From: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx> A dentry leak may be caused when a lookup cookie and a cull are concurrent: P1 | P2 ----------------------------------------------------------- cachefiles_lookup_cookie cachefiles_look_up_object lookup_one_positive_unlocked // get dentry cachefiles_cull inode->i_flags |= S_KERNEL_FILE; cachefiles_open_file cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use __cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use can_use = false if (!(inode->i_flags & S_KERNEL_FILE)) can_use = true return false return false // Returns an error but doesn't put dentry After that the following WARNING will be triggered when the backend folder is umounted: ================================================================== BUG: Dentry 000000008ad87947{i=7a,n=Dx_1_1.img} still in use (1) [unmount of ext4 sda] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 359261 at fs/dcache.c:1767 umount_check+0x5d/0x70 CPU: 4 PID: 359261 Comm: umount Not tainted 6.6.0-dirty #25 RIP: 0010:umount_check+0x5d/0x70 Call Trace: <TASK> d_walk+0xda/0x2b0 do_one_tree+0x20/0x40 shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x2c/0x90 generic_shutdown_super+0x20/0x160 kill_block_super+0x1a/0x40 ext4_kill_sb+0x22/0x40 deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0x80 cleanup_mnt+0x104/0x160 ================================================================== Whether cachefiles_open_file() returns true or false, the reference count obtained by lookup_positive_unlocked() in cachefiles_look_up_object() should be released. Therefore release that reference count in cachefiles_look_up_object() to fix the above issue and simplify the code. Fixes: 1f08c925e7a3 ("cachefiles: Implement backing file wrangling") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v1->v2: Use of new solution. v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240826040018.2990763-1-libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx fs/cachefiles/namei.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c index f53977169db4..2b3f9935dbb4 100644 --- a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c +++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c @@ -595,14 +595,12 @@ static bool cachefiles_open_file(struct cachefiles_object *object, * write and readdir but not lookup or open). */ touch_atime(&file->f_path); - dput(dentry); return true; check_failed: fscache_cookie_lookup_negative(object->cookie); cachefiles_unmark_inode_in_use(object, file); fput(file); - dput(dentry); if (ret == -ESTALE) return cachefiles_create_file(object); return false; @@ -611,7 +609,6 @@ static bool cachefiles_open_file(struct cachefiles_object *object, fput(file); error: cachefiles_do_unmark_inode_in_use(object, d_inode(dentry)); - dput(dentry); return false; } @@ -654,7 +651,9 @@ bool cachefiles_look_up_object(struct cachefiles_object *object) goto new_file; } - if (!cachefiles_open_file(object, dentry)) + ret = cachefiles_open_file(object, dentry); + dput(dentry); + if (!ret) return false; _leave(" = t [%lu]", file_inode(object->file)->i_ino); -- 2.39.2