[PATCH v4 1/3] fs: hoist EFSCORRUPTED definition into uapi header

[PATCH v4 1/3] fs: hoist EFSCORRUPTED definition into uapi header

[Jann Horn]

Multiple filesystems can already return EFSCORRUPTED errors to userspace;
however, so far, definitions of EFSCORRUPTED were in filesystem-private
headers.

I wanted to use EUCLEAN to indicate data corruption in the VFS layer;
Dave Chinner says that I should instead hoist the definitions of
EFSCORRUPTED into the UAPI header and then use EFSCORRUPTED.

This patch is marked for stable backport because it is a prerequisite for
the following patch.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
---
 fs/ext2/ext2.h                   | 1 -
 fs/ext4/ext4.h                   | 1 -
 fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h               | 1 -
 include/linux/jbd2.h             | 1 -
 include/uapi/asm-generic/errno.h | 1 +
 5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index e770cd100a6a..7fafc19e5aa0 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -369,7 +369,6 @@ struct ext2_inode {
  */
 #define	EXT2_VALID_FS			0x0001	/* Unmounted cleanly */
 #define	EXT2_ERROR_FS			0x0002	/* Errors detected */
-#define	EFSCORRUPTED			EUCLEAN	/* Filesystem is corrupted */
 
 /*
  * Mount flags
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 185a05d3257e..9397e97fc15b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3247,6 +3247,5 @@ extern const struct iomap_ops ext4_iomap_ops;
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #define EFSBADCRC	EBADMSG		/* Bad CRC detected */
-#define EFSCORRUPTED	EUCLEAN		/* Filesystem is corrupted */
 
 #endif	/* _EXT4_H */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
index edbd5a210df2..36e5c6549f15 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ typedef __u32			xfs_nlink_t;
 
 #define ENOATTR		ENODATA		/* Attribute not found */
 #define EWRONGFS	EINVAL		/* Mount with wrong filesystem type */
-#define EFSCORRUPTED	EUCLEAN		/* Filesystem is corrupted */
 #define EFSBADCRC	EBADMSG		/* Bad CRC detected */
 
 #define SYNCHRONIZE()	barrier()
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 0f919d5fe84f..1d0da9c78216 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1640,6 +1640,5 @@ static inline tid_t  jbd2_get_latest_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #define EFSBADCRC	EBADMSG		/* Bad CRC detected */
-#define EFSCORRUPTED	EUCLEAN		/* Filesystem is corrupted */
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_JBD2_H */
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/errno.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/errno.h
index cf9c51ac49f9..5ddebc1bf951 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/errno.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/errno.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 #define	EINPROGRESS	115	/* Operation now in progress */
 #define	ESTALE		116	/* Stale file handle */
 #define	EUCLEAN		117	/* Structure needs cleaning */
+#define	EFSCORRUPTED	EUCLEAN	/* Filesystem is corrupted */
 #define	ENOTNAM		118	/* Not a XENIX named type file */
 #define	ENAVAIL		119	/* No XENIX semaphores available */
 #define	EISNAM		120	/* Is a named type file */
-- 
2.20.1.321.g9e740568ce-goog

[PATCH v4 2/3] fs: don't let getdents return bogus names

[Jann Horn]

When you e.g. run `find` on a directory for which getdents returns
"filenames" that contain slashes, `find` passes those "filenames" back to
the kernel, which then interprets them as paths. That could conceivably
cause userspace to do something bad when accessing something like an
untrusted USB stick, but I'm not aware of any specific example.

Instead of returning bogus filenames to userspace, return -EUCLEAN.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
---
I ordered this fix before the refactoring one so that it can easily be
backported.

changed in v2:
 - move bogus_dirent_name() out of the #ifdef (kbuild test robot)
changed in v3:
 - change calling convention (Al Viro)
 - comment fix
changed in v4:
 - use EFSCORRUPTED instead of EUCLEAN (Dave Chinner)

 arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c |  4 ++++
 fs/readdir.c                | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/fs.h          |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index 792586038808..db1c2144d477 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 
 #include <asm/fpu.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -117,6 +118,9 @@ osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	unsigned int reclen = ALIGN(NAME_OFFSET + namlen + 1, sizeof(u32));
 	unsigned int d_ino;
 
+	buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
+	if (unlikely(buf->error))
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	buf->error = -EINVAL;	/* only used if we fail */
 	if (reclen > buf->count)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
index 2f6a4534e0df..58088510bb9c 100644
--- a/fs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/readdir.c
@@ -64,6 +64,26 @@ int iterate_dir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iterate_dir);
 
+/*
+ * Most filesystems don't filter out bogus directory entry names, and userspace
+ * can get very confused by such names. Behave as if a filesystem error had
+ * happened while reading directory entries.
+ */
+int check_dirent_name(const char *name, int namlen)
+{
+	if (namlen == 0) {
+		pr_err_once("%s: filesystem returned bogus empty name\n",
+			    __func__);
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+	}
+	if (memchr(name, '/', namlen)) {
+		pr_err_once("%s: filesystem returned bogus name '%*pEhp' (contains slash)\n",
+			    __func__, namlen, name);
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Traditional linux readdir() handling..
  *
@@ -98,6 +118,9 @@ static int fillonedir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 
 	if (buf->result)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	buf->result = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
+	if (unlikely(buf->result))
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	d_ino = ino;
 	if (sizeof(d_ino) < sizeof(ino) && d_ino != ino) {
 		buf->result = -EOVERFLOW;
@@ -173,6 +196,9 @@ static int filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	int reclen = ALIGN(offsetof(struct linux_dirent, d_name) + namlen + 2,
 		sizeof(long));
 
+	buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
+	if (unlikely(buf->error))
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	buf->error = -EINVAL;	/* only used if we fail.. */
 	if (reclen > buf->count)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -259,6 +285,9 @@ static int filldir64(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	int reclen = ALIGN(offsetof(struct linux_dirent64, d_name) + namlen + 1,
 		sizeof(u64));
 
+	buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
+	if (unlikely(buf->error))
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	buf->error = -EINVAL;	/* only used if we fail.. */
 	if (reclen > buf->count)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -358,6 +387,9 @@ static int compat_fillonedir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 
 	if (buf->result)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	buf->result = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
+	if (unlikely(buf->result))
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	d_ino = ino;
 	if (sizeof(d_ino) < sizeof(ino) && d_ino != ino) {
 		buf->result = -EOVERFLOW;
@@ -427,6 +459,9 @@ static int compat_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	int reclen = ALIGN(offsetof(struct compat_linux_dirent, d_name) +
 		namlen + 2, sizeof(compat_long_t));
 
+	buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
+	if (unlikely(buf->error))
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	buf->error = -EINVAL;	/* only used if we fail.. */
 	if (reclen > buf->count)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 811c77743dad..e14329741e3a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1730,6 +1730,8 @@ struct dir_context {
 	loff_t pos;
 };
 
+int check_dirent_name(const char *name, int namlen);
+
 struct block_device_operations;
 
 /* These macros are for out of kernel modules to test that
-- 
2.20.1.321.g9e740568ce-goog

Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] fs: don't let getdents return bogus names

