tmpfs uses the helper d_find_alias() to find a dentry from a decoded inode, but d_find_alias() skips unhashed dentries, so unlinked files cannot be decoded from a file handle. This can be reproduced using xfstests test program open_by_handle: $ open_by handle -c /tmp/testdir $ open_by_handle -dk /tmp/testdir open_by_handle(/tmp/testdir/file000000) returned 116 incorrectly on an unlinked open file! To fix this, use a variant of d_find_alias() that returns any alias, even an unhashed one. Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/shmem.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Miklos, Please see if that patch looks correct. Bruce and Jeff indicated that the current tmpfs behavior is not desirable for nfsd. It may be uncommon to export a tmpfs, but it is going to become a lot more common when exporting an overlayfs with upper tmpfs. Thanks, Amir. diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index 07a1d22807be..f7c555ebf0f2 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -3404,6 +3404,26 @@ static int shmem_match(struct inode *ino, void *vfh) return ino->i_ino == inum && fh[0] == ino->i_generation; } +/* Find any alias of inode, even an unhashed one */ +static struct dentry *shmem_find_alias(struct inode *inode) +{ + struct dentry *alias; + + spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); + hlist_for_each_entry(alias, &inode->i_dentry, d_u.d_alias) { + dget(alias); + if (alias->d_inode == inode) { + spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); + return alias; + } + dput(alias); + } + spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); + + return NULL; +} + + static struct dentry *shmem_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid, int fh_len, int fh_type) { @@ -3420,7 +3440,7 @@ static struct dentry *shmem_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb, inode = ilookup5(sb, (unsigned long)(inum + fid->raw[0]), shmem_match, fid->raw); if (inode) { - dentry = d_find_alias(inode); + dentry = shmem_find_alias(inode); iput(inode); } -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-unionfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html