[PATCH 3/3] debugfs: fix potential infinite loop in debugfs_remove_recursive

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debugfs_remove_recursive uses list_empty to judge weather a dentry has
any subdentry or not. This can lead to infinite loop when any subdir is
in use.

The problem was discoverd by the following steps in the console.
1. use debugfs_create_dir to create a dir and multiple subdirs(insmod);
2. cd to the subdir with depth not less than 2;
3. call debugfs_remove_recursive(rmmod).

After removing the subdir, the infinite loop is triggered because
debugfs_remove_recursive uses list_empty to judge if the current dir
doesn't have any subdentry. However list_empty can't skip the subdentry
that is not simple_positive(simple_positive() will return false).

Fix the problem by using simple_empty instead of list_empty.

Fixes: 776164c1faac ('debugfs: debugfs_remove_recursive() must not rely
on list_empty(d_subdirs)')
Reported-by: chenxiang66@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: yu kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/debugfs/inode.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 7b975dbb2bb4..d5ef7a0a4410 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -773,8 +773,11 @@ void debugfs_remove_recursive(struct dentry *dentry)
 		if (!simple_positive(child))
 			continue;
 
-		/* perhaps simple_empty(child) makes more sense */
-		if (!list_empty(&child->d_subdirs)) {
+		/*
+		 * use simple_empty to prevent infinite loop when any
+		 * subdentry of child is in use
+		 */
+		if (!simple_empty(child)) {
 			spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 			inode_unlock(d_inode(parent));
 			parent = child;
-- 
2.17.2




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