[Dave Chinner]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:14:39PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> When you e.g. run `find` on a directory for which getdents returns
> "filenames" that contain slashes, `find` passes those "filenames" back to
> the kernel, which then interprets them as paths. That could conceivably
> cause userspace to do something bad when accessing something like an
> untrusted USB stick, but I'm not aware of any specific example.
> 
> Instead of returning bogus filenames to userspace, return -EUCLEAN.
> 
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> ---
> I ordered this fix before the refactoring one so that it can easily be
> backported.
> 
> changed in v2:
>  - move bogus_dirent_name() out of the #ifdef (kbuild test robot)
> changed in v3:
>  - change calling convention (Al Viro)
>  - comment fix
> changed in v4:
>  - use EFSCORRUPTED instead of EUCLEAN (Dave Chinner)
> 
>  arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c |  4 ++++
>  fs/readdir.c                | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/fs.h          |  2 ++
>  3 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> index 792586038808..db1c2144d477 100644
> --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
>  #include <linux/vfs.h>
>  #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/fs.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/fpu.h>
>  #include <asm/io.h>
> @@ -117,6 +118,9 @@ osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
>  	unsigned int reclen = ALIGN(NAME_OFFSET + namlen + 1, sizeof(u32));
>  	unsigned int d_ino;
>  
> +	buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
> +	if (unlikely(buf->error))
> +		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
>  	buf->error = -EINVAL;	/* only used if we fail */
>  	if (reclen > buf->count)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
> index 2f6a4534e0df..58088510bb9c 100644
> --- a/fs/readdir.c
> +++ b/fs/readdir.c
> @@ -64,6 +64,26 @@ int iterate_dir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(iterate_dir);
>  
> +/*
> + * Most filesystems don't filter out bogus directory entry names, and userspace
> + * can get very confused by such names. Behave as if a filesystem error had
> + * happened while reading directory entries.
> + */
> +int check_dirent_name(const char *name, int namlen)
> +{
> +	if (namlen == 0) {
> +		pr_err_once("%s: filesystem returned bogus empty name\n",
> +			    __func__);
> +		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> +	}
> +	if (memchr(name, '/', namlen)) {
> +		pr_err_once("%s: filesystem returned bogus name '%*pEhp' (contains slash)\n",
> +			    __func__, namlen, name);
> +		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Traditional linux readdir() handling..
>   *
> @@ -98,6 +118,9 @@ static int fillonedir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
>  
>  	if (buf->result)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> +	buf->result = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
> +	if (unlikely(buf->result))
> +		return -EFSCORRUPTED;

Why bother returning an error from check_dirent_name() if you just
throw it away? i.e:

	if (!dirent_name_valid(name, namelen))
		return -EFSCORRUPTED;

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com

[PATCH v4 3/3] fs: let filldir_t return bool instead of an error code

[Jann Horn]

As Al Viro pointed out, many filldir_t functions return error codes, but
all callers of filldir_t functions just check whether the return value is
non-zero (to determine whether to continue reading the directory); more
precise errors have to be signalled via struct dir_context.
Change all filldir_t functions to return bool instead of int.

Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
---
 arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c | 12 +++----
 fs/afs/dir.c                | 30 +++++++++--------
 fs/ecryptfs/file.c          | 13 ++++----
 fs/exportfs/expfs.c         |  8 ++---
 fs/fat/dir.c                |  8 ++---
 fs/gfs2/export.c            |  6 ++--
 fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c       |  8 ++---
 fs/nfsd/vfs.c               |  6 ++--
 fs/ocfs2/dir.c              | 10 +++---
 fs/ocfs2/journal.c          | 14 ++++----
 fs/overlayfs/readdir.c      | 24 +++++++-------
 fs/readdir.c                | 64 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 fs/reiserfs/xattr.c         | 20 ++++++------
 fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c          |  8 ++---
 fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c       |  4 +--
 include/linux/fs.h          | 10 +++---
 16 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index db1c2144d477..14e5ae0dac50 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct osf_dirent_callback {
 	int error;
 };
 
-static int
+static bool
 osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	    loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 
 	buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
 	if (unlikely(buf->error))
-		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		return false;
 	buf->error = -EINVAL;	/* only used if we fail */
 	if (reclen > buf->count)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return false;
 	d_ino = ino;
 	if (sizeof(d_ino) < sizeof(ino) && d_ino != ino) {
 		buf->error = -EOVERFLOW;
-		return -EOVERFLOW;
+		return false;
 	}
 	if (buf->basep) {
 		if (put_user(offset, buf->basep))
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	dirent = (void __user *)dirent + reclen;
 	buf->dirent = dirent;
 	buf->count -= reclen;
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 Efault:
 	buf->error = -EFAULT;
-	return -EFAULT;
+	return false;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(osf_getdirentries, unsigned int, fd,
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 8a2562e3a316..84d74cc25127 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ static int afs_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static int afs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx);
 static int afs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags);
 static int afs_d_delete(const struct dentry *dentry);
-static int afs_lookup_one_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int nlen,
-				  loff_t fpos, u64 ino, unsigned dtype);
-static int afs_lookup_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int nlen,
-			      loff_t fpos, u64 ino, unsigned dtype);
+static bool afs_lookup_one_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+				  int nlen, loff_t fpos, u64 ino,
+				  unsigned int dtype);
+static bool afs_lookup_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+			      int nlen, loff_t fpos, u64 ino,
+			      unsigned int dtype);
 static int afs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 		      bool excl);
 static int afs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode);
@@ -493,7 +495,7 @@ static int afs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
  * - if afs_dir_iterate_block() spots this function, it'll pass the FID
  *   uniquifier through dtype
  */
-static int afs_lookup_one_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool afs_lookup_one_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 				  int nlen, loff_t fpos, u64 ino, unsigned dtype)
 {
 	struct afs_lookup_one_cookie *cookie =
@@ -509,16 +511,16 @@ static int afs_lookup_one_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 
 	if (cookie->name.len != nlen ||
 	    memcmp(cookie->name.name, name, nlen) != 0) {
-		_leave(" = 0 [no]");
-		return 0;
+		_leave(" = true [no]");
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	cookie->fid.vnode = ino;
 	cookie->fid.unique = dtype;
 	cookie->found = 1;
 
-	_leave(" = -1 [found]");
-	return -1;
+	_leave(" = false [found]");
+	return false;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -561,12 +563,12 @@ static int afs_do_lookup_one(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
  * - if afs_dir_iterate_block() spots this function, it'll pass the FID
  *   uniquifier through dtype
  */
-static int afs_lookup_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool afs_lookup_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 			      int nlen, loff_t fpos, u64 ino, unsigned dtype)
 {
 	struct afs_lookup_cookie *cookie =
 		container_of(ctx, struct afs_lookup_cookie, ctx);
-	int ret;
+	bool ret;
 
 	_enter("{%s,%u},%s,%u,,%llu,%u",
 	       cookie->name.name, cookie->name.len, name, nlen,
@@ -588,11 +590,11 @@ static int afs_lookup_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 		cookie->fids[0].unique	= dtype;
 		cookie->found = 1;
 		if (cookie->one_only)
-			return -1;
+			return false;
 	}
 
-	ret = cookie->nr_fids >= 50 ? -1 : 0;
-	_leave(" = %d", ret);
+	ret = cookie->nr_fids < 50;
+	_leave(" = %d", (int)ret);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index b76a9853325e..79af7e199ae5 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct ecryptfs_getdents_callback {
 };
 
 /* Inspired by generic filldir in fs/readdir.c */
-static int
+static bool
 ecryptfs_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *lower_name,
 		 int lower_namelen, loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ ecryptfs_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *lower_name,
 	size_t name_size;
 	char *name;
 	int rc;
+	bool emit_success;
 
 	buf->filldir_called++;
 	rc = ecryptfs_decode_and_decrypt_filename(&name, &name_size,
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ ecryptfs_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *lower_name,
 			ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG,
 					"%s: Error attempting to decode and decrypt filename [%s]; rc = [%d]\n",
 					__func__, lower_name, rc);
-			return rc;
+			return false;
 		}
 
 		/* Mask -EINVAL errors as these are most likely due a plaintext
@@ -95,16 +96,16 @@ ecryptfs_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *lower_name,
 		 * the "lost+found" dentry in the root directory of an Ext4
 		 * filesystem.
 		 */
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	buf->caller->pos = buf->ctx.pos;
-	rc = !dir_emit(buf->caller, name, name_size, ino, d_type);
+	emit_success = dir_emit(buf->caller, name, name_size, ino, d_type);
 	kfree(name);
-	if (!rc)
+	if (emit_success)
 		buf->entries_written++;
 
