This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
fuse: hotfix truncate_pagecache() issue
to the 3.11-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:
fuse-hotfix-truncate_pagecache-issue.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.11 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 06a7c3c2781409af95000c60a5df743fd4e2f8b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxim Patlasov <MPatlasov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:06:04 +0400
Subject: fuse: hotfix truncate_pagecache() issue
From: Maxim Patlasov <MPatlasov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 06a7c3c2781409af95000c60a5df743fd4e2f8b4 upstream.
The way how fuse calls truncate_pagecache() from fuse_change_attributes()
is completely wrong. Because, w/o i_mutex held, we never sure whether
'oldsize' and 'attr->size' are valid by the time of execution of
truncate_pagecache(inode, oldsize, attr->size). In fact, as soon as we
released fc->lock in the middle of fuse_change_attributes(), we completely
loose control of actions which may happen with given inode until we reach
truncate_pagecache. The list of potentially dangerous actions includes
mmap-ed reads and writes, ftruncate(2) and write(2) extending file size.
The typical outcome of doing truncate_pagecache() with outdated arguments
is data corruption from user point of view. This is (in some sense)
acceptable in cases when the issue is triggered by a change of the file on
the server (i.e. externally wrt fuse operation), but it is absolutely
intolerable in scenarios when a single fuse client modifies a file without
any external intervention. A real life case I discovered by fsx-linux
looked like this:
1. Shrinking ftruncate(2) comes to fuse_do_setattr(). The latter sends
FUSE_SETATTR to the server synchronously, but before getting fc->lock ...
2. fuse_dentry_revalidate() is asynchronously called. It sends FUSE_LOOKUP
to the server synchronously, then calls fuse_change_attributes(). The
latter updates i_size, releases fc->lock, but before comparing oldsize vs
attr->size..
3. fuse_do_setattr() from the first step proceeds by acquiring fc->lock and
updating attributes and i_size, but now oldsize is equal to
outarg.attr.size because i_size has just been updated (step 2). Hence,
fuse_do_setattr() returns w/o calling truncate_pagecache().
4. As soon as ftruncate(2) completes, the user extends file size by
write(2) making a hole in the middle of file, then reads data from the hole
either by read(2) or mmap-ed read. The user expects to get zero data from
the hole, but gets stale data because truncate_pagecache() is not executed
yet.
The scenario above illustrates one side of the problem: not truncating the
page cache even though we should. Another side corresponds to truncating
page cache too late, when the state of inode changed significantly.
Theoretically, the following is possible:
1. As in the previous scenario fuse_dentry_revalidate() discovered that
i_size changed (due to our own fuse_do_setattr()) and is going to call
truncate_pagecache() for some 'new_size' it believes valid right now. But
by the time that particular truncate_pagecache() is called ...
2. fuse_do_setattr() returns (either having called truncate_pagecache() or
not -- it doesn't matter).
3. The file is extended either by write(2) or ftruncate(2) or fallocate(2).
4. mmap-ed write makes a page in the extended region dirty.
The result will be the lost of data user wrote on the fourth step.
The patch is a hotfix resolving the issue in a simplistic way: let's skip
dangerous i_size update and truncate_pagecache if an operation changing
file size is in progress. This simplistic approach looks correct for the
cases w/o external changes. And to handle them properly, more sophisticated
and intrusive techniques (e.g. NFS-like one) would be required. I'd like to
postpone it until the issue is well discussed on the mailing list(s).
Changed in v2:
- improved patch description to cover both sides of the issue.
Signed-off-by: Maxim Patlasov <mpatlasov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fuse/dir.c | 7 ++++++-
fs/fuse/file.c | 8 +++++++-
fs/fuse/fuse_i.h | 2 ++
fs/fuse/inode.c | 3 ++-
4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1590,6 +1590,7 @@ int fuse_do_setattr(struct inode *inode,
struct file *file)
{
struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
+ struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
struct fuse_req *req;
struct fuse_setattr_in inarg;
struct fuse_attr_out outarg;
@@ -1617,8 +1618,10 @@ int fuse_do_setattr(struct inode *inode,
if (IS_ERR(req))
return PTR_ERR(req);
- if (is_truncate)
+ if (is_truncate) {
fuse_set_nowrite(inode);
+ set_bit(FUSE_I_SIZE_UNSTABLE, &fi->state);
+ }
memset(&inarg, 0, sizeof(inarg));
memset(&outarg, 0, sizeof(outarg));
@@ -1680,12 +1683,14 @@ int fuse_do_setattr(struct inode *inode,
invalidate_inode_pages2(inode->i_mapping);
}
+ clear_bit(FUSE_I_SIZE_UNSTABLE, &fi->state);
return 0;
error:
if (is_truncate)
fuse_release_nowrite(inode);
+ clear_bit(FUSE_I_SIZE_UNSTABLE, &fi->state);
return err;
}
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -629,7 +629,8 @@ static void fuse_read_update_size(struct
struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
spin_lock(&fc->lock);
- if (attr_ver == fi->attr_version && size < inode->i_size) {
+ if (attr_ver == fi->attr_version && size < inode->i_size &&
+ !test_bit(FUSE_I_SIZE_UNSTABLE, &fi->state)) {
fi->attr_version = ++fc->attr_version;
i_size_write(inode, size);
}
@@ -1032,12 +1033,16 @@ static ssize_t fuse_perform_write(struct
{
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
+ struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
int err = 0;
ssize_t res = 0;
if (is_bad_inode(inode))
return -EIO;
+ if (inode->i_size < pos + iov_iter_count(ii))
+ set_bit(FUSE_I_SIZE_UNSTABLE, &fi->state);
+
do {
struct fuse_req *req;
ssize_t count;
@@ -1073,6 +1078,7 @@ static ssize_t fuse_perform_write(struct
if (res > 0)
fuse_write_update_size(inode, pos);
+ clear_bit(FUSE_I_SIZE_UNSTABLE, &fi->state);
fuse_invalidate_attr(inode);
return res > 0 ? res : err;
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ struct fuse_inode {
enum {
/** Advise readdirplus */
FUSE_I_ADVISE_RDPLUS,
+ /** An operation changing file size is in progress */
+ FUSE_I_SIZE_UNSTABLE,
};
struct fuse_conn;
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ void fuse_change_attributes(struct inode
struct timespec old_mtime;
spin_lock(&fc->lock);
- if (attr_version != 0 && fi->attr_version > attr_version) {
+ if ((attr_version != 0 && fi->attr_version > attr_version) ||
+ test_bit(FUSE_I_SIZE_UNSTABLE, &fi->state)) {
spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
return;
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from MPatlasov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.11/fuse-postpone-end_page_writeback-in-fuse_writepage_locked.patch
queue-3.11/fuse-hotfix-truncate_pagecache-issue.patch
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