Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] nfs/super: check NFS_CAP_ACLS instead of the NFS version

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Max Kellermann <mk@cm4all.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
	trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com, bfields@redhat.com,
	tytso@mit.edu, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, agruenba@redhat.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] nfs/super: check NFS_CAP_ACLS instead of the NFS version
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 00:53:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200417075348.GD598@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200407142243.2032-4-mk@cm4all.com>

On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 04:22:43PM +0200, Max Kellermann wrote:
> This sets SB_POSIXACL only if ACL support is really enabled, instead
> of always setting SB_POSIXACL if the NFS protocol version
> theoretically supports ACL.
> 
> The code comment says "We will [apply the umask] ourselves", but that
> happens in posix_acl_create() only if the kernel has POSIX ACL
> support.  Without it, posix_acl_create() is an empty dummy function.
> 
> So let's not pretend we will apply the umask if we can already know
> that we will never.
> 
> This fixes a problem where the umask is always ignored in the NFS
> client when compiled without CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL.  This is a 4 year
> old regression caused by commit 013cdf1088d723 which itself was not
> completely wrong, but failed to consider all the side effects by
> misdesigned VFS code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <mk@cm4all.com>
> Reviewed-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  fs/nfs/super.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
> index dada09b391c6..dab79193f641 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
> @@ -977,11 +977,14 @@ static void nfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct nfs_fs_context *ctx)
>  	if (ctx && ctx->bsize)
>  		sb->s_blocksize = nfs_block_size(ctx->bsize, &sb->s_blocksize_bits);
>  
> -	if (server->nfs_client->rpc_ops->version != 2) {
> +	if (NFS_SB(sb)->caps & NFS_CAP_ACLS) {
>  		/* The VFS shouldn't apply the umask to mode bits. We will do
>  		 * so ourselves when necessary.
>  		 */
>  		sb->s_flags |= SB_POSIXACL;
> +	}

Looks good, but I'd use the opportunity to also fix up the commen to be
a little less cryptic:

	/*
	 * If the server supports ACLs, the VFS shouldn't apply the umask to
	 * the mode bits as we'll do it ourselves when necessary.
	 */
	if (NFS_SB(sb)->caps & NFS_CAP_ACLS)
		sb->s_flags |= SB_POSIXACL;