From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
To: fuse-devel@lists.linux.dev
Cc: John Groves <John@Groves.net>, John Groves <john@groves.net>,
Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>,
"Darrick J . Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>,
Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>,
Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>,
nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/8] dax: replace exported dax_dev_get() with non-allocating dax_dev_find()
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 17:07:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261001150935.655979-2-mszeredi@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261001150935.655979-1-mszeredi@redhat.com>
From: John Groves <John@Groves.net>
This fix is in response to a Sashiko review, and some subsequent
analysis.
dax_dev_get() uses iget5_locked() which creates a new inode if no
matching one exists. This is correct for the internal caller
(alloc_dax), but dangerous for external callers that look up devices
from user-supplied or metadata-supplied dev_t values:
1. A new inode is created with DAXDEV_ALIVE set but no backing driver,
no ops, and no IDA-allocated minor number.
2. On teardown, dax_destroy_inode() warns because kill_dax() was never
called, and dax_free_inode() calls ida_free() for a minor that was
never ida_alloc'd -- potentially freeing the minor of a real device.
Add dax_dev_find() which uses ilookup5() for lookup-only semantics:
it returns an existing dax_device with an elevated inode reference, or
NULL if no device with the given dev_t exists. It never creates inodes.
A dax_alive() check under dax_read_lock() guards against returning a
device that is concurrently being torn down by kill_dax().
Make dax_dev_get() static again (internal to super.c for alloc_dax),
export dax_dev_find() instead. Also add the missing CONFIG_DAX=n stub.
About the 'fixes' tag: this removes the export of dax_dev_get(),
which was flawed, and replaces is with dax_dev_find(). It feels like
the fixes tag makes sense for correcting an ABI error.
Fixes: 2ae624d5a555d ("dax: export dax_dev_get()")
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: John Groves <john@groves.net>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
---
drivers/dax/super.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
include/linux/dax.h | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index 45f84b0eb909..824e1f6df378 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static int dax_set(struct inode *inode, void *data)
return 0;
}
-struct dax_device *dax_dev_get(dev_t devt)
+static struct dax_device *dax_dev_get(dev_t devt)
{
struct dax_device *dax_dev;
struct inode *inode;
@@ -588,7 +588,41 @@ struct dax_device *dax_dev_get(dev_t devt)
return dax_dev;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_dev_get);
+
+/**
+ * dax_dev_find - look up an existing dax_device by dev_t
+ * @devt: the device number to find
+ *
+ * Returns a dax_device with an elevated inode reference, or NULL if no
+ * device with the given dev_t exists. Unlike dax_dev_get(), this never
+ * allocates a new inode -- it is safe for external callers that are looking
+ * up devices from user-supplied or metadata-supplied dev_t values.
+ *
+ * Caller must put_dax() the returned device when done.
+ */
+struct dax_device *dax_dev_find(dev_t devt)
+{
+ struct dax_device *dax_dev;
+ struct inode *inode;
+ int id;
+
+ inode = ilookup5(dax_superblock, hash_32(devt + DAXFS_MAGIC, 31),
+ dax_test, &devt);
+ if (!inode)
+ return NULL;
+
+ dax_dev = to_dax_dev(inode);
+ id = dax_read_lock();
+ if (!dax_alive(dax_dev)) {
+ dax_read_unlock(id);
+ iput(inode);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ dax_read_unlock(id);
+
+ return dax_dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_dev_find);
struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private, const struct dax_operations *ops)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index fe6c3ded1b50..29113eb95e72 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private, const struct dax_operations *ops);
void *dax_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
void put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
void kill_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
-struct dax_device *dax_dev_get(dev_t devt);
+struct dax_device *dax_dev_find(dev_t devt);
void dax_write_cache(struct dax_device *dax_dev, bool wc);
bool dax_write_cache_enabled(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
bool dax_synchronous(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ static inline void put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
static inline void kill_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
{
}
+static inline struct dax_device *dax_dev_find(dev_t devt)
+{
+ return NULL;
+}
static inline void dax_write_cache(struct dax_device *dax_dev, bool wc)
{
}
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-01 15:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-01 15:07 [PATCH v2 0/8] fuse: DAX device based extent maps (famfs) Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-01 15:07 ` Miklos Szeredi [this message]
2026-10-01 15:07 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] fuse: add helpers for EIO return value with kernel message Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-01 15:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-01 16:32 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-10-05 9:46 ` Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-01 15:07 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] fuse: support 64 bit, server allocated backing ID Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-01 15:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-01 17:07 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-10-01 18:58 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-10-05 13:33 ` Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-06 21:24 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-10-07 12:46 ` Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-01 15:07 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] fuse: support opening 64 bit " Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-01 15:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-01 17:09 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-10-01 15:07 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] fuse: add support for opening dax device as backing Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-01 15:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-01 16:07 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-10-01 15:07 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] fuse: add extent map data structure Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-01 15:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-01 15:07 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] fuse: add extent map I/O support Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-01 15:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-01 16:11 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-10-01 15:07 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] fuse: add support for striped backing Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-05 23:27 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] fuse: DAX device based extent maps (famfs) John Groves
2026-10-06 9:48 ` Miklos Szeredi
2026-10-08 23:00 ` John Groves
2026-10-09 10:39 ` Miklos Szeredi
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