Re: [PATCH 2/2] xfs: validate extsz hints against rt extent size when rtinherit is set

[Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>]

On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 06:01:25PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
> 
> The RTINHERIT bit can be set on a directory so that newly created
> regular files will have the REALTIME bit set to store their data on the
> realtime volume.  If an extent size hint (and EXTSZINHERIT) are set on
> the directory, the hint will also be copied into the new file.
> 
> As pointed out in previous patches, for realtime files we require the
> extent size hint be an integer multiple of the realtime extent, but we
> don't perform the same validation on a directory with both RTINHERIT and
> EXTSZINHERIT set, even though the only use-case of that combination is
> to propagate extent size hints into new realtime files.  This leads to
> inode corruption errors when the bad values are propagated.
> 
> Because there may be existing filesystems with such a configuration, we
> cannot simply amend the inode verifier to trip on these directories and
> call it a day because that will cause previously "working" filesystems
> to start throwing errors abruptly.  Note that it's valid to have
> directories with rtinherit set even if there is no realtime volume, in
> which case the problem does not manifest because rtinherit is ignored if
> there's no realtime device; and it's possible that someone set the flag,
> crashed, repaired the filesystem (which clears the hint on the realtime
> file) and continued.
> 
> Therefore, mitigate this issue in several ways: First, if we try to
> write out an inode with both rtinherit/extszinherit set and an unaligned
> extent size hint, we'll simply turn off the hint to correct the error.
> Second, if someone tries to misconfigure a file via the fssetxattr
> ioctl, we'll fail the ioctl.  Third, we reverify both extent size hint
> values when we propagate heritable inode attributes from parent to
> child, so that we prevent misconfigurations from spreading.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
> ---
>  fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c   |   13 +++++++++++++
>  fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c |   15 +++++++++++++++
>  fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c              |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c              |   15 +++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
> index 045118c7bf78..23c19e632c2d 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
> @@ -589,6 +589,19 @@ xfs_inode_validate_extsize(
>  	inherit_flag = (flags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT);
>  	extsize_bytes = XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, extsize);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * This comment describes a historic gap in this verifier function.
> +	 * On older kernels, XFS doesnt't check that the extent size hint is
> +	 * an integer multiple of the rt extent size on a directory with both
> +	 * RTINHERIT and EXTSZINHERIT flags set.  This results in corruption
> +	 * shutdowns when the misaligned hint propagates into new realtime
> +	 * files, since they do check the rextsize alignment of the hint for
> +	 * files with the REALTIME flag set.  There could be filesystems with
> +	 * misconfigured directories in the wild, so we cannot add it to the
> +	 * verifier now because that would cause new corruption shutdowns on
> +	 * the directories.
> +	 */
> +

One of the things that confused me about the previous version is whether
the verifier changes would have triggered corruption on read of a
misconfigured inode. If so, that seems to conflict with propagation
mitigation if we can't read such a pre-existing inode in the first
place. Is that not still a factor here too?

>  	if (rt_flag)
>  		blocksize_bytes = mp->m_sb.sb_rextsize << mp->m_sb.sb_blocklog;
>  	else
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
> index 78324e043e25..325f2dceec13 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
> @@ -142,6 +142,21 @@ xfs_trans_log_inode(
>  		flags |= XFS_ILOG_CORE;
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Inode verifiers on older kernels don't check that the extent size
> +	 * hint is an integer multiple of the rt extent size on a directory
> +	 * with both rtinherit and extszinherit flags set.  If we're logging a
> +	 * directory that is misconfigured in this way, clear the hint.
> +	 */
> +	if ((ip->i_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_RTINHERIT) &&
> +	    (ip->i_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT) &&
> +	    (ip->i_extsize % ip->i_mount->m_sb.sb_rextsize) > 0) {
> +		ip->i_diflags &= ~(XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE |
> +				   XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT);
> +		ip->i_extsize = 0;
> +		flags |= XFS_ILOG_CORE;
> +	}
> +

Hmm.. if we're going to also clear the state from preexisting
directories (vs. just mitigate propagation), it kind of makes me wonder
why we wouldn't just clear the bad settings from in-core inodes on read.
Wouldn't that also prevent the state from propagating and/or clear it
from directories on next modification?

