From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] proc: Use d_invalidate in proc_prune_siblings_dcache
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:43:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=whmwfv6zGwTRR8zTyTdfxgYoc7SE3Z0nKHu_srG_8NPWw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87blpt9e6m.fsf_-_@x220.int.ebiederm.org>
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 12:51 PM Eric W. Biederman
<ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
>
> To use d_invalidate replace d_prune_aliases with d_find_alias
> followed by d_invalidate and dput. This is safe and complete
> because no inode in proc has any hardlinks or aliases.
Are you sure you can't create them some way? This makes em go "what
if we had multiple dentries associated with that inode?" Then the code
would just invalidate the first one.
I guess we don't have export_operations or anything like that, but
this makes me worry...
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-20 22:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-10 15:05 [PATCH v8 00/11] proc: modernize proc to support multiple private instances Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 01/11] proc: Rename struct proc_fs_info to proc_fs_opts Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 02/11] proc: add proc_fs_info struct to store proc information Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 03/11] proc: move /proc/{self|thread-self} dentries to proc_fs_info Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 18:23 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-02-12 15:00 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 04/11] proc: move hide_pid, pid_gid from pid_namespace " Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 05/11] proc: add helpers to set and get proc hidepid and gid mount options Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 18:30 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-02-12 14:57 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 06/11] proc: support mounting procfs instances inside same pid namespace Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 07/11] proc: flush task dcache entries from all procfs instances Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 17:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-10 19:23 ` Al Viro
2020-02-11 1:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-11 4:01 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 14:49 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-12 14:59 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 17:08 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-12 18:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 19:16 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 19:49 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 20:03 ` Al Viro
2020-02-12 20:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 20:38 ` Al Viro
2020-02-12 20:41 ` Al Viro
2020-02-12 21:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-12 21:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-13 0:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-13 4:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-13 5:55 ` Al Viro
2020-02-13 21:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-13 22:23 ` Al Viro
2020-02-13 22:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-14 14:15 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-14 3:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:46 ` [PATCH 0/7] proc: Dentry flushing without proc_mnt Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:47 ` [PATCH 1/7] proc: Rename in proc_inode rename sysctl_inodes sibling_inodes Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:48 ` [PATCH 2/7] proc: Generalize proc_sys_prune_dcache into proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:49 ` [PATCH 3/7] proc: Mov rcu_read_(lock|unlock) in proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 22:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-20 20:49 ` [PATCH 4/7] proc: Use d_invalidate " Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 22:43 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2020-02-20 22:54 ` Al Viro
2020-02-20 23:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-02-20 23:03 ` Al Viro
2020-02-20 23:39 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:51 ` [PATCH 5/7] proc: Clear the pieces of proc_inode that proc_evict_inode cares about Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 6/7] proc: Use a list of inodes to flush from proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 20:52 ` [PATCH 7/7] proc: Ensure we see the exit of each process tid exactly once Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-21 16:50 ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-02-22 15:46 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-20 23:02 ` [PATCH 0/7] proc: Dentry flushing without proc_mnt Linus Torvalds
2020-02-20 23:07 ` Al Viro
2020-02-20 23:37 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:25 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] " Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:26 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] proc: Rename in proc_inode rename sysctl_inodes sibling_inodes Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:27 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] proc: Generalize proc_sys_prune_dcache into proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:27 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] proc: In proc_prune_siblings_dcache cache an aquired super block Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:28 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] proc: Use d_invalidate in proc_prune_siblings_dcache Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:28 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] proc: Clear the pieces of proc_inode that proc_evict_inode cares about Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-24 16:29 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] proc: Use a list of inodes to flush from proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:17 ` [PATCH 0/3] proc: Actually honor the mount options Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:18 ` [PATCH 1/3] uml: Don't consult current to find the proc_mnt in mconsole_proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:18 ` [PATCH 2/3] uml: Create a private mount of proc for mconsole Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:30 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-28 21:28 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 21:59 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-28 20:19 ` [PATCH 3/3] proc: Remove the now unnecessary internal mount of proc Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 20:39 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-28 21:40 ` Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-28 22:34 ` [PATCH 4/3] pid: Improve the comment about waiting in zap_pid_ns_processes Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-29 2:59 ` Christian Brauner
2020-02-14 3:49 ` [PATCH v8 07/11] proc: flush task dcache entries from all procfs instances Eric W. Biederman
2020-02-12 19:47 ` Al Viro
2020-02-11 22:45 ` Al Viro
2020-02-12 14:26 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 08/11] proc: instantiate only pids that we can ptrace on 'hidepid=4' mount option Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 16:29 ` Jordan Glover
2020-02-12 14:34 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 09/11] proc: add option to mount only a pids subset Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 10/11] docs: proc: add documentation for "hidepid=4" and "subset=pidfs" options and new mount behavior Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 18:29 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-02-12 16:03 ` Alexey Gladkov
2020-02-10 15:05 ` [PATCH v8 11/11] proc: Move hidepid values to uapi as they are user interface to mount Alexey Gladkov
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