Re: [PATCH v2] tmpfs: allow decoding a file handle of an unlinked file

[Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 8:43 AM, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> wrote:
> tmpfs uses the helper d_find_alias() to find a dentry from a decoded
> inode, but d_find_alias() skips unhashed dentries, so unlinked files
> cannot be decoded from a file handle.
>
> This can be reproduced using xfstests test program open_by_handle:
> $ open_by handle -c /tmp/testdir
> $ open_by_handle -dk /tmp/testdir
> open_by_handle(/tmp/testdir/file000000) returned 116 incorrectly on an
> unlinked open file!
>
> To fix this, if d_find_alias() can't find a hashed alias, call
> d_find_any_alias() to return an unhashed one.
>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> Al, Miklos,
>
> Can either of you take this patch through your tree?
>
> Thanks,
> Amir.
>
> Changes since v1:
> - Prefer a hashed alias (James)
> - Use existing d_find_any_alias() helper
>
>  mm/shmem.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index 07a1d22807be..5d3fa4099f54 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -3404,6 +3404,15 @@ static int shmem_match(struct inode *ino, void *vfh)
>         return ino->i_ino == inum && fh[0] == ino->i_generation;
>  }
>
> +/* Find any alias of inode, but prefer a hashed alias */
> +static struct dentry *shmem_find_alias(struct inode *inode)
> +{
> +       struct dentry *alias = d_find_alias(inode);
> +
> +       return alias ?: d_find_any_alias(inode);
> +}
> +
> +
>  static struct dentry *shmem_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
>                 struct fid *fid, int fh_len, int fh_type)
>  {
> @@ -3420,7 +3429,7 @@ static struct dentry *shmem_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
>         inode = ilookup5(sb, (unsigned long)(inum + fid->raw[0]),
>                         shmem_match, fid->raw);
>         if (inode) {
> -               dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
> +               dentry = shmem_find_alias(inode);
>                 iput(inode);
>         }
>
> --

Hugh,

Did you get a chance to look at this patch?

The test for decoding a file handle of an unlinked file has already been
merged to xfstest generic/467 and the test is failing on tmpfs without this
change.

Can you please take or ACK this patch?

Thanks,
Amir.

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