-	return rc;
+	return emit_success;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
index c69927bed4ef..9f159861fb24 100644
--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -247,21 +247,21 @@ struct getdents_callback {
  * A rather strange filldir function to capture
  * the name matching the specified inode number.
  */
-static int filldir_one(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int len,
+static bool filldir_one(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int len,
 			loff_t pos, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
 	struct getdents_callback *buf =
 		container_of(ctx, struct getdents_callback, ctx);
-	int result = 0;
+	bool read_more = true;
 
 	buf->sequence++;
 	if (buf->ino == ino && len <= NAME_MAX) {
 		memcpy(buf->name, name, len);
 		buf->name[len] = '\0';
 		buf->found = 1;
-		result = -1;
+		read_more = false;
 	}
-	return result;
+	return read_more;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index 9d01db37183f..89d623ef5259 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static int fat_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 }
 
 #define FAT_IOCTL_FILLDIR_FUNC(func, dirent_type)			   \
-static int func(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int name_len,   \
+static bool func(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int name_len,  \
 			     loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)  \
 {									   \
 	struct fat_ioctl_filldir_callback *buf =			   \
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ static int func(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int name_len,   \
 	struct dirent_type __user *d2 = d1 + 1;				   \
 									   \
 	if (buf->result)						   \
-		return -EINVAL;						   \
+		return false;						   \
 	buf->result++;							   \
 									   \
 	if (name != NULL) {						   \
@@ -751,10 +751,10 @@ static int func(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int name_len,   \
 		    put_user(short_len, &d1->d_reclen))			   \
 			goto efault;					   \
 	}								   \
-	return 0;							   \
+	return true;							   \
 efault:									   \
 	buf->result = -EFAULT;						   \
-	return -EFAULT;							   \
+	return false;							   \
 }
 
 FAT_IOCTL_FILLDIR_FUNC(fat_ioctl_filldir, __fat_dirent)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/export.c b/fs/gfs2/export.c
index a332f3cd925e..20a619c14f60 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/export.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/export.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ struct get_name_filldir {
 	char *name;
 };
 
-static int get_name_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool get_name_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 			    int length, loff_t offset, u64 inum,
 			    unsigned int type)
 {
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ static int get_name_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 		container_of(ctx, struct get_name_filldir, ctx);
 
 	if (inum != gnfd->inum.no_addr)
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 
 	memcpy(gnfd->name, name, length);
 	gnfd->name[length] = 0;
 
-	return 1;
+	return false;
 }
 
 static int gfs2_get_name(struct dentry *parent, char *name,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index 5188f9f70c78..bcec773cf660 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ struct nfs4_dir_ctx {
 	struct list_head names;
 };
 
-static int
+static bool
 nfsd4_build_namelist(struct dir_context *__ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 		loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -259,14 +259,14 @@ nfsd4_build_namelist(struct dir_context *__ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	struct name_list *entry;
 
 	if (namlen != HEXDIR_LEN - 1)
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(struct name_list), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (entry == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return false;
 	memcpy(entry->name, name, HEXDIR_LEN - 1);
 	entry->name[HEXDIR_LEN - 1] = '\0';
 	list_add(&entry->list, &ctx->names);
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 9824e32b2f23..4df9479f2cab 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ struct readdir_data {
 	int		full;
 };
 
-static int nfsd_buffered_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool nfsd_buffered_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 				 int namlen, loff_t offset, u64 ino,
 				 unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ static int nfsd_buffered_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 	reclen = ALIGN(sizeof(struct buffered_dirent) + namlen, sizeof(u64));
 	if (buf->used + reclen > PAGE_SIZE) {
 		buf->full = 1;
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	de->namlen = namlen;
@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ static int nfsd_buffered_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 	memcpy(de->name, name, namlen);
 	buf->used += reclen;
 
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static __be32 nfsd_buffered_readdir(struct file *file, nfsd_filldir_t func,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index c121abbdfc7d..0eebf587e792 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@ struct ocfs2_empty_dir_priv {
 	unsigned seen_other;
 	unsigned dx_dir;
 };
-static int ocfs2_empty_dir_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool ocfs2_empty_dir_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 				   int name_len, loff_t pos, u64 ino,
 				   unsigned type)
 {
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ static int ocfs2_empty_dir_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 	 */
 	if (name_len == 1 && !strncmp(".", name, 1) && pos == 0) {
 		p->seen_dot = 1;
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	if (name_len == 2 && !strncmp("..", name, 2) &&
@@ -2088,13 +2088,13 @@ static int ocfs2_empty_dir_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 		p->seen_dot_dot = 1;
 
 		if (p->dx_dir && p->seen_dot)
-			return 1;
+			return false;
 
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	p->seen_other = 1;
-	return 1;
+	return false;
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_empty_dir_dx(struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 46fd3ef2cf21..11b3c38d22e5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ struct ocfs2_orphan_filldir_priv {
 	enum ocfs2_orphan_reco_type orphan_reco_type;
 };
 
-static int ocfs2_orphan_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool ocfs2_orphan_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 				int name_len, loff_t pos, u64 ino,
 				unsigned type)
 {
@@ -2045,21 +2045,21 @@ static int ocfs2_orphan_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 	struct inode *iter;
 
 	if (name_len == 1 && !strncmp(".", name, 1))
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 	if (name_len == 2 && !strncmp("..", name, 2))
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 
 	/* do not include dio entry in case of orphan scan */
 	if ((p->orphan_reco_type == ORPHAN_NO_NEED_TRUNCATE) &&
 			(!strncmp(name, OCFS2_DIO_ORPHAN_PREFIX,
 			OCFS2_DIO_ORPHAN_PREFIX_LEN)))
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 
 	/* Skip bad inodes so that recovery can continue */
 	iter = ocfs2_iget(p->osb, ino,
 			  OCFS2_FI_FLAG_ORPHAN_RECOVERY, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(iter))
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 
 	if (!strncmp(name, OCFS2_DIO_ORPHAN_PREFIX,
 			OCFS2_DIO_ORPHAN_PREFIX_LEN))
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ static int ocfs2_orphan_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 	 * happen concurrently with unlink/rename */
 	if (OCFS2_I(iter)->ip_next_orphan) {
 		iput(iter);
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	trace_ocfs2_orphan_filldir((unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(iter)->ip_blkno);
@@ -2078,7 +2078,7 @@ static int ocfs2_orphan_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 	OCFS2_I(iter)->ip_next_orphan = p->head;
 	p->head = iter;
 
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_queue_orphans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index cc8303a806b4..e72b84a4b470 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static struct ovl_cache_entry *ovl_cache_entry_new(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
 	return p;
 }
 
-static int ovl_cache_entry_add_rb(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
+static bool ovl_cache_entry_add_rb(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
 				  const char *name, int len, u64 ino,
 				  unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -182,19 +182,19 @@ static int ovl_cache_entry_add_rb(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
 	struct ovl_cache_entry *p;
 
 	if (ovl_cache_entry_find_link(name, len, &newp, &parent))
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 
 	p = ovl_cache_entry_new(rdd, name, len, ino, d_type);
 	if (p == NULL) {
 		rdd->err = -ENOMEM;
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	list_add_tail(&p->l_node, rdd->list);
 	rb_link_node(&p->node, parent, newp);
 	rb_insert_color(&p->node, rdd->root);
 
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static int ovl_fill_lowest(struct ovl_readdir_data *rdd,
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static void ovl_cache_put(struct ovl_dir_file *od, struct dentry *dentry)
 	}
 }
 
-static int ovl_fill_merge(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool ovl_fill_merge(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 			  int namelen, loff_t offset, u64 ino,
 			  unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int ovl_cache_update_ino(struct path *path, struct ovl_cache_entry *p)
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static int ovl_fill_plain(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool ovl_fill_plain(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 			  int namelen, loff_t offset, u64 ino,
 			  unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -538,11 +538,11 @@ static int ovl_fill_plain(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 	p = ovl_cache_entry_new(rdd, name, namelen, ino, d_type);
 	if (p == NULL) {
 		rdd->err = -ENOMEM;
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return false;
 	}
 	list_add_tail(&p->l_node, rdd->list);
 
