* [PATCH] inode: always initialize mapping->wb_err
@ 2018-05-26 2:42 Lu Fengqi
2018-05-26 11:42 ` Jeff Layton
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lu Fengqi @ 2018-05-26 2:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-fsdevel; +Cc: willy, jlayton
Creating a file reuses the inode object by kmem_cache_alloc without
initializing maping->wb_err. If it contains an unseen writeback error,
fsync will report an error on the file, even if no error has ever occurred
after the file was created.
Before commit b4678df184b3 ("errseq: Always report a writeback error
once"), any errors that occur before the file descriptor is opened will be
ignored, causing the issue not to be found. Afterward, any unseen writeback
error will be reported once, including, of course, the uninitialized
maping->wb_err, which exposes this problem.
Signed-off-by: Lu Fengqi <lufq.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
fs/inode.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 13ceb98c3bd3..bf02dc9d1837 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE);
mapping->private_data = NULL;
mapping->writeback_index = 0;
+ mapping->wb_err = 0;
inode->i_private = NULL;
inode->i_mapping = mapping;
INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry); /* buggered by rcu freeing */
--
2.17.0
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* Re: [PATCH] inode: always initialize mapping->wb_err
2018-05-26 2:42 [PATCH] inode: always initialize mapping->wb_err Lu Fengqi
@ 2018-05-26 11:42 ` Jeff Layton
2018-05-26 12:29 ` Lu Fengqi
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Layton @ 2018-05-26 11:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lu Fengqi, linux-fsdevel; +Cc: willy, Darrick J. Wong
On Sat, 2018-05-26 at 10:42 +0800, Lu Fengqi wrote:
> Creating a file reuses the inode object by kmem_cache_alloc without
> initializing maping->wb_err. If it contains an unseen writeback error,
> fsync will report an error on the file, even if no error has ever occurred
> after the file was created.
>
> Before commit b4678df184b3 ("errseq: Always report a writeback error
> once"), any errors that occur before the file descriptor is opened will be
> ignored, causing the issue not to be found. Afterward, any unseen writeback
> error will be reported once, including, of course, the uninitialized
> maping->wb_err, which exposes this problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lu Fengqi <lufq.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
> fs/inode.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
> index 13ceb98c3bd3..bf02dc9d1837 100644
> --- a/fs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/inode.c
> @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
> mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE);
> mapping->private_data = NULL;
> mapping->writeback_index = 0;
> + mapping->wb_err = 0;
> inode->i_private = NULL;
> inode->i_mapping = mapping;
> INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry); /* buggered by rcu freeing */
(cc'ing Darrick)
I think Darrick had a similar patch that also fixed up some related
inode reuse issues in xfs. Darrick, were you planning to get that
merged for v4.17?
--
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
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* Re: [PATCH] inode: always initialize mapping->wb_err
2018-05-26 11:42 ` Jeff Layton
@ 2018-05-26 12:29 ` Lu Fengqi
2018-05-29 17:49 ` Darrick J. Wong
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lu Fengqi @ 2018-05-26 12:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Layton; +Cc: linux-fsdevel, willy, Darrick J. Wong
On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 07:42:46AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
>On Sat, 2018-05-26 at 10:42 +0800, Lu Fengqi wrote:
>> Creating a file reuses the inode object by kmem_cache_alloc without
>> initializing maping->wb_err. If it contains an unseen writeback error,
>> fsync will report an error on the file, even if no error has ever occurred
>> after the file was created.
>>
>> Before commit b4678df184b3 ("errseq: Always report a writeback error
>> once"), any errors that occur before the file descriptor is opened will be
>> ignored, causing the issue not to be found. Afterward, any unseen writeback
>> error will be reported once, including, of course, the uninitialized
>> maping->wb_err, which exposes this problem.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lu Fengqi <lufq.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>> fs/inode.c | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
>> index 13ceb98c3bd3..bf02dc9d1837 100644
>> --- a/fs/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/inode.c
>> @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
>> mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE);
>> mapping->private_data = NULL;
>> mapping->writeback_index = 0;
>> + mapping->wb_err = 0;
>> inode->i_private = NULL;
>> inode->i_mapping = mapping;
>> INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry); /* buggered by rcu freeing */
>
>(cc'ing Darrick)
>
>I think Darrick had a similar patch that also fixed up some related
>inode reuse issues in xfs. Darrick, were you planning to get that
>merged for v4.17?
Oh, I missed Darrick's patch. Thanks for your reminder.
--
Thanks,
Lu
>--
>Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
>
>
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* Re: [PATCH] inode: always initialize mapping->wb_err
2018-05-26 12:29 ` Lu Fengqi
@ 2018-05-29 17:49 ` Darrick J. Wong
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Darrick J. Wong @ 2018-05-29 17:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lu Fengqi; +Cc: Jeff Layton, linux-fsdevel, willy
On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 08:29:35PM +0800, Lu Fengqi wrote:
> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 07:42:46AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> >On Sat, 2018-05-26 at 10:42 +0800, Lu Fengqi wrote:
> >> Creating a file reuses the inode object by kmem_cache_alloc without
> >> initializing maping->wb_err. If it contains an unseen writeback error,
> >> fsync will report an error on the file, even if no error has ever occurred
> >> after the file was created.
> >>
> >> Before commit b4678df184b3 ("errseq: Always report a writeback error
> >> once"), any errors that occur before the file descriptor is opened will be
> >> ignored, causing the issue not to be found. Afterward, any unseen writeback
> >> error will be reported once, including, of course, the uninitialized
> >> maping->wb_err, which exposes this problem.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Lu Fengqi <lufq.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
> >> ---
> >> fs/inode.c | 1 +
> >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
> >> index 13ceb98c3bd3..bf02dc9d1837 100644
> >> --- a/fs/inode.c
> >> +++ b/fs/inode.c
> >> @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
> >> mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE);
> >> mapping->private_data = NULL;
> >> mapping->writeback_index = 0;
> >> + mapping->wb_err = 0;
> >> inode->i_private = NULL;
> >> inode->i_mapping = mapping;
> >> INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry); /* buggered by rcu freeing */
> >
> >(cc'ing Darrick)
> >
> >I think Darrick had a similar patch that also fixed up some related
> >inode reuse issues in xfs. Darrick, were you planning to get that
> >merged for v4.17?
>
> Oh, I missed Darrick's patch. Thanks for your reminder.
Yeah, it's in my for-next branch now, will send it to Linus as a last
minute fix after it's been through the -next wringer (i.e. tomorrow)
unless anyone yells.
--D
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Lu
>
> >--
> >Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> >
> >
>
>
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