This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
proc: Fix proc_sys_prune_dcache to hold a sb reference
to the 4.12-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
proc-fix-proc_sys_prune_dcache-to-hold-a-sb-reference.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 2fd1d2c4ceb2248a727696962cf3370dc9f5a0a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 08:41:06 -0500
Subject: proc: Fix proc_sys_prune_dcache to hold a sb reference
From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 2fd1d2c4ceb2248a727696962cf3370dc9f5a0a4 upstream.
Andrei Vagin writes:
FYI: This bug has been reproduced on 4.11.7
> BUG: Dentry ffff895a3dd01240{i=4e7c09a,n=lo} still in use (1) [unmount of proc proc]
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 13588 at fs/dcache.c:1445 umount_check+0x6e/0x80
> CPU: 1 PID: 13588 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 4.11.7-200.fc25.x86_64 #1
> Hardware name: CompuLab sbc-flt1/fitlet, BIOS SBCFLT_0.08.04 06/27/2015
> Workqueue: events proc_cleanup_work
> Call Trace:
> dump_stack+0x63/0x86
> __warn+0xcb/0xf0
> warn_slowpath_null+0x1d/0x20
> umount_check+0x6e/0x80
> d_walk+0xc6/0x270
> ? dentry_free+0x80/0x80
> do_one_tree+0x26/0x40
> shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x2d/0x90
> generic_shutdown_super+0x1f/0xf0
> kill_anon_super+0x12/0x20
> proc_kill_sb+0x40/0x50
> deactivate_locked_super+0x43/0x70
> deactivate_super+0x5a/0x60
> cleanup_mnt+0x3f/0x90
> mntput_no_expire+0x13b/0x190
> kern_unmount+0x3e/0x50
> pid_ns_release_proc+0x15/0x20
> proc_cleanup_work+0x15/0x20
> process_one_work+0x197/0x450
> worker_thread+0x4e/0x4a0
> kthread+0x109/0x140
> ? process_one_work+0x450/0x450
> ? kthread_park+0x90/0x90
> ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x40
> ---[ end trace e1c109611e5d0b41 ]---
> VFS: Busy inodes after unmount of proc. Self-destruct in 5 seconds. Have a nice day...
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
> IP: _raw_spin_lock+0xc/0x30
> PGD 0
Fix this by taking a reference to the super block in proc_sys_prune_dcache.
The superblock reference is the core of the fix however the sysctl_inodes
list is converted to a hlist so that hlist_del_init_rcu may be used. This
allows proc_sys_prune_dache to remove inodes the sysctl_inodes list, while
not causing problems for proc_sys_evict_inode when if it later choses to
remove the inode from the sysctl_inodes list. Removing inodes from the
sysctl_inodes list allows proc_sys_prune_dcache to have a progress
guarantee, while still being able to drop all locks. The fact that
head->unregistering is set in start_unregistering ensures that no more
inodes will be added to the the sysctl_inodes list.
Previously the code did a dance where it delayed calling iput until the
next entry in the list was being considered to ensure the inode remained on
the sysctl_inodes list until the next entry was walked to. The structure
of the loop in this patch does not need that so is much easier to
understand and maintain.
Reported-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: ace0c791e6c3 ("proc/sysctl: Don't grab i_lock under sysctl_lock.")
Fixes: d6cffbbe9a7e ("proc/sysctl: prune stale dentries during unregistering")
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/internal.h | 2 +-
fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
include/linux/sysctl.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct proc_inode {
struct proc_dir_entry *pde;
struct ctl_table_header *sysctl;
struct ctl_table *sysctl_entry;
- struct list_head sysctl_inodes;
+ struct hlist_node sysctl_inodes;
const struct proc_ns_operations *ns_ops;
struct inode vfs_inode;
};
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static void init_header(struct ctl_table
head->set = set;
head->parent = NULL;
head->node = node;
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&head->inodes);
+ INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&head->inodes);
if (node) {
struct ctl_table *entry;
for (entry = table; entry->procname; entry++, node++)
@@ -261,25 +261,42 @@ static void unuse_table(struct ctl_table
complete(p->unregistering);
}
-/* called under sysctl_lock */
static void proc_sys_prune_dcache(struct ctl_table_header *head)
{
- struct inode *inode, *prev = NULL;
+ struct inode *inode;
struct proc_inode *ei;
+ struct hlist_node *node;
+ struct super_block *sb;
rcu_read_lock();
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(ei, &head->inodes, sysctl_inodes) {
- inode = igrab(&ei->vfs_inode);
- if (inode) {
- rcu_read_unlock();
- iput(prev);
- prev = inode;
- d_prune_aliases(inode);
+ for (;;) {
+ node = hlist_first_rcu(&head->inodes);
+ if (!node)
+ break;
+ ei = hlist_entry(node, struct proc_inode, sysctl_inodes);
+ spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
+ hlist_del_init_rcu(&ei->sysctl_inodes);
+ spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
+
+ inode = &ei->vfs_inode;
+ sb = inode->i_sb;
+ if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&sb->s_active))
+ continue;
+ inode = igrab(inode);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ if (unlikely(!inode)) {
+ deactivate_super(sb);
rcu_read_lock();
+ continue;
}
+
+ d_prune_aliases(inode);
+ iput(inode);
+ deactivate_super(sb);
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
}
rcu_read_unlock();
- iput(prev);
}
/* called under sysctl_lock, will reacquire if has to wait */
@@ -461,7 +478,7 @@ static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode
}
ei->sysctl = head;
ei->sysctl_entry = table;
- list_add_rcu(&ei->sysctl_inodes, &head->inodes);
+ hlist_add_head_rcu(&ei->sysctl_inodes, &head->inodes);
head->count++;
spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
@@ -489,7 +506,7 @@ out:
void proc_sys_evict_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ctl_table_header *head)
{
spin_lock(&sysctl_lock);
- list_del_rcu(&PROC_I(inode)->sysctl_inodes);
+ hlist_del_init_rcu(&PROC_I(inode)->sysctl_inodes);
if (!--head->count)
kfree_rcu(head, rcu);
spin_unlock(&sysctl_lock);
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ struct ctl_table_header
struct ctl_table_set *set;
struct ctl_dir *parent;
struct ctl_node *node;
- struct list_head inodes; /* head for proc_inode->sysctl_inodes */
+ struct hlist_head inodes; /* head for proc_inode->sysctl_inodes */
};
struct ctl_dir {
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.12/proc-fix-proc_sys_prune_dcache-to-hold-a-sb-reference.patch