On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:30:00 +0900 Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 08:23 -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: > > This patch is an alternate approach to fixing this problem that doesn't > > rely on VFS changes... > > > > Currently, the NFSv4 client code relies on the ->lookup and > > ->d_revalidate codepaths to handle the open processing during lookup. In > > certain situations (notably LAST_BIND symlinks and file bind mounts) > > it's possible for the VFS to skip calling d_revalidate on a dentry that > > it finds in the cache. If this is done on an open call, the file doesn't > > get opened on the wire, no state is established and stateful operations > > fail against it. > > > > This patchset fixes this problem by taking advantage of the fact that we > > can pass an open routine to lookup_instantiate_filp. A new open file > > operation for NFSv4 is added that should only be called if the filp > > wasn't instantiated during lookup. The original open routine is passed > > to lookup_instantiate_filp to ensure no change in behavior there. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > <snip> > > +/* > > + * should only be called when VFS skips revalidation > > + */ > > +int > > +nfs4_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) > > +{ > > + struct inode *dir = filp->f_path.dentry->d_parent->d_inode; > > + struct rpc_cred *cred; > > + struct nfs_open_context *ctx; > > + > > + cred = rpc_lookup_cred(); > > + if (IS_ERR(cred)) > > + return PTR_ERR(cred); > > + > > + ctx = alloc_nfs_open_context(filp->f_path.mnt, filp->f_path.dentry, cred); > > + if (ctx == NULL) { > > + put_rpccred(cred); > > + return -ENOMEM; > > + } > > + > > + ctx->state = nfs4_do_open(dir, &filp->f_path, filp->f_mode, filp->f_flags, NULL, cred); > > + put_rpccred(cred); > > + if (IS_ERR(ctx->state)) { > > + put_nfs_open_context(ctx); > > + return PTR_ERR(ctx->state); > > + } > > + ctx->mode = filp->f_mode; > > + nfs_set_verifier(filp->f_path.dentry, nfs_save_change_attribute(dir)); > > + nfs_file_set_open_context(filp, ctx); > > + put_nfs_open_context(ctx); > > + nfs_fscache_set_inode_cookie(inode, filp); > > + return 0; > > +} > > + > > So what happens if the file has been renamed/deleted/replaced since the > lookup occurred? You basically end up with a state that corresponds to a > different file than the filp->f_path... > Good point... I suppose I could add a check that the state->inode is the right one. I'm not certain what to do if they aren't though... I suppose we'd need to unhash the old dentry, and instantiate a new one, but it is OK to swap out the dentry in the f_path with the new one? Maybe I should just wait for your overhaul of the open codepath... -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html