Brian

>  	/*
>  	 * Record the specific change for fdatasync optimisation. This allows
>  	 * fdatasync to skip log forces for inodes that are only timestamp
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
> index 0369eb22c1bb..e4c2da4566f1 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
> @@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ xfs_inode_inherit_flags(
>  	const struct xfs_inode	*pip)
>  {
>  	unsigned int		di_flags = 0;
> +	xfs_failaddr_t		failaddr;
>  	umode_t			mode = VFS_I(ip)->i_mode;
>  
>  	if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
> @@ -729,6 +730,24 @@ xfs_inode_inherit_flags(
>  		di_flags |= XFS_DIFLAG_FILESTREAM;
>  
>  	ip->i_diflags |= di_flags;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Inode verifiers on older kernels only check that the extent size
> +	 * hint is an integer multiple of the rt extent size on realtime files.
> +	 * They did not check the hint alignment on a directory with both
> +	 * rtinherit and extszinherit flags set.  If the misaligned hint is
> +	 * propagated from a directory into a new realtime file, new file
> +	 * allocations will fail due to math errors in the rt allocator and/or
> +	 * trip the verifiers.  Validate the hint settings in the new file so
> +	 * that we don't let broken hints propagate.
> +	 */
> +	failaddr = xfs_inode_validate_extsize(ip->i_mount, ip->i_extsize,
> +			VFS_I(ip)->i_mode, ip->i_diflags);
> +	if (failaddr) {
> +		ip->i_diflags &= ~(XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE |
> +				   XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT);
> +		ip->i_extsize = 0;
> +	}
>  }
>  
>  /* Propagate di_flags2 from a parent inode to a child inode. */
> @@ -737,12 +756,22 @@ xfs_inode_inherit_flags2(
>  	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
>  	const struct xfs_inode	*pip)
>  {
> +	xfs_failaddr_t		failaddr;
> +
>  	if (pip->i_diflags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE) {
>  		ip->i_diflags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE;
>  		ip->i_cowextsize = pip->i_cowextsize;
>  	}
>  	if (pip->i_diflags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX)
>  		ip->i_diflags2 |= XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX;
> +
> +	/* Don't let invalid cowextsize hints propagate. */
> +	failaddr = xfs_inode_validate_cowextsize(ip->i_mount, ip->i_cowextsize,
> +			VFS_I(ip)->i_mode, ip->i_diflags, ip->i_diflags2);
> +	if (failaddr) {
> +		ip->i_diflags2 &= ~XFS_DIFLAG2_COWEXTSIZE;
> +		ip->i_cowextsize = 0;
> +	}
>  }
>  
>  /*
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> index 6407921aca96..1fe4c1fc0aea 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> @@ -1291,6 +1291,21 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_check_extsize(
>  
>  	new_diflags = xfs_flags2diflags(ip, fa->fsx_xflags);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Inode verifiers on older kernels don't check that the extent size
> +	 * hint is an integer multiple of the rt extent size on a directory
> +	 * with both rtinherit and extszinherit flags set.  Don't let sysadmins
> +	 * misconfigure directories.
> +	 */
> +	if ((new_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_RTINHERIT) &&
> +	    (new_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT)) {
> +		unsigned int	rtextsize_bytes;
> +
> +		rtextsize_bytes = XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, mp->m_sb.sb_rextsize);
> +		if (fa->fsx_extsize % rtextsize_bytes)
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>  	failaddr = xfs_inode_validate_extsize(ip->i_mount,
>  			XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, fa->fsx_extsize),
>  			VFS_I(ip)->i_mode, new_diflags);
>