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From: Huang Jianan via Linux-erofs <linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org>
To: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@139.com>,
	linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org, miklos@szeredi.hu,
	linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org, xiang@kernel.org, chao@kernel.org
Cc: zhangshiming@oppo.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	cgxu519@mykernel.net, yh@oppo.com, guanyuwei@oppo.com,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, guoweichao@oppo.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ovl: fix null pointer when filesystem doesn't support direct IO
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:18:36 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9ef909de-1854-b4be-d272-2b4cda52329f@oppo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ccc5c89-eb13-5e91-9283-c94f755a9c17@139.com>

在 2021/9/22 13:09, Chengguang Xu 写道:
> 在 2021/9/22 11:47, Huang Jianan 写道:
>> At present, overlayfs provides overlayfs inode to users. Overlayfs
>> inode provides ovl_aops with noop_direct_IO to avoid open failure
>> with O_DIRECT. But some compressed filesystems, such as erofs and
>> squashfs, don't support direct_IO.
>>
>> Users who use f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO to check O_DIRECT support,
>> will read file through this way. This will cause overlayfs to access
>> a non-existent direct_IO function and cause panic due to null pointer:
>>
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: CFI failure (target: 0x0)
>> CPU: 6 PID: 247 Comm: loop0
>> Call Trace:
>>   panic+0x188/0x45c
>>   __cfi_slowpath+0x0/0x254
>>   __cfi_slowpath+0x200/0x254
>>   generic_file_read_iter+0x14c/0x150
>>   vfs_iocb_iter_read+0xac/0x164
>>   ovl_read_iter+0x13c/0x2fc
>>   lo_rw_aio+0x2bc/0x458
>>   loop_queue_work+0x4a4/0xbc0
>>   kthread_worker_fn+0xf8/0x1d0
>>   loop_kthread_worker_fn+0x24/0x38
>>   kthread+0x29c/0x310
>>   ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30
>>
>> The filesystem may only support direct_IO for some file types. For
>> example, erofs supports direct_IO for uncompressed files. So reset
>> f_mapping->a_ops to NULL when the file doesn't support direct_IO to
>> fix this problem.
>>
>> Fixes: 5b910bd615ba ("ovl: fix GPF in swapfile_activate of file from 
>> overlayfs over xfs")
>> Signed-off-by: Huang Jianan <huangjianan@oppo.com>
>> ---
>> Change since v1:
>>   - Return error to user rather than fall back to buffered io. 
>> (Chengguang Xu)
>>
>>   fs/overlayfs/file.c | 4 ++++
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
>> index d081faa55e83..38118d3b46f8 100644
>> --- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
>> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
>> @@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ static int ovl_open(struct inode *inode, struct 
>> file *file)
>>       if (IS_ERR(realfile))
>>           return PTR_ERR(realfile);
>>   +    if ((f->f_flags & O_DIRECT) && (!realfile->f_mapping->a_ops ||
>> +        !realfile->f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO))
>> +        file->f_mapping->a_ops = NULL;
>
>
> There are many other functions in a_ops and also address_space struct 
> will be shared
>
> between files which belong to same inode. Although overlayfs currently 
> only defines
>
> ->direct_IO in a_ops, it will be extended in the future. (like 
> containerized sycnfs [1])
>
>
> It seems the simplest solution is directly return error to upper layer.
>

I think that after reset a_ops, do_dentry_open will check 
f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO
and return error. But return error directly in ovl_open seems to be a 
better solution, and
won't affect future extend of ovl_aops. Thanks for pointing this out.

Thanks,
Jianan

>
> Thanks,
>
> Chengguang
>
>
> [1] 
> https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spinics.net%2Flists%2Flinux-unionfs%2Fmsg08569.html&amp;data=04%7C01%7Chuangjianan%40oppo.com%7Ce01c8bb9ad4e4ac2670008d97d87321c%7Cf1905eb1c35341c5951662b4a54b5ee6%7C0%7C0%7C637678842352759179%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=Wo2uMfbYhqDOzDPSwHci2AVtM9y9nNstmayb741gspQ%3D&amp;reserved=0
>
>
>
>> +
>>       file->private_data = realfile;
>>         return 0;
>


  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-22  7:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-18 12:13 [PATCH] ovl: fix null pointer when filesystem doesn't support direct IO Huang Jianan via Linux-erofs
2021-09-22  1:56 ` Chengguang Xu
2021-09-22  3:39   ` Huang Jianan via Linux-erofs
2021-09-22  3:47 ` [PATCH v2] " Huang Jianan via Linux-erofs
2021-09-22  5:09   ` Chengguang Xu
2021-09-22  7:18     ` Huang Jianan via Linux-erofs [this message]
2021-09-22  7:23       ` [PATCH v3] " Huang Jianan via Linux-erofs
2021-09-22  8:06         ` Chengguang Xu
2021-09-22  8:24           ` Huang Jianan via Linux-erofs
2021-09-22 13:20             ` [PATCH v3] ovl: fix null pointer when filesystemdoesn'tsupportdirect IO Chengguang Xu
2021-09-22 14:00               ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-09-27  9:38                 ` Miklos Szeredi
2021-09-28  7:01                   ` Huang Jianan via Linux-erofs
2021-09-28  7:17                     ` Miklos Szeredi

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