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static int ovl_dir_read_impure(struct path *path,  struct list_head *list,
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ struct ovl_readdir_translate {
 	int xinobits;
 };
 
-static int ovl_fill_real(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool ovl_fill_real(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 			   int namelen, loff_t offset, u64 ino,
 			   unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ void ovl_cleanup_whiteouts(struct dentry *upper, struct list_head *list)
 	inode_unlock(upper->d_inode);
 }
 
-static int ovl_check_d_type(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool ovl_check_d_type(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 			  int namelen, loff_t offset, u64 ino,
 			  unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -989,12 +989,12 @@ static int ovl_check_d_type(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 
 	/* Even if d_type is not supported, DT_DIR is returned for . and .. */
 	if (!strncmp(name, ".", namelen) || !strncmp(name, "..", namelen))
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 
 	if (d_type != DT_UNKNOWN)
 		rdd->d_type_supported = true;
 
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/readdir.c b/fs/readdir.c
index 58088510bb9c..83b552263a5a 100644
--- a/fs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/readdir.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct readdir_callback {
 	int result;
 };
 
-static int fillonedir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
+static bool fillonedir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 		      loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
 	struct readdir_callback *buf =
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@ static int fillonedir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	unsigned long d_ino;
 
 	if (buf->result)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return false;
 	buf->result = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
 	if (unlikely(buf->result))
-		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		return false;
 	d_ino = ino;
 	if (sizeof(d_ino) < sizeof(ino) && d_ino != ino) {
 		buf->result = -EOVERFLOW;
-		return -EOVERFLOW;
+		return false;
 	}
 	buf->result++;
 	dirent = buf->dirent;
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ static int fillonedir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 		__copy_to_user(dirent->d_name, name, namlen) ||
 		__put_user(0, dirent->d_name + namlen))
 		goto efault;
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 efault:
 	buf->result = -EFAULT;
-	return -EFAULT;
+	return false;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(old_readdir, unsigned int, fd,
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ struct getdents_callback {
 	int error;
 };
 
-static int filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
+static bool filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 		   loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
 	struct linux_dirent __user * dirent;
@@ -198,19 +198,19 @@ static int filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 
 	buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
 	if (unlikely(buf->error))
-		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		return false;
 	buf->error = -EINVAL;	/* only used if we fail.. */
 	if (reclen > buf->count)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return false;
 	d_ino = ino;
 	if (sizeof(d_ino) < sizeof(ino) && d_ino != ino) {
 		buf->error = -EOVERFLOW;
-		return -EOVERFLOW;
+		return false;
 	}
 	dirent = buf->previous;
 	if (dirent) {
 		if (signal_pending(current))
-			return -EINTR;
+			return false;
 		if (__put_user(offset, &dirent->d_off))
 			goto efault;
 	}
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ static int filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	dirent = (void __user *)dirent + reclen;
 	buf->current_dir = dirent;
 	buf->count -= reclen;
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 efault:
 	buf->error = -EFAULT;
-	return -EFAULT;
+	return false;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents, unsigned int, fd,
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ struct getdents_callback64 {
 	int error;
 };
 
-static int filldir64(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
+static bool filldir64(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 		     loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
 	struct linux_dirent64 __user *dirent;
@@ -287,14 +287,14 @@ static int filldir64(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 
 	buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
 	if (unlikely(buf->error))
-		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		return false;
 	buf->error = -EINVAL;	/* only used if we fail.. */
 	if (reclen > buf->count)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return false;
 	dirent = buf->previous;
 	if (dirent) {
 		if (signal_pending(current))
-			return -EINTR;
+			return false;
 		if (__put_user(offset, &dirent->d_off))
 			goto efault;
 	}
@@ -315,10 +315,10 @@ static int filldir64(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	dirent = (void __user *)dirent + reclen;
 	buf->current_dir = dirent;
 	buf->count -= reclen;
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 efault:
 	buf->error = -EFAULT;
-	return -EFAULT;
+	return false;
 }
 
 int ksys_getdents64(unsigned int fd, struct linux_dirent64 __user *dirent,
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ struct compat_readdir_callback {
 	int result;
 };
 
-static int compat_fillonedir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool compat_fillonedir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 			     int namlen, loff_t offset, u64 ino,
 			     unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -389,11 +389,11 @@ static int compat_fillonedir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	buf->result = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
 	if (unlikely(buf->result))
-		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		return false;
 	d_ino = ino;
 	if (sizeof(d_ino) < sizeof(ino) && d_ino != ino) {
 		buf->result = -EOVERFLOW;
-		return -EOVERFLOW;
+		return false;
 	}
 	buf->result++;
 	dirent = buf->dirent;
@@ -407,10 +407,10 @@ static int compat_fillonedir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 		__copy_to_user(dirent->d_name, name, namlen) ||
 		__put_user(0, dirent->d_name + namlen))
 		goto efault;
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 efault:
 	buf->result = -EFAULT;
-	return -EFAULT;
+	return false;
 }
 
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(old_readdir, unsigned int, fd,
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ struct compat_getdents_callback {
 	int error;
 };
 
-static int compat_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
-		loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
+static bool compat_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+		int namlen, loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
 	struct compat_linux_dirent __user * dirent;
 	struct compat_getdents_callback *buf =
@@ -461,19 +461,19 @@ static int compat_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 
 	buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
 	if (unlikely(buf->error))
-		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		return false;
 	buf->error = -EINVAL;	/* only used if we fail.. */
 	if (reclen > buf->count)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return false;
 	d_ino = ino;
 	if (sizeof(d_ino) < sizeof(ino) && d_ino != ino) {
 		buf->error = -EOVERFLOW;
-		return -EOVERFLOW;
+		return false;
 	}
 	dirent = buf->previous;
 	if (dirent) {
 		if (signal_pending(current))
-			return -EINTR;
+			return false;
 		if (__put_user(offset, &dirent->d_off))
 			goto efault;
 	}
@@ -492,10 +492,10 @@ static int compat_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
 	dirent = (void __user *)dirent + reclen;
 	buf->current_dir = dirent;
 	buf->count -= reclen;
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 efault:
 	buf->error = -EFAULT;
-	return -EFAULT;
+	return false;
 }
 
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getdents, unsigned int, fd,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 32d8986c26fb..0d56b2a3adad 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ struct reiserfs_dentry_buf {
 	struct dentry *dentries[8];
 };
 
-static int
+static bool
 fill_with_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namelen,
 		   loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -200,16 +200,16 @@ fill_with_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namelen,
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!inode_is_locked(d_inode(dbuf->xadir)));
 
 	if (dbuf->count == ARRAY_SIZE(dbuf->dentries))
-		return -ENOSPC;
+		return false;
 
 	if (name[0] == '.' && (namelen < 2 ||
 			       (namelen == 2 && name[1] == '.')))
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 
 	dentry = lookup_one_len(name, dbuf->xadir, namelen);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
 		dbuf->err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-		return PTR_ERR(dentry);
+		return false;
 	} else if (d_really_is_negative(dentry)) {
 		/* A directory entry exists, but no file? */
 		reiserfs_error(dentry->d_sb, "xattr-20003",
@@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ fill_with_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namelen,
 			       dentry, dbuf->xadir);
 		dput(dentry);
 		dbuf->err = -EIO;
-		return -EIO;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	dbuf->dentries[dbuf->count++] = dentry;
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ struct listxattr_buf {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 };
 
