Re: [PATCH] nfsd: register pernet ops last, unregister first

[Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>]

On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 04:45:56PM +0000, Chuck Lever wrote:
> Hi Bruce-
> 
> 
> > On Feb 3, 2021, at 11:42 AM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:
> > 
> > From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com>
> > 
> > These pernet operations may depend on stuff set up or torn down in the
> > module init/exit functions.  And they may be called at any time in
> > between.  So it makes more sense for them to be the last to be
> > registered in the init function, and the first to be unregistered in the
> > exit function.
> > 
> > In particular, without this, the drc slab is being destroyed before all
> > the per-net drcs are shut down, resulting in an "Objects remaining in
> > nfsd_drc on __kmem_cache_shutdown()" warning in exit_nfsd.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Zhi Li <yieli@redhat.com>
> > Fixes: 3ba75830ce17 "nfsd4: drc containerization"
> > Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
> 
> I can't tell how urgent this is. Does it belong in 5.11-rc?

I dunno, I wonder what happens when you try to write to and then free a
bunch of objects that were allocated from a slab that no longer exists.

But, it's triggered by unloading nfsd, and I find it hard to be super
concerned about module unloading bugs (does anyone actually *need* to
unload the nfsd module?).

--b.

> 
> 
> > ---
> > fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c | 14 +++++++-------
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
> > index f6d5d783f4a4..0759e589ab52 100644
> > --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
> > +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
> > @@ -1522,12 +1522,9 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
> > 	int retval;
> > 	printk(KERN_INFO "Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).\n");
> > 
> > -	retval = register_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
> > -	if (retval < 0)
> > -		return retval;
> > 	retval = register_cld_notifier();
> > 	if (retval)
> > -		goto out_unregister_pernet;
> > +		return retval;
> > 	retval = nfsd4_init_slabs();
> > 	if (retval)
> > 		goto out_unregister_notifier;
> > @@ -1544,9 +1541,14 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
> > 		goto out_free_lockd;
> > 	retval = register_filesystem(&nfsd_fs_type);
> > 	if (retval)
> > +		goto out_free_exports;
> > +	retval = register_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
> > +	if (retval < 0)
> > 		goto out_free_all;
> > 	return 0;
> > out_free_all:
> > +	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
> > +out_free_exports:
> > 	remove_proc_entry("fs/nfs/exports", NULL);
> > 	remove_proc_entry("fs/nfs", NULL);
> > out_free_lockd:
> > @@ -1559,13 +1561,12 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
> > 	nfsd4_free_slabs();
> > out_unregister_notifier:
> > 	unregister_cld_notifier();
> > -out_unregister_pernet:
> > -	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
> > 	return retval;
> > }
> > 
> > static void __exit exit_nfsd(void)
> > {
> > +	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
> > 	nfsd_drc_slab_free();
> > 	remove_proc_entry("fs/nfs/exports", NULL);
> > 	remove_proc_entry("fs/nfs", NULL);
> > @@ -1575,7 +1576,6 @@ static void __exit exit_nfsd(void)
> > 	nfsd4_exit_pnfs();
> > 	unregister_filesystem(&nfsd_fs_type);
> > 	unregister_cld_notifier();
> > -	unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
> > }
> > 
> > MODULE_AUTHOR("Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>");
> > -- 
> > 2.29.2
> > 
> 
> --
> Chuck Lever
> 
>