Re: [PATCH] lockd: set other missing fields when unlocking files

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> On Nov 7, 2022, at 16:55, Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 7, 2022, at 5:48 AM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> On Sun, 2022-11-06 at 14:02 -0500, trondmy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> 
>>> vfs_lock_file() expects the struct file_lock to be fully initialised by
>>> the caller.
> 
> As a reviewer, I don't see anything in the vfs_lock_file() kdoc
> comment that suggests this, and vfs_lock_file() itself is just
> a wrapper around each filesystem's f_ops->lock method. That
> expectation is a bit deeper into NFS-specific code. A few more
> observations below.
> 
> 
>>> Re-exported NFSv3 has been seen to Oops if the fl_file field
>>> is NULL.
> 
> Needs a Link: to the bug report. Which I can add.
> 
> This will also give us a call trace we can reference, so I won't
> add that here.
> 
> 
>>> Fixes: aec158242b87 ("lockd: set fl_owner when unlocking files")
>>> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> fs/lockd/svcsubs.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
>>> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
>>> index e1c4617de771..3515f17eaf3f 100644
>>> --- a/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
>>> +++ b/fs/lockd/svcsubs.c
>>> @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ nlm_delete_file(struct nlm_file *file)
>>> }
>>> }
>>> 
>>> -static int nlm_unlock_files(struct nlm_file *file, fl_owner_t owner)
>>> +static int nlm_unlock_files(struct nlm_file *file, const struct file_lock *fl)
>>> {
>>> struct file_lock lock;
>>> 
>>> @@ -184,12 +184,15 @@ static int nlm_unlock_files(struct nlm_file *file, fl_owner_t owner)
>>> lock.fl_type  = F_UNLCK;
>>> lock.fl_start = 0;
>>> lock.fl_end   = OFFSET_MAX;
>>> - lock.fl_owner = owner;
>>> - if (file->f_file[O_RDONLY] &&
>>> -     vfs_lock_file(file->f_file[O_RDONLY], F_SETLK, &lock, NULL))
>>> + lock.fl_owner = fl->fl_owner;
>>> + lock.fl_pid   = fl->fl_pid;
>>> + lock.fl_flags = FL_POSIX;
>>> +
>>> + lock.fl_file = file->f_file[O_RDONLY];
>>> + if (lock.fl_file && vfs_lock_file(lock.fl_file, F_SETLK, &lock, NULL))
>>> goto out_err;
>>> - if (file->f_file[O_WRONLY] &&
>>> -     vfs_lock_file(file->f_file[O_WRONLY], F_SETLK, &lock, NULL))
>>> + lock.fl_file = file->f_file[O_WRONLY];
>>> + if (lock.fl_file && vfs_lock_file(lock.fl_file, F_SETLK, &lock, NULL))
>>> goto out_err;
>>> return 0;
>>> out_err:
>>> @@ -226,7 +229,7 @@ nlm_traverse_locks(struct nlm_host *host, struct nlm_file *file,
>>> if (match(lockhost, host)) {
>>> 
>>> spin_unlock(&flctx->flc_lock);
>>> - if (nlm_unlock_files(file, fl->fl_owner))
>>> + if (nlm_unlock_files(file, fl))
>>> return 1;
>>> goto again;
>>> }
>> 
>> Good catch.
>> 
>> I wonder if we ought to roll an initializer function for file_locks to
>> make it harder for callers to miss setting some fields like this? One
>> idea: we could change vfs_lock_file to *not* take a file argument, and
>> insist that the caller fill out fl_file when calling it? That would make
>> it harder to screw this up.
> 
> Commit history shows that, at least as far back as the beginning of
> the git era, the vfs_lock_file() call site here did not initialize
> the fl_file field. So, this code has been working without fully
> initializing @fl for, like, forever.
> 
> 
> Trond later says:
>> The regression occurs in 5.16, because that was when Bruce merged his
>> patches to enable locking when doing NFS re-exporting.
> 
> That means the Fixes: tag above is misleading. The proposed patch
> doesn't actually fix that commit (which went into v5.19), it simply
> applies on that commit.
> 
> I haven't been able to find the locking patches mentioned here. I think
> those bear mentioning (by commit ID) in the patch description, at least.
> If you know the commit ID, Trond, can you pass it along?
> 
> Though I would say that, in agreement with Jeff, the true cause of this
> issue is the awkward synopsis for vfs_lock_file().
> 

The Fixes: tag is correct. This applies on top of Jeff’s patch, which was the original fix for Bruce’s code (and has a Fixes label that points to Bruce’s patch).


_________________________________
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx





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