-static int listxattr_filler(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
+static bool listxattr_filler(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 			    int namelen, loff_t offset, u64 ino,
 			    unsigned int d_type)
 {
@@ -796,19 +796,19 @@ static int listxattr_filler(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name,
 						    name);
 		if (!handler /* Unsupported xattr name */ ||
 		    (handler->list && !handler->list(b->dentry)))
-			return 0;
+			return true;
 		size = namelen + 1;
 		if (b->buf) {
 			if (b->pos + size > b->size) {
 				b->pos = -ERANGE;
-				return -ERANGE;
+				return false;
 			}
 			memcpy(b->buf + b->pos, name, namelen);
 			b->buf[b->pos + namelen] = 0;
 		}
 		b->pos += size;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c
index cd3e4d768a18..e57069a299fa 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ xchk_dir_check_ftype(
  * we check the inode number to make sure it's sane, then we check that
  * we can look up this filename.  Finally, we check the ftype.
  */
-STATIC int
+STATIC bool
 xchk_dir_actor(
 	struct dir_context	*dir_iter,
 	const char		*name,
@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ xchk_dir_actor(
 		goto out;
 out:
 	/*
-	 * A negative error code returned here is supposed to cause the
+	 * Returning false here causes the
 	 * dir_emit caller (xfs_readdir) to abort the directory iteration
 	 * and return zero to xchk_directory.
 	 */
 	if (error == 0 && sdc->sc->sm->sm_flags & XFS_SCRUB_OFLAG_CORRUPT)
-		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
-	return error;
+		return false;
+	return !error;
 }
 
 /* Scrub a directory btree record. */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c
index 1c9d7c7f64f5..9b6d9d416039 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct xchk_parent_ctx {
 };
 
 /* Look for a single entry in a directory pointing to an inode. */
-STATIC int
+STATIC bool
 xchk_parent_actor(
 	struct dir_context	*dc,
 	const char		*name,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ xchk_parent_actor(
 	spc = container_of(dc, struct xchk_parent_ctx, dc);
 	if (spc->ino == ino)
 		spc->nlink++;
-	return 0;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /* Count the number of dentries in the parent dir that point to this inode. */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e14329741e3a..1d6300c41d92 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1720,9 +1720,11 @@ int fiemap_check_flags(struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo, u32 fs_flags);
  * the kernel specify what kind of dirent layout it wants to have.
  * This allows the kernel to read directories into kernel space or
  * to have different dirent layouts depending on the binary type.
+ * Returns true if the provided entry has been consumed and the
+ * filldir function should be called again for the next entry.
  */
 struct dir_context;
-typedef int (*filldir_t)(struct dir_context *, const char *, int, loff_t, u64,
+typedef bool (*filldir_t)(struct dir_context *, const char *, int, loff_t, u64,
 			 unsigned);
 
 struct dir_context {
@@ -3469,17 +3471,17 @@ static inline bool dir_emit(struct dir_context *ctx,
 			    const char *name, int namelen,
 			    u64 ino, unsigned type)
 {
-	return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type) == 0;
+	return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type);
 }
 static inline bool dir_emit_dot(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	return ctx->actor(ctx, ".", 1, ctx->pos,
-			  file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino, DT_DIR) == 0;
+			  file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_ino, DT_DIR);
 }
 static inline bool dir_emit_dotdot(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
 	return ctx->actor(ctx, "..", 2, ctx->pos,
-			  parent_ino(file->f_path.dentry), DT_DIR) == 0;
+			  parent_ino(file->f_path.dentry), DT_DIR);
 }
 static inline bool dir_emit_dots(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 {
-- 
2.20.1.321.g9e740568ce-goog

Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] fs: let filldir_t return bool instead of an error code

[Dave Chinner]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:14:40PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> As Al Viro pointed out, many filldir_t functions return error codes, but
> all callers of filldir_t functions just check whether the return value is
> non-zero (to determine whether to continue reading the directory); more
> precise errors have to be signalled via struct dir_context.
> Change all filldir_t functions to return bool instead of int.
> 
> Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> ---
>  arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c | 12 +++----
>  fs/afs/dir.c                | 30 +++++++++--------
>  fs/ecryptfs/file.c          | 13 ++++----
>  fs/exportfs/expfs.c         |  8 ++---
>  fs/fat/dir.c                |  8 ++---
>  fs/gfs2/export.c            |  6 ++--
>  fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c       |  8 ++---
>  fs/nfsd/vfs.c               |  6 ++--
>  fs/ocfs2/dir.c              | 10 +++---
>  fs/ocfs2/journal.c          | 14 ++++----
>  fs/overlayfs/readdir.c      | 24 +++++++-------
>  fs/readdir.c                | 64 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  fs/reiserfs/xattr.c         | 20 ++++++------
>  fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c          |  8 ++---
>  fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c       |  4 +--
>  include/linux/fs.h          | 10 +++---
>  16 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> index db1c2144d477..14e5ae0dac50 100644
> --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct osf_dirent_callback {
>  	int error;
>  };
>  
> -static int
> +static bool
>  osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
>  	    loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
>  {
> @@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
>  
>  	buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
>  	if (unlikely(buf->error))
> -		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> +		return false;
>  	buf->error = -EINVAL;	/* only used if we fail */
>  	if (reclen > buf->count)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		return false;

Oh, it's because the error being returned is being squashed by
dir_emit():

>  struct dir_context {
> @@ -3469,17 +3471,17 @@ static inline bool dir_emit(struct dir_context *ctx,
>  			    const char *name, int namelen,
>  			    u64 ino, unsigned type)
>  {
> -	return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type) == 0;
> +	return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type);
>  }

/me wonders if it would be cleaner to do:

static inline bool dir_emit(...)
{
	buf->error = ctx->actor(....)
	if (buf->error)
		return false;
	return true;
}

And clean up all filldir actors just to return the error state
rather than have to jump through hoops to stash the error state in
the context buffer and return the error state?

That then allows callers who want/need the full error info can
continue to call ctx->actor directly, while all those that just want
to terminate their loops on error can continue just to call
dir_emit()...

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com

Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] fs: let filldir_t return bool instead of an error code

[Jann Horn]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 11:41 PM Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:14:40PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> > As Al Viro pointed out, many filldir_t functions return error codes, but
> > all callers of filldir_t functions just check whether the return value is
> > non-zero (to determine whether to continue reading the directory); more
> > precise errors have to be signalled via struct dir_context.
> > Change all filldir_t functions to return bool instead of int.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c | 12 +++----
> >  fs/afs/dir.c                | 30 +++++++++--------
> >  fs/ecryptfs/file.c          | 13 ++++----
> >  fs/exportfs/expfs.c         |  8 ++---
> >  fs/fat/dir.c                |  8 ++---
> >  fs/gfs2/export.c            |  6 ++--
> >  fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c       |  8 ++---
> >  fs/nfsd/vfs.c               |  6 ++--
> >  fs/ocfs2/dir.c              | 10 +++---
> >  fs/ocfs2/journal.c          | 14 ++++----
> >  fs/overlayfs/readdir.c      | 24 +++++++-------
> >  fs/readdir.c                | 64 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> >  fs/reiserfs/xattr.c         | 20 ++++++------
> >  fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c          |  8 ++---
> >  fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c       |  4 +--
> >  include/linux/fs.h          | 10 +++---
> >  16 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > index db1c2144d477..14e5ae0dac50 100644
> > --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct osf_dirent_callback {
> >       int error;
> >  };
> >
> > -static int
> > +static bool
> >  osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
> >           loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
> >  {
> > @@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
> >
> >       buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
> >       if (unlikely(buf->error))
> > -             return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> > +             return false;
> >       buf->error = -EINVAL;   /* only used if we fail */
> >       if (reclen > buf->count)
> > -             return -EINVAL;
> > +             return false;
>
> Oh, it's because the error being returned is being squashed by
> dir_emit():

Yeah.

