Re: [PATCH 4.19,v2] VFS: Fix fuseblk memory leak caused by mount concurrency

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On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 06:49:06PM +0800, chenxiaosong (A) wrote:
> 在 2021/10/13 18:38, chenxiaosong (A) 写道:
> > 在 2021/10/13 18:11, Greg KH 写道:
> > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 05:51:01PM +0800, ChenXiaoSong wrote:
> > > > If two processes mount same superblock, memory leak occurs:
> > > > 
> > > > CPU0               |  CPU1
> > > > do_new_mount       |  do_new_mount
> > > >    fs_set_subtype   |    fs_set_subtype
> > > >      kstrdup        |
> > > >                     |      kstrdup
> > > >      memrory leak   |
> > > > 
> > > > Fix this by adding a write lock while calling fs_set_subtype.
> > > > 
> > > > Linus's tree already have refactoring patchset [1], one of them
> > > > can fix this bug:
> > > >          c30da2e981a7 (fuse: convert to use the new mount API)
> > > > 
> > > > Since we did not merge the refactoring patchset in this branch,
> > > > I create this patch.
> > > > 
> > > > [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/patch/20190903113640.7984-3-mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx/
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes: 79c0b2df79eb (add filesystem subtype support)
> > > > Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > v1: Can not mount sshfs ([PATCH linux-4.19.y] VFS: Fix fuseblk
> > > > memory leak caused by mount concurrency)
> > > > v2: Use write lock while writing superblock
> > > > 
> > > >   fs/namespace.c | 9 ++++++---
> > > >   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > As you are referring to a fuse-only patch above, why are you trying to
> > > resolve this issue in the core namespace code instead?
> > > 
> > > How does fuse have anything to do with this?
> > > 
> > > confused,
> > > 
> > > greg k-h
> > > .
> > > 
> > 
> > Now, only `fuse_fs_type` and `fuseblk_fs_type` has `FS_HAS_SUBTYPE` flag
> > in kernel code, but maybe there is a filesystem module(`struct
> > file_system_type` has `FS_HAS_SUBTYPE` flag). And only mounting fuseblk
> > filesystem(e.g. ntfs) will occur memory leak now.
> 
> How about updating the subject as: VFS: Fix memory leak caused by mounting
> fs with subtype concurrency?

That would be a better idea, but still, this is not obvious that this is
the correct fix at all...



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