Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] nfs4: file locking fixes and cleanups

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On Thu,  1 May 2014 06:28:44 -0400
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Trond,
> This set is basically unchanged from the last one, aside from a bit
> more cleanup of unneeded arguments in patch #1.
> 
> I know that you basically NAKed this set earlier this week. The issue
> you saw was that the generic locking codepaths never set the fl_owner
> value for flock locks. That's true, but nfs_flock does set this for any
> file_lock request that comes through it, so patch #1 is safe to apply
> now if you see no other issue with it.
> 
> I have a patch queued for v3.16 that makes the generic flock codepaths
> set the fl_owner, but that's just cleanup and won't really affect how
> this works.
> 
> The main problem that I think we need to fix soon though is the one that
> patch #2 fixes. An unprivileged user can trigger that BUG() and if
> panic_on_oops is set, then that's an unprivileged DoS at least.
> 
> Jeff Layton (3):
>   nfs4: treat lock owners as opaque values
>   nfs4: queue free_lock_state job submission to nfsiod
>   nfs4: turn free_lock_state into a void return operation
> 
>  fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h   | 26 +++++++-------------
>  fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c  | 14 +++++------
>  fs/nfs/nfs4state.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------
>  3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
> 

Hi Trond,

The patch that moves the setting of fl_owner for flock locks into the
generic locking code was merged for v3.16. Are you willing to rescind
your earlier NACK now that that's done?

Thanks,
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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