> >  struct dir_context {
> > @@ -3469,17 +3471,17 @@ static inline bool dir_emit(struct dir_context *ctx,
> >                           const char *name, int namelen,
> >                           u64 ino, unsigned type)
> >  {
> > -     return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type) == 0;
> > +     return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type);
> >  }
>
> /me wonders if it would be cleaner to do:
>
> static inline bool dir_emit(...)
> {
>         buf->error = ctx->actor(....)
>         if (buf->error)
>                 return false;
>         return true;
> }
>
> And clean up all filldir actors just to return the error state
> rather than have to jump through hoops to stash the error state in
> the context buffer and return the error state?

One negative thing about that, IMO, is that it mixes up the request
for termination of the loop and the presence of an error. The current
code returns fake errors that never reach userspace in various places
to terminate the loop, e.g. fillonedir() has a "return -EINVAL" to
terminate the loop if at least one element has been read already, and
filldir() has a "return -EINTR" on signal_pending() that explicitly
only happens if at least one element has been read already.

But really, I don't have strong feelings about this, I just want to
get the "fs: don't let getdents return bogus names" patch in. :P

> That then allows callers who want/need the full error info can
> continue to call ctx->actor directly,

"continue to call ctx->actor directly"? I don't remember any code that
calls ctx->actor directly.

> while all those that just want
> to terminate their loops on error can continue just to call
> dir_emit()...

Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] fs: let filldir_t return bool instead of an error code

[Dave Chinner]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 04:49:45PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 11:41 PM Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:14:40PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> > > As Al Viro pointed out, many filldir_t functions return error codes, but
> > > all callers of filldir_t functions just check whether the return value is
> > > non-zero (to determine whether to continue reading the directory); more
> > > precise errors have to be signalled via struct dir_context.
> > > Change all filldir_t functions to return bool instead of int.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> > > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c | 12 +++----
> > >  fs/afs/dir.c                | 30 +++++++++--------
> > >  fs/ecryptfs/file.c          | 13 ++++----
> > >  fs/exportfs/expfs.c         |  8 ++---
> > >  fs/fat/dir.c                |  8 ++---
> > >  fs/gfs2/export.c            |  6 ++--
> > >  fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c       |  8 ++---
> > >  fs/nfsd/vfs.c               |  6 ++--
> > >  fs/ocfs2/dir.c              | 10 +++---
> > >  fs/ocfs2/journal.c          | 14 ++++----
> > >  fs/overlayfs/readdir.c      | 24 +++++++-------
> > >  fs/readdir.c                | 64 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> > >  fs/reiserfs/xattr.c         | 20 ++++++------
> > >  fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c          |  8 ++---
> > >  fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c       |  4 +--
> > >  include/linux/fs.h          | 10 +++---
> > >  16 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > > index db1c2144d477..14e5ae0dac50 100644
> > > --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > > +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > > @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct osf_dirent_callback {
> > >       int error;
> > >  };
> > >
> > > -static int
> > > +static bool
> > >  osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
> > >           loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
> > >  {
> > > @@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
> > >
> > >       buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
> > >       if (unlikely(buf->error))
> > > -             return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> > > +             return false;
> > >       buf->error = -EINVAL;   /* only used if we fail */
> > >       if (reclen > buf->count)
> > > -             return -EINVAL;
> > > +             return false;
> >
> > Oh, it's because the error being returned is being squashed by
> > dir_emit():
> 
> Yeah.
> 
> > >  struct dir_context {
> > > @@ -3469,17 +3471,17 @@ static inline bool dir_emit(struct dir_context *ctx,
> > >                           const char *name, int namelen,
> > >                           u64 ino, unsigned type)
> > >  {
> > > -     return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type) == 0;
> > > +     return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type);
> > >  }
> >
> > /me wonders if it would be cleaner to do:
> >
> > static inline bool dir_emit(...)
> > {
> >         buf->error = ctx->actor(....)
> >         if (buf->error)
> >                 return false;
> >         return true;
> > }
> >
> > And clean up all filldir actors just to return the error state
> > rather than have to jump through hoops to stash the error state in
> > the context buffer and return the error state?
> 
> One negative thing about that, IMO, is that it mixes up the request
> for termination of the loop and the presence of an error.

Doesn't the code already do that, only worse?

> > That then allows callers who want/need the full error info can
> > continue to call ctx->actor directly,
> 
> "continue to call ctx->actor directly"? I don't remember any code that
> calls ctx->actor directly.

ovl_fill_real().

And the XFS directory scrubber could probably make better use of the
error return from ctx->actor when validating the directory contents
rather than just calling dir_emit() and aborting the scan at the
first error encountered. We eventually want to know exactly what
error was encountered here to determine if it is safe to continue,
not just a "stop processing" flag. e.g. a bad name length will need
to stop traversal because we can't trust the underlying structure,
but an invalid file type isn't a structural flaw that prevents us
from continuing to traverse and check the rest of the directory....

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com

Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] fs: let filldir_t return bool instead of an error code

[Jann Horn]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 11:24 PM Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 04:49:45PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 11:41 PM Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:14:40PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> > > > As Al Viro pointed out, many filldir_t functions return error codes, but
> > > > all callers of filldir_t functions just check whether the return value is
> > > > non-zero (to determine whether to continue reading the directory); more
> > > > precise errors have to be signalled via struct dir_context.
> > > > Change all filldir_t functions to return bool instead of int.
> > > >
> > > > Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c | 12 +++----
> > > >  fs/afs/dir.c                | 30 +++++++++--------
> > > >  fs/ecryptfs/file.c          | 13 ++++----
> > > >  fs/exportfs/expfs.c         |  8 ++---
> > > >  fs/fat/dir.c                |  8 ++---
> > > >  fs/gfs2/export.c            |  6 ++--
> > > >  fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c       |  8 ++---
> > > >  fs/nfsd/vfs.c               |  6 ++--
> > > >  fs/ocfs2/dir.c              | 10 +++---
> > > >  fs/ocfs2/journal.c          | 14 ++++----
> > > >  fs/overlayfs/readdir.c      | 24 +++++++-------
> > > >  fs/readdir.c                | 64 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> > > >  fs/reiserfs/xattr.c         | 20 ++++++------
> > > >  fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c          |  8 ++---
> > > >  fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c       |  4 +--
> > > >  include/linux/fs.h          | 10 +++---
> > > >  16 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > > > index db1c2144d477..14e5ae0dac50 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > > > @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct osf_dirent_callback {
> > > >       int error;
> > > >  };
> > > >
> > > > -static int
> > > > +static bool
> > > >  osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
> > > >           loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
> > > >  {
> > > > @@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
> > > >
> > > >       buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
> > > >       if (unlikely(buf->error))
> > > > -             return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> > > > +             return false;
> > > >       buf->error = -EINVAL;   /* only used if we fail */
> > > >       if (reclen > buf->count)
> > > > -             return -EINVAL;
> > > > +             return false;
> > >
> > > Oh, it's because the error being returned is being squashed by
> > > dir_emit():
> >
> > Yeah.
> >
> > > >  struct dir_context {
> > > > @@ -3469,17 +3471,17 @@ static inline bool dir_emit(struct dir_context *ctx,
> > > >                           const char *name, int namelen,
> > > >                           u64 ino, unsigned type)
> > > >  {
> > > > -     return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type) == 0;
> > > > +     return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type);
> > > >  }
> > >
> > > /me wonders if it would be cleaner to do:
> > >
> > > static inline bool dir_emit(...)
> > > {
> > >         buf->error = ctx->actor(....)
> > >         if (buf->error)
> > >                 return false;
> > >         return true;
> > > }
> > >
> > > And clean up all filldir actors just to return the error state
> > > rather than have to jump through hoops to stash the error state in
> > > the context buffer and return the error state?
> >
> > One negative thing about that, IMO, is that it mixes up the request
> > for termination of the loop and the presence of an error.
>
> Doesn't the code already do that, only worse?

The current code does that, yes. But with this patch, I think that's
not really the case anymore?

> > > That then allows callers who want/need the full error info can
> > > continue to call ctx->actor directly,
> >
> > "continue to call ctx->actor directly"? I don't remember any code that
> > calls ctx->actor directly.
>
> ovl_fill_real().

