4.11-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ 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 */ @@ -465,7 +482,7 @@ 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); @@ -493,7 +510,7 @@ 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 {