Re: [PATCH] libfs: fix infinite directory reads for offset dir

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:38:35 +0800, yangerkun wrote:
> After we switch tmpfs dir operations from simple_dir_operations to
> simple_offset_dir_operations, every rename happened will fill new dentry
> to dest dir's maple tree(&SHMEM_I(inode)->dir_offsets->mt) with a free
> key starting with octx->newx_offset, and then set newx_offset equals to
> free key + 1. This will lead to infinite readdir combine with rename
> happened at the same time, which fail generic/736 in xfstests(detail show
> as below).
> 
> [...]

@Chuck, @Jan I did the requested change directly. Please check!

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Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/1] libfs: fix infinite directory reads for offset dir
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/fad90bfe412e