On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:09:52 +0800 Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-12-26 at 13:42 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 17:44:59 +0800 Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > When following a symlink the last_used counter is unconditionally
> > > updated causing the expire checks from user space to prevent
> > > expiry. Opps!
> >
> > A bit unclear. You're saying that userspace's act of checking expiry
> > status will itself disrupt the expiry process?
>
> If the user space expire code uses stat(2) instead of lstat(2), yes.
> It's quite possible this will be the case since it made no difference
> when not using symlinks in the autofs directory tree.
>
> >
> > Also, it's rather unclear what the userspace impact is here, and how
> > severe it is. Please always carefully describe the user-visible impact
> > so that others can decide which kernel version(s) need the patch.
>
> The impact of this is that symlinks within an an autofs directory tree
> don't cause a callback to the daemon so they can be expired (removed in
> this case).
>
> autofs4_oz_mode() is the mechanism that's used to identify the user
> space process that's managing the automount tree. It's used in a number
> of places to prevent the process managing the tree from doing things
> like triggering mounts itself or updating the last_used counter.
>
> It's a bit of a puzzle why it worked when I originally tested it. But
> later when I looked at it to work out why some symlinks weren't expiring
> it was obvious.
>
> Do you want me to re-submit this with an updated description?
Yes please. The questions which a bugfix changelog should answer are
"should this be backported to -stable and if so, why". It's also
helpful if it answers "if not, why not".
> >
> > > --- a/fs/autofs4/symlink.c
> > > +++ b/fs/autofs4/symlink.c
> > > @@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
> > >
> > > static void *autofs4_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
> > > {
> > > + struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs4_sbi(dentry->d_sb);
> > > struct autofs_info *ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
> > > - if (ino)
> > > + if (ino && !autofs4_oz_mode(sbi))
> > > ino->last_used = jiffies;
> > > nd_set_link(nd, dentry->d_inode->i_private);
> > > return NULL;
> >
> > What kernel is this against? 3.13-rc5 is quite different:
>
> That's a good question.
> Which tree should I be basing patches on?
Current Linus git is almost always the one to target.
> As it turns out it is against 3.13-rc5 which was the version the linus
> tree was at (when I pulled it) prior to mailing the patch.
Nope, autofs4_follow_link() looks like
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/fs/autofs4/symlink.c
all the way back to 3.12.
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