Ah, right.


> And the XFS directory scrubber could probably make better use of the
> error return from ctx->actor when validating the directory contents
> rather than just calling dir_emit() and aborting the scan at the
> first error encountered. We eventually want to know exactly what
> error was encountered here to determine if it is safe to continue,
> not just a "stop processing" flag. e.g. a bad name length will need
> to stop traversal because we can't trust the underlying structure,
> but an invalid file type isn't a structural flaw that prevents us
> from continuing to traverse and check the rest of the directory....

Sorry, maybe I'm a bit dense right now, I don't get your point. Are
you talking about filesystem errors detected in the actor? If so,
doesn't it make *more* sense for non-fatal errors to put a note that
an error happened into the xchk_dir_ctx (if that information should be
kept around), then return a value that says "please continue"?

Or are you talking about filesystem errors detected in the readdir
implementation? In that case, you're AFAICS going to need special-case
logic gated on ctx->actor==xchk_dir_actor anyway if you want the
scrubber to continue while readdir() stops.

(But as I've said, I don't really care about this patch. If Al takes
patches 1 and 2 from this series, I'm happy; this patch is just in
response to <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180731165112.GJ30522@ZenIV.linux.org.uk/>.)

Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] fs: let filldir_t return bool instead of an error code

[Darrick J. Wong]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 04:07:59PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 11:24 PM Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 04:49:45PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 11:41 PM Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:14:40PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> > > > > As Al Viro pointed out, many filldir_t functions return error codes, but
> > > > > all callers of filldir_t functions just check whether the return value is
> > > > > non-zero (to determine whether to continue reading the directory); more
> > > > > precise errors have to be signalled via struct dir_context.
> > > > > Change all filldir_t functions to return bool instead of int.
> > > > >
> > > > > Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c | 12 +++----
> > > > >  fs/afs/dir.c                | 30 +++++++++--------
> > > > >  fs/ecryptfs/file.c          | 13 ++++----
> > > > >  fs/exportfs/expfs.c         |  8 ++---
> > > > >  fs/fat/dir.c                |  8 ++---
> > > > >  fs/gfs2/export.c            |  6 ++--
> > > > >  fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c       |  8 ++---
> > > > >  fs/nfsd/vfs.c               |  6 ++--
> > > > >  fs/ocfs2/dir.c              | 10 +++---
> > > > >  fs/ocfs2/journal.c          | 14 ++++----
> > > > >  fs/overlayfs/readdir.c      | 24 +++++++-------
> > > > >  fs/readdir.c                | 64 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> > > > >  fs/reiserfs/xattr.c         | 20 ++++++------
> > > > >  fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c          |  8 ++---
> > > > >  fs/xfs/scrub/parent.c       |  4 +--
> > > > >  include/linux/fs.h          | 10 +++---
> > > > >  16 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > > > > index db1c2144d477..14e5ae0dac50 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > > > > +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> > > > > @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct osf_dirent_callback {
> > > > >       int error;
> > > > >  };
> > > > >
> > > > > -static int
> > > > > +static bool
> > > > >  osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
> > > > >           loff_t offset, u64 ino, unsigned int d_type)
> > > > >  {
> > > > > @@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ osf_filldir(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int namlen,
> > > > >
> > > > >       buf->error = check_dirent_name(name, namlen);
> > > > >       if (unlikely(buf->error))
> > > > > -             return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> > > > > +             return false;
> > > > >       buf->error = -EINVAL;   /* only used if we fail */
> > > > >       if (reclen > buf->count)
> > > > > -             return -EINVAL;
> > > > > +             return false;
> > > >
> > > > Oh, it's because the error being returned is being squashed by
> > > > dir_emit():
> > >
> > > Yeah.
> > >
> > > > >  struct dir_context {
> > > > > @@ -3469,17 +3471,17 @@ static inline bool dir_emit(struct dir_context *ctx,
> > > > >                           const char *name, int namelen,
> > > > >                           u64 ino, unsigned type)
> > > > >  {
> > > > > -     return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type) == 0;
> > > > > +     return ctx->actor(ctx, name, namelen, ctx->pos, ino, type);
> > > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > /me wonders if it would be cleaner to do:
> > > >
> > > > static inline bool dir_emit(...)
> > > > {
> > > >         buf->error = ctx->actor(....)
> > > >         if (buf->error)
> > > >                 return false;
> > > >         return true;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > And clean up all filldir actors just to return the error state
> > > > rather than have to jump through hoops to stash the error state in
> > > > the context buffer and return the error state?
> > >
> > > One negative thing about that, IMO, is that it mixes up the request
> > > for termination of the loop and the presence of an error.
> >
> > Doesn't the code already do that, only worse?
> 
> The current code does that, yes. But with this patch, I think that's
> not really the case anymore?
> 
> > > > That then allows callers who want/need the full error info can
> > > > continue to call ctx->actor directly,
> > >
> > > "continue to call ctx->actor directly"? I don't remember any code that
> > > calls ctx->actor directly.
> >
> > ovl_fill_real().
> 
> Ah, right.
> 
> 
> > And the XFS directory scrubber could probably make better use of the
> > error return from ctx->actor when validating the directory contents
> > rather than just calling dir_emit() and aborting the scan at the
> > first error encountered. We eventually want to know exactly what
> > error was encountered here to determine if it is safe to continue,
> > not just a "stop processing" flag. e.g. a bad name length will need
> > to stop traversal because we can't trust the underlying structure,
> > but an invalid file type isn't a structural flaw that prevents us
> > from continuing to traverse and check the rest of the directory....
> 
> Sorry, maybe I'm a bit dense right now, I don't get your point. Are
> you talking about filesystem errors detected in the actor? If so,
> doesn't it make *more* sense for non-fatal errors to put a note that
> an error happened into the xchk_dir_ctx (if that information should be
> kept around), then return a value that says "please continue"?

As I understand the scrub code, we /do/ stash the error state elsewhere
and set the xchk_dir_actor return value as appropriate to continue or
stop the directory iteration.  Granted, it's not very nuanced since
anything out of order sets the CORRUPT flag and aborts the iteration,
but in principle xchk_dir_actor could set the scrub warning flag and
return 0 if it wanted to.

(So maybe I'm dense too, but I don't know what Dave is talking
about...?)

--D

> Or are you talking about filesystem errors detected in the readdir
> implementation? In that case, you're AFAICS going to need special-case
> logic gated on ctx->actor==xchk_dir_actor anyway if you want the
> scrubber to continue while readdir() stops.
> 
> (But as I've said, I don't really care about this patch. If Al takes
> patches 1 and 2 from this series, I'm happy; this patch is just in
> response to <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180731165112.GJ30522@ZenIV.linux.org.uk/>.)

Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] fs: hoist EFSCORRUPTED definition into uapi header

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 5:15 PM Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> wrote:
>
> Multiple filesystems can already return EFSCORRUPTED errors to userspace;
> however, so far, definitions of EFSCORRUPTED were in filesystem-private
> headers.
>
> I wanted to use EUCLEAN to indicate data corruption in the VFS layer;
> Dave Chinner says that I should instead hoist the definitions of
> EFSCORRUPTED into the UAPI header and then use EFSCORRUPTED.
>
> This patch is marked for stable backport because it is a prerequisite for
> the following patch.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext2/ext2.h                   | 1 -
>  fs/ext4/ext4.h                   | 1 -
>  fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h               | 1 -
>  include/linux/jbd2.h             | 1 -
>  include/uapi/asm-generic/errno.h | 1 +
>  5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)


For asm-generic:

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] fs: hoist EFSCORRUPTED definition into uapi header

[Dave Chinner]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:14:38PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> Multiple filesystems can already return EFSCORRUPTED errors to userspace;
> however, so far, definitions of EFSCORRUPTED were in filesystem-private
> headers.
> 
> I wanted to use EUCLEAN to indicate data corruption in the VFS layer;
> Dave Chinner says that I should instead hoist the definitions of
> EFSCORRUPTED into the UAPI header and then use EFSCORRUPTED.
> 
> This patch is marked for stable backport because it is a prerequisite for
> the following patch.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>

Looks fine to me.

