Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] vfs: ftruncate check IS_APPEND() on real inode

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On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ftruncate an overlayfs inode was checking IS_APPEND() on
> overlay inode, but overlay inode does not have the S_APPEND flag.
>
> Set 'inode' var to file_inode() so all checks are performed on
> the real inode and use the overlay inode/sb explicitly for
> freeze protection and file lock checks.

If you'd just add the file_inode() to the IS_APPEND check then the
patch would look a lot less complicated and the effect should be
exactly the same.  Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Miklos

>
> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/open.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
> index 949cef2..b7d5ab1 100644
> --- a/fs/open.c
> +++ b/fs/open.c
> @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static long do_sys_ftruncate(unsigned int fd, loff_t length, int small)
>                 small = 0;
>
>         dentry = f.file->f_path.dentry;
> -       inode = dentry->d_inode;
> +       inode = file_inode(f.file);
>         error = -EINVAL;
>         if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || !(f.file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
>                 goto out_putf;
> @@ -196,13 +196,13 @@ static long do_sys_ftruncate(unsigned int fd, loff_t length, int small)
>         if (IS_APPEND(inode))
>                 goto out_putf;
>
> -       sb_start_write(inode->i_sb);
> -       error = locks_verify_truncate(inode, f.file, length);
> +       sb_start_write(dentry->d_sb);
> +       error = locks_verify_truncate(d_inode(dentry), f.file, length);
>         if (!error)
>                 error = security_path_truncate(&f.file->f_path);
>         if (!error)
>                 error = do_truncate(dentry, length, ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME, f.file);
> -       sb_end_write(inode->i_sb);
> +       sb_end_write(dentry->d_sb);
>  out_putf:
>         fdput(f);
>  out:
> --
> 2.7.4
>



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