Re: [PATCH] fs/9p: Compare qid.path in v9fs_test_inode

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On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 02:06:29 +0200
Tuomas Tynkkynen <tuomas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Commit fd2421f54423 ("fs/9p: When doing inode lookup compare qid details
> and inode mode bits.") transformed v9fs_qid_iget() to use iget5_locked()
> instead of iget_locked(). However, the test() callback is not checking
> fid.path at all, which means that a lookup in the inode cache can now
> accidentally locate a completely wrong inode from the same inode hash
> bucket if the other fields (qid.type and qid.version) match.
> 

Al, does this sound sensible? (or if there is someone else picking up 9p
patches, let me know).

Thanks!

- Tuomas



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