Re: [PATCH v2 03/15] xfs: fix transaction leak on remote attr set/remove failure

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On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 09:04:02AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> The xattr remote value set/remove handlers both clear args.trans in
> the error path without having cancelled the transaction. This leaks
> the transaction, causes warnings around returning to userspace with
> locks held and leads to system lockups or other general problems.
> 
> The higher level xfs_attr_[set|remove]() functions already detect
> and cancel args.trans when set in the error path. Drop the NULL
> assignments from the rmtval handlers and allow the callers to clean
> up the transaction correctly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>

Looks ok,
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> ---
>  fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
> index 7841e6255129..829ab20f0cd7 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_remote.c
> @@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_set(
>  	return 0;
>  out_defer_cancel:
>  	xfs_defer_cancel(args->trans->t_dfops);
> -	args->trans = NULL;
>  	return error;
>  }
>  
> @@ -646,6 +645,5 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_remove(
>  	return 0;
>  out_defer_cancel:
>  	xfs_defer_cancel(args->trans->t_dfops);
> -	args->trans = NULL;
>  	return error;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 
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