From: Tao Cui <cui.tao@linux.dev>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, jlayton@kernel.org, cel@kernel.org
Cc: alex.aring@gmail.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,
brauner@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
avagin@openvz.org, khorenko@virtuozzo.com, bcodding@redhat.com,
cui.tao@linux.dev, Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v2] fs/locks: filter OFD locks from /proc/locks for foreign pid namespaces
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 20:51:39 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902125139.975253-1-cui.tao@linux.dev> (raw)
From: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Since Linux 4.9, /proc/locks only shows locks whose owning process is
visible in the reader's pid namespace. The check cannot see the
owner of an OFD lock, though: locks_translate_pid() always returns
-1 for FL_OFDLCK, so an OFD lock held outside of that namespace
bypasses the filter and is shown with its device/inode numbers and
byte range, e.g.
4: OFDLCK ADVISORY WRITE -1 fd:00:70536961 0 EOF
This was observed on a Kubernetes node: a pod reading /proc/locks
listed the OFD write lock of an unrelated host process, while the
POSIX locks of the very same process were correctly hidden. The
device/inode pair identifies which host file is locked, the byte
range discloses where it is actively written, and the
appearance/disappearance of entries reflects host task activity,
contrary to the documented per-pidns visibility of /proc/locks
(proc_locks(5)).
OFD locks record the owner tgid in flc_pid, so use it for the
visibility decision in locks_show(), mirroring what
locks_translate_pid() does for POSIX locks. The pid column is still
reported as -1 for OFD locks; only the filter decision changes.
Remote locks keep their negative flc_pid and stay visible as before.
Verified with an OFD and a POSIX write lock held in the initial pid
namespace while a process in a fresh pid namespace reads /proc/locks:
the OFD entry is visible without this patch and hidden with it, the
POSIX entry is hidden in both cases.
Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
---
Changes since v1: keep remote OFD locks (negative flc_pid) visible in
non-initial pid namespaces, as locks_translate_pid() does for remote
POSIX locks.
---
fs/locks.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 6e4ff7fcec05..4af1385682e4 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -3022,6 +3022,25 @@ static int locks_show(struct seq_file *f, void *v)
cur = hlist_entry(v, struct file_lock_core, flc_link);
+ /*
+ * OFD locks are reported with pid -1, so the filter below cannot see
+ * their owner; flc_pid holds the owner tgid, so filter on it.
+ * Remote locks keep a negative flc_pid and stay visible as before.
+ */
+ if ((cur->flc_flags & FL_OFDLCK) && cur->flc_pid > 0 &&
+ proc_pidns != &init_pid_ns) {
+ struct pid *pid;
+ bool visible = false;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ pid = find_pid_ns(cur->flc_pid, &init_pid_ns);
+ if (pid)
+ visible = pid_nr_ns(pid, proc_pidns) != 0;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ if (!visible)
+ return 0;
+ }
+
if (locks_translate_pid(cur, proc_pidns) == 0)
return 0;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 12:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 12:51 Tao Cui [this message]
2026-09-02 13:03 ` [PATCH v2] fs/locks: filter OFD locks from /proc/locks for foreign pid namespaces Jeff Layton
2026-09-03 2:10 ` Tao Cui
2026-09-03 19:06 ` Jeff Layton
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