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From: NeilBrown <neilb@ownmail.net>
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Subject: [PATCH 21/53] afs: use d_splice_alias() in afs_vnode_new_inode()
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:12:08 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260312214330.3885211-22-neilb@ownmail.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260312214330.3885211-1-neilb@ownmail.net>

From: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>

As afs supports the fhandle interfaces there is a theoretical possibility
that the inode created for mkdir could be found by open_by_handle_at()
and given a dentry before d_instantiate() is called.  This would result
in two dentries for the one directory inode, which is not permitted.

So this patch changes afs_mkdir() to use d_splice_alias() and to
return the alternate dentry from ->mkdir() if appropriate.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
---
 fs/afs/dir.c      | 14 ++++++++++----
 fs/afs/internal.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 9c57614feccf..1e472768e1f1 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ void afs_check_for_remote_deletion(struct afs_operation *op)
 /*
  * Create a new inode for create/mkdir/symlink
  */
-static void afs_vnode_new_inode(struct afs_operation *op)
+static struct dentry *afs_vnode_new_inode(struct afs_operation *op)
 {
 	struct afs_vnode_param *dvp = &op->file[0];
 	struct afs_vnode_param *vp = &op->file[1];
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ static void afs_vnode_new_inode(struct afs_operation *op)
 		 * the new directory on the server.
 		 */
 		afs_op_accumulate_error(op, PTR_ERR(inode), 0);
-		return;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	vnode = AFS_FS_I(inode);
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ static void afs_vnode_new_inode(struct afs_operation *op)
 		afs_init_new_symlink(vnode, op);
 	if (!afs_op_error(op))
 		afs_cache_permit(vnode, op->key, vnode->cb_break, &vp->scb);
-	d_instantiate(op->dentry, inode);
+	return d_splice_alias(inode, op->dentry);
 }
 
 static void afs_create_success(struct afs_operation *op)
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ static void afs_create_success(struct afs_operation *op)
 	op->ctime = op->file[0].scb.status.mtime_client;
 	afs_vnode_commit_status(op, &op->file[0]);
 	afs_update_dentry_version(op, &op->file[0], op->dentry);
-	afs_vnode_new_inode(op);
+	op->create.ret = afs_vnode_new_inode(op);
 }
 
 static void afs_create_edit_dir(struct afs_operation *op)
@@ -1356,6 +1356,12 @@ static struct dentry *afs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	op->ops		= &afs_mkdir_operation;
 	ret = afs_do_sync_operation(op);
 	afs_dir_unuse_cookie(dvnode, ret);
+	if (op->create.ret) {
+		/* Alternate dentry */
+		if (ret == 0)
+			return op->create.ret;
+		dput(op->create.ret);
+	}
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index f2898ce9c0e6..ce94f10a14c0 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -889,6 +889,7 @@ struct afs_operation {
 			int	reason;		/* enum afs_edit_dir_reason */
 			mode_t	mode;
 			const char *symlink;
+			struct dentry *ret;
 		} create;
 		struct {
 			struct dentry	*unblock;
-- 
2.50.0.107.gf914562f5916.dirty



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-13  0:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-12 21:11 [PATCH RFC 00/53] lift lookup out of exclive lock for dir ops NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 01/53] VFS: fix various typos in documentation for start_creating start_removing etc NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 02/53] VFS: enhance d_splice_alias() to handle in-lookup dentries NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 03/53] VFS: allow d_alloc_name() to be used with ->d_hash NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 04/53] VFS: use global wait-queue table for d_alloc_parallel() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 05/53] VFS: introduce d_alloc_noblock() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 06/53] VFS: add d_duplicate() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 07/53] VFS: Add LOOKUP_SHARED flag NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 08/53] VFS/xfs: drop parent lock across d_alloc_parallel() in d_add_ci() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 09/53] nfs: remove d_drop()/d_alloc_parallel() from nfs_atomic_open() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 10/53] nfs: use d_splice_alias() in nfs_link() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 11/53] nfs: don't d_drop() before d_splice_alias() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 12/53] nfs: don't d_drop() before d_splice_alias() in atomic_create NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 14/53] nfs: use d_alloc_noblock() in silly-rename NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 15/53] nfs: use d_duplicate() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 16/53] ovl: drop dir lock for lookups in impure readdir NeilBrown
2026-03-15 13:51   ` Amir Goldstein
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 17/53] coda: don't d_drop() early NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 18/53] shmem: use d_duplicate() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 19/53] afs: use d_time instead of d_fsdata NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 20/53] afs: don't unhash/rehash dentries during unlink/rename NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` NeilBrown [this message]
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 22/53] afs: use d_alloc_nonblock in afs_sillyrename() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 23/53] afs: lookup_atsys to drop and reclaim lock NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 24/53] afs: use d_duplicate() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 25/53] smb/client: use d_time to store a timestamp in dentry, not d_fsdata NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 26/53] smb/client: don't unhashed and rehash to prevent new opens NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 27/53] smb/client: use d_splice_alias() in atomic_open NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 29/53] exfat: simplify exfat_lookup() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 30/53] configfs: remove d_add() calls before configfs_attach_group() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 31/53] configfs: stop using d_add() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 32/53] ext4: move dcache modifying code out of __ext4_link() NeilBrown
2026-03-17 10:00   ` Jan Kara
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 33/53] ext4: use on-stack dentries in ext4_fc_replay_link_internal() NeilBrown
2026-03-17  9:37   ` Jan Kara
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 34/53] tracefs: stop using d_add() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 35/53] cephfs: " NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 36/53] cephfs: remove d_alloc from CEPH_MDS_OP_LOOKUPNAME handling in ceph_fill_trace() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 37/53] cephfs: Use d_alloc_noblock() in ceph_readdir_prepopulate() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 38/53] cephfs: Don't d_drop() before d_splice_alias() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 39/53] ecryptfs: stop using d_add() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 40/53] gfs2: " NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 41/53] libfs: " NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 42/53] fuse: don't d_drop() before d_splice_alias() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 44/53] hostfs: don't d_drop() before d_splice_alias() in hostfs_mkdir() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 45/53] efivarfs: use d_alloc_name() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 46/53] Remove references to d_add() in documentation and comments NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 47/53] VFS: make d_alloc() local to VFS NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 48/53] VFS: remove d_add() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 49/53] VFS: remove d_rehash() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 50/53] VFS: remove lookup_one() and lookup_noperm() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 51/53] VFS: use d_alloc_parallel() in lookup_one_qstr_excl() NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 52/53] VFS: lift d_alloc_parallel above inode_lock NeilBrown
2026-03-12 21:12 ` [PATCH 53/53] VFS: remove LOOKUP_SHARED NeilBrown
2026-03-12 23:38 ` [PATCH RFC 00/53] lift lookup out of exclive lock for dir ops Steven Rostedt
2026-03-13  0:18   ` NeilBrown
2026-03-12 23:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-03-13  0:09   ` NeilBrown

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