Re: [RFC PATCH v3] ovl: fix rmdir problem on impure dir

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On 2017/6/26 20:25, zhangyi (F) Wrote:
> On 2017/6/26 18:19, Amir Goldstein Wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 8:57 AM, zhangyi (F) <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> If an "impure && not merged" upper dir have left whiteouts
>>> (last mount created), ovl cannot clear this dir when we
>>> removing it, which may lead to rmdir fail or temp file left
>>> in workdir.
>>>
>>> Simple reproducer:
>>>   mkdir lower upper work merge
>>>   mkdir -p lower/dir
>>>   touch lower/dir/a
>>>   mount -t overlay overlay -olowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper,\
>>>     workdir=work merge
>>>   rm merge/dir/a
>>>   umount merge
>>>   rm -rf lower/*
>>>   touch lower/dir  (*)
>>>   mount -t overlay overlay -olowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper,\
>>>     workdir=work merge
>>>   rm -rf merge/dir
>>>
>>> Syslog dump:
>>>   overlayfs: cleanup of 'work/#7' failed (-39)
>>>
>>> (*): if we are not creat this file, the result is different:
>>>   rm: cannot remove "dir/": Directory not empty
>>>
>>> This patch add explicitly check of OVL_XATTR_ORIGIN, use
>>> (merge || origin) to indicate the dir may have whiteouts.
>>> Finally, check and clean up the dir when deleting it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: zhangyi (F) <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> V3:
>>>  - use origin instead of impure flag
>>>  - add check in ovl_rename()
>>>
>>> V2:
>>>  - fix comment in ovl_remove_and_whiteout()
>>>  - post reproducer to xfstest
>>>
>>> ---
>>
>> Sorry, I keep finding more stuff...
>>
>>>  {
>>> @@ -331,12 +339,14 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_check_empty_and_clear(struct dentry *dentry)
>>>          * replace it with an exact replica of itself.
>>>          *
>>>          * If no upperdentry then skip clearing whiteouts.
>>> +        * Origined directory may have whiteouts, should clean up.
>>>          *
>>>          * Can race with copy-up, since we don't hold the upperdir mutex.
>>>          * Doesn't matter, since copy-up can't create a non-empty directory
>>>          * from an empty one.
>>>          */
>>> -       if (OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type) && OVL_TYPE_MERGE(type))
>>> +       if (OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type) && (OVL_TYPE_MERGE(type) ||
>>> +                                    ovl_is_origin(dentry)))
>>>                 ret = ovl_clear_empty(dentry, &list);
>>>
>>
>> We may have been a little stupid here.
>> It does not matter if MERGE/ORIGIN/whatever.
>> We already checked for whiteout existence in ovl_check_empty_dir(),
>> so actually ovl_clear_empty() is needed IFF
>> !OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type) && !list_empty(&list).
>>
> 
> Clerical error? Do you mean OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type) && !list_empty(&list) ?
> 
>> Actually, list can be non-empty due to whiteouts in lower dir
>> and then ovl_cleanup_whiteouts() will report errors when trying to
>> cleanup those lower whiteouts (if I am reading the code correctly).
>> Please test case of whiteouts in both lower and upper dirs of a merge
>> dir. rmdir may succeed, but with errors.
>>
> 
> Current !list_empty(&list) is always true because the list contain "." and "..",
> so (OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type) && !list_empty(&list)) is equal to OVL_TYPE_UPPER(type).
> 
> For the whiteouts in both lower and upper dirs of a merge dir case, ovl_clear_empty()
> only clear the upper dir, it will with errors. I think the only sideeffect is
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
it will not with errors.

Thanks,
ZhangYi.

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