Re: [PATCH] ovl: fix regression caused by overlapping layers detection

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On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 03:24:34PM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> Once upon a time, commit 2cac0c00a6cd ("ovl: get exclusive ownership on
> upper/work dirs") in v4.13 added some sanity checks on overlayfs layers.
> This change caused a docker regression. The root cause was mount leaks
> by docker, which as far as I know, still exist.
> 
> To mitigate the regression, commit 85fdee1eef1a ("ovl: fix regression
> caused by exclusive upper/work dir protection") in v4.14 turned the
> mount errors into warnings for the default index=off configuration.
> 
> Recently, commit 146d62e5a586 ("ovl: detect overlapping layers") in
> v5.2, re-introduced exclusive upper/work dir checks regardless of
> index=off configuration.
> 
> This changes the status quo and mount leak related bug reports have
> started to re-surface. Restore the status quo to fix the regressions.
> To clarify, index=off does NOT relax overlapping layers check for this
> ovelayfs mount. index=off only relaxes exclusive upper/work dir checks
> with another overlayfs mount.
> 
> To cover the part of overlapping layers detection that used the
> exclusive upper/work dir checks to detect overlap with self upper/work
> dir, add a trap also on the work base dir.

Adding a trap for work base dir, seems as if should be a separate patch.
IIUC, its nice to have but is not must for stable backport.

This is just a minor nit. If it was me, I probably would have split it
in two patches. One for in-use error/warn thing and other for putting
a trap on workbase dir. Anywyay...

Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>

Vivek

> 
> Link: https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/34672
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20171006121405.GA32700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Link: https://github.com/containers/libpod/issues/3540
> Fixes: 146d62e5a586 ("ovl: detect overlapping layers")
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.19+
> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Miklos,
> 
> This showed up initially on libpod github and since then also surfaced
> in coreos who have merged some band aid fix for their kernel.
> I bet docker users will start noticing this soon as well.
> 
> I have modified xfstest overlay/065 to accomodate these changes and will
> post the patch later.
> 
> Thanks,
> Amir.
> 
>  Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt |  2 +-
>  fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h                |  1 +
>  fs/overlayfs/super.c                    | 73 ++++++++++++++++---------
>  3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
> index 1da2f1668f08..845d689e0fd7 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
> @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ beneath or above the path of another overlay lower layer path.
>  
>  Using an upper layer path and/or a workdir path that are already used by
>  another overlay mount is not allowed and may fail with EBUSY.  Using
> -partially overlapping paths is not allowed but will not fail with EBUSY.
> +partially overlapping paths is not allowed and may fail with EBUSY.
>  If files are accessed from two overlayfs mounts which share or overlap the
>  upper layer and/or workdir path the behavior of the overlay is undefined,
>  though it will not result in a crash or deadlock.
> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
> index 28a2d12a1029..a8279280e88d 100644
> --- a/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h
> @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct ovl_fs {
>  	bool workdir_locked;
>  	/* Traps in ovl inode cache */
>  	struct inode *upperdir_trap;
> +	struct inode *workbasedir_trap;
>  	struct inode *workdir_trap;
>  	struct inode *indexdir_trap;
>  	/* Inode numbers in all layers do not use the high xino_bits */
> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
> index b368e2e102fa..afbcb116a7f1 100644
> --- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
> @@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ static void ovl_free_fs(struct ovl_fs *ofs)
>  {
>  	unsigned i;
>  
> +	iput(ofs->workbasedir_trap);
>  	iput(ofs->indexdir_trap);
>  	iput(ofs->workdir_trap);
>  	iput(ofs->upperdir_trap);
> @@ -1003,6 +1004,25 @@ static int ovl_setup_trap(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *dir,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Determine how we treat concurrent use of upperdir/workdir based on the
> + * index feature. This is papering over mount leaks of container runtimes,
> + * for example, an old overlay mount is leaked and now its upperdir is
> + * attempted to be used as a lower layer in a new overlay mount.
> + */
> +static int ovl_report_in_use(struct ovl_fs *ofs, const char *name)
> +{
> +	if (ofs->config.index) {
> +		pr_err("overlayfs: %s is in-use as upperdir/workdir of another mount, mount with '-o index=off' to override exclusive upperdir protection.\n",
> +		       name);
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +	} else {
> +		pr_warn("overlayfs: %s is in-use as upperdir/workdir of another mount, accessing files from both mounts will result in undefined behavior.\n",
> +			name);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +}
> +
>  static int ovl_get_upper(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs,
>  			 struct path *upperpath)
>  {
> @@ -1040,14 +1060,12 @@ static int ovl_get_upper(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs,
>  	upper_mnt->mnt_flags &= ~(MNT_NOATIME | MNT_NODIRATIME | MNT_RELATIME);
>  	ofs->upper_mnt = upper_mnt;
>  
> -	err = -EBUSY;
>  	if (ovl_inuse_trylock(ofs->upper_mnt->mnt_root)) {
>  		ofs->upperdir_locked = true;
> -	} else if (ofs->config.index) {
> -		pr_err("overlayfs: upperdir is in-use by another mount, mount with '-o index=off' to override exclusive upperdir protection.\n");
> -		goto out;
>  	} else {
> -		pr_warn("overlayfs: upperdir is in-use by another mount, accessing files from both mounts will result in undefined behavior.\n");
> +		err = ovl_report_in_use(ofs, "upperdir");
> +		if (err)
> +			goto out;
>  	}
>  
>  	err = 0;
> @@ -1157,16 +1175,19 @@ static int ovl_get_workdir(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs,
>  
>  	ofs->workbasedir = dget(workpath.dentry);
>  
> -	err = -EBUSY;
>  	if (ovl_inuse_trylock(ofs->workbasedir)) {
>  		ofs->workdir_locked = true;
> -	} else if (ofs->config.index) {
> -		pr_err("overlayfs: workdir is in-use by another mount, mount with '-o index=off' to override exclusive workdir protection.\n");
> -		goto out;
>  	} else {
> -		pr_warn("overlayfs: workdir is in-use by another mount, accessing files from both mounts will result in undefined behavior.\n");
> +		err = ovl_report_in_use(ofs, "workdir");
> +		if (err)
> +			goto out;
>  	}
>  
> +	err = ovl_setup_trap(sb, ofs->workbasedir, &ofs->workbasedir_trap,
> +			     "workdir");
> +	if (err)
> +		goto out;
> +
>  	err = ovl_make_workdir(sb, ofs, &workpath);
>  
>  out:
> @@ -1313,16 +1334,16 @@ static int ovl_get_lower_layers(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs,
>  		if (err < 0)
>  			goto out;
>  
> -		err = -EBUSY;
> -		if (ovl_is_inuse(stack[i].dentry)) {
> -			pr_err("overlayfs: lowerdir is in-use as upperdir/workdir\n");
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> -
>  		err = ovl_setup_trap(sb, stack[i].dentry, &trap, "lowerdir");
>  		if (err)
>  			goto out;
>  
> +		if (ovl_is_inuse(stack[i].dentry)) {
> +			err = ovl_report_in_use(ofs, "lowerdir");
> +			if (err)
> +				goto out;
> +		}
> +
>  		mnt = clone_private_mount(&stack[i]);
>  		err = PTR_ERR(mnt);
>  		if (IS_ERR(mnt)) {
> @@ -1469,8 +1490,8 @@ static struct ovl_entry *ovl_get_lowerstack(struct super_block *sb,
>   * - another layer of this overlayfs instance
>   * - upper/work dir of any overlayfs instance
>   */
> -static int ovl_check_layer(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *dentry,
> -			   const char *name)
> +static int ovl_check_layer(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs,
> +			   struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
>  {
>  	struct dentry *next = dentry, *parent;
>  	int err = 0;
> @@ -1482,13 +1503,11 @@ static int ovl_check_layer(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *dentry,
>  
>  	/* Walk back ancestors to root (inclusive) looking for traps */
>  	while (!err && parent != next) {
> -		if (ovl_is_inuse(parent)) {
> -			err = -EBUSY;
> -			pr_err("overlayfs: %s path overlapping in-use upperdir/workdir\n",
> -			       name);
> -		} else if (ovl_lookup_trap_inode(sb, parent)) {
> +		if (ovl_lookup_trap_inode(sb, parent)) {
>  			err = -ELOOP;
>  			pr_err("overlayfs: overlapping %s path\n", name);
> +		} else if (ovl_is_inuse(parent)) {
> +			err = ovl_report_in_use(ofs, name);
>  		}
>  		next = parent;
>  		parent = dget_parent(next);
> @@ -1509,7 +1528,8 @@ static int ovl_check_overlapping_layers(struct super_block *sb,
>  	int i, err;
>  
>  	if (ofs->upper_mnt) {
> -		err = ovl_check_layer(sb, ofs->upper_mnt->mnt_root, "upperdir");
> +		err = ovl_check_layer(sb, ofs, ofs->upper_mnt->mnt_root,
> +				      "upperdir");
>  		if (err)
>  			return err;
>  
> @@ -1520,13 +1540,14 @@ static int ovl_check_overlapping_layers(struct super_block *sb,
>  		 * workbasedir.  In that case, we already have their traps in
>  		 * inode cache and we will catch that case on lookup.
>  		 */
> -		err = ovl_check_layer(sb, ofs->workbasedir, "workdir");
> +		err = ovl_check_layer(sb, ofs, ofs->workbasedir, "workdir");
>  		if (err)
>  			return err;
>  	}
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < ofs->numlower; i++) {
> -		err = ovl_check_layer(sb, ofs->lower_layers[i].mnt->mnt_root,
> +		err = ovl_check_layer(sb, ofs,
> +				      ofs->lower_layers[i].mnt->mnt_root,
>  				      "lowerdir");
>  		if (err)
>  			return err;
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 



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