Acked-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>

-- 
Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com

Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] fs: hoist EFSCORRUPTED definition into uapi header

[Theodore Y. Ts'o]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:14:38PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> Multiple filesystems can already return EFSCORRUPTED errors to userspace;
> however, so far, definitions of EFSCORRUPTED were in filesystem-private
> headers.
> 
> I wanted to use EUCLEAN to indicate data corruption in the VFS layer;
> Dave Chinner says that I should instead hoist the definitions of
> EFSCORRUPTED into the UAPI header and then use EFSCORRUPTED.
> 
> This patch is marked for stable backport because it is a prerequisite for
> the following patch.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>

Before we enshrine the overloading of EUCLEAN and EFSCORRUPTED, I
wonder if we should at least consider the option of assigning a new
error code number for EFSCORRUPTED.  The downside of doing this is
that for a while, older versions glibc won't have strerror/perror
translation for the new error code.  On the other hand, I'm not sure
it will be that much more confusing to the average user than
"Structure needs cleaning".  :-)

The upside of assigning a new error code is that in a year or two,
we'll actually have an intelligible error message showing up in log
files and in user's terminals.

					- Ted

Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] fs: hoist EFSCORRUPTED definition into uapi header

[Dave Chinner]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 04:54:54PM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:14:38PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> > Multiple filesystems can already return EFSCORRUPTED errors to userspace;
> > however, so far, definitions of EFSCORRUPTED were in filesystem-private
> > headers.
> > 
> > I wanted to use EUCLEAN to indicate data corruption in the VFS layer;
> > Dave Chinner says that I should instead hoist the definitions of
> > EFSCORRUPTED into the UAPI header and then use EFSCORRUPTED.
> > 
> > This patch is marked for stable backport because it is a prerequisite for
> > the following patch.
> > 
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> 
> Before we enshrine the overloading of EUCLEAN and EFSCORRUPTED, I
> wonder if we should at least consider the option of assigning a new
> error code number for EFSCORRUPTED. 

No.

We've exposed filesystem corruption errors to userspace as errno 117
for many years now, so people are already familiar with this error
as indicating a filesystem problem.

> The downside of doing this is
> that for a while, older versions glibc won't have strerror/perror
> translation for the new error code.

And everyone will end up asking "WTF is this undefined error the
application just received?" until glibc, man pages and enough
occurrences of the question have been asked that the search engines
develop enough of a history record that they return useful results.
Not only won't users have a clue, but the app developers the users
first ask "what's this error mean" won't have a clue, either.

> On the other hand, I'm not sure
> it will be that much more confusing to the average user than
> "Structure needs cleaning".  :-)

Go search for "XFS structure needs cleaning" on your preferred
search engine and will you get lots and lots of hits indicating what
you should do when you get that error. It's taken years to build up
that history such that it's extremely useful to the average user....

> The upside of assigning a new error code is that in a year or two,
> we'll actually have an intelligible error message showing up in log
> files and in user's terminals.

The downside is that it will take several years before people will
become familiar with the new error, and we'll have to deal with the
fallout repeatedly from it. Hence, IMO, there's no upside to
changing the errno of EFSCORRUPTED now that it is largely ubiquitous
in userspace.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com

Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] fs: hoist EFSCORRUPTED definition into uapi header

[David Sterba]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 04:54:54PM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:14:38PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> > Multiple filesystems can already return EFSCORRUPTED errors to userspace;
> > however, so far, definitions of EFSCORRUPTED were in filesystem-private
> > headers.
> > 
> > I wanted to use EUCLEAN to indicate data corruption in the VFS layer;
> > Dave Chinner says that I should instead hoist the definitions of
> > EFSCORRUPTED into the UAPI header and then use EFSCORRUPTED.
> > 
> > This patch is marked for stable backport because it is a prerequisite for
> > the following patch.
> > 
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> 
> Before we enshrine the overloading of EUCLEAN and EFSCORRUPTED, I
> wonder if we should at least consider the option of assigning a new
> error code number for EFSCORRUPTED.  The downside of doing this is
> that for a while, older versions glibc won't have strerror/perror
> translation for the new error code.  On the other hand, I'm not sure
> it will be that much more confusing to the average user than
> "Structure needs cleaning".  :-)
>
> The upside of assigning a new error code is that in a year or two,
> we'll actually have an intelligible error message showing up in log
> files and in user's terminals.

I vote for a new code with a better message than EUCLEAN provides.

Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] fs: hoist EFSCORRUPTED definition into uapi header

[Darrick J. Wong]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 04:54:54PM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:14:38PM +0100, Jann Horn wrote:
> > Multiple filesystems can already return EFSCORRUPTED errors to userspace;
> > however, so far, definitions of EFSCORRUPTED were in filesystem-private
> > headers.
> > 
> > I wanted to use EUCLEAN to indicate data corruption in the VFS layer;
> > Dave Chinner says that I should instead hoist the definitions of
> > EFSCORRUPTED into the UAPI header and then use EFSCORRUPTED.
> > 
> > This patch is marked for stable backport because it is a prerequisite for
> > the following patch.
> > 
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> 
> Before we enshrine the overloading of EUCLEAN and EFSCORRUPTED, I
> wonder if we should at least consider the option of assigning a new
> error code number for EFSCORRUPTED.  The downside of doing this is
> that for a while, older versions glibc won't have strerror/perror
> translation for the new error code.  On the other hand, I'm not sure
> it will be that much more confusing to the average user than
> "Structure needs cleaning".  :-)
> 
> The upside of assigning a new error code is that in a year or two,
> we'll actually have an intelligible error message showing up in log
> files and in user's terminals.

Uh... Ted?  Back in ~2009 we had a discussion on the ext4 conference
call about what error codes to return for "metadata is garbage" and
"metadata crc doesn't validate".  Back then you said that it would have
been great if someone had thought of defining error codes for that so
that by the time we got around to merging metadata checksums for ext4,
we'd have some error codes ready to go.

I pointed out that "the XFS people" already returned EUCLEAN /
EFSCORRUPTED and EILSEQ / EBADFSCRC for those cases and that upstream
had been doing that for a couple of years already, so we decided that
we'd just make ext4 behave like XFS because they'd already started
training everyone and their pet search engines that these oddly phrased
error messages in the context of a filesystem means they need to run
some sort of fsck/repair tool.  We also decided that while the messaging
was weird, it would be less work for both of us than to try to push
disruptive changes through Linux uapi, glibc, man pages, strerror
localization catalogs, etc.

Now it's a *decade* later, and ext4 / XFS have both converged on more or
less the same behavioral patterns w.r.t. when they return EFSCORRUPTED
and EFSBADCRC.  btrfs, hpfs, jffs2, and ubifs seem to use EUCLEAN to
signal bad metadata just like XFS and ext4 do.

I disagree with upending 13 years of established precedent for user
visible behavior.  We possibly could've pulled this off ten years ago,
but it's waaaay too late now.  Too much work, too little gain.

--D

> 					- Ted

Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] fs: hoist EFSCORRUPTED definition into uapi header

[Theodore Y. Ts'o]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 03:51:58PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> 
> I disagree with upending 13 years of established precedent for user
> visible behavior.  We possibly could've pulled this off ten years ago,
> but it's waaaay too late now.  Too much work, too little gain.

I remember the discussion; but now that we're adding it to uapi header
files, it's really going to be impossible.  And I have had some
regrets about that decision ten years ago.  I agree it would cause
confusion if we do it now, but it's basically the our last
opportunity.
 
How about this then?  We could ask glibc to change the string returned
by strerror for EUCLEAN/EFSCORRUPTED to be something like "File system
or block device corrupted".  This is how the errno is used in the
kernel; and if we don't want to change the error code, changing the
string returned by glibc should be less problematic.

					- Ted