2016-02-08 22:26 ` Orangefs ABI documentation Mike Marshall
2016-02-08 23:35 ` Al Viro
2016-02-09 3:32 ` Al Viro
2016-02-09 14:34 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-09 17:40 ` Al Viro
2016-02-09 21:06 ` Al Viro
2016-02-09 22:25 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-11 23:36 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-09 22:02 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-09 22:16 ` Al Viro
2016-02-09 22:40 ` Al Viro
2016-02-09 23:13 ` Al Viro [this message]
2016-02-10 16:44 ` Al Viro
2016-02-10 21:26 ` Al Viro
2016-02-11 23:54 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-12 0:55 ` Al Viro
2016-02-12 12:13 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-11 0:44 ` Al Viro
2016-02-11 3:22 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-12 4:27 ` Al Viro
2016-02-12 12:26 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-12 18:00 ` Martin Brandenburg
2016-02-13 17:18 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-13 17:47 ` Al Viro
2016-02-14 2:56 ` Al Viro
2016-02-14 3:46 ` [RFC] slot allocator - waitqueue use review needed (Re: Orangefs ABI documentation) Al Viro
2016-02-14 4:06 ` Al Viro
2016-02-16 2:12 ` Al Viro
2016-02-16 19:28 ` Al Viro
2016-02-14 22:31 ` Orangefs ABI documentation Mike Marshall
2016-02-14 23:43 ` Al Viro
2016-02-15 17:46 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-15 18:45 ` Al Viro
2016-02-15 22:32 ` Martin Brandenburg
2016-02-15 23:04 ` Al Viro
2016-02-16 23:15 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-16 23:36 ` Al Viro
2016-02-16 23:54 ` Al Viro
2016-02-17 19:24 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-17 20:11 ` Al Viro
2016-02-17 21:17 ` Al Viro
2016-02-17 22:24 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-17 22:40 ` Martin Brandenburg
2016-02-17 23:09 ` Al Viro
2016-02-17 23:15 ` Al Viro
2016-02-18 0:04 ` Al Viro
2016-02-18 11:11 ` Al Viro
2016-02-18 18:58 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-18 19:20 ` Al Viro
2016-02-18 19:49 ` Martin Brandenburg
2016-02-18 20:08 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-18 20:22 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-18 20:38 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-18 20:52 ` Al Viro
2016-02-18 21:50 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-19 0:25 ` Al Viro
2016-02-19 22:11 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-19 22:22 ` Al Viro
2016-02-20 12:14 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-20 13:36 ` Al Viro
2016-02-22 16:20 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-22 21:22 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-23 21:58 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-26 20:21 ` Mike Marshall
2016-02-19 22:32 ` Al Viro
2016-02-19 22:45 ` Martin Brandenburg
2016-02-19 22:50 ` Martin Brandenburg
2016-02-18 20:49 ` Al Viro
2016-02-15 22:47 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-23 22:46 ` write() semantics (Re: Orangefs ABI documentation) Al Viro
2016-01-23 23:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2016-03-03 22:25 ` Mike Marshall
2016-03-04 20:55 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-22 20:51 ` Orangefs ABI documentation Mike Marshall
2016-01-22 23:53 ` Mike Marshall
2016-01-22 19:54 ` Al Viro
2016-01-22 19:50 ` Al Viro
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