Patch "autofs races" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    autofs races

to the 4.4-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:
     autofs-races.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From ea01a18494b3d7a91b2f1f2a6a5aaef4741bc294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 11:24:46 -0400
Subject: autofs races

From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

commit ea01a18494b3d7a91b2f1f2a6a5aaef4741bc294 upstream.

* make autofs4_expire_indirect() skip the dentries being in process of
expiry
* do *not* mess with list_move(); making sure that dentry with
AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING are not picked for expiry is enough.
* do not remove NO_RCU when we set EXPIRING, don't bother with smp_mb()
there.  Clear it at the same time we clear EXPIRING.  Makes a bunch of
tests simpler.
* rename NO_RCU to WANT_EXPIRE, which is what it really is.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


---
 fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h |    8 ++++++--
 fs/autofs4/expire.c   |   27 ++++++++-------------------
 fs/autofs4/root.c     |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
+++ b/fs/autofs4/autofs_i.h
@@ -79,9 +79,13 @@ struct autofs_info {
 };
 
 #define AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING	(1<<0) /* dentry is in the process of expiring */
-#define AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU	(1<<1) /* the dentry is being considered
+#define AUTOFS_INF_WANT_EXPIRE	(1<<1) /* the dentry is being considered
 					* for expiry, so RCU_walk is
-					* not permitted
+					* not permitted.  If it progresses to
+					* actual expiry attempt, the flag is
+					* not cleared when EXPIRING is set -
+					* in that case it gets cleared only
+					* when it comes to clearing EXPIRING.
 					*/
 #define AUTOFS_INF_PENDING	(1<<2) /* dentry pending mount */
 
--- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c
@@ -315,19 +315,17 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_direct(str
 	if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_PENDING)
 		goto out;
 	if (!autofs4_direct_busy(mnt, root, timeout, do_now)) {
-		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
+		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_WANT_EXPIRE;
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		synchronize_rcu();
 		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		if (!autofs4_direct_busy(mnt, root, timeout, do_now)) {
 			ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
-			smp_mb();
-			ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
 			init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
 			spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 			return root;
 		}
-		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
+		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_WANT_EXPIRE;
 	}
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
@@ -444,7 +442,7 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(s
 	while ((dentry = get_next_positive_subdir(dentry, root))) {
 		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
-		if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU)
+		if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_WANT_EXPIRE)
 			expired = NULL;
 		else
 			expired = should_expire(dentry, mnt, timeout, how);
@@ -453,7 +451,7 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(s
 			continue;
 		}
 		ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(expired);
-		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
+		ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_WANT_EXPIRE;
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		synchronize_rcu();
 		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
@@ -463,7 +461,7 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(s
 			goto found;
 		}
 
-		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
+		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_WANT_EXPIRE;
 		if (expired != dentry)
 			dput(expired);
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
@@ -473,17 +471,8 @@ struct dentry *autofs4_expire_indirect(s
 found:
 	DPRINTK("returning %p %pd", expired, expired);
 	ino->flags |= AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
-	smp_mb();
-	ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU;
 	init_completion(&ino->expire_complete);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
-	spin_lock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
-	spin_lock(&expired->d_parent->d_lock);
-	spin_lock_nested(&expired->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
-	list_move(&expired->d_parent->d_subdirs, &expired->d_child);
-	spin_unlock(&expired->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&expired->d_parent->d_lock);
-	spin_unlock(&sbi->lookup_lock);
 	return expired;
 }
 
@@ -494,7 +483,7 @@ int autofs4_expire_wait(struct dentry *d
 	int status;
 
 	/* Block on any pending expire */
-	if (!(ino->flags & (AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING | AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU)))
+	if (!(ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_WANT_EXPIRE))
 		return 0;
 	if (rcu_walk)
 		return -ECHILD;
@@ -551,7 +540,7 @@ int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_bloc
 	ino = autofs4_dentry_ino(dentry);
 	/* avoid rapid-fire expire attempts if expiry fails */
 	ino->last_used = now;
-	ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
+	ino->flags &= ~(AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING|AUTOFS_INF_WANT_EXPIRE);
 	complete_all(&ino->expire_complete);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 
@@ -579,7 +568,7 @@ int autofs4_do_expire_multi(struct super
 		spin_lock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		/* avoid rapid-fire expire attempts if expiry fails */
 		ino->last_used = now;
-		ino->flags &= ~AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING;
+		ino->flags &= ~(AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING|AUTOFS_INF_WANT_EXPIRE);
 		complete_all(&ino->expire_complete);
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock);
 		dput(dentry);
--- a/fs/autofs4/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs4/root.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static int autofs4_d_manage(struct dentr
 		 * a mount-trap.
 		 */
 		struct inode *inode;
-		if (ino->flags & (AUTOFS_INF_EXPIRING | AUTOFS_INF_NO_RCU))
+		if (ino->flags & AUTOFS_INF_WANT_EXPIRE)
 			return 0;
 		if (d_mountpoint(dentry))
 			return 0;


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk are

queue-4.4/autofs-use-dentry-flags-to-block-walks-during-expire.patch
queue-4.4/autofs-races.patch
queue-4.4/af_unix-split-u-readlock-into-two-iolock-and-bindlock.patch