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[PATCH] configfs: Fix symlink() to a removing item

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The rule for configfs symlinks is that symlinks always point to valid
config_items, and prevent the target from being removed. However,
configfs_symlink() only checks that it can grab a reference on the target item,
without ensuring that it remains alive until the symlink is correctly attached.

This patch makes configfs_symlink() fail whenever the target is being removed,
using the CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING flag set by configfs_detach_prep() and
protected by configfs_dirent_lock.

This patch introduces a similar (weird?) behavior as with mkdir failures making
rmdir fail: if symlink() races with rmdir() of the parent directory (or its
youngest user-created ancestor if parent is a default group) or rmdir() of the
target directory, and then fails in configfs_create(), this can make the racing
rmdir() fail despite the concerned directory having no user-created entry (resp.
no symlink pointing to it or one of its default groups) in the end.
This behavior is fixed in later patches.

Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <louis.rilling@kerlabs.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>
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Louis Rilling 2008-06-23 14:16:17 +02:00 committed by Mark Fasheh
parent dacdd0e047
commit 4768e9b18d
2 changed files with 13 additions and 7 deletions
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fs/configfs/dir.c
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@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ static int configfs_detach_prep(struct dentry *dentry, struct mutex **wait_mutex
struct configfs_dirent *sd;
int ret;
/* Mark that we're trying to drop the group */
parent_sd->s_type |= CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING;
ret = -EBUSY;
if (!list_empty(&parent_sd->s_links))
goto out;
@ -385,8 +388,6 @@ static int configfs_detach_prep(struct dentry *dentry, struct mutex **wait_mutex
*wait_mutex = &sd->s_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex;
return -EAGAIN;
}
/* Mark that we're trying to drop the group */
sd->s_type |= CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING;
/*
* Yup, recursive. If there's a problem, blame
@ -414,12 +415,11 @@ static void configfs_detach_rollback(struct dentry *dentry)
struct configfs_dirent *parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
struct configfs_dirent *sd;
list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DEFAULT) {
parent_sd->s_type &= ~CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING;
list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling)
if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DEFAULT)
configfs_detach_rollback(sd->s_dentry);
sd->s_type &= ~CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING;
}
}
}
static void detach_attrs(struct config_item * item)

6
fs/configfs/symlink.c
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@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ static int create_link(struct config_item *parent_item,
if (sl) {
sl->sl_target = config_item_get(item);
spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
if (target_sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DROPPING) {
spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
config_item_put(item);
kfree(sl);
return -ENOENT;
}
list_add(&sl->sl_list, &target_sd->s_links);
spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
ret = configfs_create_link(sl, parent_item->ci_dentry,