On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 16:56 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 04:47:33PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 16:39 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 04:17:32PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 16:04 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 08:23:37PM +0300, Benny Halevy wrote:
> > > > > > Where exactly is the NULL deref?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Note--that's fixed 7 patches later in fsd41: Refactor create_client(),
> > > > > > > but I don't actually understand how yet.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > unconf's cl_flavor initialization was moved in the latter patch
> > > > > > from nfsd4_setclientid to create_client so maybe this could
> > > > > > be the culprit (though, assuming it is initialized to 0
> > > > > > it will choosing implicitly authnull_ops in rpcauth_create()
> > > > > > which _should_ work...)
> > > > >
> > > > > Oog, yes, turns out auth_null doesn't initialize the cred hashtable. So
> > > > > also reproduceable by mounting with "mount -tnfs4 -osec=null", then
> > > > > touching a file. So either we should be using some other interface, or
> > > > > rpcauth_lookupcred should be checking au_credcache, or something.
> > > >
> > > > There shouldn't be a need for an auth_null hashtable. It isn't a
> > > > credential...
> > >
> > > Got it. Looking at the code: I guess rpcauth_lookup_credcache is really
> > > meant to be used only by auth types implementing their own cred lookups.
> > >
> > > Err, maybe I want the following?
> > >
> > > Or add a "lookup_machine_cred" helper to auth.c. Or use the
> > > auth_generic stuff?
> > >
> > > --b.
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
> > > index 77a6d10..b91cc8e 100644
> > > --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
> > > +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
> > > @@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ static struct rpc_cred *lookup_cb_cred(struct nfs4_cb_conn *cb)
> > > struct auth_cred acred = {
> > > .machine_cred = 1
> > > };
> > > + struct rpc_auth *auth = cb->cb_client->cl_auth;
> > >
> > > /*
> > > * Note in the gss case this doesn't actually have to wait for a
> > > @@ -457,8 +458,7 @@ static struct rpc_cred *lookup_cb_cred(struct nfs4_cb_conn *cb)
> > > * non-uptodate cred which the rpc state machine will fill in with
> > > * a refresh_upcall later.
> > > */
> > > - return rpcauth_lookup_credcache(cb->cb_client->cl_auth, &acred,
> > > - RPCAUTH_LOOKUP_NEW);
> > > + return auth->lookup_cred(auth, &acred, RPCAUTH_LOOKUP_NEW);
> > > }
> > >
> > > void do_probe_callback(struct nfs4_client *clp)
> >
> > That looks better. There is no guarantee that auth flavours will
> > implement a credcache...
> >
> > However, is there any reason why you can't just call
> > rpc_lookup_machine_cred()?
>
> I don't want to sleep; could we add a flags argument to
> rpc_lookup_machine_cred()?
I suppose we could. Alternatively, why not just call it once and for all
when you start the NFSv4 server? The one cred will work on all
rpc_clients. You just have to remember to bump the reference count
before using it in an RPC call...
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